Stardust City Rag

I don't normally write reviews but after reading the opinions of all these whining trekkies, I thought I needed to balance it a bit. I'm enjoying it for what it is. It's not a continuation of TNG, get over it! It's darker and set in period where there are troubled times and the Federation aren't so supposedly wholesome. Do these people even remember TNG S01E24 - Conspiracy, it wasn't all rosy then was it. Oh and for all the wannabe writers claiming the scripting it so poor, take off your rose tinted glasses, crack out your old VHS box sets and trawl through all of the 80's/90's series'. There's plenty of dodgy episodes amongst them.

I don't like where this show is headed. There is Too much unnecessary violence. Beheading? Showing a person's eye getting ripped out? What's wrong with the creators?

Star Trek has always been about telling a positive vision of the future. Episodes had a moral, they had a STORY to tell.

Episodes like the inner light, the first duty, even family reunion. They all told a story, each of them had a message.

This show is just a dark vision of the future.

And I must say: I don't enjoy watching this anymore.

Two basic principles out the window: no blood and gore. A positive atmosphere. Both are gone in episode 5. It's not that I can't handle blood & gore but it I want to see that I'll put on The Walking Dead. To me ST has a certain vibe that's totally missing in Picard.

I enjoyed what the first episodes had to offer. It was a modern take on TNG and I accepted the darker tone. What I do not accept is watching people being tortured to death, especially characters we know from previous shows. This is incredibly traumatising television and no what I would ever consider as entertainment. Also, the plot is incredibly dull and plodding. Picard started well and seems to have just gone badly wrong. I can't believe Stewart or Frakes even signed up for this garbage.

That was brutal. Why do they have to make goofy episodes like that. Stick to science fiction and deep character development.