Star Trek: Picard
2020
Original language: English
- sci-fi & fantasy
- action & adventure
- drama
The story
Set twenty years after the events of Star Trek Nemesis, we follow the now-retired Admiral Picard into the next chapter of his life.
What it’s like
Warm interior lighting against cool, glossy starship corridors, with long pushes into Picard's wine-dark vineyard at golden hour and a sparse, orchestral score that swells during the space battles and drops to quiet strings in the intimate scenes. The palette swings between amber domestic rooms, sterile white-and-blue Starfleet bridges, and grimy, neon-tinted urban sets with a dystopian chill. Pacing is serialized and deliberate, with slower character beats giving way to bursts of starship combat, phaser fire and a few sharp, brief moments of violence, plus some tense conspiracy scenes that feel more like dread than gore. Its emotional register is wistful and elegiac, following an aging hero reckoning with loss, regret and a second chance at purpose, with found-family warmth carrying the story. Intensity is moderate: action and peril, some casualties and disturbing imagery, but no sustained gore or explicit sexual content. It suits a long weekend binge or a thoughtful evening with a glass of wine, and it is for fans of classic science fiction who want grown-up, nostalgic character drama wrapped in space opera.
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