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  • The music seemed to suggest she was some big character reveal, but instead I think they were just excited that they got Curtis to film something from her bathroom via Cameo for $50 so they could have her in the movie.

  • Despite my negative reaction to the trailer, and hearing all the early spoiler-free reviews validating that reaction, I went into it hoping for a guilty pleasure of some kind, where I can go "yeah that wasn't great, but I kinda liked it".

    Not so much. (I wrote up a full thing over here. Spoiler: it's a 1 out of 5 for me.)

    But here's some positives, since this group contains perhaps the most generous comments I've ever seen about it so far, and I don't want to spoil that vibe:

    • I think the cast was decent; the guy playing Quasi especially stood out to me. Liked their casting for Rachel Garrett, and the bit of personality they gave her; it doesn't stomp on her TNG appearance, just adds to it. And she kinda looks like her if you squint.
    • The core concept is fine, and with a huge overhaul they could have had something here. Yet by the end of this thing, I could almost see this going forward with more episodes. Few shows hit the ground running before finding the right balance. Unfortunately this will never get that chance.
    • The sets and VFX are quite good for a streaming series at times.
    • The angry face on the Deltan before she left was amazing? (I'm really struggling here.)
  • Admittedly I'm skeptical of it, but finding out Robert Picardo is involved makes my ears perk up.

  • Honestly, for me, the finale covered it enough. It's obvious they like each other. I don't think it needs to be directly confirmed in dialogue for it to be legit. :)

  • That works, too. (And probably closer to what I was thinking, honestly.)

  • There's room for it, under the right conditions, but... this feels completely wrong in almost every direction. Section 31, as a collective group, should not feel like a bad rip off of Guardians of the Galaxy. Absolutely the wrong tone.

    I will give it a fair shot, however, since it won't cost me anything but my time. :P

  • I really, really, really hope this ends up being like Lower Decks where I was very skeptical of it going in, but ended up loving it.

    Because everything about this is actively repelling me.

  • Ugh. Another sour bit of Picard trivia for the pile. Del Arco comes across as a decent fellow. I remember spending all season wondering where the hell this was all going and hoping his character's death -- in the full context -- would make more narrative sense. How blissfully naive I was. :P

    It's crazy that the show I was most hyped for ended up being the one I'd erase from the timeline if I could. Visually gorgeous, with a great cast... but, IMHO, it was far too 'grimdark' for it's own good. That and it's shattershot kitchen-sink approach to storytelling makes it all feel like some fan fiction wet dream in retrospect. Anything positive I could take away from the series is almost completely lost in the noise.

    (Keeping in mind that I keep S1/S2 distinct from S3, which while an improvement, has it's own things going on. 😏)

  • "Dr. Vance... are you wearing makeup...?" (Oops, wrong movie.)