re: Star Trek: Picard Season 1 * Spoiler Thread*

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Star Trek TNG never really showed everyday life. Hell, did we ever see a toilet in the old Star Trek shows? Star Trek TNG was a very sanitized environment.

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One of the nerd critics pointed out that TV was said to be an extinct form of entertainment in TNG. It's confirmed that Data actually says this in the episode in which the 21st century people were unfrozen from cryo-sleep. The country singer wants to watch TV and Data tells him that TV hasn't existed since the 21st century.

No, it just seemed like a clumsy, ill-informed way to establish the parallels to current western society while having Picard virtue signal about refugees.

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Just like Discovery, this is Star Trek, made by people who don't like Star Trek

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The one I heard was that it's Star Trek made for people who don't like Star Trek, by people who don't know Star Trek. I'd add "and would rather be doing something else." but it's totally accurate.