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Star Trek – The Essential Picard: The Inner Light

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Ricky Church revisits the essential Jean-Luc Picard episodes as we count down to the premiere of Star Trek: Picard…Taking a break from the gloom and doom of Picard’s life in the recent episodes that have been discussed, ‘The Inner Light’ doesn’t offer any deep changes to the Star Trek franchise or to Picard’s life, yet it still […]

Patrick Stewart may join Wolverine 3, Ian McKellen returning for X-Men: Apocalypse

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With the news (which we reported at Flickering Myth) that director Bryan Singer is in pre-production on the latest X-Men blockbuster, X-Men: Apocalypse, some other interesting news on the plans possibly in place for the rest of the X-Universe.Professor X (well, the older version) himself Patrick Stewart has been speaking this week to Oregon Live […]

Star Trek – The Essential Picard: Family

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Ricky Church revisits the essential Jean-Luc Picard episodes as we count down to the premiere of Star Trek: Picard…A common element to most Star Trek series is the episodic structure of the show where audiences can jump into nearly any episode with little to no backstory and still understand what is going on. Even when there are […]

Star Trek – The Essential Picard: The Best of Both Worlds

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Ricky Church revisits the essential Jean-Luc Picard episodes as we count down to the premiere of Star Trek: Picard…There are two phases in Star Trek: The Next Generation: Pre-Borg and Post-Borg, where everything changed.If ‘The Measure of a Man‘ helped Star Trek fans take The Next Generation more seriously, the third season finale/fourth season premiere ‘The Best of Both […]

Star Trek – The Essential Picard: The Measure of a Man

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Ricky Church revisits the essential Jean-Luc Picard episodes as we count down to the premiere of Star Trek: Picard…Though Star Trek: The Next Generation helped reintroduce the public to the franchise and cultivated new fans, common perception and many reviews at the time of the series’ beginnings felt it wasn’t as good as the original Star Trek. […]

Star Trek – The Essential Picard: The Battle

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Ricky Church revisits the essential Jean-Luc Picard episodes as we count down to the premiere of Star Trek: Picard…As we inch closer to the premiere of Star Trek: Picard, the next installment in The Essential Picard is another early episode from the series. ‘The Battle’, episode nine of the first season, delves into Picard’s past and […]

Star Trek – The Essential Picard: Encounter at Farpoint

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Ricky Church revisits the essential Jean-Luc Picard episodes as we count down to the premiere of Star Trek: Picard…As we ready ourselves for Patrick Stewart’s return as Jean-Luc Picard in the upcoming Star Trek: Picard, the latest television series in the Star Trek franchise, we’ll be discussing the most essential episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation that focuses on […]

CBS All Access officially renews Star Trek: Picard for season 2

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Last month it was revealed that CBS All Access had secured lucrative tax credits from the state of California for a second season of the upcoming Star Trek: Picard, and now the streamer has officially announced the renewal of the hotly-anticipated series.“The energy and excitement around the premiere of Star Trek: Picard has reached a […]

Star Trek: Picard reportedly renewed for season 2 as Patrick Stewart talks Jean-Luc return

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With Star Trek: Picard almost upon us, it is being reported that the Patrick Stewart-headlined Star Trek: The Next Generation follow-up series is being renewed for a second season, with CBS having secured record tax credits for Picard season two from the state of California.As with the first season, the second is expected to run […]

New Star Trek: Picard TV spot teases Data connection

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We’re now mere weeks away from the CBS All Access premiere of Star Trek: Picard which will see Patrick Stewart return to one of his most iconic roles as Jean-Luc Picard. In the latest TV spot, the new footage is overplayed by a cover version of Irving Berlin’s song ‘Blue Skies’ – a song which bears […]