Before he was X-Men's Professor Xavier he was Captain Jean-Luc Picard, of course im referring to the cult icon that is Patrick Stewart and he's returning to a very well-loved character in the new TV show Star Trek: Picard.
Trekkies across the globe are waiting restlessly for this show to air and thankfully the wait is almost over as it is scheduled to premiere on January 23, 2020 with a second season already commissioned already! Now if that doesn't speak of our anticipation then I really truly don't know what does.
With focus on action in every new show and fast paced stories playing themsleves out, it is the belief that this is a more dramatic show to it's counterpart, Star Trek: Discovery so join me and the rest of the world as we look forward to what could be an extremely fascinating show and if all else fails, we have Patrick Stewart back where he belongs, as Jean-Luc Picard!
STAR TREK: PICARD SYNOPSIS
The series is set 18 years after Jean-Luc Picard's last appearance in Star Trek: Nemesis (2002), and finds him deeply affected by the death of Data, as depicted in Nemesis, as well as by the destruction of Romulus as referenced in the film Star Trek.
STAR TREK: PICARD CAST
Patrick Stewart
Santiago Cabrera
Michelle Hurd
Evan Evagora
Alison Pill
Harry Treadaway
Let's go back a decade, wait make that 2 decades to the decadent 90's when the world was a very different place and TV wasn't what it is today and while we there, we remember a little show that ran the airwaves and lasted eight entire seasons, Walker, Texas Ranger, with the first episode airing 21 April 1993 and the final episode date: 19 May 2001.
The premise of the show went as follows:
Texas Ranger Cordell Walker kicks posterior -- usually in slo-mo. Because of his martial-arts skills, he has a competitive edge against the bad guys. With the help of retired ranger C.D. Parker, partner James Trivette and A.D.A. Alex Cahill, Walker ruthlessly fights for justice.
The star of the show was definitely Chuck Norris and week after week we got to see some major ass-kicking and a story to boot with our favourite protagonist taking out the bad guys. Unlike today's shows there really wasn't an underlying story arch continuing throughout the season but instead opted for a new story weekly with a few tie-backs to previous or upcoming episodes.
Now almost 2 decades later a whole new reboot is underway preparing to introduce our hero to an entirely new generation of fans with all thanks due to the popular youth channel the CW. CW's successful track record of producing hit shows only serves to give merit to this reboot and the fact that it might shape up to be a pretty good show and worth taking a look at.
Walker, a reimagining of Walker, Texas Ranger which will star Supernatural's Jared Padalecki.With Supernatural soon coming to an end after fifteen seasons, this will keep Padalecki in the CW family a little while longer. Walker will follow Cordell Walker, a widower and father or two with his own moral code. After returning home to Austin after being undercover for two years, Walker discovers that there's hard work to be done at home.
"He’ll attempt to reconnect with his children, navigate clashes with his family, and find unexpected common ground with his new partner (one of the first women in Texas Rangers’ history), while growing increasingly suspicious about the circumstances surrounding his wife’s death," reads the official description.
Padalecki, a native of Texas, had been looking for the chance to stick around his familiar stomping grounds for his next series (Supernatural shots in Vancouver) and reportedly jumped at the chance of giving Walker, Texas Ranger the reboot treatment.
So get ready for some Texan action coming to a TV near you very soon, but as with other reboots, expect it to be different to what you may have remembered Chuck Norris' Texas Ranger to have been.
And just to remind you, we've thrown in an original WalkerTexas Ranger intro...
Netflix Inc’s original film “Murder Mystery,” starring Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler, topped a list of the streaming service’s most popular releases of 2019 in the United States but its award-winning “The Crown” failed to make the top 10.
Netflix said on Monday that science fiction series “Stranger Things” came in second, followed by the Michael Bay action movie “6 Underground.” The animated movie “Incredibles 2” and Martin Scorsese’s gangster film “The Irishman” took the fourth and fifth spots, respectively.
The ranking was based on the number of households watching at least two minutes of a series, movie or special during its first 28 days on Netflix in 2019, the streaming service said.
British royal series “The Crown,” whose first two seasons cost a reported $130 million to make, did not appear in the top 10 list for either the U.S. or the UK or Canada despite having won major awards, including for its leading actors. Season 3 was released in November and Netflix did not supply any viewing data.
Netflix, which boasts more than 158 million subscribers around the world, only selectively releases viewership figures for programming it considers a hit, and the numbers are not verified by a third party.
Executives at Netflix have said they plan to be more transparent with audience data to satisfy Hollywood producers and stars and to help viewers decide what to watch.
The limited details on what grabbed Netflix viewers’ attention this year came ahead of the company’s Jan. 21 quarterly earnings report, which will disclose revenue and membership by region for the first time.
The streaming heavyweight is facing new competition, particularly from Walt Disney Co, which has been removing its movies from Netflix and putting them on the Disney+ streaming service.
Netflix shares have risen 23% this year, the smallest annual rise in three years. The S&P 500 Index is up 29% for the year.
