#supportive picard

[specialagentartemis]

Genuinely: For people who are angry and frustrated at the limited number of movies and shows available for streaming, at the way streaming services pull or cancel movies and shows at will, at the way every media corporation under the sun is pulling their stuff onto their own streaming service and balkanizing access to things behind a dozen different monthly subscriptions? For people who miss Blockbuster and want to be able to just rent a DVD again?

See if your local library has a DVD collection.

If I want to watch The Mummy (1999) with Brendan Fraser? I can't stream it on Netflix, but I can borrow it from my local library.

If I want to watch The Mummy (1932) with Boris Karloff? I can't stream that pretty much anywhere, but I can borrow it from my local library.

I want to watch Star Wars or Iron Man or my favorite Disney movie but I refuse to sell my soul to pay for Disney+? I can borrow these from my local library.

Do I want to finish watching Star Trek: Deep Space 9 or check out Star Trek: Picard but resent that it's all on yet another streaming service I don't want? I can borrow season box sets of DVDs from my local library!

Obviously, available circulating collections vary a lot between library systems. (My hometown's library has all of Star Trek DS9 on DVD, for example, but my college town's library only has TOS, Picard, and Discovery.) And of course it depends on whether things are released in physical media form at all, and you won't be able to keep up with new episodes of new series - it takes a while for many things to come out on DVD.

But there can be a lot of good stuff there too. For example, I missed Nope in theaters, but I still really want to see it. So I have it on hold from my local library. I'm 73rd in line on 50 copies, so it'll be a while.

So check to see what DVD collections your library does have - it might surprise you what you can get access to, for free, in a manner that no greedy corporation can yank away.

And by checking out DVDs, you are telling the library that you use and want them to maintain and grow their AV media collection. Which is an encouragement we could really use these days.

#I'm actually sorta shocked that Picard and Disco and even Lower Decks are being released on DVD #this might actually get me to finally watch Lower Decks #... if I can get access to a DVD player #Which is like. the other problem #I don't have one in my grad school apartment #libraries #physical media #streaming #support your local library

[g0at0ad]

rip to the crew of the enterprise for having bad taste in poetry because data’s poems fucking rock. sunset bloom and ode to spot are spectacular actually.

#what do you mean you couldn't connect with it emotionally geordi??? #the first one was talking about how he often gets shut down when explaining the scientific reasoning for things #but still realized that sitting in silence and watching a sunset with a friend is enjoyable #and the second one was how despite spot being a non sapient animal who cant care ffor him in the way others can #he still values spot as an important part of his life #shame on everyone except picard and deanna who were supportive the whole time #star trek tng #star trek the next generation #data soong #toadtalks

[spacedadsupport]

Jean-Luc Picard @SpaceDadSupport As a good person, you respond well to being treated kindly. You thus assume being kind to your abuser will earn you kindness in return, but that's not the case. It teaches abusers that their actions are reasonable and tolerated. You're allowed to fight back instead. Fire at will. 2:29 PM · Feb 17, 2024

#star trek #star trek the next generation #star trek memes #star trek tng #support #jean luc picard #captain picard #picard #affirmations #spacedad #kindness #what would picard do #boundaries #self defense #this is permission not an order

[hamletshoeratio]

"But no new content 😭!!" that means jack shit. We have several literal decades worth of content we can watch or rewatch. The writers and now the actors too are not only fighting for their livelihoods but for the futures and the soul of their industries.

Fuck new content, fuck the executives and producers and powers that be who make millions upon millions while the people, who create the content that make them rich, can barely make ends meet.

Here's some suggestions to anyone who doesn't know what to watch;

Nostalgia rewatch; watch old favourites, shows and movies you haven't seen in years but that stayed with you, the ones that mattered to you.

Watch the shows your parents didn't let you watch growing up because they thought the show was "too mature" for you.

Watch the shows and movies people have recommended to you that you never found time for before.

Watch indie films!!!

Look at different genres than what you've watched before and give them a go.

Try films and shows from other countries and/or in other languages. There's dubs and subtitles available and these shows and movies can be just as good if not better than their American and/or English speaking counterpart.

And remember when watching shows, that you do not have to binge them all at once, you can have your own personal tv schedule and watch say an episode a week like you would've done when/if they aired before streaming

Look at some older films and shows, why does it matter if it's in black and white or the camera quality is lower than 4k and hd, so long as it's good? And so many of those shows and films, while not perfect, have aged better than shows that have come out in the last decade, like the golden girls for instance has aged so much better than say glee (ok many many many shows aged better than glee but let's be real for a second, music was better when artists were terrified of the Glee cast doing a better version of their song on the show. I do still wish it was a show my mom didn't let me watch tho, lmao glee was fine but no, her twelve year old being obsessed with Les mis and rewatching it religiously was cause for concern 😂😭 I was just as obsessed with glee for seasons 1-4 especially).

It's ok to indulge your inner child and rewatch the classics tm. The shows and movies you grew up with. Rewatch the shows that got you through sick days from school, the tv movies you remember watching premiere, the cartoons that MADE your Saturday mornings, etc.

On the topic of animation, that's literally an unlimited genre you can tap into, which rarely gets the recognition and respect it deserves.

Don't be afraid to watch the one season wonders, the shows that networks and streamers cancelled after one season in spite of strong reviews and good ratings. Or the shows that ended abruptly around the season 3 or 5 mark because networks and streamers cancelled them because they didn't want to negotiate contracts and have to pay the actors and writers more. Get angry, remember what the actors and writers are fighting for.

The privilege of older shows that either concluded naturally or that writers were given a heads up on might be on it's last season is that you get closure, unlike with the above. That might not mean an ending is good but a bad ending is better than a cliffhanger. There's always fix its fics for a bad ending. And if the ending is good, it's typically GOOD in my experience. The fear of a cliffhanger and zero closure has already turned many against watching new content until the show is renewed for another season or is fully wrapped (and fans don't hate the ending).

Watch the shows that were in their day or are popular or critically acclaimed, they usually hold up to the hype.

Watch the old shows and movies your favs were on/in before they were your favs.

Try a soap or a telenovela, they can be entertaining af (holby city my love, Tuesdays have never been the same since the BBC robbed me of you).

If you liked a reboot or a revival of a show, try the original (in certain cases, the og is even better, see boy meets world v girl meets world).

If you like period dramas, try shows and films from other countries based on their history. A lot of times when people are telling their own history it goes far better than when Hollywood tries it (see the many times Hollywood has actors brought in because producers think they're good for box office and they then go on to butcher the accent their character should have, see Cameron Diaz, Julia Roberts, Meryl Streep and so many others who have absolutely butchered the Irish accent over the years for instance. There's also many many instances even recently of just blatant whitewashing see Matt Damon as the last samurai...).

Listen to recommendations, watch the shows and movies you know your family and friends loved but you never got around to watching.

#wga strike #sag strong #sag solidarity #sag strike #wga solidarity #wga strong #writers guild of america #writers guild strike #like your ncis law&orders greys er spn etc all have nearly 20+ seasons WE'RE GOOD FOR AWHILE FOLKS #like the amount of content we have for star trek alone like #do you want tos tos films star trek the animated series tng tng films ds9 voy enterprise dsc picard ld the shorts prodigy tas films? #support the strikes #union strong #sag aftra #sag aftra solidarity #sag aftra strike #sag aftra strong

[bj-cuntycunt]

(keep in mind that I'm still on TNG season 3. I have no way to know if Picard becomes hornier later on)

#and i support them both #it's just funny that they're so different libido-wise #star trek #star trek tos #star trek tng #james t kirk #jean luc picard #captain kirk #captain picard

[trashmammal-7]

I'm currently on season 2 episode 2 of tng and I do not like Doctor Pulaski one bit can she please stop being horrible towards Data. Beverly Crusher. Save me Beverly Crusher.

#star trek #star trek tng #Data is a person can he please be treated as such #also Picard and Dr Crusher are my emotional support straight ship I need them

[janewaysevenalways]

Jeri Ryan proudly holds her Saturn Award for best supporting actress in a television series/Captain Seven Star Trek Picard xx

#Jeri Ryan #Saturn Awards 2024

#Best Supporting Actress #Star Trek

#Captain Seven #Star Trek Picard

#jeri ryan #captain seven #saturn #awards season #2024 #star trek picard #best supporting actress

[pixiereblogs]

Pixie Recaps Picard | Disengage

#star trek picard #jean luc picard #beverly crusher #will riker #gates mcfadden #the microexpression emmy winner #i love a supportive will riker

[annikasevenshots]

SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP I CAN'T HEAR YOU THIS IS LITERALLY THE BAD PLACE RN

#kind of /lh but also not #i'm in a period of mourning no one talk to me #you take that back jesus h christ #i refuse i actually refuse!!!!! #sobbing crying screaming on the floor #when i said i supported womens wrongs i didn't mean THIS #UGHHHHHHHHH #UGHHHHHHHHHHH #why would you log on and choose violence #jeri WHY #bit of a rant #star trek picard #picard spoilers #saffi #hanging onto the word currently because i'm in denial

[lady-starkiller]

there is no way in hell that picard would survive like a Basic Relationship with dr crusher

he’d get like 5 minutes into dinner with beverly and wesley with beverly increasingly forcing picard to ask about wesley’s miscellaneous teenager drama before picard slyly comms data to ask him to please cause a calamitous incident on the ship so he (the captain) could have a reason to escape this hell (family dinner)

#this man is a good captain #but good lord the relationship game! #dude is fighting for his life out there #that’s why this ship works best as on/off #star trek #star trek tng #tng #area diplomat starfleet captain finally meets his match #being a stepdad #I do support emotionally unavailable stepdad picard #it’s funny as hell

[showsnmovies]

Congratulations Jeri on you win!

#jeri ryan #seven of nine #star trek #star trek picard #supporting actress #winner

[joshuaalbert]

sorry i need to talk about that #girlpower scene where seven raffi and the la forges stand on the bridge with their arms crossed and nod at the camera. what in the avengers endgame was that.

#they didn’t even like. get to do anything cool. bc they couldn’t be allowed to do the plot. #so this literally just feels like ‘see? we support strong women’ #shut upppp #pic liveblog #picard spoilers

[spacedadsupport]

Jean-Luc Picard @SpaceDadSupport You must always, always question any individual in any position of power who requests that you swear an oath of allegiance to them. This is not the middle ages. We do not kneel before kings, not in 2370 where I am and not in 2023 where you are. 3:23 PM · May 1, 2023

#star trek #star trek the next generation #star trek tng #boundaries #spacedad #support #self defense #activism #community #what would picard do #picard #jean luc picard #captain picard #coronation #oath making #bend the knee

[macallai]

picard 3x07 thoughts (spoilers)

no offense and like i know it’s star trek *picard* but i literally don’t care about all these old men...like why do we need to bring data back and spend 20 minutes talking to him. he already died!! why do we need this. what is it contributing

#there's nothing at all interesting about it. #s1 and 2 felt like they focused more on the other supporting characters and actually #gave them storylines and character growth #here seven has (1) good scene and then is just standing around the rest of the time doing nothing #while we have to watch jack do more kung fu (why??) #and the old men talk for 20 min #s2 was the inverse of this it had a stupid storyline but it also gave me #amazing seven raffi content so i loved it for that simple reason alone. #this objectively has a more interesting plot but the characters i actually care about #are doing nothing lol #star trek picard #i'm so old now cause i'm like ''i can't believe i stayed up until 11:30 p.m. for this"

[isagrimorie]

It’s been a while since I watched season 2 but I remember Seven switching to more borg mannerisms during certain conversations with Raffi and how she always seemed to be playing up her persona with everyone else. There’s a bit of this in their audiobook too. Given writer’s the strike and general direction of Trek now I’m not sure that a show will ever really come into fruition but if it does I’d love for them to elaborate on that.

!!! This is very fortunate since I am currently listening to No Man’s Land!

Also, I am gonna be on the look out on season 2 when I rewatch!

Thank you for the heads up on this. I am really interested in this because Jeri Ryan is very particular about Seven’s voice. No one gave a damn about Seven beyond becoming added as sex appeal, but Jeri cared enough to do the work and it worked!

I fully believe Jeri thought about how Seven would be different with Raffi.

So I am curious how this would look!

But also, I am hoping and hoping that the show will be greenlit. And I need the studio to get their heads out of their asses and work out a deal with the writers that is due them!

#support the writer’s strike! #star trek: picard #jeri ryan #seven of nine #raffi musiker

[aprill-99]

Just decided I’m going to feel nice and bitter that due to tragic writer error (and a whole lot of intellectual property law but let’s move past that) Daniel Sousa and Cristobal Rios never got to meet and form the Strategic Alliance of Anti-Time travel Supportive Space Boyfriends (SAASBaes)

They could sit around, have a drink, and gush about their amazing genius powerful girlfriends who could take over the world and just need a smidge of support sometimes.

Daisy and Agnes can tech talk. Daisy knows space doctors, she’s bffs with Gemma Simmons.

#agents of s.h.i.e.l.d. #star trek picard #cristobal rios #daniel sousa #daisy johnson #agnes jurati #Daniel x Daisy #dousy #agnes x rios #agnebal #supportive space boyfriends for the win #I just think they’d be friends #it’d be cool