Yesterday was Star Trek Day. This year was celebrating the 55th anniversary of the series. Over the last couple of years there has been a bonanza of Star Trek based TV shows. One of the newest is Star Trek: Picard.
The second season is slated to premier next year. So in conjunction with Star Trek Day CBS and Paramount launched the first full trailer for the series.
The trailer is only two minutes long, and I have been looking forward to seeing what the new season has in-store for us since the teaser came out and revealed that Q was going to be a major player. It seemed to be a continuation of a story started in episode 1 of The Next Generation TV series.
Now, my impression of the trailer. Oddly this section may be shorter than the above introduction!
The trailer does do a good job showing off the visuals and main characters of the show, but there is very little Q information. The story seems to revolve around some time travel action (that seems to be all the rage these days) that has our enterprising crew trying to correct a change that was made.
Unfortunately it seems that most of the season will be set in the present day. Not what I expected from this series, one that is reportedly possibly the most expensive to date. Don’t get me wrong, time travel can be fun, look at Star Trek IV, one of the best movies in the franchise. I am just not sure if it can sustain an entire season.
With all that said I would still give the trailer 32 out of 64 starships. I still have hope for the series, and Q, if used properly, can make it fun. We will see what happens as we get closer to the release date.