What, we some kinda Star Trek Picard?

Eh. ~~Discord~~ Q is just as aware of all four walls as Pinkie Pie.

I don't like the idea that Q is aware he's in a show. That implies that the show isn't real internally, not just externally to us. We know that it's a show, but I prefer it to pretend that it isn't.
- It's either that or he randomly speaks in episode titles :)

You also know somebody is running on empty when a show or movie franchise set in the future or a fantastic world transports their characters to "the present" for any extended period. Now, whether that's the writers, the cast, or the accountants, no one can say.

It's the accountants, it's always the accountants.
That's the trope I hate about fantasy movies, where they just kinda are magically transported to our planet/universe.
Masters of the Universe, Smurfs, Beastmaster...

"So you people, you're all...astronauts, on some kind of...Star Trek?"

“He said the thing!!! HE SAID THE THING!!!!”
In the original script he says they're on "some kind of... Star Trek... the Next Generation?" but the movie was running a little long in the edit bay.
- Wow, it's a good thing the plans to make it a TAS movie fell through, then. That wouldn't have made any sense at all.

“This feels like Encounter at Farpoint , all over again.”
“More like The Price . We knew after The First Duty things would change.”

“Maybe. But The Game has gotten out of control.”
“Then we need A Matter of Time . After that, we’ll have New Ground .”

“Unless Disaster strikes.”
“Come on—have a little faith. This won’t be Chain of Command , it’s just The Next Phase .”

    
Encounter at Farpoint — S1E1–2  
The Price — S3E8  
The First Duty — S5E19  
The Game — S5E6  
A Matter of Time — S5E9  
New Ground — S5E10  
Disaster — S5E5  
Chain of Command — S6E10–11  
The Next Phase — S5E24

"a language built upon metaphors and allegories, in which ~~Tamarians~~ Trekians cite incidents from their cultural history, to communicate the emotions they feel, their perceptions of situations, and their wishes and opinions about actions."

Isn't this like, just the first evolutionary step of future english becoming Tamarian?

Tapestry, stabbed Picard laughing.
- Captain America, his finger pointed

The first one is odd, but 'through a mirror darkly' is itself a reference to a poetic use of language from the bible. It was around long before trek.

Of course. It's references on top of references, but these 2 back to back inside of 1 minute is clearly on purpose.

Hey man there is no shame in not getting it.

Did you know that the space ship from Star Trek wasn't actually called the "Star Trek"?

SME Patrick Stewart revealed that on a thing I watched earlier.

That was his whole opening monologue when he did SNL.

It's time to pass things on to the Next Generation.