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I had similar thoughts on it, but then I read the prequel novel which fills in a LOT of blanks. The backstory in PIC S1 is only touched on in dialog but I feel like it should have been the first half of the season. It makes so much of the story in the show make sense.
Specifically:
All of that context was lacking in the show and only vaguely touched on in either throwaway lines or cryptic dialog.
I read the prequel novel (and the rest in the series that happen between seasons) and am on ep 3 of a PIC S1 rewatch. Everything just makes more sense this time around with all of that in mind.
So if you're only a few episodes in, do yourself a favor and pause that. Go buy, pirate, and/or otherwise obtain the prequel novel and read it first.
Link: https://www.ebooks.com/en-us/book/209722657/star-trek-picard-the-last-best-hope/una-mccormack/
If a show or movie isn't good unless you get a supplemental book, then it's a failure. A story that can't tell its own story should just be thrown away.
Yeah!
The series (the first two seasons) was mostly written by Akiva Goldsman. The book was written by Una McCormack, someone who has written a lot of Star Trek tie-in books. That’s most of the reason why her books elevate the property so much.
It’s a shame that book writers are not tapped to write the shows.
I realize there's major differences between writing a novel and writing a screenplay, but yeah, they should definitely try to involve them. Maybe it's just cheaper to hire screenwriters than it is to license a novel and adapt it?
Yeah, have television veterans doing the screenplay and directing, but have the story written or at least envisioned by someone who is used to taking an original idea and turning it into a finished product all on their own.
The more “producers” a single episode has, the worse it almost assuredly is.
Another problem is that we found out the hard way that Sir Patrick Stewart is a great actor but a terrible writer.
Thank you so much. I will be starting that book next week.
Awesome. I really enjoyed it as well as the other tie-in novels for PIC.
If you're planning to buy (you should but I won't judge lol), here's a tip if you use ebooks [dot] com. Put everything you're interested in into a wish list (might need to register an account) and check in on it every few days. Sometimes books randomly go on unannounced sales for $1.99. It's listed at $13.99 now, but I got "The Last Best Hope" for $1.99 by sheer luck when someone recommended it to me a few months ago.
Nice! Thanks again