The great tragedy of leadership is those that volunteer themselves for it are very rarely the best choice. The best choices may be the ones who do not feel as if they deserve the distinction. They understand what it means to serve.
@@remainprofane7732 Generally people who strive for positions of power (as all politicians do) do so for selfish reasons. They enjoy having power over others and using this power for their own benefit. Morally principled leaders like Piccard exist in fiction only because if you look at history, powerful leaders either lied or killed their way to the top.
There is nothing I want less than to tell other people what to do, nor what to think. The only thing I'm comfortable with is teaching others HOW to think and that is a grave responsibility. By "how to think" I mean teaching logic, research skills, critical analysis of text, reading of schematics, arithmetic, algebra, and calculus, chem/phys/bio, ethics, morality. I grew up watching TNG, It definitely helped form my ideas about society and responsibility.
William Shatner has Shakespearean blood as well, as does Avery Brooks who played the indomitable Captain Benjamin Sisko in DS9. Listen to all three actors' line and speech deliveries in their Star Trek roles and you can't help but be captivated even if you disagree with whatever they say. William Shakespeare, ye olde scribe! You poured the honey into the English language and centuries later we still crave the honeycomb for more!
Captain James T. Kirk was definitely a great Star Trek character as well!! I could list over 10 that I believe are the *greatest* Star Trek characters!!!
Obviously. Season 1 had shit writers so it was shit. New picard show handed controll to patrick stewart so its shit as well. There needs to be a collaberative effort of talented individuals to produce a show that holds up for over 30 years
Same, It's a great reminder on how to be a moral and good person, Picard had a posative impact on me as a kid growing up and I'm greatful for that, it also shows us that tv can have a impact in shapeing young minds.
Clearly the doctor didn't see the youtube clip and understand the meaning of it, I mean really, getting all touchy over a spelling that no one really cares about but if it makes you happy, here, positive, happy now lol, some people like the doctor needs to get a grip with the spelling cop thing, afterall, this isn't a formal letter we are writing on here so no one really cares apart from you it seems lol.
@doctorwho0077 As a matter of fact, I did sleep a lot at school, always found it to be boring so you got that right. As for reading, I really got into reading and learning a lot after school where now I can't stop learning about anything.
Oh, intelligence also isn't that much of an important factor to anything, at least not until spoken and written communication. It just means you can understand the same pattern, in slightly more time.
That's true, Star Trek has shaped our reality and the way we see the future, all those geeks watching the show are now leading the charge in real science.
Dunno - judging by the amounts of comments from people - the kinds of people who Picard is criticizing directly, no less - turning around and applying these criticisms to their critics without any hint of irony... I don't think it ever had the power to make mankind better. If it made you better, the potential for it was already inside you - you just needed the spark to ignite that passion for being a better person. Seriously, this comment section is disappointing - the amount of conservatives projecting their politics onto Picard despite the fact that he is criticizing the conservatives of the time the show aired is depressing. Even to the point where they bash Patrick Stewart himself.
@Dylan And when they're right, they're convicted of police brutality and BLM rioters torch city blocks. When they're lying, their victims are smeared as insurrectionists and they get raises. Defunding police is only ever about driving out good cops and replacing them with mud-stomping Brownshirts and Antifa.
Good governments take away children from abusive/unfit parents all the time, though. Here the issue was about controlling Data's means of reproduction.
“The Federation has enemies! We must seek them out!” “Oh, yes. That’s how it starts; that the road from legitimate suspicion to rampant paranoia is very much shorter than we think. Something is wrong here, Mr. Worf. I do not like what we have become.”
@@catriona_drummond There was a guy, who warned the US government and the people about every major mistake they've made ever since he was in office. He ran for presidency twice, and was drummed out twice. There is a price to pay for ignoring the wise - the United States shall learn that lesson, one way or another, and pay a tuition fee that might just be too much for her to bare.
Chris Madison You’re the one living in blissful, myopic and jingoistic bliss. Or have you forgotten the Patriot Act, the NDAA, or how your spiteful joke of a president is trying to crush a man who revealed for all the world to see, the war crimes perpetrated by your military?
“Villains who twirl their mustaches are easy to spot. Those who cloth themselves in good deeds are well camouflaged... spreading fear in the name of righteousness.” A quote more relevant now than ever.
I'm glad Stewart had someone of the calibre of Warner opposite him. British actors are taught to be generous, the established star is given another player to reflect while on stage, and they work together to achieve something wonderful.
@@pyramidhead138 We do. If an officer gives you an illegal or immoral order, it's considered the duty of the soldiers to refuse that order. Otherwise, you wind up with another My Lai, or Sand Creek.
"There are times, sir, when men of good conscious, cannot blindly follow orders..." There are literally so many people in positions of power right now who need to be told that.
DAMN STRAIGHT! I WAS ONE OF THE ONES THAT REFUSES TO BLINDLY FOLLOW ORDERS..IT'S CALLED "INDEPENDENT THINKING"..SOME TODAY HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO CLUE WHAT THAT EVEN MEANS, LOL.."
not just for people in power. every military, at least in democratic countries, should open a legal pathway to refuse [blatantly wrong or unethical] orders where you get acquitted at court martial, regardless of rank
Yet most people suffer in silence and lie outright instead of being honest. No wonder people live a lie so easily in a world of cenership that remains unchallenged. And youtube is one of the worst offenders there.
"The first duty of every Starfleet officer is to the truth. Whether is scientific truth, historical truth, or personal truth. It is the guiding principle on which Starfleet is based." Best of the lot
@@donwhiteley3293 there are no versions of the truth only one real truth. two people may think an event has two different versions, but only one actual event happened even if they see it from two totally different perspectives
I'm watching this a bit tipsy and just realized how lucky I was to see this show during my childhood. So many of his words define what I believe to be right to this day. The world needs more role-models like him.
Picard tells Kurn he has cases of actual caviar, from the caspian sea on earth, (not replicated). Picard also has fish in his ready room, ( they could be holographic.) His brother, on earth does not own a replicator, yet, we're not told what his family eats. Riker cooks Worf and others actual, (not replicated,) eggs on the enterprise. O’Brian’s mother used to cook real meat. In “The Wounded” O’Brien mentions to Keiko that his mother used to cook scalloped potatoes, mutton shanks, oxtails and cabbage. He remarks that he “…still remembers the aromas when [his] mother was cooking…”Keiko, with a countenance of mild disgust, asks “She handled… real meat… touched it and cut it?” O’Brian replies “Like a chef. She was fantastic. Of course, I’ll have to use the replicator…” Are we supposed to assume that humans stopped eating meat within O'Brian's lifetime? Please read this: animalrightsacademy.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/StarTrekandAnimalRightsv2.pdf
HONOUR ALWAYS MATTERS--IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 'CIVILIZED" OR NOT. "TAMING THE "DARKER SHADOW" SELF. HONOURING ONES WORD GIVEN BUILDS TRUST AND GOOD CHARACTER,& THIS IS HOW I'D PREFER TO "STAND IN THE ASHES OF A TRILLION SOULS AND PROCLAIM HONOUR DOES MATTER. "DO UNTO OTHERS AS YE WOULD HAVE DONE UNTO YOURSELF" "KARMA' IS REAL.🕵🏼😎✌
This particular episode wass most interesting. The "Hologram Deck" sprouted more than a few interesting Episodes. Love the "Team-Work",& All With/On Same Misssion. ✌😎
Honor is meaningless. Now, preserving the spirit of mankind from the forces of the Xeno and Chaos, and bringing glory to the God-Emperor of Mankind? *Headbutts 'Exterminatus' button*
Indeed! Its what picard tells data, after he loses at startegema (or however its called) and does a self-check on his systems. Peak Performance. Great episode.
"Your Honor, Starfleet was founded to seek out new life, well *THERE IT SITS* ... waiting." To date, the best thing Picard has ever said. Sends chills down the spine every time.
@@wibblewobble1934 this was a great episode played between two great British theatre actors.....and loved the four lights scene...even if it was borrowed from Orwell's 1984
Kayless in TNG is the Klingon Jesus, but unlike on Earth, their Messiah is their greatest warrior. Kayless was a clone and had no answer for how the afterlife - Stovokor - works. Jesus son of Joseph taught reincarnation in Matthew 4:17, 6:19-21, 11:14-15, John 8:58, "born-again", "resurrection of the dead", etc. God-incarnate died sometime in the 40 years after he was lashed 39x and crucified on Friday April 7, 30 AD. The Christ was entombed in the JesusFamilyTomb.com (and on RU-vid). The soul of God-incarnate has been famously reincarnated many times in the last 2,000 years. Anyone claiming to the the returned Christ must satisfy the prophecy of Rev 5:1 by producing the "book/scroll sealed with 7 seals". I have. See 7seals.blogspot.com - only the 2nd Coming (E=mc²), Benjamin Franklin, Abraham Lincoln and Albert Einstein reincarnated could produce that. It's triggered The Apocalypse/Revelation which is NOT the 'end of the world'.
His acting in chain of command is incredible. The part where he says “I find you a pitiable man”, you can hear the terror in his voice like how he can’t quite believe what he’s saying.
Later on in Babylon 5, Delenn uses a similar technique when she is held captive by pro-Clark human terrorists. She pushes his buttons to gain power over him. “When we went mad, we went mad together. But you…you are alone.”
For those of us Star Trek lover born 1975-1985 Picard was a second father. Cultured, educated, moral. Stern without being vindicitive. Knowing the importance of discipline without being mindlessly robotic. Strict yet humoured. A combination of excellent writing and Patrick "THERE ARE 4 LIGHTS!!!" Stewart's acting genius. You can't watch "Drumhead" without thinking "I hope I can stand up for my beliefs like that if the time came."
@@Shiirow you are right. Take Starship Troopers - the director, Paul Verhoven, misunterstood book, stopped reading it, called it fascist and tried to make anti-fascits pastiche, comedy (instead of putting Bill, the Galaxy Hero by H. Harrison) . 2 decades later, this very movie is accused of ... promoting fascism :D
Drumhead is one of my favorite episodes ever. Through the decades it's almost perverse, or even sick, how relevant it has become in the last few years. "With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably." - Judge Aaron Satie
Captain Picard - the greatest ideal that humanity has ever envisioned. I couldn't have said it any better than this: 'I wish I could say you've been like a father to me but I've never had one so I don't know what it feels like, but if there was someone in this universe that I could choose to be like, someone who I would want to be proud of me, it's you. You who have the heart of an explorer and a soul of a poet.' - Tasha Yar.
I maintain that Picard mouthing off to the torturer is ultimate proof that he has balls of adamantium. I mean this guy can inflict the most grotesque pain on you, and you call him pitiable. What an absolute baller.
Dargonhuman neutronium is material of pure neutrons. no protons or electrons. it is ultra dense on an atomic level. it is not made up it exists in small amounts in our universe.
@@mrcoiganable2988 I was in love with her voice when I was like 12. God help me. I later met Marina Sirtis in like 2009 and she sounded like a regular British chick.... 😂😩
Watch both parties use the actions of a few hundred people to crack down on your freedoms. Just like they used a terrorist attack 20 years ago to implement draconian legislation and wars that we still have today.
@@trisar2146 I would say after 2016. Just like the episode 'Chain of Command' when Picard is taken as POW, we have media conglomerates telling us how to think and what to think. We even have celebrities and athletes vilifying folks for not supporting their views. Censorship bans, double standards and blatant bias. Sadly, we the people, have given too much power to the wrong institutions.
I know them all. Yes. Thanks. I've learnt a lot from TNG about life and how people should act accordingly. I see it not only as a great TV show, but as a lighthouse to humanity.
I only wish that TNG was required in all High schools. Perhaps we wouldn’t be in the mess we find ourselves today. As Captain Picard said, “You [referring to our leaders today] lack a moral compass.”
@@fseigel I wish it to but not just for that you see there are so many high school drop outs on welfare cause they simply do not believe in themselves in star trek TNG was mandatory to watch learn and know how many of those would learn simple but life changing lessons like it's only impossible till it's not and there for wouldn't give up and drop out of high school being on welfare probably alot
The problem is that many parents are unfit to take care of children and the state intervening is the best course of action in some instances. So to me, it's one of the most vapid and non-nuanced things Picard has said. There's probably 50+ quotes in this, and the fact that many people choose this because of its anti-government sentiment is disturbing.
@@jshowaoit *is* nuanced in the context of the episode. Watering down the language in the context of the scene so the quote looks better in a compilation would have made the quote have far lesser impact. That's why people love the quote. The feeling they got when they originally watched it in the episode.
@@harmonic5107 People love the quote because its a simplistic and reductive worldview that appeals to conservatives. Yes, lets not speak the truth and have a nuanced discussion because people are too dumb to understand.
A friend once asked me if I could have anything I wanted, what would it be? I said "Patrick Stewart's voice." The man could make a drive-through menu sound like a Shakespearean soliloquy.
To be fair, the admiral was ordering Data to turn over a proven sentient life-form. (since Picard defined an androids rights back in season 2, what the admiral was ordering Data to do was illegal.) The admiral would have been court-martialed, and most likely stripped of his rank. Methinks Picard knew the admiral did not have a leg to stand on. :P
Grunk100 Not according to him. When that woman tried bowing to him, Picard said, "I do not deserve it". Jesus responded differently, when people worshiped him in the first century.
If Jesus did exist, he would have certainly been clinically insane, and at least highly egomaniacal, afteral. he kept saying he was the "Son of God" and could perform miracles which were more likely sleight of hand tricks to fool superstitious people. Of course he would act differently if someone bowed to him, he loved it. He only preached selflessness and humbleness because it made him look good.
Maybe you are right but he could have meant humanity as a whole and not Data. In the same video he says that Data is a new life and not human at all. He may consider him equal but not human
@@Valkbg He may not be human, but this does not make him any less a good person. What defines being a person? You ask most people and they’ll say: “well, being human” and yet throughout history mankind has shown to be capable of the greatest horrors imaginable. We have given and taken away rights, we have slaughtered innocents just for pieces of land, and we have waged world wars over stupid shit. We claim to be evolved and yet we repeat the same mistakes throughout our history. My friend, we are no more than animals pretending to be something greater
@@thereisalwaysarainbowafter1364 Have I said anything contrary to this? We do have strayed into darkness many times but that struggle against our own malicious nature is also an indispensable human trait.
Jean-Luc Picard, warrior poet. And as completely awesome as he his, it's due in no small measure to the man who played him, the inimitable Sir Patrick Stewart. The man, out of character, is every bit as powerful a speaker and a champion of right as any character he's ever played. Look up some of his speeches about domestic violence, for instance... and know that they weren't scripted, but from the heart. That is even more heroic.
Peter Bear I'm not surprised he would speak eloquently about domestic violence...I saw an interview once where he said he grew up in a domestic violent household...he grew up watching his father beat his mother...
@@beingsshepherd : moral men don't spit on honors gratuitously. There is nothing complicit about accepting a Knighthood from a monarch that is entirely a figurehead and without political power.
I had a very strained relationship with my dad. While he was around, he chose not to really be part of my life. I was born in 1981. The character of Picard in some ways became the dad I wanted to have. The show and especially speeches like these really helped shape my morals
I'm sorry that you didn't have a Dad around...😞 But, I agree with you on the level that Captain Picard is most definitely a great father figure to us all!! 💗 He was such a great Captain and his speeches always had *meaning* ...you just had to pay attention and *listen* !!! 🥰💗
@@troylowe814 He was. I believe the episode was called "Inner Light". He lives an entire lifetime in half an hour when an alien probe connects to his brain. He was even a Grandad!
I know it sounds silly but I’ve often wondered if Gene Roddenberry was from the future or another world. He seemed so advanced in his message, so futuristic in his vision. I grew up with TOS and watched all the series that followed. I have raised my children on Star Trek’s principles.
"With the first link, the chain is forged, the first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably." This one gets me every time.
This compilation is so damn good. I'm in law school right now and I try to incorporate some of these quotes in my arguments whenever possible. They give me strength. They give me perspective. Thanks!
Look at some of the comments on this very video, too many people are so absorbed in their own preconceptions, biases (ingrained from their upbringing/personal experiences etc.), delusions, and echo chambers that his words fall on deaf ears.
Star Trek's politics are no more real than the backdrops to its sound stages. But we CAN let what is admirable and inspiring about Jean-Luc Picard and Star Trek inform the necessary and sufficient things we must be and do in our real lives. Then we will be honoring Patrick Stewart's characterization of Picard in the finest way possible.
Captain Picard is a clear example of an ideal leader we could ever hope to have. It's too bad most world (country) leaders are not like Captain Picard.
The chief reasons we don't have more leaders like Picard are power and greed. When the love of money and power overshadow moral convictions, they are not leaders, but rather followers of an evil that consumes them while that evil appears to give them what their hearts desire. While doing so, they willingly sell their souls in pursuit of those puny rewards. Such rewards create irrevocable collateral damages in the form of the innocent people they claim to serve. THIS is the price WE ALL pay for their power and pursuits.
Honestly I think that we would need a good way to re-invoke and instill these common values of respect for the sanctity of life, and respect for others in how we bring up children in our societies. Maybe even a class where kids are asked to think about what kind of person that they want to be, and what values that they would want to uphold in their lives?
“Hold your ground Mr Data” it’s hard to explain but Picard backing up data while simultaneously flexing his rank just gets me each time also that episode gets me each time.
Ah, the 90's, when freedom and personal liberty were found on the left. Seems today the left is more interested in 'savagely curtailing' freedom and personal liberty.
I enjoyed the speech he gave, it is extremely relavent today since the Govt is chaining up Rights/Liberties and few people are voicing outrage over it.
Say what what you want about Sisko or any incarnation of Kirk, they honestly do not hold a candle when compared to the integrity and thoughtfulness of Picard. The epitome of a Captain.
kuribo1 picard. Sisko. Janeway. Kirk. Archer. They were all good in their own way. Even archer. I wish they were going to go forward with riker as captain of the titan. I read some of the books and they certainly had the spirit of TNG and voyager in them with not too much of the new wave of sjw malarkey in them. Im curious to see what they do with the new picard series. Odd that they went with a very elderly stewart over frakes. I know frakes has put on the weight and honestly looks kinda like hes been sitting at the bar in ten forward or the happy bottom riding club since tng ended, stewart with some make up i guess is more camera friendly.
the overt destruction of established lore and characters to meet specific diversity quotas, snarky and disrespectful (not to mention entirely unrealistic) crew interactions and for some reason, rather than focus on inclusivity as Trek always did, actively alienating a specific demo to pander to the rest. Essentially, less overt/blatant virtue signaling with tropes and more along the lines of rationalizing of and proper reasoning of the values they would seek to inspire in people. Star Trek accomplished a lot of social progress in it's day by imploring logic and rationale... and some really good writing i might ad, to invite everyone to the same table... not the sjw trek of today which is actively lecturing and alienating swaths of its audience today. Old Trek invited EVERYONE to the table. Modern trek (little t for a reason) kicks people out so it can bring in the few, all while completely destroying epic timelines and characters for lack luster rehashes. Discovery... I can't even really comment on because it hurt my fandom so bad haha. And I'm not alone.
Alex Parris These shows are created by people who live in their own times, not the 1960s or 1980s. The scripts are going to reflect the mores of the real world in which they are created. It really can’t be any other way. If you think the contemporary writers are going to keep the characters the same as they were 50 years ago you’re nuts. If you like the characters the way they used to be written then watch the old shows because they will never change. Just like yourself.
*"When the first link of the chain is forged, when the first speech censored, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied - chains us all irrevocably. The first time any mans freedom is trodden on - we are all damaged !"* Never in my life would I think such a statement would be truer today more than ever !
@@Monochromicornicopia Even if you don't believe in the religious aspects of ancient books There is allways wisdom hidden in such books. Aesop's fables had life lessons within its stories. You shouldn't dismiss all ancient books as complete nonsense.
@@theguy6037 Stop pretending as if the "wisdom" found in holy books can ONLY be found in those texts. There's nothing in Aesop's fables that can't be found elsewhere, as far as wisdom is concerned.
"Jean-Luc....sometimes I think the only reason I come here is to listen to these wonderful speeches of yours." This pretty much sums up my relationship with TNG.
A minute and a half in and now I have to go watch "Measure of a Man" again. God damn we need Star Trek like this again, I miss my television dad Captain Picard.
The socialist is by nature subversive. Be it communist, nazi, fascist, feminist, or a million other breeds. The socialist cries out in pain as it strikes you. Then it claims to be the good guy in these stories, while it destroys them because it knows it is the villain.
Makes me think of another one of Picard's observations "Can anyone remember when we used to be explorers...?" It's sad how even Star Trek has started abandoning those ideals. They seem to focus more on "how we got there" rather than that future itself. Even in the future of TNG/DS9/Voy, things seem bleak. Temporal cold war, corruption, the Federation developing more and more into a military fascist power etc. Why do they keep focusing on all the negative stuff in Star Trek anymore? Because that's the zeitgeist. People don't want happy touchy feely anymore, but strife and hardship. Of course... what nobody is getting is that you CAN have both. TNG had it every week! In other words, we need a new (obviously modernized since the 80s) TNG-like Star Trek show. Where the people are actually happy and full of hope in-between the weekly mortal peril.
I was there when Star Trek - The Original Series appeared. And I was there when they cancelled the entire series because it was too "cerebral" for anyone to watch. And I was there when it was relaunched and became the most watched reshown series in television history despite what the (progressive / liberal) high minded leaders of Hollywood thought it could be. A template of what we could be. And what we should be.
"Matter of internal security...the age-old cry of the oppressor'..has always been my favourite line of all TNG. Am so shocked and impressed you found it and honoured that you've included. Thank you.
TNG was the height of Star Trek. Some of the moral and ethical challenges they dared to take on will help it stand the test of time. This show was meant to be the shining beacon on the hill, the promise of what we could be if we could rise above what we are now. And the character of Picard was a wonderful way of showing how patience and wisdom could strength. I hope someday we will have enough optimism for our own future that we can believe this could be it again.
Captain Picard is a man who has the courage to listen to his convictions, speak up eloquently for what is right, and back it up with action, no matter what the consequences. What more can you ask from anyone?
Who wants to feel old? At the time of this episode, the oldest regular cast member, Patrick Stewart (Picard) was 47. The youngest cast member Wil Wheaton (W. Crusher) was 15. This July (2019) Will Wheaton will celebrate his 47th birthday.
When Star Trek: The Next Generation is dubbed into other languages and not heard in the original English, I often wonder how much is lost by not being able to hear Patrick Stewart speak in his own voice. He is such an outstanding actor, and his voice is so much a part of that.
"Villains who twirl their mustaches are easy to spot. Those who clothe themselves in good deeds are well camouflaged." I feel this one is particularly applicable in our current political and social climate.
8:28: Worf's statement and Picard's response is something that needs to be broadcast far and wide in our day and age. Unfortunately, we are already most of the way towards the bottom of the slippery slope, but hopefully, with firm determination and steadfastness, we might be able to climb our way back out, someday.
I guess you got it backwards. In advocating for the weak, you just rid them of their own voices even further. Give a man fish, and he'll eat for a day. Teach a man how to fish, and he'll never go hungry. Instead of playing advocate, ally, or whatever moral busybodies call it these days, just teach them how to explore and determine their true needs, how to speak up for themselves, and how to communicate said needs, WITHOUT planting any ideas that you deem fit to be there. If you determine their needs, or believe to know them already, all you teach them is to stand behind you, trust your judgement (even if you've just been told by your moral superiors yourself), and never dare to think for themselves.
no YOU got it backwards. People already know what they need and how to ask for it. You don't need to teach them that. (Okay now someone else reply and un-ironically posture about how I got morality wrong so we can keep this value-signaling party going!)
@@jonathan4189 It's not about morality, it's about psychology. And you'd be amazed to find out how little most people usually understand about themselves. The worst thing people can face are other people and ideologies that claim to have all the answers for them.
Tell me about the psychology of yelling at people on the internet who make simple, innocuous statements and criticizing things they DIDN'T say because you feel like you have all the answers to questions no one asked you about.
Picard is everything I aspire to be, myself. He is the very definition of a philosopher king, a leader as thoughtful and compassionate as he is strong and charismatic.
Picard is a very balanced individual when it comes to his political views. He has a mix of conservative and liberal values rather than just subscribing to one system. I admire this.
Richard Ched It is quite fitting since Star trek is suppose to be a future when we have learned our mistakes from the past and start to working together.
Toa Tahu That's because Authoritarian Leftists (Communists predominantly) have co-opted the term "Liberal" since most Liberals lean left. Every day we stray further from *FREEDOM.*
Toa Tahu He also supports equality for all. Equality of wealth, status and everything. Also, he really doesn't like patriotism. Picard would not like conservatives at all. In fact, conservatives are always shown in a bad light in Star Trek. They are never tried to be portrayed as heroes or good people. In one episode, a conservative was literally gonna kill himself just to start a war with the federation, or at the very least have Riker killed, because he didn't like progress. Picard also really doesn't like religion. He stands against everything conservatives stand for. Like he said, villains that twirl their mustaches are easy to spot. Those who clothe themselves in good deeds are well camouflaged. Just like conservatives acting like they fight for free speech, while at the same time seeking to silence all opposing voices. Star Trek is a communist utopia that does not have poverty or inequality, like capitalist society today.
"Now you are asking me to sabotage that achievement, to send them back into the dark ages of superstition and ignorance and fear, NO!" Gives me shivers down my spine every time I hear that speech.
And if it were me he were talking to, my answer would be "No, Captain. You've already done that. What I'm telling you to do is to mitigate the damage."
What I don't like about that speech is that it's PURE Roddenberry philosophy; i.e. atheism. I'm not saying that Picard's reaction to avoid creating a religion is bad, per say, just that the removal of the concepts of the supernatural as some kind of achievement never sat well with me. Even in the 24th century, there are more things in Heaven and Earth than can be found in your philosophy.
@@RyuGabriev The supernatural is fiction. Fiction is important. Fiction should be celebrated. It is not truth. It is ignorance, superstition and fear when seen as truth. It Literally does us NO GOOD.... Do you get that? To believe fiction as truth, is literally NEVER a good thing?
I agree with you. I used to watch this religiously with my parents as a kid and often talked about the lessons of the show. Without the lessons of Kirk, Picard, Sisko, and their crews expanding upon the lessons my parents taught me, I think I would have been a much lesser man today.
The grave sadness and regret on Picard's face...the utter despair in his voice after they accidentally kill the alien mother.... is so powerful and underrated. He looks truly and utterly stunned and lost in that moment, as if he has betrayed everything he believes in.
''No being is so important that he can usurp the rights of another!'' Did you hear that, Prophet who took over a human woman's life in order to make sure Benjamin Sisko would be born?
As far as I'm concerned, DS9 jumped the shark when they started to make Cisko a chosen one---that was a direct violation of the fundamentally egalitarian, meritocratic, and humanistic ethics of the Star Trek universe. The Great Bird must have been spinning in his grave when Berman and Piller came up with that arc!
@@davidc.2878 I doubt even Picard would deny that at times throughout history, certain events hinged on the actions of a single individual. The prophets are just aliens that exist outside of linear time. They knew Sisko would be instrumental in that part of Bajor's (and their own) history. We don't learn much about their motives in the show but it makes sense to me that they would intervene to ensure his existence. Not defending robbing someone of their agency but it isn't like the story was a complete mumbo-jumbo ass pull.
That's one of the most frustrating things about the new show. Michael Chabon claims to have been a fan of TNG since day one. He claims to have watched all the episodes and knows the character inside out. But watching the actual show, you have to wonder if that's even true. I mean, I can understand people changing over 20 years. But the show goes so far in the other direction that it's unbelievable. It's as if they wanted to tear him down. It was such sloppy writing. They built him up as a myth just to tear him down, when there was no reason to do either one of those things. That's amateur writing. The other thing is when the show was first announced, they kept talking about the need for Captain Picard's positivity in today's world. Positivity became their mantra. But then when the actual show came out, where was the positivity? You had a whole bunch of people tearing Captain Picard down, you had a whole bunch of women yelling at him, you had people constantly belittling him, and you had him with a crisis of confidence. And worst of all, he always hesitated when the real Captain Picard would seize the moment and lead. He would never ask "what do we do?" in a crisis situation. Even if the ship belonged to Rios, he still would have had his command since kick in and he would have said "Suggestions?" The show was such a good opportunity to explore his character later in life, and instead they opted for character assassination. It's just a damn shame.
@@hyruleorchestra4339 Absolutely, that scene where the Romulan dude got his head chopped off for no real reason at all, and Picard was "You just stone cold murdered someone, but that's cool, come with me anyway" - that was the point I turned it off and didn't come back. From what I've seen and read about how the show went from there, I made the right decision.
@@caomhan84 I don't even have a problem with portraying an aged and sickening Picard, questioning his abilities and decisions, as long as it's done well, and you understand what brought him to this point and sympathise with him (i.e. Logan) - but it wasn't done well it was about as poorly done as it could have been, and I just ended up not giving a shit about him or his story anymore - or any other character on the show, because they were all incredibly poorly written and shallow - add to that the hot mess that was both the main plot line and all the sub-plot lines and you have to ask yourself how did the writing staff even get their jobs?
6:08 The Romulan there was played by Andreas Katsulas, better known for his performance in the sci-fi series "Babylon 5" as G'kar, who was capable of making Picard-quality speeches, and I just have this mental image of Picard and G'kar having a speech-off and the universe exploding from awesomeness.
G'kar was the most fascinating character on B5--and that's saying a lot. It did kind of fall apart in the last two seasons, but it was the first SF show to create a series long arc--maybe, along with the X files--the first show period to have a series long arc. A show like Breaking Bad has an unacknowledged debt to B5, for sure.
@@davidc.2878 there is a good reason B5's last 2 seasons were not as strong as the earlier ones, they were told they were not confidant about getting a 5th season, so they accelerated S4 to wrap up the main storylines (I think the Shadow War was supposed to last most of S4 then liberating Earth was supposed to be a big part of S5), then they got a 5th season and no longer had a plan for it
Terry Forsdyke what happened to the creators of B5. Did they go on to other shows? B5 had something of the epic mystery of Dune without the claustrophobic sci fi snobbery of Dune.
@@davidc.2878 J Michael Straczynsky created B5, before B5 he worked on some of my favorate cartoons growing up including including the origional versions of He Man, She Ra, Jace and the Wheeled Warriors, and The Real Ghostbusters. after B5 he did a spinoff Crusade which only lasted half a season, and other spinoffs Legends of the Rangers and Lost Tales both of which just got a pilot/tv movie. He became a comic writer for Marvel Comics, DC and Joe's Comics, while continuing TV and film work including shows Jerimiah Sense8 and the film Changling, he has also served as a writer on films including World War Z, Ninja Assassin, Thor, and the upcoming Godzilla vs King Kong. he also was involved with loads of canceled films and TV shows, and continues to try to revive/reboot B5.
Terry Forsdyke thanks! It’s a long and varied and sometimes schlocky list-He-Man?!-which just goes to show that often a great TV series is like a lightning strike-David chase had been around for decades ( he worked on “The Night Stalker”) before he created The Sopranos and Vince Gilligan will never make another show as great as Breaking Bad again (pace the hyperbole of BCS fans).
@@tkopp10976 Though it would be argued that those androids, with no real form of adaptable consciousness or meaningful intelligence, with no positronic brain or large amount of processing power or desire for self-preservation, were not in the same category as Data. Besides, we have seen that the Federation and Star Fleet have fallen from the era of TNG following the fear cultivated during conflicts with the Borg and Dominion.
"Have we become so fearfull? Have we become so cowardly, that we must exstinguish a man because he carries the blood of a current enemy? Admiral, let us not condem Simon Tarsis or anyone else because of their bloodlines. Or investigate others for ther innocent associations. With the first link to the chains forged, the first speech censored, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denid chains us all irreversible." is probably the best qout ever said, and one truley needed in todays world.
I think this is very poignant in terms of the history and creation of Star Trek, because George Takei faced the very real issue in his youth during World War II, on account of his Japanese blood. He and his family were treated as the enemy and imprisoned in concentration camps because the current enemy was Japan, despite him and his family doing absolutely nothing wrong.
Kayless in TNG is the Klingon Jesus, but unlike on Earth, their Messiah is their greatest warrior. Kayless was a clone and had no answer for how the afterlife - Stovokor - works. Jesus son of Joseph taught reincarnation in Matthew 4:17, 6:19-21, 11:14-15, John 8:58, "born-again", "resurrection of the dead", etc. God-incarnate died sometime in the 40 years after he was lashed 39x and crucified on Friday April 7, 30 AD. The Christ was entombed in the JesusFamilyTomb.com (and on RU-vid). The soul of God-incarnate has been famously reincarnated many times in the last 2,000 years. Anyone claiming to the the returned Christ must satisfy the prophecy of Rev 5:1 by producing the "book/scroll sealed with 7 seals". I have. See 7seals.blogspot.com - only the 2nd Coming (E=mc²), Benjamin Franklin, Abraham Lincoln and Albert Einstein reincarnated could produce that. It's triggered The Apocalypse/Revelation which is NOT the 'end of the world'.
Those speeches, molded all the visions, philosophies and principles of my life. This is Star Trek. Captain Picard made me the man I am today. Hope this could be taught in every school. 🖖💜
This 2 part episode is one of the best of Jean Luc Picard. So much real acting. Dont forget the part at the very end when Picard was talking with Troi and admitted that in the end he felt he could see 5 lights. That was so profound to me in my youth. Seeing that brainwashing could happen.
The pep talk he gave to Wesley when he didn't get accepted to the academy was also amazing- not historical or about morality but showed how good of a leader he was. Able to inspire and encourage him without coming across as trite or pity.
@@IloveElsaofArendelle According to CBS Discovery is canon and in the prime universe, and no matter how much you want it to be un true it is true. Therefore Picard is canon and there is nothing we can do about it. It sucks but it is the truth. Stop lying to yourself and move on. Officially there is no Discovery universe (even though Discovery clearly is it's own thing) to say otherwise is pointless. One day CBS will hopefully be forced to proclaim that Discovery is separate but until they do, fact is fact.
It’s so easy to ridicule these early episodes of TNG, but I think this is where Picard laid the foundations for being the most popular captain. That dialogue…that delivery…we want more of this. This, this that stimulates thought and feeling. That’s what Trek has always been about…
@@Lerfjhax7 What is the answer, in your opinion? I would like to know what other people think, cause its a question I have always seen as based in the logic of "the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few." I would like to learn if there is a better answer to that question, since the first two options are so difficult on the conscience.
