Star Trek: Picard
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | Star Trek: Picard |
| Original title | Star Trek: Picard |
 | |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Year (s) | since 2020 |
| Production company |
CBS Television Studios |
| length | 46 minutes |
| Episodes | 10 in 1+ seasons ( list ) |
| genre | Science fiction |
| idea |
Alex Kurtzman , Akiva Goldsman , Michael Chabon , Kirsten Beyer |
| music | Jeff Russo |
| Initial release | January 23, 2020 (USA) on CBS All Access |
First publication in German |
January 24, 2020 on Prime Video |
| occupation | |
Star Trek: Picard is an American science fiction - television series , published since 2020, and the seventh live-action television series, in the fictional Star Trek - universe plays. The eponymous protagonist of the series is Jean-Luc Picard , who - as in the previous series Spaceship Enterprise - The Next Century and the four films based on it - is played by Patrick Stewart .
The 10-part first season , which was also released in German on Amazon's streaming service Prime Video in the first quarter of 2020 , addresses Picard's attempts to prevent a Romulan sect from destroying androids.
Plot of the first season
In the course of the season, the prelude to the main story, which begins in 2399, 20 years after the events from the movie Star Trek: Nemesis, unfolds mainly through flashbacks that are interspersed in the plot .
prehistory
Hundreds of years ago, a group of Romulan researchers discovered a planet that is in the middle of a very rare eight-star system. That is why they paid special attention to a message they believed to be found on this planet. They judged it as a warning of a long gone civilization before the creation of artificial life, according to which a so-called "destroyer" would extinguish all life if artificial life forms should reach a certain high level of development. In order to prevent the appearance of the "destroyer", members of the Romulan group then founded the sect Zhat Vash , which dedicated itself to the rejection and destruction of artificial forms of life. When Dr. Noonien Soong once managed to create Data and other androids, the sect began to infiltrate the Federation . The sect is now hiding its secret activities with the help of the Romulan secret service Tal Shiar .
14 years before the start of the main plot , the Zhat Vash carries out a coordinated act of sabotage against the Federation, thereby achieving its goal of the Federation stopping the further development of artificial life forms. In the act of sabotage, the sect causes several Federation androidids , which work in the Utopia Planitia fleet yard in Mars orbit, to destroy the entire spacecraft fleet there, to bomb the surface of Mars and, as a result, to set fire to the planet's atmosphere, killing tens of thousands. As a result of these events, the federation leadership also breaks off the rescue of numerous Romulans, which was necessary because of the impending destruction of their homeworld by an impending supernova . Admiral Picard, as head of the planned rescue mission, resigns from Starfleet to protest this decision and then retires to his country residence in France.
Three years before the main story begins, Dr. Bruce Maddox, the former head of android research in the Federation, to create two perfect androids from his point of view. Their names are Dahj and Soji, they look like roughly 30-year-old female twins and are also considered his daughters because of their shape, which is based on Datas drawings. Equipped with false memories that make them unaware of their artificiality, Maddox sends them to different places to investigate a possible conspiracy.
Main storyline
After Dahj was attacked by Romulans in her Boston apartment, she turned to Picard for help. After brief contact with him, she is killed by Romulan agents in San Francisco . From Maddox's assistant Dr. Jurati learns from Picard that Dahj has a sister named Soji. Since he believes her life is also in danger, he starts a mission to find Maddox first. Because his request to the Federation government for a spaceship is unsuccessful, he independently organizes a spaceship, the La Sirena, under the command of the human being Rios, and a diverse crew. The crew also includes Dr. Jurati, who, without the knowledge of Picard and his followers, serves as an agent for the Zhat Vash . Together they fly to Maddox's last known whereabouts, the planet Freecloud . On the way they are joined by Seven of Nine , who happens to have the same destination. Once there, the team obtains the release of Maddox from captivity of a gang boss and learns from him Soji's whereabouts, a Borg cube in Romulan possession , which is called the "artifact". Controlled mentally by the Zhat Vash , Dr. Jurati Dr. Maddox.
Picard and his team discover Soji on the cube, where she has been working on the rehabilitation of former Borg drones and has a love affair with the Romulan Narek. He secretly spies with his sister Narissa for the Zhat Vash with the aim of finding out from Soji the location of their homeworld where they hope to kill their suspected conspecifics, other artificial life forms. Through Narek's interrogations, Soji becomes aware of her true identity and her home planet and can use her superhuman abilities to thwart her killing by Narek. Picard has himself and Soji teleported out of the cube with the help of the former Borg drone Hugh, which brings them to the planet Nepenthe , the home of Picard's former crew members Riker and Troi . With the La Sirena the two then fly to the planet Coppelius , the homeworld of Soji, where Soji is welcomed by other androids. You will also meet Dr. Noonien Soong's son Dr. Altan Inigo Soong. One of the androids there, during a mind-melding with Dr. Jurati states that the "warning" is actually not addressed to the Romulans, but to the androids, and comes from an alliance of artificial life forms that offer protection from destruction by organic life.
Meanwhile, a fleet of Romulan warships approaches the planet Coppelius , led by Commodore Oh, a senior agent of the Zhat Vash . Oh actually serves as Starfleet's chief security officer and is giving up her cover when she arrives. When Captain Riker confronts her with a fleet of Starfleet spaceships, she orders the withdrawal of her fleet after Soji renounces contact with the alliance of artificial life forms.
Picard eventually succumbs to a brain disease, but wakes up shortly afterwards in a new body that Dr. Altan Inigo Soong has worked.
production
At the Star Trek Convention in Las Vegas on August 4, 2018 , Stewart and Alex Kurtzman, who is primarily responsible for the Star Trek franchise, announced that Patrick Stewart is taking up his role as Picard again in a new Star Trek television series . Kurtzman later said in an interview that Stewart was persuaded to resume his role by drafting a story about the impact of the collapse of the Romulan Empire on Picard.
Filming began on April 22, 2019. Hanelle M. Culpepper directs the first three episodes, Jonathan Frakes the following two. Writer, screenwriter and Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Chabon acts as the showrunner .
At Comic-Con in San Diego 2019 it was announced that Brent Spiner , Jeri Ryan and Jonathan Del Arco will also be part of the series. Also Jonathan Frakes and Marina Sirtis be seen again. The music for the series is composed by Jeff Russo . In October 2019 it was announced that season 2 was already being worked on. For this season, Patrick Stewart invited Whoopi Goldberg , who also agreed directly on the show she hosted, The View .
Cast and dubbing
- The main actors
Sir Patrick Stewart, starring Jean-Luc Picard
Alison Pill, starring Agnes Jurati
Isa Briones, actress from Dahj / Soji Asha
Evan Evagora, cast member of Elnor
Michelle Hurd, actress of Raffi Musicians
Santiago Cabrera, actor of Cristóbal "Chris" Rios
Harry Treadaway, cast member of Narek
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The table lists the actors, their role names, their affiliation with the main cast (●) or with the secondary and guest actors (•) . The German voice actors are also given. The German synchronization arises after dialogue books of Tobias Neumann and the dialogue director of Oliver field by the synchronous company Arena synchronous in Berlin .
publication
On May 23, 2019, CBS presented a teaser for the series for the first time . The episodes were gradually first released in the United States and Canada on the video-on-demand platform CBS All Access . In other countries, including Germany, the first season with 10 episodes appeared on the VoD platform Amazon Prime Video .
A second teaser was published on July 20, 2019. At the same time, the release date of the first episode was postponed from the end of 2019 to the beginning of 2020. A trailer was released on October 5, 2019, which dated the release date for Germany to January 24, 2020. The first three episodes were premiered in Los Angeles , London , Berlin and other cities.
Episode List (Season 1)
| No. | German title | Original title | First published in the USA | German-language first publication ( DA-CH ) | Director | script |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Commemoration | Remembrance | Jan. 23, 2020 | Jan. 24, 2020 | Hanelle M. Culpepper |
Akiva Goldsman , James Duff , idea: Akiva Goldsman, Michael Chabon , Kirsten Beyer , Alex Kurtzman , James Duff |
| 2 | Maps and Legends | Maps and Legends | Jan. 30, 2020 | Jan 31, 2020 | Hanelle M. Culpepper | Michael Chabon, Akiva Goldsman |
| 3 | The end is the beginning | The end is the beginning | Feb 6, 2020 | Feb 7, 2020 | Hanelle M. Culpepper | Michael Chabon, James Duff |
| 4th | Absolute openness | Absolute candor | Feb 13, 2020 | Feb 14, 2020 | Jonathan Frakes | Michael Chabon |
| 5 | No mercy | Stardust City Rag | Feb 20, 2020 | Feb 21, 2020 | Jonathan Frakes | Kirsten Beyer |
| 6th | The mysterious box | The Impossible Box | Feb. 27, 2020 | Feb 28, 2020 | Maja Vrvilo | Nick Zayas |
| 7th | Nepenthe | Nepenthe | 5th Mar 2020 | 6th Mar 2020 | Douglas Aarniokoski | Samantha Humphrey , Michael Chabon |
| 8th | Fragments | Broken pieces | March 12 2020 | 13 Mar 2020 | Maja Vrvilo | Michael Chabon |
| 9 | Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 1 | Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 1 | 19 Mar 2020 | 20 Mar 2020 | Akiva Goldsman | Michael Chabon, Ayelet Waldman , idea: Michael Chabon, Ayelet Waldman, Akiva Goldsman |
| 10 | Et in Arcadia Ego, part 2 | Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 2 | 26th Mar 2020 | 27 Mar 2020 | Akiva Goldsman | Michael Chabon, idea: Michael Chabon, Akiva Goldsman |
criticism
Based on reviews in English, the rating aggregators Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic calculated an approval rate of 87 and 76 percent for the series after the first season (as of July 10, 2020).
The first season received mixed reviews in German media. While Patrick Stewart's acting performance was praised, the critics were rather negative about the narrative speed (→ main article: Star Trek: Picard / Season 1 ) .
The film service rates the series after the first season with four out of five possible stars and rated it as a “thrilling expansion of the franchise” with “a pinch of nostalgia”.
Adaptations
Literary adaptations
In August 2019 it was announced that there would be a prequel for Star Trek: Picard in the form of a comic series (English title: Star Trek: Picard - Countdown ) and the novel The Last and Only Hope (English: The Last Best Hope ). The comic series was published from November 2019 to January 2020, the novel in February 2020 in English and German.
Short treks
On January 9, 2020, the Short Treks episode 2.06 "Children of Mars" was a prequel to Star Trek: Picard .
Web links
- Star Trek: Picard in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Star Trek: Picard at CBS (English)
- Star Trek: Picard at Fernsehserien.de
- Star Trek: Picard in the Star Trek Wiki Memory Alpha
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sir Patrick Stewart To Return As Jean-Luc Picard In A New Star Trek Series For CBS All Access , CBS website, August 4, 2018, accessed July 11, 2019
- ↑ How the 'Star Trek' Franchise Lured Patrick Stewart Back For Another Series , in: Variety, January 9, 2019, accessed July 12, 2019
- ↑ Star Trek: Filming of the new Picard series has begun. Retrieved June 8, 2019 .
- ↑ Star Trek: Jonathan Frakes directs Picard series. Retrieved June 8, 2019 .
- ↑ Joe Otterson, 'Star Trek: Picard' Names Michael Chabon Showrunner , in: Variety, June 27, 2019, accessed July 11, 2019
- ↑ a b Star Trek: Picard - First trailer, next-generation actors on board. Retrieved July 21, 2019 .
- ^ Jeff Russo to Score CBS All Access 'Star Trek: Picard'. In: filmmusicreporter.com, July 23, 2019.
- ↑ Don't waste time: "Star Trek - Picard" Season 2 is already in progress. Retrieved October 15, 2019 .
- ↑ Excerpt from the TV show The View . Retrieved January 22, 2020 .
- ↑ Star Trek: Picard. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing file , accessed on January 24, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Full Cast & Crew. In: Internet Movie Database (IMDb). Retrieved March 6, 2020 .
- ↑ Star Trek: Picard in the German dubbing index
- ↑ Star Trek Picard: First trailer for the new series with Patrick Stewart. Retrieved May 23, 2019 .
- ↑ Star Trek Picard - Official Teaser - PRIME Video. Retrieved July 21, 2019 .
- ↑ Star Trek Picard - Official Trailer - PRIME Video. Retrieved October 6, 2019 .
- ↑ Star Trek: Picard series premiere in Berlin. Retrieved July 10, 2020 .
- ↑ Star Trek: Picard at Rotten Tomatoes (English) and Star Trek: Picard at Metacritic (English) , both accessed on July 10, 2020
- ↑ Star Trek: Picard , in: Film-Dienst , accessed July 10, 2020
- ↑ Star Trek - Picard Volume 1: The Last and Only Hope. Retrieved January 15, 2020 .
- ^ Hannes Koenitzer: Star Trek: Picard - Prequel novel and comic announced. In: robots-and-dragons.de. August 2, 2019, accessed August 2, 2019 .
