Of course I do, and I love DS9 so I'm excited for this, but also, I'm sure lots of other interesting stuff also happened in the intervening 800 years.

My impression is that the S3 Borg Collective/queen are the same ones from First Contact and Voyager. AFAICT the queen can exist in different bodies, which is why she was sometimes played by Alice Krige (in First Contact, "Endgame" and Picard) and sometimes Susanna Thompson (other Voyager eps). My impression for why she's in such bad shape in Picard S3 is that it's a direct result of what Janeway/future Janeway did in "Endgame". So after Picard is over, I believe that original prime-timeline collective is extinct (barring any time travel shenanigans ofc), but the gentler kinder collective (which is led by the merger of Annie Wersching's alternate timeline queen and Dr. Jurati) may very well still be around in the 32nd century.

The new collective is still at that portal or whatever, and we're never going to find out what it is or ever see that collective again because the writers want us all to forget Picard S2 ever happened.

Like, the "Wall of Heroes" or whatever it's called really shouldn't be 90% people we've heard of before.

I love 90s Trek as much as anyone, but does anyone in the 32nd century ever stop and wonder why so much of the history anyone ever cares about occurred in the relatively short (and ancient by then) timespans of 2256–2293 and 2364–2379?

I think almost all Trekkies would agree that there are a lot of TOS episodes that are just plain bad. It is also very much a product of its time both in terms of production and its treatment of gender and race (although in many ways it was very much ahead of its time in both those areas). If you can't get into it, don't feel bad about it, and don't feel like you have to to be a Trekkie. IMO there are definitely some gems in there and in the animated series, but I think anyone who likes any of the many ST series has the right to call themselves a Trekkie.

He's been near the top of my family's wishlist for a while, so I really hope they can make it work

I was so excited to hear Goldsmith's Klingon theme. Love whenever they come back to it.

I thought this episode was a lot of fun. Haven't really been feeling this season of SNW as much for some reason, but I think this is my favorite episode yet. Managed to fit some character development in around all the craziness, and the post-credits scene with Patton and Ethan was great.

Wish the Onion wasn't out here giving them ideas…

I don't know how, but I would love to see more of these characters in live action. Tawny Newsome and Jack Quaid were fantastic in BNW.

Tawny Newsome is awesome, so I'm sure this will be good, but there seems to be a fundamental tension between Kurtzman saying Trek can broaden, while Paramount seems to be trying to contract it.