Podcasts about shinzon

Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, The 250 is a (mostly) weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. New episodes are released every second Saturday at 6pm GMT, with the occasional bonus episode between them. This week, Stuart Baird's Star Trek: Nemesis. A mysterious regime change on Romulus presents the Federation with an unprecedented opportunity for peace. The Enterprise is dispatched into Romulan space in the hopes of forging an alliance with a long-term enemy. However, Captain Jean Luc Picard quickly discovers the mysterious new leader of the Romulan Star Empire, Shinzon of Remus, has a very familiar face. Picard's past comes back to confront him. At time of recording, it was not ranked on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

Ever wanted to see TNG turn into a mindless action franchise? Yeah, neither did we, but here we are anyway. It's “Star Trek: Nemesis” on this very special episode of ST:TNGeez, Not Another Star Trek Podcast, and it's coming at you right about . . . NOW!The final frontier is reached at last as we enjoy this final “Next Generation” motion picture extravaganza! In an unexpected maneuver, the newly ascended praetor of the Romulan Empire requests a visit from the Enterprise E! Picard hightails it to the Romulan homeworld without the common courtesy of dropping off the newlywed Troi and Riker. What could be so pressing as to lead our classy captain to commit such a faux pas?  How about a coup that places the mysterious Shinzon in the role of predator of the empire backed by his equally mysterious Reman “brothers”? (Are there any female Remans? If so, where are they?) The command crew beams down to Shinzon's goth palace for a chat, and as a welcome gift, Shinzon offers some of his blood. Sounds gross until Bev analyzes the blood to discover that Shinzon is a clone of Jean-Luc! (Which is still gross, but at least there's a point to it, kinda.)Meanwhile, the Enterprise just happens to stumble onto yet another Soong-type android scattered across a desert planet. Picard drags Worf and Data on a dune buggy ride to retrieve the bits and reassemble them into an android that looks just like Data. They deduce it's a prototype that just happens to be named . . . B-4. Seriously. That's its name. It has the brain of a Pakled and a jumpsuit to match. Seems they don't make clones the way they used to. But things kick into gear when Shinzon begins to implement his master plan involving the deadly Thalaron radiation! How is B-4 linked to Shinzon and his master plan? What is his master plan anyway? Why does he need Picard's blood so badly? Why is his suit so tight? (that has to chafe!)  Do they not have dentists on Romulus? Found out in this all new episode of ST:TNGeez, Not Another Star Trek Podcast!Even more available at: https://tngeez.com

 As the outlook for the powers of the Alpha and Beta quadrants grew increasingly grim, the Romulan Empire turned to drafting soldiers from their dirty little secret: The people of Romii, known to the rest of the galaxy as Remus. The Remen were at worst 2nd class citizens of the Empire and at worst slave labor, their population subjugated when then violent Vulcan pilgrims settled on a twin planet in the system. A planet that would become Romulus. 

The (Movie) TNG Goodbye: Star Trek: NemesisAs we look forward to "Star Trek: Picard" season three, with the final (?) journey of the TNG crew, the trio looks back to the original goodbye for that crew. There's conflicting stories about whether the fourth Next Gen film was meant to be a cinematic farewell - but considering Data's sacrifice, Riker's promotion and marraige to Troi, and deleted scenes that had other characters move on from the U.S.S. Enterprise-E, it seems it was "A Generation's Final Journey" (as the movie posters stated). How does this film work as a final goodbye? Were the themes introduced with the characters Shinzon and B-4 helpful? How were all the characters used? Does the movie still hold up? Join us as a we revisit this final (?) TNG film.

It's our final adventure with our intrepid crew of the 1701-D...errr...1701-E.  When an explosion blows up the Romulan Senate, the new leader of the Romulans requests an audience with Captain Picard.  When Picard meets him, he is surprised to discover that this new leader, Shinzon, is actually a clone of Captain Picard himself, and the clone is bent on the destruction of the Federation.  Meanwhile, Data finds a long lost brother of his, B-4.   If you're watching with us, the next episode will be the Enterprise season 2 episode, "Cease Fire." Contact the show:email: beammeuppod@gmail.comTwitter: @beammeuppodInstagram: @beammeuppodWebsite: beammeuppod.comSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/beammeuppod)Support the show

   This week two films about master negotiators.      Small time con, Eddie, can sell anything to anyone. He dreams of one day opening his own store and sees it as his way out from under the ever more controlling grip of local crime boss, John Power. Unfortunately, right when it seems things might go Eddie's way for once, things take a turn toward the horrible as Power's nephew (and Eddie's partner) absconds with Power's young bride and a lockbox full of cash. Is there a light at the end of this tunnel or is there only death waiting Trojan Eddie?     The tenth film overall in the franchise. The fourth and final film with the Next Gen crew. The Enterprise-E is forced to deal with a coup within the Romulan Star Empire when a coup leaves Shinzon, an imperfect clone of the Enterprise's own captain Jean-Luc Picard, as Praetor. A box office disappointment, it led Paramount to declare "franchise fatigue" and put the franchise in a box on a low shelf for a few years. Fantastic ship effects and the always wonderful Patrick Stewart just weren't enough to save Star Trek: Nemesis.    Join us, won't you?Episode 268- Seamy Reman

"Some ideals are worth dying for, aren't they Jean-Luc?"This line makes Shinzon seem like a much deeper villian than we got in this film. Join us as we wonder how they could of thought his was a good send off for the TNG crew (Thank goodness for "Picard") TSPHC 100th LinkPodcast TwitterCasey's Twitter Casey's InstagramColin's TwitterNight Shift RadioMentioned in this episode:TSPHC 100th Episode LIVE!Click here to register for the LIVE event on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boIcONLtpjgThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy

STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING... Don't watch the Picard finale... Don't watch the premiere of Strange New Worlds... Instead, feed your Trek addiction with this hideous episode of Rewind! Haley and Sara take the last train to Clarksville to watch Nemesis, you know the one...the movie with Shinzon...and the Riker wedding, so good right? Not the best....but let us know what you think! Thanks for listening, keep on Trekkin'!

STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING... Don't watch the Picard finale... Don't watch the premiere of Strange New Worlds... Instead, feed your Trek addiction with this hideous episode of Rewind! Haley and Sara take the last train to Clarksville to watch Nemesis, you know the one...the movie with Shinzon...and the Riker wedding, so good right? Not the best....but let us know what you think! Thanks for listening, keep on Trekkin'!

Old toys repurposed into weapons and more... Ellie Littlechild presents 10 Origins Of Star Trek Props You Won't Believe... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

OMG TOM HARDY ORDERS TEA HE MUST BE PICARD'S CLONE. The ladies discuss Shinzon from 2002's Nemesis. CONTENT WARNING: includes discussion about sexual assault.

TOM HARDY IS A LEGEND! Join us as we discuss the work and career of one of the best actors in the game today as we discuss, Shinzon, Bane and Mad Max himself - TOM HARDY on Normies Like Us! Tom Hardy also has a rap album. Insta @NormiesLikeUs https://www.instagram.com/normieslikeus/ @jacob https://www.instagram.com/jacob/ @JoeHasInsta https://www.instagram.com/joehasinsta/ @MikeHasInsta https://www.instagram.com/mikehasinsta/

It's true, everybody's here! The full panel – Rachael Clow (Biology PhD), Chris Clow (Movies.com, The Comic Binge), Zaki Hasan (Zaki's Corner, MovieFilm Podcast), and Cicero Holmes (Rivals of Waterdeep, 90's First) – catches up with Zaki and then dives into the fact that Cicero has just watched the final two NEXT GENERATION feature films – STAR TREK: INSURRECTION and STAR TREK NEMESIS – for the first time. Listen as Cicero recounts his thoughts while the panel also explores their own, and then pay attention as Zaki expounds on the discussion about the scheduled 2023 STAR TREK film to (supposedly) be produced by J.J. ABRAMS!

In this episode Mark talks about the tenth film in the "Star Trek" film franchise: the 2002 American science fiction film "Star Trek: Nemesis". The fourth film, as well as the final film, to feature the cast of "Star Trek: The Next Generation", sees Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and the crew of the USS Enterprise-E be sent on a mission of peace to the planet Romulus - the homeworld of the Romulan Star Empire, a longstanding enemy of the United Federation of Planets - after the Romulan senate is overthrown by a clone of Captain Picard, called Shinzon (played by Tom Hardy), who is the leader of the Remans - a slave race from the neighbouring planet Remus - and who along with some Romulan senators plotted to engineer a coup d'etat to seize power. However, Shinzon - whose body is slowly degeneating - urgently requires a blood transfusion from Captain Jean-Luc Picard in order to stay alive, which leads him to conspire to draw the Enterprise-E to Romulus so that he can capture Captain Picard and use his genetic material, and then wage war against the United Federation of Planets aboard an advanced warship, known as the Scimitar, equipped with a deadly biological weapon capable of exterminating the humanoid crew of a ship or the population of a entire planet. And the film also bids a sad farewell to a beloved character - who choses to sacrifice themselves instead of watching their captain, their crew, their friends perish. The film also stars Jonathan Frakes, Michael Dorn, Levar Burton, Brent Spiner, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, and Ron Perlman. And the soundtrack of the film was composed by the late great Jerry Goldsmith. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/markthepoet/message

Who are the characters that truly grind your gears whenever they are on screen? Seán Ferrick presents the 10 Most Hated Star Trek Characters...ENJOY!Follow us on Twitter:@SeanFerrick@TrekCultureFor more awesome content, check out: whatculture.com/topic/star-trek See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

"Whatever our lives might have been, our destinies have changed". Adam Clery presents the 10 Biggest Star Trek What Ifs...ENJOY!Follow us on Twitter:@AdamClery@TrekCultureFor more awesome content, check out: whatculture.com/topic/star-trek See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

"I'll show you my true nature. Our nature. And as Earth dies - remember I will always forever be Shinzon of Remus. And my voice shall echo through time long after yours has faded to a dim memory." - ShinzonIt's ASNP's final TNG Film deep dive as we take a look at 2002's Star Trek: Nemesis.In the tenth and final Berman Era Trek film, A coup d'état on Romulus brings a new praetor, Shinzon, to power. Is Nemesis as bad as people say it is? Does it deserve a second look? Find out on Episode 18 of A Strange New Pod.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/astrangenewpod)

Look, fat, look. You made it through part one and you have no reason to NOT listen to part two. Unless of course you do, more power to you. And by that I mean, more power to US. This is part two of the Florida Fiasco with the Big Boyz. You heard it here second, folks, we’re back telling more stupid inclusive jokes and reminiscing the good times before reading MORE stories about spooky Disney shit. Is it scary? I don’t know! That’s subjective. Just like Tom Hardy’s performance as Shinzon in Star Trek Nemesis. The Time I Broke into Disney(33:23)Not All Creatures at Disney World are Animatronic(1:05:59)I was an Under-Cover Security Officer at Walt Disney World; I Found Their Darkest Secret(1:25:46)I Work at Disney; Stay Away from the Haunted Mansion(1:52:25)Check out our episodes on Youtube!www.youtube.com/channel/UCxoqIN-fkfdlmGEjWujypxwCheck out our merch at: https://www.redbubble.com/people/elcapitanmuerte/portfolioFeaturing wonderful ambient music from our fam in Sweden: CryoChamber, givin' us all the ooky-spooky tunage. Follow: @cryo-chamberThank you!"Spooky Skeletons REMIX," and “MC Chris is dead“ are not my songs. Credit and All rights are reserved by the owners.”

Look, fat, look. You made it through part one and you have no reason to NOT listen to part two. Unless of course you do, more power to you. And by that I mean, more power to US. This is part two of the Florida Fiasco with the Big Boyz. You heard it here second, folks, we’re back telling more stupid inclusive jokes and reminiscing the good times before reading MORE stories about spooky Disney shit. Is it scary? I don’t know! That’s subjective. Just like Tom Hardy’s performance as Shinzon in Star Trek Nemesis. The Time I Broke into Disney(33:23)Not All Creatures at Disney World are Animatronic(1:05:59)I was an Under-Cover Security Officer at Walt Disney World; I Found Their Darkest Secret(1:25:46)I Work at Disney; Stay Away from the Haunted Mansion(1:52:25)Check out our episodes on Youtube!www.youtube.com/channel/UCxoqIN-fkfdlmGEjWujypxwCheck out our merch at: https://www.redbubble.com/people/elcapitanmuerte/portfolioFeaturing wonderful ambient music from our fam in Sweden: CryoChamber, givin' us all the ooky-spooky tunage. Follow: @cryo-chamberThank you!"Spooky Skeletons REMIX," and “MC Chris is dead“ are not my songs. Credit and All rights are reserved by the owners.”

Live with a Hispanic Neighboring Room Audience, from Orlando, Florida, LOOOOoooootsaaaaa PASTAaaaaa! And here comes our host, Captain Death!Hey, Everyone! Thank you so much for joining us tonight. I’m very excited to be here with my boys in Florida, being fat and riding rides and being too fat TO ride rides - *cue laugh track.*We’ve certainly been keeping ourselves busy, and by that I mean, EATING - heyyooo.We’re gonna tell some jokes, tell some stories, read some stories, and it’ll all remind you of Tom Hardy when he played Shinzon in Star Trek Nemesis. River Country Film(49:52)The Costume(1:09:57)Why I’ll Never Work Security at Disney World Again(1:28:49)The Disneyland Suicide Pact(1:46:38)Check out our episodes on Youtube!www.youtube.com/channel/UCxoqIN-fkfdlmGEjWujypxwCheck out our merch at: https://www.redbubble.com/people/elcapitanmuerte/portfolioFeaturing wonderful ambient music from our fam in Sweden: CryoChamber, givin' us all the ooky-spooky tunage. Follow: @cryo-chamberThank you!"Spooky Skeletons REMIX," and “MC Chris is dead“ are not my songs. Credit and All rights are reserved by the owners.”

Live with a Hispanic Neighboring Room Audience, from Orlando, Florida, LOOOOoooootsaaaaa PASTAaaaaa! And here comes our host, Captain Death!Hey, Everyone! Thank you so much for joining us tonight. I’m very excited to be here with my boys in Florida, being fat and riding rides and being too fat TO ride rides - *cue laugh track.*We’ve certainly been keeping ourselves busy, and by that I mean, EATING - heyyooo.We’re gonna tell some jokes, tell some stories, read some stories, and it’ll all remind you of Tom Hardy when he played Shinzon in Star Trek Nemesis. River Country Film(49:52)The Costume(1:09:57)Why I’ll Never Work Security at Disney World Again(1:28:49)The Disneyland Suicide Pact(1:46:38)Check out our episodes on Youtube!www.youtube.com/channel/UCxoqIN-fkfdlmGEjWujypxwCheck out our merch at: https://www.redbubble.com/people/elcapitanmuerte/portfolioFeaturing wonderful ambient music from our fam in Sweden: CryoChamber, givin' us all the ooky-spooky tunage. Follow: @cryo-chamberThank you!"Spooky Skeletons REMIX," and “MC Chris is dead“ are not my songs. Credit and All rights are reserved by the owners.”

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After a long technologically induced hiatus LSWOT is back with an episode clutched from the jaws of hard drive failure.  Simon Aiken joins Keith and Pete to discuss the pilot and finale of Star Trek: The Next Generation.  Find more of Simon's work at http://www.independentrunnings.com/index.html   Special thanks as always to Neil Myers for our theme - see more of his work at NeilMyersMusic.com And to William McLaughlan for our logo- see more of his work at https://wasm19.wixsite.com/mysite   Check out Simon and Keith's previous podcast Movie Heaven Movie Hell- specifically:    1 - STAR TREK REBOOT MOVIES (18th August 2016)   In this podcast we kick-off our STAR TREK celebrations as the franchise turns 50, by talking about the reboot, or Kelvin Timeline, films. We are joined by Charles de Lauzirika as we discuss J.J. Abrams' reimagining of the adventures of the Enterprise, as the timeline is spilt off into an alternative one where Kirk is born in battle, Spock is more emotional and Bones is... well he is still surly. Spoilers abound as we talk about STAR TREK, INTO DARKNESS and BEYOND.   https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/movie-heaven-movie-hell/id983983433?i=1000374251172   2 - STAR TREK THE NEXT GENERATION MOVIES (25th August 2016)   We continue to celebrate 50 years of Star Trek by talking about The Next Generation films. We are join by filmmaker Alex Brunning to discuss the movie adventures of Picard, Data, Riker, Worf, Geordie, Deanna and Beverly on the Enterprise D and E as they face the Borg, The Nexus, Shinzon and Puberty. The films under discussion are GENERATIONS, FIRST CONTACT, INSURRECTION and NEMESIS.   https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/movie-heaven-movie-hell/id983983433?i=1000374525001   3 - STAR TREK THE ORIGINAL MOVIES (8th September 2016)   There are Klingons on the starboard bow as we finish our Star Trek celebrations by looking at the orginial Star Trek films. We are joined by Clive Ashenden and Rob Wickings from The A-Z Of SFF, as we talk about the cinematic adventures of Kirk, Spock, Bones, Sulu, Chekov, Uhura and Scotty. We talk about the death and resurrection of Spock, Kirk going up against God, why is the Enterprise always in disrepair, Scotty changing the past, Checkov always getting hurt, and was Bones beamed away from a disco? The films under discussion are THE MOTION PICTURE, THE WRATH OF KHAN, THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK, THE VOYAGE HOME, THE FINAL FRONTIER, and THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY.   https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/movie-heaven-movie-hell/id983983433?i=1000375050030   4 - STAR TREK DISCOVERY (2nd October 2017)   In this week's episode of the Podcast, Simon and Keith are joined by Producer Pete Mele to discuss the new series, STAR TREK DISCOVERY. Spoilers are a  plenty as we discuss the two opening episodes, THE VULCAN HELLO and BATTLE AT THE BINARY STARS. We give on our initial thoughts on the plotline, characters, the new look Klingons, it's place in the Star Trek Universe and where we think the series will lead.   https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/movie-heaven-movie-hell/id983983433?i=1000392941949   5 - STAR TREK DISCOVERY MID SEASON (30th November 2017)   As we have reached the mid season break in STAR TREK DISCOVERY, Simon and Keith are rejoined by Producer Pete Mele to talk about the series so far. Spoilers are a plenty as we discuss the good, the bad and the ugly of the first nine episodes of the show.   https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/movie-heaven-movie-hell/id983983433?i=1000395461443   6 - STAR TREK MIRROR UNIVERSE (26th January 2018)   As STAR TREK DISCOVERY is now in the Mirror Universe, we decided that our first podcast of 2018 should be about the other episodes that take place in that dark galaxy. We are rejoined by Producer Pete Mele as we put on evil goatees and daggers, and talk about the episodes MIRROR, MIRROR (The Original Series), Crossover, Through The Looking Glass, Shattered Mirror, Resurrection, The Emperor's New Cloak (Deep Space Nine), In A Mirror Darkly (Enterprise), and Despite Yourself, The Wolf Inside (Discovery). We briefly talk about the fan film, STAR TREK CONTINUES - FAIREST OF THEM ALL, which is a sequel to TOS episode.   https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/movie-heaven-movie-hell/id983983433?i=1000400808279   7 - STAR TREK CONTINUES (4th February 2018)   In this week's episode we talk to Vic Mignogna about stepping into the iconic shoes of Captain James T. Kirk, as he and crew of the starship Enterprise complete their 5 years mission in the fan film series, STAR TREK CONTINUES. We chat to Vic about making the show, casting, re-creating the sets, costumes and props from the original series, and his love of Star Trek.   https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/movie-heaven-movie-hell/id983983433?i=1000401343549   8 - STAR TREK DISCOVERY SEASON 1 FINALE (8th March 2018)   Now that season 1 of Star Trek Discovery is finished, Simon and Keith are joined by Producer Pete Mele to talk about their thoughts on the finale of the series and where they think season 2 will be heading.   https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/movie-heaven-movie-hell/id983983433?i=1000405567442   9 - STAR TREK DISCOVERY SEASON 2 (11th February 2019)   We kick off the new year by looking at the new season of Star Trek Discovery. We are joined by producer Pete Mele to talk about the first 2 episodes of the series, BROTHER and NEW EDEN, and what we think is going to happen as some familiar faces are going to be joining the crew.    https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/movie-heaven-movie-hell/id983983433?i=1000429648906   10 - STAR TREK DISCOVERY SEASON 2 WRAP UP (13th June 2019)   We come to the end of Series 2 of Star Trek Discovery, and Simon and Keith want to talk about it. They are joined by producer Pete Mele and newcomer to the podcast, Ryan Holloway. to give their thoughts on the overal series and that finale. Be warned that there are spoilers in this one.    https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/movie-heaven-movie-hell/id983983433?i=1000441436973  

Neil Myers, who wrote the LSWOT theme,  joins Keith and Pete to discuss music and Star Trek. See more of Neil's work at NeilMyersMusic.com And thanks to William McLaughlan for our logo- see more of his work at wasm19.wixsite.com   Check out Simon and Keith's previous podcast Movie Heaven Movie Hell- specifically:    1 - STAR TREK REBOOT MOVIES (18th August 2016)   In this podcast we kick-off our STAR TREK celebrations as the franchise turns 50, by talking about the reboot, or Kelvin Timeline, films. We are joined by Charles de Lauzirika as we discuss J.J. Abrams' reimagining of the adventures of the Enterprise, as the timeline is spilt off into an alternative one where Kirk is born in battle, Spock is more emotional and Bones is... well he is still surly. Spoilers abound as we talk about STAR TREK, INTO DARKNESS and BEYOND.   https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/movie-heaven-movie-hell/id983983433?i=1000374251172   2 - STAR TREK THE NEXT GENERATION MOVIES (25th August 2016)   We continue to celebrate 50 years of Star Trek by talking about The Next Generation films. We are join by filmmaker Alex Brunning to discuss the movie adventures of Picard, Data, Riker, Worf, Geordie, Deanna and Beverly on the Enterprise D and E as they face the Borg, The Nexus, Shinzon and Puberty. The films under discussion are GENERATIONS, FIRST CONTACT, INSURRECTION and NEMESIS.   https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/movie-heaven-movie-hell/id983983433?i=1000374525001   3 - STAR TREK THE ORIGINAL MOVIES (8th September 2016)   There are Klingons on the starboard bow as we finish our Star Trek celebrations by looking at the orginial Star Trek films. We are joined by Clive Ashenden and Rob Wickings from The A-Z Of SFF, as we talk about the cinematic adventures of Kirk, Spock, Bones, Sulu, Chekov, Uhura and Scotty. We talk about the death and resurrection of Spock, Kirk going up against God, why is the Enterprise always in disrepair, Scotty changing the past, Checkov always getting hurt, and was Bones beamed away from a disco? The films under discussion are THE MOTION PICTURE, THE WRATH OF KHAN, THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK, THE VOYAGE HOME, THE FINAL FRONTIER, and THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY.   https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/movie-heaven-movie-hell/id983983433?i=1000375050030   4 - STAR TREK DISCOVERY (2nd October 2017)   In this week's episode of the Podcast, Simon and Keith are joined by Producer Pete Mele to discuss the new series, STAR TREK DISCOVERY. Spoilers are a  plenty as we discuss the two opening episodes, THE VULCAN HELLO and BATTLE AT THE BINARY STARS. We give on our initial thoughts on the plotline, characters, the new look Klingons, it's place in the Star Trek Universe and where we think the series will lead.   https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/movie-heaven-movie-hell/id983983433?i=1000392941949   5 - STAR TREK DISCOVERY MID SEASON (30th November 2017)   As we have reached the mid season break in STAR TREK DISCOVERY, Simon and Keith are rejoined by Producer Pete Mele to talk about the series so far. Spoilers are a plenty as we discuss the good, the bad and the ugly of the first nine episodes of the show.   https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/movie-heaven-movie-hell/id983983433?i=1000395461443   6 - STAR TREK MIRROR UNIVERSE (26th January 2018)   As STAR TREK DISCOVERY is now in the Mirror Universe, we decided that our first podcast of 2018 should be about the other episodes that take place in that dark galaxy. We are rejoined by Producer Pete Mele as we put on evil goatees and daggers, and talk about the episodes MIRROR, MIRROR (The Original Series), Crossover, Through The Looking Glass, Shattered Mirror, Resurrection, The Emperor's New Cloak (Deep Space Nine), In A Mirror Darkly (Enterprise), and Despite Yourself, The Wolf Inside (Discovery). We briefly talk about the fan film, STAR TREK CONTINUES - FAIREST OF THEM ALL, which is a sequel to TOS episode.   https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/movie-heaven-movie-hell/id983983433?i=1000400808279   7 - STAR TREK CONTINUES (4th February 2018)   In this week's episode we talk to Vic Mignogna about stepping into the iconic shoes of Captain James T. Kirk, as he and crew of the starship Enterprise complete their 5 years mission in the fan film series, STAR TREK CONTINUES. We chat to Vic about making the show, casting, re-creating the sets, costumes and props from the original series, and his love of Star Trek.   https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/movie-heaven-movie-hell/id983983433?i=1000401343549   8 - STAR TREK DISCOVERY SEASON 1 FINALE (8th March 2018)   Now that season 1 of Star Trek Discovery is finished, Simon and Keith are joined by Producer Pete Mele to talk about their thoughts on the finale of the series and where they think season 2 will be heading.   https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/movie-heaven-movie-hell/id983983433?i=1000405567442   9 - STAR TREK DISCOVERY SEASON 2 (11th February 2019)   We kick off the new year by looking at the new season of Star Trek Discovery. We are joined by producer Pete Mele to talk about the first 2 episodes of the series, BROTHER and NEW EDEN, and what we think is going to happen as some familiar faces are going to be joining the crew.    https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/movie-heaven-movie-hell/id983983433?i=1000429648906   10 - STAR TREK DISCOVERY SEASON 2 WRAP UP (13th June 2019)   We come to the end of Series 2 of Star Trek Discovery, and Simon and Keith want to talk about it. They are joined by producer Pete Mele and newcomer to the podcast, Ryan Holloway. to give their thoughts on the overal series and that finale. Be warned that there are spoilers in this one.    https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/movie-heaven-movie-hell/id983983433?i=1000441436973

This week Simon Aiken joins Keith and Pete to discuss the pilots and finales of The Original Series and The Animated Series. Find more of Simon's work at http://www.independentrunnings.com/index.html   Special thanks as always to Neil Myers for our theme - see more of his work at NeilMyersMusic.com And to William McLaughlan for our logo- see more of his work at wasm19.wixsite.com   Check out Simon and Keith's previous podcast Movie Heaven Movie Hell- specifically:    1 - STAR TREK REBOOT MOVIES (18th August 2016)   In this podcast we kick-off our STAR TREK celebrations as the franchise turns 50, by talking about the reboot, or Kelvin Timeline, films. We are joined by Charles de Lauzirika as we discuss J.J. Abrams' reimagining of the adventures of the Enterprise, as the timeline is spilt off into an alternative one where Kirk is born in battle, Spock is more emotional and Bones is... well he is still surly. Spoilers abound as we talk about STAR TREK, INTO DARKNESS and BEYOND.   https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/movie-heaven-movie-hell/id983983433?i=1000374251172   2 - STAR TREK THE NEXT GENERATION MOVIES (25th August 2016)   We continue to celebrate 50 years of Star Trek by talking about The Next Generation films. We are join by filmmaker Alex Brunning to discuss the movie adventures of Picard, Data, Riker, Worf, Geordie, Deanna and Beverly on the Enterprise D and E as they face the Borg, The Nexus, Shinzon and Puberty. The films under discussion are GENERATIONS, FIRST CONTACT, INSURRECTION and NEMESIS.   https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/movie-heaven-movie-hell/id983983433?i=1000374525001   3 - STAR TREK THE ORIGINAL MOVIES (8th September 2016)   There are Klingons on the starboard bow as we finish our Star Trek celebrations by looking at the orginial Star Trek films. We are joined by Clive Ashenden and Rob Wickings from The A-Z Of SFF, as we talk about the cinematic adventures of Kirk, Spock, Bones, Sulu, Chekov, Uhura and Scotty. We talk about the death and resurrection of Spock, Kirk going up against God, why is the Enterprise always in disrepair, Scotty changing the past, Checkov always getting hurt, and was Bones beamed away from a disco? The films under discussion are THE MOTION PICTURE, THE WRATH OF KHAN, THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK, THE VOYAGE HOME, THE FINAL FRONTIER, and THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY.   https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/movie-heaven-movie-hell/id983983433?i=1000375050030   4 - STAR TREK DISCOVERY (2nd October 2017)   In this week's episode of the Podcast, Simon and Keith are joined by Producer Pete Mele to discuss the new series, STAR TREK DISCOVERY. Spoilers are a  plenty as we discuss the two opening episodes, THE VULCAN HELLO and BATTLE AT THE BINARY STARS. We give on our initial thoughts on the plotline, characters, the new look Klingons, it's place in the Star Trek Universe and where we think the series will lead.   https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/movie-heaven-movie-hell/id983983433?i=1000392941949   5 - STAR TREK DISCOVERY MID SEASON (30th November 2017)   As we have reached the mid season break in STAR TREK DISCOVERY, Simon and Keith are rejoined by Producer Pete Mele to talk about the series so far. Spoilers are a plenty as we discuss the good, the bad and the ugly of the first nine episodes of the show.   https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/movie-heaven-movie-hell/id983983433?i=1000395461443   6 - STAR TREK MIRROR UNIVERSE (26th January 2018)   As STAR TREK DISCOVERY is now in the Mirror Universe, we decided that our first podcast of 2018 should be about the other episodes that take place in that dark galaxy. We are rejoined by Producer Pete Mele as we put on evil goatees and daggers, and talk about the episodes MIRROR, MIRROR (The Original Series), Crossover, Through The Looking Glass, Shattered Mirror, Resurrection, The Emperor's New Cloak (Deep Space Nine), In A Mirror Darkly (Enterprise), and Despite Yourself, The Wolf Inside (Discovery). We briefly talk about the fan film, STAR TREK CONTINUES - FAIREST OF THEM ALL, which is a sequel to TOS episode.   https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/movie-heaven-movie-hell/id983983433?i=1000400808279   7 - STAR TREK CONTINUES (4th February 2018)   In this week's episode we talk to Vic Mignogna about stepping into the iconic shoes of Captain James T. Kirk, as he and crew of the starship Enterprise complete their 5 years mission in the fan film series, STAR TREK CONTINUES. We chat to Vic about making the show, casting, re-creating the sets, costumes and props from the original series, and his love of Star Trek.   https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/movie-heaven-movie-hell/id983983433?i=1000401343549   8 - STAR TREK DISCOVERY SEASON 1 FINALE (8th March 2018)   Now that season 1 of Star Trek Discovery is finished, Simon and Keith are joined by Producer Pete Mele to talk about their thoughts on the finale of the series and where they think season 2 will be heading.   https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/movie-heaven-movie-hell/id983983433?i=1000405567442   9 - STAR TREK DISCOVERY SEASON 2 (11th February 2019)   We kick off the new year by looking at the new season of Star Trek Discovery. We are joined by producer Pete Mele to talk about the first 2 episodes of the series, BROTHER and NEW EDEN, and what we think is going to happen as some familiar faces are going to be joining the crew.    https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/movie-heaven-movie-hell/id983983433?i=1000429648906   10 - STAR TREK DISCOVERY SEASON 2 WRAP UP (13th June 2019)   We come to the end of Series 2 of Star Trek Discovery, and Simon and Keith want to talk about it. They are joined by producer Pete Mele and newcomer to the podcast, Ryan Holloway. to give their thoughts on the overal series and that finale. Be warned that there are spoilers in this one.    https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/movie-heaven-movie-hell/id983983433?i=1000441436973

Pete and Keith discuss the season 1 finale, Et in Arcadia Ego part 2.   More Star Trek Content? Check out Keith's previous podcast Movie Heaven Movie Hell- specifically:    1 - STAR TREK REBOOT MOVIES (18th August 2016)   In this podcast we kick-off our STAR TREK celebrations as the franchise turns 50, by talking about the reboot, or Kelvin Timeline, films. We are joined by Charles de Lauzirika as we discuss J.J. Abrams' reimagining of the adventures of the Enterprise, as the timeline is spilt off into an alternative one where Kirk is born in battle, Spock is more emotional and Bones is... well he is still surly. Spoilers abound as we talk about STAR TREK, INTO DARKNESS and BEYOND.   https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/movie-heaven-movie-hell/id983983433?i=1000374251172   2 - STAR TREK THE NEXT GENERATION MOVIES (25th August 2016)   We continue to celebrate 50 years of Star Trek by talking about The Next Generation films. We are join by filmmaker Alex Brunning to discuss the movie adventures of Picard, Data, Riker, Worf, Geordie, Deanna and Beverly on the Enterprise D and E as they face the Borg, The Nexus, Shinzon and Puberty. The films under discussion are GENERATIONS, FIRST CONTACT, INSURRECTION and NEMESIS.   https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/movie-heaven-movie-hell/id983983433?i=1000374525001   3 - STAR TREK THE ORIGINAL MOVIES (8th September 2016)   There are Klingons on the starboard bow as we finish our Star Trek celebrations by looking at the orginial Star Trek films. We are joined by Clive Ashenden and Rob Wickings from The A-Z Of SFF, as we talk about the cinematic adventures of Kirk, Spock, Bones, Sulu, Chekov, Uhura and Scotty. We talk about the death and resurrection of Spock, Kirk going up against God, why is the Enterprise always in disrepair, Scotty changing the past, Checkov always getting hurt, and was Bones beamed away from a disco? The films under discussion are THE MOTION PICTURE, THE WRATH OF KHAN, THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK, THE VOYAGE HOME, THE FINAL FRONTIER, and THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY.   https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/movie-heaven-movie-hell/id983983433?i=1000375050030   4 - STAR TREK DISCOVERY (2nd October 2017)   In this week's episode of the Podcast, Simon and Keith are joined by Producer Pete Mele to discuss the new series, STAR TREK DISCOVERY. Spoilers are a  plenty as we discuss the two opening episodes, THE VULCAN HELLO and BATTLE AT THE BINARY STARS. We give on our initial thoughts on the plotline, characters, the new look Klingons, it's place in the Star Trek Universe and where we think the series will lead.   https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/movie-heaven-movie-hell/id983983433?i=1000392941949   5 - STAR TREK DISCOVERY MID SEASON (30th November 2017)   As we have reached the mid season break in STAR TREK DISCOVERY, Simon and Keith are rejoined by Producer Pete Mele to talk about the series so far. Spoilers are a plenty as we discuss the good, the bad and the ugly of the first nine episodes of the show.   https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/movie-heaven-movie-hell/id983983433?i=1000395461443   6 - STAR TREK MIRROR UNIVERSE (26th January 2018)   As STAR TREK DISCOVERY is now in the Mirror Universe, we decided that our first podcast of 2018 should be about the other episodes that take place in that dark galaxy. We are rejoined by Producer Pete Mele as we put on evil goatees and daggers, and talk about the episodes MIRROR, MIRROR (The Original Series), Crossover, Through The Looking Glass, Shattered Mirror, Resurrection, The Emperor's New Cloak (Deep Space Nine), In A Mirror Darkly (Enterprise), and Despite Yourself, The Wolf Inside (Discovery). We briefly talk about the fan film, STAR TREK CONTINUES - FAIREST OF THEM ALL, which is a sequel to TOS episode.   https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/movie-heaven-movie-hell/id983983433?i=1000400808279   7 - STAR TREK CONTINUES (4th February 2018)   In this week's episode we talk to Vic Mignogna about stepping into the iconic shoes of Captain James T. Kirk, as he and crew of the starship Enterprise complete their 5 years mission in the fan film series, STAR TREK CONTINUES. We chat to Vic about making the show, casting, re-creating the sets, costumes and props from the original series, and his love of Star Trek.   https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/movie-heaven-movie-hell/id983983433?i=1000401343549   8 - STAR TREK DISCOVERY SEASON 1 FINALE (8th March 2018)   Now that season 1 of Star Trek Discovery is finished, Simon and Keith are joined by Producer Pete Mele to talk about their thoughts on the finale of the series and where they think season 2 will be heading.   https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/movie-heaven-movie-hell/id983983433?i=1000405567442   9 - STAR TREK DISCOVERY SEASON 2 (11th February 2019)   We kick off the new year by looking at the new season of Star Trek Discovery. We are joined by producer Pete Mele to talk about the first 2 episodes of the series, BROTHER and NEW EDEN, and what we think is going to happen as some familiar faces are going to be joining the crew.    https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/movie-heaven-movie-hell/id983983433?i=1000429648906   10 - STAR TREK DISCOVERY SEASON 2 WRAP UP (13th June 2019)   We come to the end of Series 2 of Star Trek Discovery, and Simon and Keith want to talk about it. They are joined by producer Pete Mele and newcomer to the podcast, Ryan Holloway. to give their thoughts on the overal series and that finale. Be warned that there are spoilers in this one.    https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/movie-heaven-movie-hell/id983983433?i=1000441436973

Kevin Schwab joins Pete and Keith to discuss Jean-Luc Picard, the man.    More Star Trek Content? Check out Keith's previous podcast Movie Heaven Movie Hell- specifically:    1 - STAR TREK REBOOT MOVIES (18th August 2016)   In this podcast we kick-off our STAR TREK celebrations as the franchise turns 50, by talking about the reboot, or Kelvin Timeline, films. We are joined by Charles de Lauzirika as we discuss J.J. Abrams' reimagining of the adventures of the Enterprise, as the timeline is spilt off into an alternative one where Kirk is born in battle, Spock is more emotional and Bones is... well he is still surly. Spoilers abound as we talk about STAR TREK, INTO DARKNESS and BEYOND.   https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/movie-heaven-movie-hell/id983983433?i=1000374251172   2 - STAR TREK THE NEXT GENERATION MOVIES (25th August 2016)   We continue to celebrate 50 years of Star Trek by talking about The Next Generation films. We are join by filmmaker Alex Brunning to discuss the movie adventures of Picard, Data, Riker, Worf, Geordie, Deanna and Beverly on the Enterprise D and E as they face the Borg, The Nexus, Shinzon and Puberty. The films under discussion are GENERATIONS, FIRST CONTACT, INSURRECTION and NEMESIS.   https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/movie-heaven-movie-hell/id983983433?i=1000374525001   3 - STAR TREK THE ORIGINAL MOVIES (8th September 2016)   There are Klingons on the starboard bow as we finish our Star Trek celebrations by looking at the orginial Star Trek films. We are joined by Clive Ashenden and Rob Wickings from The A-Z Of SFF, as we talk about the cinematic adventures of Kirk, Spock, Bones, Sulu, Chekov, Uhura and Scotty. We talk about the death and resurrection of Spock, Kirk going up against God, why is the Enterprise always in disrepair, Scotty changing the past, Checkov always getting hurt, and was Bones beamed away from a disco? The films under discussion are THE MOTION PICTURE, THE WRATH OF KHAN, THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK, THE VOYAGE HOME, THE FINAL FRONTIER, and THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY.   https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/movie-heaven-movie-hell/id983983433?i=1000375050030   4 - STAR TREK DISCOVERY (2nd October 2017)   In this week's episode of the Podcast, Simon and Keith are joined by Producer Pete Mele to discuss the new series, STAR TREK DISCOVERY. Spoilers are a  plenty as we discuss the two opening episodes, THE VULCAN HELLO and BATTLE AT THE BINARY STARS. We give on our initial thoughts on the plotline, characters, the new look Klingons, it's place in the Star Trek Universe and where we think the series will lead.   https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/movie-heaven-movie-hell/id983983433?i=1000392941949   5 - STAR TREK DISCOVERY MID SEASON (30th November 2017)   As we have reached the mid season break in STAR TREK DISCOVERY, Simon and Keith are rejoined by Producer Pete Mele to talk about the series so far. Spoilers are a plenty as we discuss the good, the bad and the ugly of the first nine episodes of the show.   https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/movie-heaven-movie-hell/id983983433?i=1000395461443   6 - STAR TREK MIRROR UNIVERSE (26th January 2018)   As STAR TREK DISCOVERY is now in the Mirror Universe, we decided that our first podcast of 2018 should be about the other episodes that take place in that dark galaxy. We are rejoined by Producer Pete Mele as we put on evil goatees and daggers, and talk about the episodes MIRROR, MIRROR (The Original Series), Crossover, Through The Looking Glass, Shattered Mirror, Resurrection, The Emperor's New Cloak (Deep Space Nine), In A Mirror Darkly (Enterprise), and Despite Yourself, The Wolf Inside (Discovery). We briefly talk about the fan film, STAR TREK CONTINUES - FAIREST OF THEM ALL, which is a sequel to TOS episode.   https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/movie-heaven-movie-hell/id983983433?i=1000400808279   7 - STAR TREK CONTINUES (4th February 2018)   In this week's episode we talk to Vic Mignogna about stepping into the iconic shoes of Captain James T. Kirk, as he and crew of the starship Enterprise complete their 5 years mission in the fan film series, STAR TREK CONTINUES. We chat to Vic about making the show, casting, re-creating the sets, costumes and props from the original series, and his love of Star Trek.   https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/movie-heaven-movie-hell/id983983433?i=1000401343549   8 - STAR TREK DISCOVERY SEASON 1 FINALE (8th March 2018)   Now that season 1 of Star Trek Discovery is finished, Simon and Keith are joined by Producer Pete Mele to talk about their thoughts on the finale of the series and where they think season 2 will be heading.   https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/movie-heaven-movie-hell/id983983433?i=1000405567442   9 - STAR TREK DISCOVERY SEASON 2 (11th February 2019)   We kick off the new year by looking at the new season of Star Trek Discovery. We are joined by producer Pete Mele to talk about the first 2 episodes of the series, BROTHER and NEW EDEN, and what we think is going to happen as some familiar faces are going to be joining the crew.    https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/movie-heaven-movie-hell/id983983433?i=1000429648906   10 - STAR TREK DISCOVERY SEASON 2 WRAP UP (13th June 2019)   We come to the end of Series 2 of Star Trek Discovery, and Simon and Keith want to talk about it. They are joined by producer Pete Mele and newcomer to the podcast, Ryan Holloway. to give their thoughts on the overal series and that finale. Be warned that there are spoilers in this one.    https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/movie-heaven-movie-hell/id983983433?i=1000441436973

Pete and Keith discuss the season 1 penultimate episode, Et in Arcadia Ego part 1.   More Star Trek Content? Check out Keith's previous podcast Movie Heaven Movie Hell- specifically:    1 - STAR TREK REBOOT MOVIES (18th August 2016)   In this podcast we kick-off our STAR TREK celebrations as the franchise turns 50, by talking about the reboot, or Kelvin Timeline, films. We are joined by Charles de Lauzirika as we discuss J.J. Abrams' reimagining of the adventures of the Enterprise, as the timeline is spilt off into an alternative one where Kirk is born in battle, Spock is more emotional and Bones is... well he is still surly. Spoilers abound as we talk about STAR TREK, INTO DARKNESS and BEYOND.   https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/movie-heaven-movie-hell/id983983433?i=1000374251172   2 - STAR TREK THE NEXT GENERATION MOVIES (25th August 2016)   We continue to celebrate 50 years of Star Trek by talking about The Next Generation films. We are join by filmmaker Alex Brunning to discuss the movie adventures of Picard, Data, Riker, Worf, Geordie, Deanna and Beverly on the Enterprise D and E as they face the Borg, The Nexus, Shinzon and Puberty. The films under discussion are GENERATIONS, FIRST CONTACT, INSURRECTION and NEMESIS.   https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/movie-heaven-movie-hell/id983983433?i=1000374525001   3 - STAR TREK THE ORIGINAL MOVIES (8th September 2016)   There are Klingons on the starboard bow as we finish our Star Trek celebrations by looking at the orginial Star Trek films. We are joined by Clive Ashenden and Rob Wickings from The A-Z Of SFF, as we talk about the cinematic adventures of Kirk, Spock, Bones, Sulu, Chekov, Uhura and Scotty. We talk about the death and resurrection of Spock, Kirk going up against God, why is the Enterprise always in disrepair, Scotty changing the past, Checkov always getting hurt, and was Bones beamed away from a disco? The films under discussion are THE MOTION PICTURE, THE WRATH OF KHAN, THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK, THE VOYAGE HOME, THE FINAL FRONTIER, and THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY.   https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/movie-heaven-movie-hell/id983983433?i=1000375050030   4 - STAR TREK DISCOVERY (2nd October 2017)   In this week's episode of the Podcast, Simon and Keith are joined by Producer Pete Mele to discuss the new series, STAR TREK DISCOVERY. Spoilers are a  plenty as we discuss the two opening episodes, THE VULCAN HELLO and BATTLE AT THE BINARY STARS. We give on our initial thoughts on the plotline, characters, the new look Klingons, it's place in the Star Trek Universe and where we think the series will lead.   https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/movie-heaven-movie-hell/id983983433?i=1000392941949   5 - STAR TREK DISCOVERY MID SEASON (30th November 2017)   As we have reached the mid season break in STAR TREK DISCOVERY, Simon and Keith are rejoined by Producer Pete Mele to talk about the series so far. Spoilers are a plenty as we discuss the good, the bad and the ugly of the first nine episodes of the show.   https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/movie-heaven-movie-hell/id983983433?i=1000395461443   6 - STAR TREK MIRROR UNIVERSE (26th January 2018)   As STAR TREK DISCOVERY is now in the Mirror Universe, we decided that our first podcast of 2018 should be about the other episodes that take place in that dark galaxy. We are rejoined by Producer Pete Mele as we put on evil goatees and daggers, and talk about the episodes MIRROR, MIRROR (The Original Series), Crossover, Through The Looking Glass, Shattered Mirror, Resurrection, The Emperor's New Cloak (Deep Space Nine), In A Mirror Darkly (Enterprise), and Despite Yourself, The Wolf Inside (Discovery). We briefly talk about the fan film, STAR TREK CONTINUES - FAIREST OF THEM ALL, which is a sequel to TOS episode.   https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/movie-heaven-movie-hell/id983983433?i=1000400808279   7 - STAR TREK CONTINUES (4th February 2018)   In this week's episode we talk to Vic Mignogna about stepping into the iconic shoes of Captain James T. Kirk, as he and crew of the starship Enterprise complete their 5 years mission in the fan film series, STAR TREK CONTINUES. We chat to Vic about making the show, casting, re-creating the sets, costumes and props from the original series, and his love of Star Trek.   https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/movie-heaven-movie-hell/id983983433?i=1000401343549   8 - STAR TREK DISCOVERY SEASON 1 FINALE (8th March 2018)   Now that season 1 of Star Trek Discovery is finished, Simon and Keith are joined by Producer Pete Mele to talk about their thoughts on the finale of the series and where they think season 2 will be heading.   https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/movie-heaven-movie-hell/id983983433?i=1000405567442   9 - STAR TREK DISCOVERY SEASON 2 (11th February 2019)   We kick off the new year by looking at the new season of Star Trek Discovery. We are joined by producer Pete Mele to talk about the first 2 episodes of the series, BROTHER and NEW EDEN, and what we think is going to happen as some familiar faces are going to be joining the crew.    https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/movie-heaven-movie-hell/id983983433?i=1000429648906   10 - STAR TREK DISCOVERY SEASON 2 WRAP UP (13th June 2019)   We come to the end of Series 2 of Star Trek Discovery, and Simon and Keith want to talk about it. They are joined by producer Pete Mele and newcomer to the podcast, Ryan Holloway. to give their thoughts on the overal series and that finale. Be warned that there are spoilers in this one.    https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/movie-heaven-movie-hell/id983983433?i=1000441436973

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Star Trek Picard has released its first episode - Remembrance. And I'm here to dig deep and talk about it. After giving a brief spoiler-free review, I dig deep and discuss the episode in detail. Remembrance is an emotionally satisfying journey into the later life of Jean-Luc Picard. It maintains a beautiful balance between old and new. There is plenty of nostalgia for die-hard Star Trek fans, but everything is there for a reason. The story being told is new and will feel satisfying to newcomers to the franchise. ----more---- Welcome to Nerd Heaven. I’m Adam David Collings, the author of Jewel of The Stars. And I am a nerd   Can you believe it? We’re finally here. The first episode of Star Trek Picard has released! It’s out in the wild and we’ve seen it.   I’ll admit I found it kinda hard to concentrate on work yesterday, knowing it was available and just waiting for me to watch it, but I muddled through.   So today, we’re talking about Remembrance, the first episode of Star Trek Picard.   The description on IMDB is At the end of the 24th Century, and 14 years after his retirement from Starfleet, Jean-Luc Picard is living a quiet life on his vineyard, Chateau Picard. When he is sought out by a mysterious young woman, Dahj, in need of his help, he soon realizes she may have personal connections to his own past.   This teleplay was written by Akiva Goldsmith and James Duff Story by Akiva Goldsmith, Michael Chabon, Kirsten Beyer, Alex Kurtzman and James Duff Directed by Hanelle M Culpepper And first aired on the 23rd of January 2020.   Make it so   Before I go deep into this episode, I thought I’d share a few spoiler-free thoughts. I loved this episodes. It was a delight to watch. It was lovingly crafted with exquisite attention to detail. The episode maintained a near perfect balance between the old and the new. There was a lot of nostalgia in this episode, but the story wasn’t chained to it. It wasn’t indulgent. The episode told a fresh and new story with a much-loved character. That’s not to say that the nostalgic elements weren’t integral to the plot. Everything was there for a reason. But I think a non-star trek fan could sit down and watch this, apart from perhaps a little disorientation from a dream sequence, and not just follow the story, but feel like they’ve had a satisfying experience.   The story builds slowly, giving itself time to really focus on character.   So if you’re on the fence about checking this show out, let me wholeheartedly recommend it to you.This is one of the good ones.  I signed up for a new streaming service so I could watch this. I don’t regret that decision.   From here on we’re going full spoilers, so if you haven’t seen this episode, stop listening, and go watch Star Trek Picard.   The episode opens with a dream sequence.  But the very beginning is a couple of beautiful shots of nebulae with the song Blue Skies playing in the background. This provides a beautiful link to the very last time we saw Picard on screen at the end of Star Trek Nemesis, when he was in his ready room, and B4 started to sing the song. It’s also very emotionally evocative of Data, because he sang that song at Riker and Troi’s wedding. But to Picard, that song represents the hope that maybe a part of Data survived in B4. A hope that he desperately wants to be true.   And then we see the Enterprise D. In all her glory. And she looks beautiful.   This dream sequence is all a bit messed up, which is exactly how dreams are.  Picard and Data are on the Enterprise D, but Data is in his Enterprise E uniform. Picard is old and wearing civilian clothing. And then suddenly, they’re not in a nebula, they’re in orbit of Mars. Picard was an admiral, in command of the Verity when Mars was attacked. I’m sure you’ve had dreams like this. I know I have. This is probably the most realistic dream sequence I’ve ever seen in a movie or TV show.   I kinda wish these scenes had not been spoiled in the trailer. I would have wet myself if I hadn’t known they were coming.   I imagine the conversation Picard has with Data about his tell was probably a real conversation they had at some point. Or perhaps, Picard did notice Data’s tell but never spoke about it. We can’t really know. But dreams do pull on real stuff from our lives.   And then we’re in the present, meting Number One, who we’ve all fallen in love with in the trailers. Right? Looking at Picard during the TNG era, I never really saw him as a pet person. But now, living his retirement on Earth, I can see it. His whole life Picard has been surrounded by people that depend on him. Now, he’s alone, with only his two Romulan friends for company. It makes sense to me that he would want a pet. I know the choice of a pit-bull was due to Patrick Stewart’s passion for the breed, but it works for me. And people mellow as they get older.   It’s a thrill to be back here at the Picard vineyard. It brings back memories of the episodes Family and All Good Things.   Then we switch to Boston, which looks pretty cool. Did you notice the big glowing Ferengi symbol on one of the high-rises? I just did as I paused. That’s cool. Of course the Ferengi would have a business presence on Earth.   By the way 99 percent of this episode is set on Earth. It’s rare that we get a really good look at 24th-century earth, and I’m loving it. Yes, I want to get out into space, but I do enjoy seeing beauty of earthin Star Trek’s future. I always have, and we get to see it so rarely.   So we’re introduced to Dahj for the first time. She’s at the highpoint of her life. She’s just been accepted into the daystrom institute, and she’s very much in love with her boyfriend. You know that happiness isn’t gonna hang around for long, right?   By the way, we get a few instances in this episode of 21st century colloquialisms. Dahj actually calls her boyfriend “Dude”. And then he says “that’s pretty cool”. This feels really out of place in the 24th century. But at the same time, it lends a sense of realism. So I think I can accept it, but, maybe “dude” is a step too far for me.   Then the masked figures bean in and kill the boyfriend. This scene feels genuinely dangerous. I’m feeling the same fear that Dahj is feeling. The music, the editing, the acting, it all just feels thrilling. Compare this to action scenes on The Next Generation, and they become laughable. This show is much more  sci-fi drama than sci-fi action, but when the need arises, they do action, and they do it well.   This scene is a little dis-orienting. Dahk is very much the viewpoint character here. She doesn’t know what’s going on, and we experience that through her eyes. And we’re just as shocked as she is when she suddenly goes all terminator and kills the intruders.   The emotional realism when she runs to her boyfriend’s dead body is perfect, and again, much better than what we saw in most of TNG.   Now we have a brand new opening credit sequence to talk about. I’d heard this described as rather “James Bond-ish” which isn’t a bad descriptor, but I’d just say it feels very much like the opening credits of a modern TV show. Very artistic. Lots of images, representing different things. The sky cracks into pieces at the start, and then those pieces fill in a whole in Picard’s face at the end like a jigsaw puzzle. I’m not sure what that is meant to be symbolic of yet, but it does feel very symbolic.   I think a lot of what we’re seeing will make more sense as the season goes on. But it all looks great. They’ve followed the same kind of mould as Star Trek Discovery, in that all the guest star, written by etc credits that you’d traditionally see after the credits, overlaid on the story, are in the title sequence, so there are no words on the story itself. The music is very sedate. Fitting for the show I think. Not very memorable, melodically, which again, is kinda modern. It takes a while to develop an affinity for these modern themes, I feel. It certainly doesn’t move me like, the theme from The Crown, for instance, but it’s nice music. I’ll report back on this as the show goes on.   And just as Discovery gave a nod to the TOS theme at the end, this music gives a nod to the TNG theme at the end. And also, notice rather than the traditional “Based upon Star Trek Created by Gene Roddenberry” it says “Based upon Star Trek The Next Generation created by Gene Roddenberry. Nice touch, showing us that they really are all-in for the particular Star Trek that made me a hard-core fan.   I like the location they used for chateau Picard. It’s not the same as what we’ve seen before, but it’s beautiful, and it works.   And then Picard speaks french to number one in a rather cute scene that show he’s just like our cat. He loves to hunt birds and them them into the house. It’s nice to finally hear Picard speak french. I enjoyed that touch.   So meet Laris and Zhaban. Two Romulans that live and work at Chateau Picard. If you haven’t read the Star Trek Picard Comics, then this might be really confusing to you. We first meet these characters on a Romulan colony world which Admiral Picard has come to help evacuate. They’re former Tal Shiar operatives that worked with Picard and have obviously becomes his friends. I’m still waiting for book 3 to come out so I don’t understand all the backstory of how they came to be here, but I at least know them. This must be a little disorienting for those who haven’t read the comic. The way they’re doing Romulan eyebrows is a little different on this show. I don’t really mind it. Helps distinguish Romulans from Vulcans. Alex Kurtzman has promised that we’ll see some TNG style Romulans in the show, with the v-shpaed forehead ridge. Canonising the fact that some Romulans have them and some don’t. Makes sense to me. Afte their ancestors left Vulcan, they undoubtedly intermarried with some other species. Plus, there are variations among humans, so across a vast star empire, it makes sense there would be variations among Romulans too.   The replicator looks cool. Very similar to the TNG replicators.  The effect suggests the object is being built up molecule by molecule like an advanced 3d printer. It doesn’t quite fit with the established understanding of how they work, which is more akin to transporter technology, but it looks cool. Maybe they’ve found this is a more efficient way of doing it.   And notice that the computer interfaces on this show are very reminiscent of the LCARS okudagrams used inthe Berman era. The sound effects too. The aesthetic of this show all feels like a logical extrapolation of the berman era 20 years on. Replicators, transporters, shuttles. And we learn that Picard is now having his earl gray decaffinated. Interesting. As I understand, people often sleep less as they get older. (either that or they sleep all the time). But I can imagine that as a 94 year old (yes, that’s Picard’s age) he may have found reason to adust his favourite beverage slightly.   I love how Laris mothers Picard. Very amusing. The TV interview is an effective way to get out quite a lot of exposition in a dramatic way. This show is introducing us to a brand new era in the Star Trek universe, and we’ve got quite a lot of catch up on. The interview scene pulls double duty, getting this information across, but also showing a lot of Picard’s character. Very nicely done. I loved the little images of Picard from the past. Two from the TV series, and two from the movies. And we learn that since retirement, Picard has been writing history books. He left his day job to become  an author. A man after my own heart.   This brings us to the supernova that destroyed Romulus, which, of course, connects us to the narrative of JJ Abram’s Star Trek 2009 movie, co-written by Alex Kurtzman. We’ve always known that this even took place in the original prime timeline, in which TOS, TNG, DS9 and Voyager all took place. When nero and spock were pulled into the singularity and thrust back to the 23rd century, they created the new timeline in which those Kelvin movies are set. But now, we get to see the ongoing consequences that event had on the prime timeline, which I think is really cool.   That was a massive event. Liken it to 911 but even that falls short. We learn that when it happened, some in the Federation opposed helping the Romulans. Feeling the resources of the Federation could be put to better use than helping a former enemy. Now this is really interesting. I’ll be honest. I have a hard time buying that.  First of all, this is Star Trek. Resources are basically limitless. But let’s put that aside because that never really made a lot of sense anyway. We’re talking about the potential extinction of an entire sentient species. This is the Federation. Do-gooders of the galaxy. And I don’t mean that with derision. The federation is a very moral organisation which values compassion and peace. If it were the Jem Hadar, at the height of the Dominion War, I could maybe buy it more. But the Romulans? Let’s not forget they were our allies during the war. And relations only improved after the whole Shinzon incident in Nemesis. I don’t think the Romulans posed any significant threat to the Federation at this point. Could anyone in the Federation really not look with compassion on a former enemy and help save them.   Of course, in the real world, people have many different opinions on issues, so again, this adds a greater sense of realism to the Star Trek universe, so I’m with that. But even in the real world, let's say Russia, who were once considered the enemies of the western world. If some natural disaster was going to destroy eastern europe, and a western country had some means of saving them, would anybody argue against helping those people? Civilians? Children?   But then I realise I think the writers are trying to connect this with the real-world issue of refugees, which has been a hot-button topic for a number of years, in many countries. Don’t worry, I’m not going to divert into real world politics.   So I guess there could be debate and disagreement in the Federation council regarding this. I also very much buy that Jean Luc Picard would want to help those in need, regardless of who they were. And while physical resources such as food as ships are near limitless due to replicator technology, the availability of habitable planets to house that many Romulan citizens would be a very real concern.    I do like when the interviewer says “Romulan lives” And Picard replies “No. Lives.”   And this is where we learn about the attack on Mars. A group of rogue synths (androids) attacked Mars and destroyed the rescue armada (there’s that word again) being constructed at Utopia Planitia. This has me worried for Gerdi. He was at Utopia Planitia in charge of that construction project. Is he still alive. Man, I hope so. There were two major consequences of this attack.   Firstly, it destroyed Starfleet’s ability to evacuate those Romulans. The fleet they were building was gone.   Second, the Federation placed a ban on the development of synthetic or artificial life forms. I’m not sure why we have to introduce this new term, synthetic, into Star Trek Lore. What’s wrong with Android? Although we’ll get into more of this later.   But the real reason Picard resigned from Starfleet is that they went back on their decision to help the Romulans. They didn’t rescue them. This is a complex issue and we don’t know all the facts. But with that rescue fleet destroyed, did they even have the ability to help? On one hand, no. I mean, if their existing fleet was sufficient for the job, they wouldn't have been building new ships in the first place. They probably couldn’t have rescued everyone as they had planned to do, but I am sure they could have rescued someone. But it seems they just gave up. They became inwardly focussed, mourning the loss of the many many who died on Mars. I can understand Picard resigning over this. “It was no longer Starfleet”, Picard passionately says. He likens the rescue of the Romulans to Dunkirk, where allied forces retreated from France into England during world war 2.   All of this just feels like it’s adding some gritty realism to the Star Trek universe, which I’m with.   Then Dahj comes to Picard at his estate. She saw his interview, but something in her mind flashed like lightning and told her to seek him out. That she’d be safe with him. This is the big msyery of episode one. I love how Picard responds to her. This werid stranger turns up in his front yard and starts crying. He immediately responds to her with compassion. He takes her into his home. Most importantly, he listens. That’s Jean-Luc Picard. Picard was always a compassionate man, but as he’s mellowed with age, I think he’s become much more empathetic. He becomes even more, someone we’d all like to know. At this point, I’m already wondering if she is synthetic. But she’s bleeding, so she can’t be, right?   Then we get our second dream sequence, and we’re treating to Data and Picard int their original TNG uniforms. Yay. Data is painting, which is something he’s always been known for. Picard’s mind is trying to tell him something. Something he isn’t yet willing to consciously admit. The visual similarity between Dahj, and Data’s daughter, from the TNG episode The Offspring, is hard to ignore. I really liked the way they used Data in this episode. My theory was always that Data wsa a hallucination, a sign of Picard’s developing Irumodic Syndrome. I’m still not completely discounting that as a possibility for the future, but his appearances here have all been in dreams. It has been done in a way that feels natural to me.   So Picard goes off to the Starfleet archives to investigate. And as we get our first real hint of Star-Trekiness, or at least, of Starfleet-iness, we hear hints of the TNG theme (which, of course, is actually the theme from Star Trek The Motion Picture, credited that way in the end credits, by the way).   I like the holographic index in the archives. Given the prevalence of holographic technology in the 24th century, it makes perfect sense to me that an archive would have a holographic librarian.   This is the scene the fans have been waiting for. From the moment we first hear that Door whoosh sound, the show allows us to really dwell, for a moment, in unadulterated nostalgia. But in a way that again feels completely natural. And if you were new to Star Trek, you’d just think, ok , this is some old things of Picards. But to us, every item in this room holds meaning, brings back memories. We see his model of the Stargazer from his ready room on the Enterprise. A klingon batleth and daktag. And notice, these are the original designs, not the re-designs from Discovery, which, I suppose, were simply 23rd century equivalents. We also see the book that was displayed in his ready room. Shakespear? Probably. There’s a model of the Enterprise E, The Captain Picard day banner, models of the captain’s yacht, and Enterprise D. What else did you spot?   So the reason Picard came here was to see a painting Data gave him. It looks like Dahj. Data called it Daughter. So….this was a painting of Lal? Dahj calls her mum, further confirming that she is human. But when her mum tells her to go back to Picard, even though Dahj never mentioned that, we have doubts again. Who and what is this girl? The floating holographic interface doesn’t look very TNG, but i’m cool with that. Remember back in the DS9 episode, The visitor, was set somewhere around this time, and Bashir remarks to Dax about how he doesn’t know how they ever manage dusing 2d interfaces. This is a natural progression of 24th century technology.   We see a few Starfleet uniforms in the background. We don’t get a really good look at them. I’m sure we’ll see more in subsequent episodes. We know from the trailers that Picard will go to Starfleet headquarters. So I’ll talk about them when we get a closer look.   At this point, Picard has figured it out. She knows what Dahj is. He tells her all about Data. He believes Dahj is a synthetic. It all makes sense when he lays out the evidence. All her memories of her childhood and family, are implanted. But Picard doesn’t belittle those memories. He calls them beautiful. He refers to Dahj as something that is lovingly and deliberately created. And I really like that. And although he doesn’t fully understand the nature of the connection, after all, Lal died, Picard is at a point where he is willing to consider Dahj as family. You are dear to me, he says.I will never leave you. I’m loving this stuff. This is emotional. It’s great character drama, and as a parent, I’m connecting with it strongly. At the same time, at this point I’m dying to understand the mystery. Did data secretly build a second Dahj back in the day? One that survived? Or is it something else? Then we switch into thriller mode again. First of all, I love how Picard is struggling up the stairs. OF course he is. Even with 24th century medicine, he’s in his 90s. I like that the show allows Picard to be old. How many shows do we get with elderly heroes like this?   This action scene is fantastic. I feel like I’m watching a big screen action movie. Brilliantly done. When Dahj does a superman jump, we’re left with little doubt that Picard is right about her. But what’s with that bleeding? Let’s talk about the new transporter effect. I don’t mind it. It’s still somewhat reminiscent of the TNG transporter effect. But it’s very quick. Again, I can buy that. It seems a logical advance that would occur in the technology.The sound effect still has hints of the old sound, but perhaps sounds a little too hologrammy to me. But I’m with it. This is a new era with a new aesthetic. But that aesthetic doesn’t feel like it came out of nowhere.   And then the big shock that I did NOT see coming. The romulan puts his disruptor on overload. It explodes. And Dahj dies. I thought she was gonna be a major character in this show, and she didn’t make it to th end of the first episode. That was shocking. And she Isa Briones played her death wonderfully. The fear on her face. The horror as she realised she was about to die. That hit me. Not to mention Picard’s reaction.   Now we need to talk about something. Dahj has been experiencing and expressing a lot of emotion. She didn’t even know she was an android. Data, as we know, was incapable of feeling emotions, at least until he installed the emotion chip that Soong developed later in life. So this android is more advanced than data. Remember, also, though, that Lal was able to experience emotions, or at least a reasonable simulation of them just before she died. That was explained as a glitch in her positronic brain. Anyway, this is something to keep in mind. Somebody has the ability to create android with emotion. When he wakes up, Picard has a character growth moment, as he realises he hasn’t been living, he’s been waiting to die. I wonder if he remembers at this moment, a conversation he once had with James T. Kirk, about making a difference.   So he heads off to the Daystrom institute to talk to an expert about whether one can make an android out of flesh and blood.   And can I just point out how awesome all of the sets on this show look. Brilliant.   And here we meet another main cast member of this show. Doctor Agnus Jurati. She’s the expert. She says a flash and blood android was in their sights, but a sentient one, not for a thousand years. This kind of makes sense. A body is just a body. The impressive thing about an android like data was not the mechanical arms and legs. It was the brain. The mind. When it comes to creating life, that’s the hard bit. That’s the bit that matters. The mind. And potentially, the soul. I can buy that in the 24th century, that can manipulate biological matter to an extent that they can create a body out of bio matter. One that would bleed, like a true biological organism. But creating a positronic brain like Data’s is something only one person ever achieved. Doctor Noonian Soong. And nobody has ever been able to duplicate his work.   This is why I think maybe the word synthetic could work. Because it’s more than just android. It’s talking about synthetically created biological organisms with robotic brains.   And now we learn the fate of B5. He’s been disassembled and put in a drawer at the Daystrom Institute. I wonder why they dismantled him. Jurati tells us what we already knew, that B5 is an inferior copy of Data. And we learn that sadly, Data’s neural network didn’t take in B4’s primitive brain. Almost all of it was lost. And then we get an exciting name drop. Bruce Maddox, from the TNG episode Measure of a Man. Maddox was trying to follow up on Soong’s work. He wanted to dismantle Data to learn more so he could create more soong-type androids. Data refused, believing the procedure too dangerous, as Maddox needed more research. That, of course, lead to the court case where Data’s rights as a sentient life form were established.   Data and Maddox continued to keep in contact over the  years. He’s occasionally mentioned in TNG. It seems he kept working and eventually recruited Doctor Jurati. They came close to succeeding, and then mars happened, and the ban on the creation of synths. That understandably crushed him. He was no longer allowed to finish his life’s work. The guy was a jerk in TNG when we first met him, but I’m feeling sympathy for him now. Will we see him in a future episode. Man, I hope so.   Let’s talk about this ban on creating synths. As I understand, we’re not talking about taking away anything from synths that already exist. We’re talking about making it illegal to create more. Was this an over-reaction? Possibly. Picard certainly thinks so. But I can understand the feat that drove that decision. To this day, nobody knows why those synths attacked mars. You can’t blame an entire race for something done by a finite number. Obviously. But at the same time, we’re not talking about people. We’re talking about machines. And probably not even sentient machines, as they’re still trying to crack that nut. Created by technology. Created by flawed imperfect humans. Was there some kind of failure of glitch in the technology that lead to this tragedy? We don’t know. I’m not sure where I stand on this issue right now, but I can see both sides.   Maddox disappeared after the ban. Even Jurati doesn’t know where he went.   Because nobody is clever enough to duplicate Soong’s work, any new sentient android would have to be created from data   Jurati then tells us about the theory of fractal neuronic cloning. Maddox believed all that data was could be re-created from a single positronic neuron. Kind lof like re-created a human from a strand of DNA in one of its cells.  So the theory is that Maddox created Dahj using this method, and modelled her appearance after the painting of Lal. They’re created in pairs. Twins. Why this is the case, I don’t know. The episode doesn’t do a good job of explaining that. I can’t see a logical reason why the technology would require you to make two. Hopefully this will be explained more in future episodes.   And as Picard comes to the conclusion that there is another one out there somewhere, we leave him, as the episode cuts away from Earth for the last scene. But now, it seems, Picard has a goal. A mission. This will guide us logically into the plot of episode 2, and perhaps, the entire season.   The new Romulan ship looks pretty cool. Very birdlike. The voice we hear as it flies by sounds very Klingon to me, but I assume it’s supposed to be Romulan.   This new location is referred to as the “Romulan Reclamation Site.” What that means, we have no idea. We briefly meet another major character, a Romulan named Narek. And then we meets Doctor Soji Asher. Who looks exactly like Dahj. The twin! I think she’s a psychologist.   We get a little backstory about Narek. He had a brother that he lost recently. There’s not a lot to say about this. We don’t know what part this character will play in the show. It’s essentially a cameo.   And that brings me to something about this show. This very much feels like a story about Jean-Luc Picard. There are other characters around him, of course, and they’re important, but this is much less an ensemble show than any other Star Trek. Most of the cast, we haven’t actually met yet.   They tried to do that with Discovery, but Discovery can’t quite decide whether it’s the story of Michael Burnham, or a kind of lower decks ensemble show. I get the impression this show is much more certain of its identity.   And as the camera zooms out, in a shot reminiscent of Star Trek First Contact, we learn tat this Romlan Reclamation Site is actually a damaged Borg cube. Interesting!   The credits mention somebody played a tellarite. I missed that.   I haven’t talked much about the music, so let me just say that I really liked it, and I think it fits the show well. It’s a lot less generic than the berman-era music, which I know a lot of people complain about, but there are a few hints of TNG-era music. I thought I heard a hint of something from Generations.   So that was the first episode of Star Trek Picard. Let’s go into some summary thoughts about the episode. In short, I loved almost everything about it. I loved the tone. I loved the aesthetic. I loved the character focus.   In a way, this show is giving us the equivalent of what the movies gave us for TOS. There was quite a big gap between the original series and the original movies. Not so with TNG. They were filming the final episode, and then practically the next day there were filming the first movie. In a way that was good because we saw continuity. We travelled with these characters from Encounter at Farpoint through the Nemesis.   But we didn’t get to grow old with the characters like we did with Kirk, Spock and Bones. We saw them grow and change. Become old. We saw the world around them change. The look and feel of the original movies and very different than that of the original series.   But Star Trek Picard is giving us that opportunity with the Next Generation characters, and potentially, with Voyager and DS9 as well. We know Seven of Nine is returning. I live in hope that we’ll see someone from Deep Space Nine at some point during the planned 3 seasons of this show. And honestly, after Picard ends, I hope we get more of this era.   I’ve been wanting to return to the 24th century for about 20 years. And I can’t believe it’s finally happened. We’re getting to see a future for my favourite era of Star Trek, the Berman era.   If you’re coming to this, looking for TNG, you’re not going to find it. They’ve told us that all along. This isn’t planet of the week. They haven’t even left Earth yet. The creators described this as a ten hour movie. If that’s not the kind of thing you like, you might be disappointed, but I love this kind of thing.   So I’m really pumped and I can’t wait for next week so I can have another helping of Star Trek Picard.   What about you? What did you think of the show? Feel free to leave me a comment wherever you’re listening to this. (or watching)   So what other nerdy stuff is happening in my life? Well, I recently started walking to Mordor. You see, I’m quite overweight. My job involves sitting at a computer all day, and most of my other interests also involve sitting at a computer. So, that’s really very unhealthy. I need to move a lot more during the day. I thought a fun, nerdy way to motivate me to exercise more, (you’kow, other than not dying) would be to retract Frodo and Sam’s journey from the shire to Mordor to destroy the one ring. I’ve got the Walk to Mordor app on my phone, which has all the distances calculated, with various milestones along the way, from the story. Whenever I go for a walk, I log the distance and it fells me how far I have to go. I started at Bag end, and I’ve just passed through Tookland. In about 35 kilometers, I’ll have an encounter with the black rider. You remember that scene in the movie where they hid under the log with the black rider looming over them. It was terrifying. That’s in my future. Anyway, it seems to be working. I’m finding myself wanting to go for walks. And as I do, I imagine myself on an epic quest through fantastical countryside. The imagination is a powerful thing, and it’s interesting the tricks you can play on your own brain. I’ll keep you up to date on my progress through middle earth in future podcasts.   But for now, I’m gonna say goodbye, until next time, when we meet with our friend Jean-Luc once again.   Have a great week. Live long and prosper.   Make it so.  

Star Trek Nemesis has a reputation for being a bad movie, and I won't dispute that, but it's important in terms of setup because this is the last time we saw Picard and his crewmates. So let's take another look at this movie and see what we make of it. Join me as I count down the 10 episodes and movies you should watch before Star Trek Picard. https://www.buymeacoffee.com/AdamDavidCollings ----more---- Transcript Welcome to Nerd Heaven.I’m Adam David Collings. The author of Jewel of the Stars.And I am a nerd. This is episode 9 of the podcast and the second last instalment of the 10 episodes and movies that you should watch before star trek Picard Today, we’re looking at Star Trek Nemesis.A lot of people don’t like Nemesis. Let’s be honest, it’s the bottom of the barrel.I’ve joked in recent episodes that it’s “the movie everyone hates,” but I will freely acknowledge that there may be people who like this movie, and good on ‘em. There are some movies that many people hate, which I love, such as Batman V Superman, and I don’t like it when people comment that everybody hates that movie, because it’s just not true.So, if you Like Nemesis, I think that’s awesome. I’m not going to do an in-depth rundown of every little thing I think is wrong with this movie. Others have done that. If you’re interested in that kind of analysis, check out the video Star Trek Nemesis Lamentation by the youTuber Lorerunner. He does a much better job of it than I could. I will point out some issues along the way, but I’ll also try to point out some positives. So if this isn’t a well-loved movie, why am I talking about it? Well, it’s actually very important for Star Trek Picard. This movie is where we last saw the TNG characters, Picard in particular. This movie wraps up their stories. We already know from the trailer that Picard is acknowledging the things that happened in Nemesis. It’s picking up on these characters and showing us what has become of them since this movie ended. The IMDB description for this movie reads The Enterprise is diverted to the Romulan homeworld Romulus, supposedly because they want to negotiate a peace treaty. Captain Picard and his crew discover a serious threat to the Federation once Praetor Shinzon plans to attack Earth. And this movie first appeared in cinemas on the 13th of December 2002 Engage. Jerry Goldsmith wrote the music for this movie. He creates some extremely memorable themes in First contact and Insurrection. But nothing in the music stands out to me in Nemesis.The new big-screen version of the Romulan city, which we’ve seen previously as a painting, looks fantastic.This movie is the first mention we get of the planet Remus since the TOS episode Balance of Terror, which introduced the Romulans.This movie established that the planet Remus was home to another sentient species, the remans. That’s interesting, although funny they’ve never been mentioned, but then Starfleet doesn’t know a lot about the inner works of the Romulan star episode.I imagine that when the proto-Vulcans first arrived in this part of space, they subjugated the remans, who became the first subjects of the Romulan empire The face-melting scene as all the senators die was reasonably well done. Suitable creep and gross. Then we get the wedding scene. I really liked this. Riker and Troi are finally married. About time.Picard’s best man speech is suitable amusing, as well as emotional. It’s a nice character moment.And we get little cameo appearances from Guinan and Wesley. It was very nice to see Guinan again for the first time since Generations. Amusing that she’s been married 23 times. The Wesley thing is jarring by the lack of explanation. They cut most of his scenes When last we saw him, he left Starfleet to journey with the traveller. Now he’s back and in uniform. But, I’ve seen those cut scenes, and honestly, it was pretty weak. Apparently, he was off to be a junior engineer on a second rate ship. Probably best they cut it.Guinan mentions that Romulan ale is illegal. That bothers me because the trade sanction was lifted during the dominion war. I suppose it’s possible they re-instated it, but that’s the problem. This movie fails to acknowledge the changed relationship between the federation and the Romulans that happened as they were forced to work as allies against the dominion.And that annoys the heck out of me. Also, why is Worf on the enterprise? When last we saw HIM he had also left Starfleet to become federation ambassador to the Klingon empire. Now he’s back, in uniform and apparently serving on the enterprise. The explanation for his presence in First contact was great. The explanation in Insurrection was a total cop-out (Picard asks what the hell are you doing here) and we don’t hear his answer. In this movie, they don’t even acknowledge it. This irks me. Worf doesn’t want to be naked at the official wedding ceremony on Betazed (all guests are naked at traditional Betazoid weddings).Picard seems to think the reason someone would not want to be naked is because of their physique, that they may not have enough muscles.If I had to be naked in public, it’s not my physique I’d be worried about exposing.I REALLY feel to Worf here. He’s essentially ordered to ignore his feelings of modesty. And that sucks. In fact, Worf has only been used for un-funny comic relief so far in this movie. There’s nothing inherently bad about the B4 plot in this movie, except that it’s been done before. B4 just feels like an inferior copy of Lore. The stuff on the planet isn’t bad. The new shuttle looks pretty cool. And the dune buggy is kinda cool. Patrick Stewart looks like he’s having a ball. The over-exposed film is supposed to make the planet look alien. It doesn’t quite work for me.Funny how we first meet B5 in pieces. That’s exactly how we see him in the trailer for Star Trek Picard.Then the aliens show up. They look pretty cool. Especially considering we only see them very briefly. Nice effort.So much for the prime directive. Worf is shooting at them. Too bad if one of them died in the crash.I really enjoy the little appearance by Admiral Janeway. It makes good sense to me that she would be admiral now. After 7 years in the Delta Quadrant, she would probably welcome a desk job. Picard, on the other hand, ahs always wanted to remain on the bridge of his ship. (although we know he’ll eventually accept a promotion to Admiral as well.) Geordi asks Data how he feels about giving B4 all his memories.Data replies “I feel nothing.”Seriously? Is this season 1 Data? In my opinion, it was a mistake to ignore the emotion chip. Michael Piller wasn’t a fan and wrote that Data “left it behind” in Insurrection.In this movie, well, it’s like the chip never existed.All that character development undone. Shinzon’s ship, the scimitar looks pretty cool. Very mean. This is where the movie starts to drag.They beam onto the Scimitar and meet Shinzon, who surprisingly is not Reman, but human. A clone of Picard.The reveal is long and drawn out. Especially so given that the reveal falls completely flat because Tom Hardy doesn’t look like Patrick Stewart. Shinzon’s backstory is moderately interesting. I like how the plan to replace Picard was abandoned due to a change of government. Very believable. So he’s promising peace, but Picard doesn’t trust him. And He has a very dangerous weapon on board, based on Thalaron radiation.Shinzon’s viceroy tells him he’s wasting time. And I tend to agree. Get on with the story, guys. Ugh. and then we get the rape scene.First Shinzon wastes time having dinner with Picard, trying to convince him he wants peace.Then he decides to telepathically rape Deanna.WHAT?Are you telling me that if Picard had suffered a harsher upbringing, he’d be a rapist?This is creepy, and not in a good way.So B4 is Shinzon’s spy. Ok. Beverly’s new medical tricorder looks really good. Finally, it has a full-sized screen. About time. A tricorder is, after all, a scanning device, so it should have a decent-sized screen. One hour into the movie, things finally begin to happen.Picard is kidnapped, beamed aboard the scimitar.And Shinzon proceeds to detail his entire plan. It was a nice little moment when B4 comes in to see Picard and it turns out to be Data, here to rescue him. There’s a fun little action scene where they fly an attack shuttle through the corridors of the scimitar. A little silly, but fun. So, Picard was abducted, told all about Shinzon’s plan, and then rescue.And I’m left wondering, what was the point of it all?This story still hasn’t really done anything. It amuses me that Shinzon’s Romulan supporters keep criticising him for delaying. I find myself agreeing with them. Beverly finally explains what’s going on. Shinzon is dying because of a defect in his DNA. He needs a complete transfusion from Picard, the only one with compatible DNA.The plot of this movie isn’t just slow and uninteresting, it’s very convoluted. So, Shinzon asks the federation to send a ship. Then he has this big speech about wanting peace. All of this just so he can use Picard to heal himself. Luck the enterprise happened to be the closest ship.But when got his hands on Picard, after wasting time with dinner and drinks, he doesn’t take Picard’s blood. No, instead, he reveals his plan to attack the federation and then walks out of the room.And why does he want to attack the federation anyway?He has zero motivation for that. The Thaleron weapon is actually quite interesting.With their cloak, they can fly past every federation ship and kill the entire crew. They’ll never even know what hit them.That’s terrifying. I’m going to backpedal a bit on what I said about the music. Sure, there’s nothing in it as memorable as First contact or insurrection, but there’s still some reasonably good music. There’s a little thematic stuff between Data and Picard, comparing Shinzon with B4. It’s not a lot, but it’s something. I don’t mind the new design for the Romulan warbirds. And I like the green nebula in the background during the space battle.It’s clever how they use Troi’s empathic abilities to find the scimitar. Kind of gives her a little revenge for the mind rape. The Romulans join the fight against Shinzon and the Remans board the Enterprise.Worf comments to Riker that “The Romulans fought with honour.”That’s a big deal coming from Worf. He has always viewed the Romulans as being without honour.So nice touch there. I like the scene when the bride gets hit and the whole front window gets blown away. Bye-bye viewscreen. That was nicely done. Picard beats Shinzon by being unpredictablePicard actually knows Shinzon much better than Shinzon known Picard. Because Picard has his whole life to look back on, whereas, Shinzon has never been the person Picard is. He hasn’t gotten there yet. And I like that. Ramming the enterprise into the scimitar seems a pretty extreme thing to do. I sure hope they had time to evacuate the forward sections of the saucer.The crash itself looks pretty cool. Not as cool as the Enterprise D crashing on Veridian III, but still cool.And you probably noticed that Troi was at the helm when it happened.We’ve seen her at the helm of the Enterprise twice. The first time, she crashed the enterprise. The second, she rams it into another ship. Now, you could argue that neither was her fault, and in fact, the second time was a deliberate act, but still. It’s not a good flight record. But what does the ramming accomplish? It doesn’t stop Shinzon.Shinzon says “some ideas are worth dying for, aren’t they Jean-Luc.”In Picard’s case, yes, he’s willing to sacrifice his life and his crew to prevent Shinzon from destroying the federation.What is Shinzon sacrificing his life for? Killing the Enterprise crew, who were going to self-destruct themselves anyway, to destroy the scimitar. He won’t be around to kill anyone else after that. Maybe he thinks he’ll survive his sickness long enough to fix his ship and use his weapon on earth. I dunno.So I’m not getting a sense of his motivations. It doesn’t make any sense. So anyway, data uses the mobile transporter thing, which was foreshadowed earlier in the episode, to beam Picard to safety, and sacrifices himself to save everyone else. This is an emotional moment.Data’s wake is a good scene. I like how it calls all the way back to Encounter at Farpoint.Brent Spiner has explained that he felt he was getting too old to play Data and thought that a death scene would be a fitting way to farewell the character. Interesting that now, in the age of digital de-ageing, he’s going to reprise the role again. I also like when we see the shot of The Enterprise is spacedock, Goldsmith calls back to his slower arrangement of the motion picture/next generation theme, just like he used in that first movie. Fortunately, this panning shot of the ship doesn’t go for 15 minutes. Nice little moment between Riker and Picard as they part ways. Riker off to captain his own ship. The closing scene with B4 is ambiguous. He clearly doesn’t understand what Picard is trying to teach him, but then he starts singing blue skies. It seems something of Data may have survived in B4. So that’s where we leave our friends. Riker and Troi have left for their own ship, Data is dead, and the rest are presumably remaining with Picard on the Enterprise, which needs a major refit. Oh, and B4 has been re-activated, at least temporarily, by Picard. But from what we understand from Brent Spiner’s comments about the trailer, B4 has been disassembled again and placed in storage. I’m keen to know the story there. So that was Star Trek Nemesis. I’m sorry I didn’t find more positive things to say about it. Even though I wasn’t really keen on this movie, I’m glad that the new Picard show is picking up on elements from the movie.You see, this movie wasn’t the great send-off for TNG that we’d hoped for, not like Star Trek 6 was for TOS.So I’m very glad that the new show is going to give us a new (and surely better) send-off for at least some of these beloved characters. I’m really looking forward to finding out what happens next. It’s gonna be a wild ride. Well, we’ve only got one more movie left to watch before Picard.It’s JJ Abram’s Star Trek 2009, which is actually 10 years old now. Can you believe that?While most of the movie takes place in an alternate timeline, it establishes a very significant event that will have huge ramifications for the prime timeline, especially Picard. See you next.Live long and prosper.Make it so

Num filme digno de final de novela, com casamento e clone malvado, Picard e companhia finalmente se despedem dos cinemas. Junte-se a Aline Bergamo, Daniel Cúrio, Elaine Rodovalho e Thiago Leite para analisar Jornada nas Estrelas: Nêmesis, a conclusão que a Nova Geração não merecia. Pauta: Elaine Rodovalho Edição de Áudio e Capa: Julia Morena =/= =/= Mande pra gente sua mensagem subespacial =/= =/= As nossas frequências estão abertas em todos os canais! Facebook - www.facebook.com/groups/frequenciasabertas Twitter - @frequenciaspod Instagram - @frequenciasabertas Descrição da capa: Shinzon olha para Picard, ele está com veias aparentes na cabeça e um aspecto doente. No topo da imagem se lê "#29" grande, em negrito. Logo embaixo alinhado à esquerda se lê o título do episódio. No canto inferior direito está símbolo do Frequências Abertas. #MULHERESPODCASTERS Mulheres Podcasters é uma ação de iniciativa do Programa Ponto G, desenvolvida para divulgar o trabalho de mulheres na mídia podcast e mostrar para todo ouvinte que sempre existiram mulheres na comunidade de podcasts Brasil. O É Pau, É Pedra apoia essa iniciativa. Apoie você também: compartilhe este programa com a hashtag #mulherespodcasters e nos ajude a promover a igualdade de gênero dentro da podosfera. =/= =/= =/= =/= =/= CONTATOS Aline Bergamo Instagram/Twitter: @alinebergamo Daniel Cúrio Instagram: @danielcurio Twitter: @doncas_murro Colônia Humana - tinyurl.com/y8pnbevb Garota de destruição em massa - tinyurl.com/y7w6x2yb Elaine Rodovalho Instagram/Twitter: @naneulsan Thiago Tecelão Instagram/Twitter: @teianeuronial Teia Neuronial: teianeuronial.com/ =/= =/= =/= =/= =/= LINKS EPEP PODCAST É PAU, É PEDRA Visite nosso site: epauepedra.com.br/ Feed: feeds.feedburner.com/EPEP Soundcloud @paupedra REDES SOCIAIS Facebook: www.facebook.com/epauepedra Twitter: twitter.com/o_epep Tumblr: epauepedra.tumblr.com/

On today's show: Michael Dorn will NOT be appearing in Star Trek: Picard (probably), a deepfake video shows what Sir Patrick Stewart might have looked like as Shinzon, and CBS Chief Creative Officer David Nevins wants to build a “virtuous eco-system” at ViacomCBS. All this, plus the answer to Tuesday's trivia question and your weekend staying-in playlist! Support Daily Star Trek News on Patreon: patreon.com/dailystartreknews Subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts For more great Star Trek podcasts: podcasts.roddenberry.com Website: dailystartreknews.com Email: info@dailystartreknews.com Twitter: @dailytreknews Instagram: @dailytreknews

On today’s show: Michael Dorn will NOT be appearing in Star Trek: Picard (probably), a deepfake video shows what Sir Patrick Stewart might have looked like as Shinzon, and CBS Chief Creative Officer David Nevins wants to build a “virtuous eco-system” at ViacomCBS. All this, plus the answer to Tuesday’s trivia question and your weekend staying-in playlist! Support Daily Star Trek News on Patreon: patreon.com/dailystartreknews Subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts For more great Star Trek podcasts: podcasts.roddenberry.com Website: dailystartreknews.com Email: info@dailystartreknews.com Twitter: @dailytreknews Instagram: @dailytreknews

Our special film review continues in episode 26 of Random Trek Review as Matt and Andrew continue their discussion of Star Trek: Nemesis. They discuss the pointless Riker vs Viceroy fight, more holes in Shinzon's risky plan, the infinite wisdom of Soong-type androids and much more! Subscribe on iTunes

In a very special episode 25 of Random Trek Review, Andrew and Matt do their first review of a randomly selected Star Trek movie, this time Star Trek: Nemesis! The conversation includes Picard's odd wedding speech, where the Reman slaves managed to find themselves a massive starship, Shinzon's fragile plan that could have gone wrong in any number of ways and much more! Subscribe on iTunes

We conclude our TNG film era reviews with one of the more controversial Star Trek movies, Nemesis. Nemesis is the fourth TNG cast film and the tenth Star Trek movie, the last in the Prime timeline. Rae and Zach join Derreck for this movie review continuation. We discuss budgeting differences between the TNG era films,...

Picard's Family.   In the acclaimed fourth season episode of The Next Generation entitled "Family," we finally get to meet members of Jean-Luc Picard's family in the form of his brother Robert, his sister-in-law Marie, and his nephew Rene on the Picard family vineyard in La Barre, France. What does this encounter tell us about Picard's upbringing and what family means to him? How do the other references to his family and the illusory family that we see throughout the series and in the movie Generations shed light on Picard's experiences and his hopes for family relationships? In this episode of Earl Grey, hosts Justin Oser and Amy Nelson are joined by special guest Joe Keegan to talk about the family (real and imaginary) of Jean Luc-Picard. Characters discussed include Robert Picard, Rene Picard, Marie Picard, Maurice Picard, Yvtette Picard, Picard's ancestors, Picard's Nexus family, Kamin's family, Beverly Picard from "All Good Things...," and Shinzon. We also touch upon what we would like to see of Picard's family in the new Picard series and what exactly defines family. Chapters  Intro (00:00:00)   Listener Feedback (00:01:47)   Welcome, Joe! (00:05:17)     Joe's Star Trek Story (00:05:47)   Joe's Experience at STLV (00:07:39)   Robert (00:09:12)   Rene (00:23:47)   Marie (00:28:39)   Maurice (00:32:40)   Yvette (00:37:44) Picard's Ancestors (00:42:44) Kamin's Family (00:49:16) Beverly in All Good Things... (00:55:08)  Shinzon (00:56:09)  Family in the Picard Series (01:01:46)  Final Thoughts (01:07:42)   Closing (01:19:09)  Runtime: 1 hour 23 minutes 6 seconds   Hosts Justin Oser, Amy Nelson GuestJoe Keegan   Production Justin Oser (Editor and Producer) Richard Marquez (Producer) Amy Nelson (Producer) Tony Robinson (Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Ken Tripp (Executive Producer) Norman C. Lao (Associate Producer) Michael E Hueter (Associate Producer) Thomas Appel (Associate Producer) Justin Oser (Associate Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager) Tony Robinson (Show Art) Brandon-Shea Mutala (Patreon Manager)

Part II of our Star Trek: Nemesis RewriteLast week we postulated what could have been better with Star Trek: Nemesis. Turns out that a whole lot could have been improved. We set the stage and gave the story some bones but we weren't even close to finishing. Like a Raptor in space swooping down to destroy so does our rewrite. We hack at the script, replace some characters, but keep a surprising amount of themes. You'll never guess who we bring in to replace Shinzon. 

Shinzon

A special guest beams aboard the U.S.S. Internet this week! Daryll B. of Afronerd Radio joins the Red Shirt crew! Daryll's unique and outspoken voice, combined with his limitless knowledge of all things geek, make him the perfect geek ambassador to enter into a Starfleet discussion about Star Trek: Nemesis. Qstorm submits that the movie gets more hate than it deserves. But will his crew stage a mutiny? Plus, Bill Paxton remembered.  Den of Geek Nemesis article: goo.gl/IP35iN Check out the Red Shirts on: Facebook Twitter Tumblr and email us at redshirtspodcast@gmail.com Go to iTunes and subscribe! Leave us a review and let us know what you think!

We continue to celebrate 50 years of Star Trek by talking about The Next Generation films. We are join by filmmaker Alex Brunning to discuss the movie adventures of Picard, Data, Riker, Worf, Geordie, Deanna and Beverly on the Enterprise D and E as they face the Borg, The Nexus, Shinzon and Puberty. The films under discussion are GENERATIONS, FIRST CONTACT, INSURRECTION and NEMESIS. Movie Heaven Movie Hell is a show where filmmakers Simon Aitken (BLOOD + ROSES, POST-ITS, MODERN LOVE) and Keith Eyles (FEAR VIEW, DRIVEN INSANE, CROSSED LINES) go through the A-Z of directors. Simon and Keith talk about their favourite and least favourite film from that director's body of work. Like our Facebook Fanpage at https://www.facebook.com/MovieHeavenMovieHell You can follow Movie Heaven Movie Hell on Twitter at @MovieHeavenHell You can find Simon Aitken's work at http://www.independentrunnings.com You can find Keith Eyles' work at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ4up3c883irE6oA2Vk0T7w

One Picard Too Many Johnny and Brian continue their celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Star Trek by reviewing the 10th film in the Star Trek franchise, 2002’s Star Trek Nemesis. This one features a young YOUNG Tom Hardy! Star Trek Nemesis  Reprising his starring role as Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Patrick Stewart and the cast of the Emmy-winning series “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” take to the galaxy again on a diplomatic mission to initiate peace with the Romulans. But upon arrival on the alien planet, the crew is faced with a threat that could lead to the Earth’s destruction, and Picard meets his most dangerous adversary yet, a surprisingly personal nemesis. Staring Directed by: Stuart Baird Contact Us The Infamous Podcast can be found wherever podcasts are found on the Interwebs, feel free to subscribe and follow along on social media. And don't be shy about helping out the show with a 5 star review on iTunes to help us move up in the ratings. @infamouspodcast facebook/infamouspodcast stitcher iTunes theinfamouspodcast@gmail.com The music in this episodes is Pomade by Silent Partner. The Infamous Podcast is Johnny Pottorf and Brian Tudor, and is produced and edited by Brian Tudor. Subscribe today!

We're joined this week by Pax's longtime buddy Dr. Mike for an in depth discussion and/or thrashing of Star Trek Insurrection and Star Trek Nemesis. Find out what we think of the HMS Pinafore, F. Murray Abraham, clones, B-4, and the infamous Enterprise bridge joystick. We also offer up suggestions on how these, er, gems could have been polished. In our Nerd To-Dos, we hear about an upcoming Dr. Who episode of Nerd Lunch, a can't miss Ben & Jerry's flavor, Pax's mini-review of MIB 3, and the Dawn of the Jedi comic book.

We're joined this week by Pax's longtime buddy Dr. Mike for an in depth discussion and/or thrashing of Star Trek Insurrection and Star Trek Nemesis. Find out what we think of the HMS Pinafore, F. Murray Abraham, clones, B-4, and the infamous Enterprise bridge joystick. We also offer up suggestions on how these, er, gems could have been polished. In our Nerd To-Dos, we hear about an upcoming Dr. Who episode of Nerd Lunch, a can't miss Ben & Jerry's flavor, Pax's mini-review of MIB 3, and the Dawn of the Jedi comic book.

This episode takes John D. and Gen on a generation's final journey in Star Trek: Nemesis. We comment about the EASY killer button, the overuse of green, the history of Romulus and Remus, the choice of not going the Patrick Stuart vs Patrick Stuart way, the ill fitting Federation suits and, of course, a little Troy rant. We also give our humble opinion on Data’s death, the implications of a Betazoid wedding and the 40 minute final battle.We give our take on The Dark Knight Rises casting news, the first images from X-men: First Class and we go through the Academy Award Best Movie nominees. We of course talk video games and brush upon Borderland and DC Universe Online with a smidgen of Mass Effect for PS3. You can find us on iTunes under ''Legends Podcast''. Please subscribe and give us a positive review! You can also follow us on Twitter  @LegendsPodcast for updates and to voice your opinion about which movies we should cover in future episodes. Or even better, send us an e-mail at Legends.Podcast@hotmail.com or leave us a comment on our Web page at www.legendspodcast.libsyn.com