I've been saving this post to read b/c I didn't want to spoil myself, and I finally watched the finale last night. I completely agree that killing Hemmer was a waste and that they got rid of M'Benga's daughter too quickly for her disappearance to really matter (I think you might have said that on a previous post), but I don't hate the nostalgia factor TBH. I'm guessing that's because I didn't grow up on TOS (I grew up on TNG and Voyager and to a much lesser extent, DS9) and had seen very few episodes. My dad's an OG Trekkie and insisted I watch "Balance of Terror" before watching the finale, and I really enjoyed sharing that experience with him and my mom. I'm actually more interested in TOS now that I ever have been before in 30+ years, and that's thanks to STW.
The actor they chose for this episode is...not him. That's all I'll say.
He really, really wasn't. It would have been a nice nod to the OG if they'd used the actor who played Sarek in Discovery. I did like the actress who played the Praetor; she was chilling without being too over-the-top.
IDK how to feel about Paul Wesley. He was fine. Not really charming, like you said, but since it was only one ep and a pretty tense one at that, I think he could still surprise us. I just can't get over the fact that a moody, sometimes-psycho vampire is supposed to be Kirk. And I only watched like a season and a half of TVD.
I'm so, so excited for the TNG cast to come back in Picard. I think most of the new characters got a good send-off/had their storylines wrapped in a way that will make Picard feel like a two-season show and the third season feel like a TNG mini-series. Which absolutely works for me because (1) I don't like seeing Picard without the others, and my battered shipper heart would like to see Picard and Crusher together again (as Tumblr says, Star Trek is the only show that straight-baits as much as queer-baits lol); and (2) I need a better send-off for the TNG cast than f*cking Nemesis!!!
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The actor they chose for this episode is...not him. That's all I'll say.
He really, really wasn't. It would have been a nice nod to the OG if they'd used the actor who played Sarek in Discovery. I did like the actress who played the Praetor; she was chilling without being too over-the-top.
IDK how to feel about Paul Wesley. He was fine. Not really charming, like you said, but since it was only one ep and a pretty tense one at that, I think he could still surprise us. I just can't get over the fact that a moody, sometimes-psycho vampire is supposed to be Kirk. And I only watched like a season and a half of TVD.
I'm so, so excited for the TNG cast to come back in Picard. I think most of the new characters got a good send-off/had their storylines wrapped in a way that will make Picard feel like a two-season show and the third season feel like a TNG mini-series. Which absolutely works for me because (1) I don't like seeing Picard without the others, and my battered shipper heart would like to see Picard and Crusher together again (as Tumblr says, Star Trek is the only show that straight-baits as much as queer-baits lol); and (2) I need a better send-off for the TNG cast than f*cking Nemesis!!!