Picard (no spoilers)

[mothwing]

I am home sick. A tummy bug my daughter brought home which nobody got knocked me flat, so I should listen to my body when it tells me to stay TF home and get some rest.

I had a very pleasant weekend, though, with watching Picard, which turned out to be surprisingly unhorrible. What I had missed dearly in ENT and the eternally godawful Disco is finally back - something approaching an ethical backbone within a universe that is again closer to Trek than Wars inspite of the Blade Runner influence.

Even though I enjoy a good morally grey character, I'm heartily sick of their ubiquity. Not everything needs to be dark and gritty, visions of utopian societies are permissible now as necessary as before. Utopias, even though they always become Dystopias when they are out-dated, show us what we can dare to hope.
And I'm saying this as someone who does even not exist in Gene Roddenberries original utopia. Anyway, rant over, I had a good time and enjoyed watching Patrick Stewart as much as ever and will be very unhappy once the dark-and-gritty-crown mess this up, as they do.

Comments

[therealsnape]

I hope you'll get well soon! And I hope the warrior didn't suffer too much from the tummybug. Tell her that if you bring something home for Mummy, a drawing or some such is always welcome. A tummybug, while original, is not a universally pleasing gift. One cannot learn these things too early. Yep, that's me talking like a Dutch Auntie to the wee 'un. Well, she has a Dutch auntie.

[tetleythesecond]

I hope you're better now & so is the daughter!

I can relate to the feeling that sometimes we just want to watch something pleasant. At the same time, I have to say I'm glad filmmakers are moving towards shades of grey. I have yet to see the first utopian scenario that isn't built on constructing an "other" that "deserves" to be assimilated or even annihilated. Or am I thinking of the wrong examples?

[cranky_x_crocus]

I sure hope you're faring better now - tummy bugs are no fun. 'Surprisingly unhorrible' is enough a rec for me! Will certainly have to give it a watch.

Utopias, even though they always become Dystopias when they are out-dated, show us what we can dare to hope. ~ Great line there. (Cracking up over the Dutch Auntie, "there!" speaker interaction ='D )

I'd love more utopian tales - and ones almost precisely opposite the homogenous ones. My favourite assignment back in high school was to write about "our utopia". I wrote it in fictional verse with footnotes, but it all came down to essentially... diversity, culturally-sensitive inclusion, accessibility & care for sensitivities - with a priority on education. Shock, I'm sure.

*Now* I hope the bae is doing better! I'm very slow at catching up for now.