I Just Want To Talk About Star Trek

With the return of Hugh the Borg on the new Picard Series, Mike watches the divisive TNG episode "I, Borg" to see if he's changed his opinion about it, 28 years later. Check out our dope Facebook page ! 

This is a pod response to a twitter conversation I had over my bold, and not thoroughly thought out assertion that Kirk was the villain of Star Trek: The Motion Picture. ENJOY!

2019 for Star Trek was interesting to say the least. With season 2 of Discovery, Short Treks, the Viacom merger with CBS and the pushing of Picard to 2020, there's a lot for Mike to unpack. Join us on Facebook!

Mike and Chief Archivist Aaron Moles plumb the depths of bad first season TNG with the baffling "The Last Outpost." With weird Ferengi, squatting Riker, euthanasia enthusiast Beverly and laser whips, it's a buffet of bonkers that needs to be dissected.  

Uh oh. After 6 months of brilliant, deep dive movie podcasts (source: Mike), he organizes a roundtable of The Doctor (Kim Miller), friend of the pod Aaron Moles and cadet Andy Lowe to do a wrap up of the franchise.  At least that was the plan.  Then a cloaked bottle of tequila materializes and causes moderate havoc with the crew. Will they be able to perform their Podcast Prime Directive and discu...

The last of the our Movie Dive series, Mike takes a look at the last film in the franchise and possibly the last of the Kelvin Universe. 

Mike faces his most dangerous foe - a deep dive of a movie he deeply dislikes. BUT! Will this close examination of all things Cumberbatch change his mind? Shall we begin?

Mini-episode! Mike and Kiernan break down the new Picard and Discovery trailers!

Continuing our deep dive into the movie franchise we turn to the JJ Abrams Kelvin universe for the 2009, 11th movie, "Star Trek." Join us on our Facebook page!

Blue skies, smiling me! Mike takes on the last of the TNG features, "Nemesis."  Part one: Pre-Production - 2:00 Part two: Flaws of the film - 22:00 Part three: The movie - 28:00 Part  four: After release  and Mike's thoughts - 1:55:00 !!!!WARNING - Some Irvin Berlin is sung!!!!

"A British Tar is a soaring soul!" Mike tackles the vexing 9th film, "Star Trek: Insurrection." Has it aged well?  Part One - Pre-production Casting Musings from Matt (Stompie) Thompson - 20:55 Part One A - Flaws of the Film - 26:35 Part Two - The Movie - 31:50 Part Three - Movie Release and personal thoughts - 1:47:00 Stop time! Love our Facebook page!

A second chance at a first impression! Mike looks into the first solo flight of the TNG cast with the 1996 film First Contact. Part one - Pre-production Part two - Movie note (21:55) Armin Reads Melville - (1:21:45) Part three - post production (1:33:00) Our Facebook page!

OMG, TNG! The Next Generation finally gets its big-budgeted debut on the big screen. But Captain Kirk might have a thing or two to say first! Mike takes on all facets of this historic meeting of the two captains. And as a BONUS, DS9 Alum Armin Shimerman stops by to read the famous "Time is the fire in which we burn," poem! THIS IS EPIC! Part one: Pre-production (17:00) Part two: the movie (51:00)...

Mike takes his son Kiernan to his first ever Star Trek convention. On the way home, they go over what they saw, what they liked and what they didn't!  Bonus! A little clip of Shatner talking about...well, you'll hear it!

CRY HAVOK!! Mike takes on the final movie of the original series: The Undiscovered Country. He starts with the preproduction, then analyzes the move ( 19:20 ) before sharing his thoughts ( 1:34:00 ). To be or... Check out our Facebook page for the "Aliens can't clap in Star Trek" video. 

Row, row, row your boat! Mike takes on the much maligned Star Trek V: The Final Frontier!  Is it any good? Can Mike talk pitch a better version? WHAT DOES GOD NEED WITH A STARSHIP?!! Check out our Facebook page!!

Mike has a great discussion with writer/illustrator Jon Adams. For the last 6 years Jon has created the hilarious web comic "Chief o'Brien at Work." Jon shares his process, his favorite Trek series and why Miles O'Brien is such an iconic character to Trek fans. Check out Chief O'Brien at Work Check out our Facebook page!

Mike continues his Summer of Movie Deep Dives© with his take on Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home! Check out the interview with Hank Armstrong, who was there at the Monterey Bay Aquarium when they filmed in 1986 ! And check out our Facebook page!

Summer of Movie Deep Dives! Mike continues his grand assessments of the Star Trek movies with Star Trek III: The Search for Spock! Love the pod? Like our Facebook page!

40 years after he first saw it in theaters, Mike revisits the first feature film of the Star Trek franchise. It's much maligned, but is it deserved? Mike will tell you! Love our pod? Like our Facebook page!

Mike takes his son (Kiernan) to the one night only screening of the Deep Space Nine documentary "What we Left Behind." On the way home (Car sounds included for free!) they give their quick thoughts of the movie!

It's the 10 year anniversary of Star Trek (2009) and Mike decides to relive the night he went to go see it. So he calls up his buddy Travis Greer and the two talk about the night they saw it, along with life and improv.  Check out Travis' movie! Love the pod? Like our Facebook page!

Mike goes on a solo rant about the uses and misuses of shields in all the Trek series. Bonus! His bird weights in! Love the pod? Like our Facebook page!

The idea was to rescue Airiam stand-in Aaron Moles and get about 5 good minutes of his thoughts on the Disco season 2 finale "Such Sweet Sorrow." But we ended up having such a good talk, we rolled a hard 30!  Love the pod? Like our Facebook page!

Using the Disco episode "The Valley of Shadows" as a springboard, Mike mulls over the concept of fate versus free will in the Star Trek universe.