There were endless moments in season 3 that would have been solved by reaching out to the progressive Borg collective from the season 2 finale. Not to mention that a few character arcs and character development moments that just seem suspiciously absent in season 3. So, is the entirety of season 2 not cannon or am I missing something?

      • Zeragamba@lemmy.caEnglish
        51Ā·
        1 year ago

        On the whole, i enjoyed S2, but if I was to give it a numerical rating, Iā€™d say 4/10, below average for Trek.

        One of my bigger complaints would be with how watered down the Borg Queen was in terms of threat. Weā€™ve previously seen Borg assimilation happen in mere seconds, and the assimilation of the Dr. took multiple episodes to resolve.

        As for my biggest complaint, itā€™d be the setting. A jump to the past is a nice trip for a 2 or 3 parter in Trek, but a whole season just didnā€™t jive that much for me.

        On the other hand, S3, that was some of the best NuTrek Iā€™ve seen so far.

        • bradboimler@kbin.social
          3Ā·
          1 year ago

          I recently watched it and didnā€™t regret doing so. Picard was way more fun for me than Reddit had me thinking it was going to be.

        • wjrii@kbin.social
          21Ā·
          1 year ago

          A jump to the past is a nice trip for a 2 or 3 parter in Trek, but a whole season just didnā€™t jive that much for me.

          Same. To me, a sci-fi series or season set in the past just screams, ā€œSomebody is over this shit.ā€ Whether thatā€™s the actors, writers, or (most likely) the money, somebody didnā€™t want to build a bunch of god-damn sets, or get up at fuck oā€™clock to go into prosthetics, or pay for any of that nerd nonsense.

        • Wooster@startrek.websiteEnglish
          1Ā·
          1 year ago

          Honestly, I enjoyed the portrayal of the Borg Queen outside the context of the collective. She got the sort of character development that I didnā€™t know I needed. And frankly, she was practically holding S2 up after they arrived in the past.

          Then she got the villain ball and ran off with Jurati and my interest fell flat.

          The Borg Queen worked as a character. She didnā€™t work as a villain. It was impossible to balance her being a galactic level threat against a crew that had no resources, and Doyalistly wasnā€™t allowed to deal with her until Picard had time to spare to concentrate on her.

    • williams_482@startrek.websiteMEnglish
      12Ā·
      1 year ago

      All posts and comments in Daystrom Institute must be substantive and explain their reasoning. Simply declaring that a season of the show is so bad that it shouldnā€™t exist is not sufficient.

      If you want to point out specific discrepancies and argue that they are a reason to view S2 and S3 and contradictory, that would be appropriate here.