Nobody700 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2024 9:50 pm
My main problem with Elron is... he is everything I hate about Picard and Discovery. He just does not at all fit... period. He is extremely boring, but in your face boring. He is bland in the worst ways, but oh man look how COOL ELRON IS, HE HAS A SWORD... he... he stabs things. He is unecessary, unwanted, and very critically stupid. He only fights for doomed causes. Which explains his entire everything.
Elron pisses me off because he's clearly meant to be Picard's son figure...and then they give that role to someone else.
But given he's a young boyish man trained by an order of female orders, I also see him as Sokka.
hammerofglass wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 12:53 pm
I keep forgetting Elron was even supposed to be a Romulan. He's just a fantasy elf that wandered into the wrong story.
In your defence, he's a sword-dancer with superhuman abilities from another world, with long, straight hair and pointy ears. He's a time- and realm-displaced fantasy Elf. And you can't even say: "He's a fantasy-elf in all but name", because his name is the name of a pen and paper low effort fantasy elf. I mean, seriously? Elron(d)? That's something I expect from a teen doing his first RPG.
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hammerofglass wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 12:53 pm
I keep forgetting Elron was even supposed to be a Romulan. He's just a fantasy elf that wandered into the wrong story.
In your defence, he's a sword-dancer with superhuman abilities from another world, with long, straight hair and pointy ears. He's a time- and realm-displaced fantasy Elf. And you can't even say: "He's a fantasy-elf in all but name", because his name is the name of a pen and paper low effort fantasy elf. I mean, seriously? Elron(d)? That's something I expect from a teen doing his first RPG.
Actually that whole crew first season is like kids on their first RPG come to think of it. Three different people did the "rogue with a traumatic past who Works Alone and Doesn't Play by the Rules" cliche, Agnes built a skill monkey, and Picard is played by Elron's dad who's been playing since the 90s and the DM asked him to show them the ropes. Soji's an NPC.
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hammerofglass wrote: ↑Wed Mar 27, 2024 9:26 am
Actually that whole crew first season is like kids on their first RPG come to think of it. Three different people did the "rogue with a traumatic past who Works Alone and Doesn't Play by the Rules" cliche, Agnes built a skill monkey, and Picard is played by Elron's dad who's been playing since the 90s and the DM asked him to show them the ropes. Soji's an NPC.
I feel like it's a strange thing to think it's odd for a crew of outlaws to be outlaws.
But mind you, I love the Firefly/Traveller energy of the whole thing.
hammerofglass wrote: ↑Wed Mar 27, 2024 9:26 am
Actually that whole crew first season is like kids on their first RPG come to think of it. Three different people did the "rogue with a traumatic past who Works Alone and Doesn't Play by the Rules" cliche, Agnes built a skill monkey, and Picard is played by Elron's dad who's been playing since the 90s and the DM asked him to show them the ropes. Soji's an NPC.
I feel like it's a strange thing to think it's odd for a crew of outlaws to be outlaws.
But mind you, I love the Firefly/Traveller energy of the whole thing.
I got myself casting the players for a Darths&Droids style campaign comic version in my head is what that was lol.
...for space is wide, and good friends are too few.
Kind of nuts to think Chuck has covered so much, and still a ton he has yet to cover. Finishing VOYAGER isn’t surprising as that’s what got him started, along with S1 of ENT (curious he has left two of them untouched.
Makeshift Python wrote: ↑Fri Jun 07, 2024 12:53 am
Kind of nuts to think Chuck has covered so much, and still a ton he has yet to cover. Finishing VOYAGER isn’t surprising as that’s what got him started, along with S1 of ENT (curious he has left two of them untouched.
Tbh, the one Trek series that I do think he would finish after Voyager is DS9. It's his comfort zone when it comes to Trek. Probably TNG second. DS9 hits hard which is like candy for reviewers.
He's got about 30 episodes of TOS, 40 episodes of Next Gen, 50 episodes of DS9, and 40 of Enterprise.
Doesn't actually have all that much to do for Discovery, he's about half way, and Picard is only 30 episodes total, its really clear that he is REALLY not enjoying those, and understandably so.
He might do better once he gets to the third season of both shows, but while he's there with Discovery that's a long ways off for Picard still.
