In our biggest episode yet, astrophysicist Andy Howell reviews the science of the latest Star Trek series PICARD, including interviews with Sir Patrick Stewart, Jeri Ryan, Marina Sirtis and the rest o
Wasn't Romulus like one of hundreds of planets of the Romulan Empire? Ok, it was a "capital" so its destruction would hurt but I think they could handle it without any help from the Federation.
An important thing I think you missed in the synthahol segment is Data specifically said "on Starships", where synthahol is necessary due to you being able to shrug off its effects in an emergency, meaning it's not so much frowned upon in civilian settings, just in military-esque ones
Min.11. The prequel novel The Last Best Hope establishes the Romulus government knew of the supernova, but chose to ignore the scientist's warnings, show no weakness, ask for no help, and lie to the people.
Sounds familiar.
Min.12. Syntehol is served in starships. Starfleet starships, where people has to be sober 24/7. But every kind of hard liquor pops here and there everywhere.
Oh boy, you guys will be disappointed by Picard if you see it from the science point of view, and if you see it expecting that anybody hold any appearance of who they were in the originals series. All the lore is lost, everybody is just somebody else and behaves completely different. Don't get me wrong, is not bad per say, it is that they didn't care not even a bit about the original story, lore, characters or even science, for example now androids can mind meld.... yeah, you read that right.
Thank you for this video, I enjoyed it! I'm kind of surprised by the other comments, honestly. You're doing a good job. --> I really quite liked the latter half of Star Trek: PICARD Season 1. I was pleased with their exploration of Raffi's various struggles and touched by their association of the butterfly with the golem. I appreciate their take on mortality and the orchids. Chris was cool but hopefully they can flesh out Elnor beyond Legolas-meets-golden-retriever in the next season. They seem to be eerily mirroring the real-world development of artificial life (compared to AI) but I've come to expect that kind of thing from the philosophical side of Star Trek storytellers. Keep on inspiring us to self-actualize! Cheers, -Kyle
You should review mini series Devs, it has very smart premise: quantum computer is so powerful, it can use present date to reconstruction past and predict future.
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Sounds familiar.
Min.12. Syntehol is served in starships. Starfleet starships, where people has to be sober 24/7. But every kind of hard liquor pops here and there everywhere.