I came across this Star Trek-related article earlier, and I must say it has me rather excited. It seems that the upcoming third season of Picard will give the Next Generation crew the grand send-off it never really had. The entire cast, including Brent Spiner, are getting back together one last time to save the galaxy. It will be wonderful to see: I think I’ve written on here before about what a big role Star Trek, especially TNG played in my childhood and adolescence. It really captured my imagination and sense of wonder, and it has been one of my major obsessions ever since. Given how lacklustre the final two TNG films, Insurrection (1999) and Nemesis (2002) were, to see my favourite crew at last get the send-off they always deserved but never really had will be awesome. To see those characters reunited after 21 years is something I’m really looking forward to. Mind you, I just have to raise an eyebrow slightly at the fact that this will be achieved through a streamed TV series rather than a cinematically released film. If you ask me, Star Trek is always better on the big screen – where else can you really experience scenes like this and this? Having to sign up to yet another streaming service, and watching it in episodes on your computer just doesn’t give you the same effect. This crew’s send off should have been cinematic.