Star Trek: Picard Thoughts – Elnor
Mar. 28th, 2020 09:03 pmIt's been a great pleasure to watch Star Trek: Picard. My feelings about its ups and downs (mostly ups) are very well summed up by ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
selenak here, so I won't do a general review here. Instead, I want to post some thoughts on dear underdeveloped Elnor, who I hope will get more to do in season 2.
Elnor really is underdeveloped. His relationship with Picard, which is his emotional center, is much more "tell" than "show," despite a lengthy flashback when he's first introduced. I can't say he's one of the series' standout characters, but I do think he may be conceptually the most interesting for me.
Elnor is an example of one of the things I yearn for most in science fiction, one of the key reasons SF&F are useful genres for me: an exploration of a truly different cultural perspective, a truly different stance toward life. ( light spoilers )
selenak here, so I won't do a general review here. Instead, I want to post some thoughts on dear underdeveloped Elnor, who I hope will get more to do in season 2. Elnor really is underdeveloped. His relationship with Picard, which is his emotional center, is much more "tell" than "show," despite a lengthy flashback when he's first introduced. I can't say he's one of the series' standout characters, but I do think he may be conceptually the most interesting for me.
Elnor is an example of one of the things I yearn for most in science fiction, one of the key reasons SF&F are useful genres for me: an exploration of a truly different cultural perspective, a truly different stance toward life. ( light spoilers )
