"I am not doing Discovery Season 3. I refuse." *Rich Evans will return in Star Trek: Discovery Season 3 re:View*

Who else is just watching these recaps instead of the show?

"Not only are they ripping off Mass Effect, they are ripping off the bad one" I always knew Rich was a man of culture.

Alex Kurtzman is the ultimate villain in the Red Letter Media Cinematic Universe

This show is painful to watch, seeing people that you appreciate being old and tired. Not their original selves, all the joy drained from them. Star Trek Picard isn't great either.

"that is so dumb, that has to be true" - Kurtzman's law

"I'm afraid to say anything 'cause it would be so horribly mean spirited." Rich has just wrote my epitaph.

mike and richs pure , deep and unrelenting hatred for alex kurtzman is so inpsiring

Wait..."Shut the F up!" is a REAL line from this show that an ADMIRAL says? Good lord.

"We should kill things we're afraid of - that is not a message that should ever be on Star Trek." Rich Evans is a gentleman and a scholar.

Remember that episode of TNG, "Suddenly Human", where the Enterprise discovers a training ship of Talerian teenagers, and one human, unconscious and severely injured from a training accident? Picard goes on to basically treat the kid as his own adoptive child, finds out he's the grandson of a Star Fleet Admiral (one who proceeds to contact him and express her sincere joy and shock at him being alive), and then Picard insists that he go to live with his distant relatives. Towards the climax of the episode, the Talerian captain, the one who essentially had the child's parents killed, then adopted the human child as his own, and raised him, and threatens to go to war with the entire Federation if the kid isn't returned to him. The Talerian's are *severely* outmatched and could essentially be blown up with one hit by any ship in the fleet. Well, at the very end of the episode, Picard and the crew come to realize that what they were prescribing onto this kid - this literal human child, who had living human relatives - was wrong, because the environment in which he was raised, the only family he has known for the majority of his life (flashbacks aside) is with his adoptive captors. Picard admits his failure, apologizes to the other captain _and to the child_ and returns the kid to his adoptive father. It's an act of not just humanity, but of humility. It's introspection and reflection. Taking the kid back "home" at that point would have amounted to kidnapping, and the Talerian war would have been justified, even if they never could have hoped to have won it. Now compare that to literally anything in STP, or STD. When people say that these two series "aren't Star Trek", they don't mean that there's "too many female roles", or "too many minorities", or any other tripe I've seen played off as "the REAL reason why fans despise the show". No. The reason is because STP and STD *literally aren't Star Trek* . They share no similarities, outside of rank, ship model, and insignia, to _anything_ from TOS - STE. If you want an even more glaring comparison between the actual plot lines of STD and STP, look at the episode "Evolution", season 3, episode 1 from TNG. Wesley accidentally creates sentient life, which takes control of the ship, which nearly results in someone who has spent decades preparing for a specific "stellar explosion" which only occurs every 196 years, and Picard doesn't try to wipe out that life, risking the entire mission, because he finds this _literally brand new life form_ to be of a higher value than a once in a life time science expedition and possibly his career in Star Fleet. His duty isn't to the badge, but to his ethics. His motivation isn't to wipe anything out for reasons of vengeance, but to understand and cherish the inherent value of all living things. It's a innate sense of burden, of respect, of admiration for the creation and existence of all creatures. Anyway Picard Data Borg laser shoot now space noise

This show is a continuation of Star Trek the same way a show about Jesse Pinkman riding around in a van with his family solving spooky mysteries and singing songs would be a continuation of Breaking Bad.

I never realized this, Rich laughing, is also Rich crying.

Riker will appear at the final battle... flying his forcefield house into the fight, while his wife shoots from the windows.

"Unless the show is so dumb they just sweep [Agnes being a murderer] under the rug...." Yep, Rich, you were right

To paraphrase a wise man: Gene Roddenberry isn't rolling in his grave, he is spinning like a Beyblade.

In response to the current health crisis Redlettermedia is cancelling Rich Evans' diabetes medication

"The quiet, reserved, intellectual captain who always spoke diplomatically and was always concerned for others feelings. Yes, pure ego and Id on him." Somehow this is the saddest part of all this.

When they started venting the Borg into space I instantly thought, "Why doesn't Seven just not let them do that? Isn't she in control of the entire ship?"

"So at the end of the show, is everybody just going to conveniently forget that Agnes is a horrible murderer and she's just going to be accepted?" Indeed good sir, that is precisely what is going to happen LMAO

Star Trek: Discovery is like Alex Kurzman's main dish at his own dinner party was just a can of creamed corn. Star Trek: Picard is like Michael Chabon ordered take-out pizza for his dinner party but discovered Alex Kurtzman in the kitchen spreading creamed corn on the pizza.

"the Romulan sister will explode into a bloody red mist" Mike's a fake Star Trek fan. Clearly she would explode into a bloody green mist

I have never seen a single episode of Star Trek but I have watched Mike and Rich complain about it for over 20 hours and I would watch 100 more.

every time i hear either mike or rich say the name "soji" i'm hoping they say "shoji tabuchi"

When I get my haircut, I ask for the “Rich Evans”.

If I had a nickel for every Romulam all-female secret society, I’d have 2 nickels, which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice

I wish someone would ask Alex Kurtzmann in a televised interview: “Wow, so a beacon that gives psychotic visions about an AI wiping out all organic life to stop them creating synthetics that wipe out all organic life - where did you get such an original idea from Alex?”

When that red gas came out...I said "Oh shit, they are pulling a Phantom Menace assassination?"

Poor Rich Evans. Being forced to watch Picard against his will by evil Mike.

The reason why there are swearing female leaders on the show is that The Expanse also has a female Earth president who swears when stressed.

I ain't even a trekkie, and yet I'm learning a disturbing ammount about Star Trek and what it's all about just from listening to these two...

"Unless the show is so dumb they just sweep it (Agnes being a murderer) under the rug and forget about it" Apparently the show was exactly that level of dumb. Bravo Rich

"Sheer despair broke the Borg cube" I think I just had an aneurysm. I guess all those billions of people assimilated by the Borg just weren't sad enough about it?

I like how Rich is cynical about everything but the true, gentle meaning of Star Trek.

This just makes me want to rewatch Babylon 5, a show about space war, secret societies, and ancient races that actually works

I like to imagine Picard writers watching this, cursing you, then crossing items off their list of ideas.

It’s great that Seven of Nine’s quest in Voyager to break her dependence on the collective and finding her humanity ends with her becoming a violent psychopath and going back to the borg. Thanks Kurtzmen

Rich already thinks STP is ripping off Mass Effect and he hasn't even watched ep9 yet to learn that the alternative dimension synthetics are literally the reapers and are going to come and wipe out all organic life.

I love how Rich tried to point out how stupid the idea of "wiping out life so they won't be wiped out" and Mike just doesn't seem to connect the dots. XD

I think what irks me about these reboots, remakes and the like is that the writers pretend to have all this disingenuous reverence for the original material, but once they start writing there’s so much contempt for the characters and themes that it’s just clear they don’t understand the original material or actively hate it even though they can’t come up with anything new on their own.

Stay back Mike, that guy looks like someone I saw with the Macarena virus.

Im not watching Picard. Im just watching this.

the "what is a moron" joke was fucking beautiful man, beautiful!

I am genuinely believe Alex Kurtzman was beaten up by bullies as a child for liking sci-fi, and now uses whatever sci-fi series he gets his hands on to live out his revenge/violence fantasies

Ah to be living in a time when a video of people talking about a show, is infinitely better and more entertaining, than the show itself.

So I’ve been rewatching Star Trek: TNG and noted that there isn’t a single phaser fight in the entirety of Season 2. Like when they first meet the Borg, they shoot at them but literally nothing happens in retaliation. Just interesting to note that 30 seconds of this show has more violence than entire seasons (plural) of the source material

Man I love that episode of Star Trek with the beginning, middle and end.

So much pain behind that laughter. So much pain...

"They want to make a show and they want to get paid, but they don't care about the source material." Mike really hit the nail right on the head with that one.

I have not seen a single episode of Picard, but just come here to watch Mike and Rich's magnificent takedown of this show.

Why would a Borg cube be able to open in such a way as to blast the entire crew out..? Oh, right... Kurtzman, duh!

If Kurtzman and company really believe in all the "love and hard work" that they say went into this abomination, let's see them show up on a panel at a Star Trek convention or two to discuss it. I won't pay CBS for Picard or Discovery, but I'd pay good money to see that.

"That's so dumb it has to be true" seems to apply to almost everything these days, not just star trek

Ah yes, """"""""""""THE REAPERS""""""""""""""

Over a million views, this would be challenging the actual shows viewer count

Slow-moving gas to kill a target in a closed-off room? Were the Romulans taking lessons from the Neimoidians?

"Sheer despair broke the Borg cube." And my will to ever watch any new Star Trek anythings ever again.

"Commander Riker makes a Pizza for an hour" Now THAT was the most entertaining part of STP, yet, IMHO.

As a TNG fan, I would never watch Picard based on the trailers, but I'll happily watch Mike & Rich break its back over and over again in their reviews.

A borg cube being broken by one of the assimilated’s emotions is so lame and stupid it’s almost unbelievable a human came up with it.

Frakes/Riker looks like he's ready to star in that Orson Wells biopic now!

I like how even during a global pandemic, Rich still comes over and talks Star Trek with Mike. This is the type of friendship we should all strive for.

19:20 You guys also forgot to mention that Janeway, Tuvok, and B'Elanna all let themselves be assimilated at one point in Voyager, and then they were able to deassimilate and leave the Collective and apparently experience no trauma at all. Yay Star Trek writing!

That cursing Grand Admiral must be fun in meetings..

The moments when Rich and Mike sit silently and process the fact that they’re making another Star Trek related video are better meditations on death than The Irishman and The Seventh Seal.

Can't wait for the next Startrek series: The federation builds arks to travel to andromeda.

Love how Rich guessed the Romulan woman was going to be thrown off something to her death.

"Can a Romulan do a mind meld?" ST:Picard: "Who cares? Here's Rosie the Robot doing a mind meld lol!"

Making people watch Picard is Mike's version of the casting couch.

Mike: So we're doing season 3 of Discovery? Rich *pulls a sword out of nowhere* Please my friend... Choose to live!

Can't wait for RLM's review of the finale. Oh lord.....

I really liked the part where Picard hit the borg ship with his space ship hands.

“I am not. I am not doing Star Trek Discovery Season 3. I refuse.” -Rich Evans. Yes he will. Mike will hold Rich down and force Season 3 into him if he has to.

Mike and Rich are more likely to die from watching Geria Trek: Picard than the Coronavirus.

Alex Kurtzman get's up every day, makes a new YT Account and dislikes this video.

I feel like this is the episode that Mike and Rich did that convinced Rich that he wanted to do Season 2 of Picard. He just looks like he’s having so much fun talking to Mike and it makes my heart warm.

Jonathan Franks played the whole “shields up, perimeter scans to max” like a joke. But the special effects guys didn’t get the memo and actually put shields and perimeter scans on this cabin in the woods.

You two shouldn't be that close to each other. Don't you know the elderly are at greater risk?

If Picard's character can sorely be summed up by the facepalming meme, then Rich and Mike both played Oscar worthy versions of him in this episode.

I kept hearing synths as simps so when Mike said they have a whole planet of synths I chuckled

800,000 fighter ships, thousands of Borg Cubes, and then someone plays The Beastie Boys over the ship’s comms.

"not are they ripping off Mass Effect 3, they're ripping off the bad one for some reason" In the past few months, Rich has been proving to me he's that goofy character who's actually a secret genius. He catches a lot of things that would go by the other two. He seems like an awesome guy to bounce whatever ideas off of.

Mike and Jay, for the love of goodness, put out the episode 9 & 10 review!!!

I like how Mike accepts Rich's explanation of the Reapers' motivation as if it makes sense.

"it's like being on a rollercoaster ride into your own grave" - Mike Stoklasa on Robot in the Family, Star Trek Picard and 2020

Y'all need to flip the dynamic: torture mike by talking about mass effect for 2 hours.

Him becoming Locutus and more importantly being used to kill thousands of Starfleet officers (some of which were his close friends) at Wolf 359 shouldn't be understated as "he was a Borg for an hour" it _did_ deeply effect him. That being said though he *should* still be more or less over it because "I, Borg" was essentially the final resolution to Picard's trauma with the Borg and that story was done with, after that he shouldn't harbor much anger or pain from his experiences until First Contact decided to undo it all so Patrick Stewart could pretend he was in Die Hard

this whole video can be summed up on two words: Alex Kurtzman

"Please my friend, choose to live!!" Coolest line ever written. Only topped by classics such as "Sheer F**ING Hubris!" and "STFU Picard!!"

Dear Alex Kurtzman: The cussing, the gory violence, and the horrible mood that everyone is in is depressing. Doesn't feel like Star Trek at all. It's not even a family show anymore.

Mike wears his TNG communicator like a badge of defiance. I love it!

Despite the Mr Plinkett review for Picard, I still want to see what Rich thinks of the last two episodes and I want to see the horror in his eyes.

Mass Effect 3 Rich Evans is showing to everyone that he is a cultured man.

One anachronism in ST Picard: 'The Commodore is a half-Romulan-Vulcan.' TNG era, when a person attempts to join Starfleet, their DNA is tested; If that person has more than some fraction of Romulan ancestry, they're rejected (Refer TNG: The Drumhead.) During her entire career, the Commodore wouldn't be able to use a transporter (required daily) and she could never submit to a medical tricorder scan (required yearly physical, required daily medical scans and blood testing during the Dominion War.)

Picard stealing HUGE plot elements from Mass Effect is interesting when you realize that Matriarch Benezia was voiced by Marina Sirtis. Mass Effect paid homage to Star Trek with a sympathetic villain whose role & telepathic powers had similarities to Deanna Troi's Picard ripped off Mass Effect wholesale by stealing the premise of the trilogy: *Spoilers for Mass Effect As Humanity struggles to make friends with alien races, deep-space dwelling monsters (The Reapers) come to wipe out all intelligent life as part of a cycle, aided by a race of robots (The Geth) created by aliens for slave labor, and the Alliance (a galactic government) has to figure out how to stop it so they send a ship captain (Shepherd) who LITERALLY dies and is rebuilt just like Picard was! I'm surprised Kurtzman hasn't got in legal trouble for plagerism

"They're ripping off Mass Effect" So Star Trek Picard ending will be either blue, red or green?

It warms my heart to know that Rich still hasn't forgiven ME3.

I can't get over 'Newton's 4th law of thermodynamics.' Newton didn't have laws of thermodynamics.

I love how these have become a long-term way of making fun of Alex Kurtzman.

Kurtzman: "So, we clearly can get away with stealing stories from videogames, like we did with Discovery.. Let's do it again!"