tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post3900507012577814054..comments2024-03-29T09:13:52.064-04:00Comments on Doux Reviews: Star Trek Picard: Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 1Billie Douxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-84930879014064629432021-11-23T17:37:01.470-05:002021-11-23T17:37:01.470-05:00I've been loving this series. While I quite li...I've been loving this series. While I quite liked Wheel of Times, there were moments there were I was puzzled at some of the cinematographic/editing/direction choices. Not in this series. Every scene up until this episodes felt like it was in its proper place, like every decision made sense.<br /><br />Not as much in this episode. The pacing was odd: they're being hunted by 218 Romulan warships yet they often do not seem to be in any kind of hurry. At other times, it's all hurry and no thought: I don't know Soong, but I'm surprised - even giving his love of the synths - that he (like everyone, including... Agnes?) would go with "mass exterminate all organic life" so easily. That seems like a choice that is rather too easily made by some of them (though I liked Soji's doubts). <br /><br />To be honest, I'm starting to understand the Romulans a little, and I'm not sure that's what the series wanted me to do. Of course, in a way this response by the synths is sort of a self-fulfilling prophecy for the Romulans.<br /><br />Picard doing the whole "just trust me, I rescue you all" thing again felt out of place, because as the reviews on Doux have beautifully stated this series has been in part about him learning from his past mistakes. Although I can understand it as an impulse borne out of desperation at the situation. <br /><br />Wondering what the finale will bring.Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-22230251905367824992020-03-27T21:08:11.782-04:002020-03-27T21:08:11.782-04:00I'm just glad Jana's name wasn't Karma...I'm just glad Jana's name wasn't Karma Giantdaz72https://www.blogger.com/profile/16014712408859404276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-20962025976761277732020-03-24T02:45:34.562-04:002020-03-24T02:45:34.562-04:00It's nice to know I wasn't the only thinki...It's nice to know I wasn't the only thinking that the Synth Alliance might be the Borg.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08658615945692097009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-40389239432865009372020-03-23T10:39:25.935-04:002020-03-23T10:39:25.935-04:00I enjoyed a lot of this one, although I'll adm...I enjoyed a lot of this one, although I'll admit that Synthville kept reminding me of the original series episode with all of the twin androids, "I, Mudd." Had to be a deliberate homage. <br /><br />https://www.douxreviews.com/2010/11/star-trek-i-mudd.html<br /><br />Maybe I'm enjoying all of this more than it possibly deserves because it's so nice to see Patrick Stewart and Brent Spiner again. And I loved the "I love you"s. But Agnes is driving me nuts. She's gone back and forth too many times now that I don't know how to feel about her character.Billie Douxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-50172505236897418132020-03-23T09:12:07.135-04:002020-03-23T09:12:07.135-04:00This one really had me until they got to synthvill...This one really had me until they got to synthville, at which point Akiva Goldsman's direction drove it into the ground. It wasn't a terrible episode, but I couldn't get into any of the moments after they left the Borg cube because the direction took me out of it. Goldsman clumsily throws his camera around during dialogue scenes, somehow managing to frame every shot in a claustrophobic way that undermines its emotional effectiveness. It's off-putting and generally displeasing to the eye. The finale makes me very nervous in his hands.CoramDeohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14510669006452859585noreply@blogger.com