@finfan honestly, I feel that the first few episodes got me excited for nothing. It's not another Discovery, but it's been starting to feel less like Star Trek the more I watch this. I'm disappointed.
@misnomer You pretty much describe my state of mind at this point of the show. Maybe we are expecting too much ? I don't know.
@finfan you've most certainly watched the whole thing, by now, so from that comment of yours I assume things do not get better. This is the first time in Trek history that the Borg part is awfully boring. I mean, the Borg, my favourite Star Trek villain... Boring?! Either they show up in their full, menacing form, or boredom it is.
I think we were expecting something special, due to the ties Picard has with TNG, but it seems that "nü-Trek" is all about conspiracy theories, drama, romance, more drama, even more romance, high quality special FX and lens flare. There are talks about a Janeway series, which got my panties all wet (my favourite captain after Picard), but after watching this one I can't be bothered to feel excited about anything Star Trek related anymore (just like you with Alien, I guess).
@misnomer Yes, I feel that today's Trek is basically a generic scifi show that just uses characters and mythology. You could replace characters with John/Jane Anybody and the mythology feels forced in huge parts anyway. Concerning the Borg I dare say you could have left them out completely as they don't do much at all. I agree about not being excited anymore. Picard was the one show I was looking forward to. Everything else they have in the pipeline I don't care about at all.
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One moment I am on the verge of stop watching (Jurati & Rios; likewise seeing Raffi swinging a bottle of whiskey around the bridge) and the next moment I am fascinated (Picard on the cube) by the writing.
I honestly don't know what do with this show at the moment.