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Ugh, Pickard is such an uninspiring character

posted 5 years ago by brux (14840)
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One of the things that might have worked about Star Trek: The Next Generation is that they tried to downplay the captain, from the egotistical scene-grabbing Capt. Kirk to the smaller, balder, quieter and less aggressive Jean Luc ... even making him French. The point of that was to let the other characters in the cast have their story, but it didn't work because Star Trek still has a thing for the hierarchical system of command. No such luck though, Jean Luc turned out to be ever bit the ham-fisted actor that William Shatner was.

[–] maximmm (3408) 5 years ago

Yeah, but at least he was intelligent, unlike Kirk.

You are now going to get the senile Picard version - your dreams are about to be realized ;)

[–] Redsfan001 (6218) 5 years ago

Interesting comment on hierachical system of command. Can you have a command without one?

Starship by committee? Like a commune?

[–] maximmm (3408) 5 years ago

Sir, the missile is approaching us from the left and will hit us in 20 seconds. 1) I say we move to the left. 2) I beg to differ, if we move to the right, we'll have a better approach on our target. Let's put this to vote!

Boom.

[–] brux (14840) 5 years ago

When there are starship battles, it will be a chain of command based on committee ... a committee of AI. Humans are far too delicate and slow to polite, navigate and do fire control in the non-insuitive environment of space.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

STFU, Brux!

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

Picard was a wimp. That's all that ever needed to be said of him.

[–] GotWood84 (384) 5 years ago

Your low IQ is showing

[–] brux (14840) 5 years ago

You'd be a wimp to if you were only 4 feet tall.

[–] NotoriousRio (12927) 5 years ago

They really failed with the French part, I always knew he was French but always saw him as English, what with his love of Tea (Earl Grey), Shakespeare, Gilbert ans Sullivan and the British Navy etc.

[–] brux (14840) 5 years ago

Good point, what is he doing sipping Earl Grey when he should be cutting the cheese all the time? ;-)

[–] keithmovies (628) 5 years ago

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