The Complete J.R. Watches Star Trek For the First Time

TUESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2017 Zo joins again for a series of murder-palooza movies:  Ten Little Indians, Scream  and  Hot Fuzz . Lotsa fun death here. Podcast breakdown: 0:00 -- nuqneH, podcast business 4:35 --  Ten Little Indians  (1965) 23:55 --  Scream 56:52 --  Hot Fuzz 1:11:50 -- Awards and rankings 1:28:05 -- Next movie podcast plannings 1:40:22 -- Eclipse, Qapla' and outtakes (lots of 'e...

TUESDAY, JULY 25, 2017 Okay we snuck this one in. The movie theme this time around is "movies that depict a future at the time they were created, but has since chronologically passed as of 2017." Not sure if there's a better way to say that. Regardless, we honestly managed to pick three of the loosest adherents to this topic with  The Apple, Escape from New York,  and  Terminator 2:...

TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 2017 We've said strap in before, but this time we mean it. You asked for it, and you'll regret it. 272 minutes of nothin' but Star Trek awards and rankings (with just a few minutes thrown in for future plans) to wrap up nine years' worth of Trek talk. Star Trek's through for us, but we're not going anywhere for now (and neither will you for the next four ho...

SUNDAY, MAY 14, 2017 Don't read this. Just listen to us as we delight in three of the best movies ever about human annihilation. Great genre, great set of movies with  Dr. Strangelove ,  Colossus: The Forbin Project , and  Invasion of the Body Snatchers  ('78). Just wait until you hear J.R.'s INSANE rankings of these three. INSANE. Podcast breakdown: 0:00 -- nuqneH,  Guardians of the G...

SUNDAY, APRIL 30, 2017 Kind of momentous. One more Star Trek series goes down. The LAST Trek series goes down. Join us for an exhaustive look at season 2 of  TAS  along with a complete series recap of awards and rankings. Stick around for some thoughts on  MST3K  and  The Last Jedi , as well as some planning for what we talk about between now and  Star Trek: Discovery . Podcast breakdown: 0:00 --...

THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 2017 Time for another movie podcast! This time it's a very specific type of time travel -- something we call "static timeline" time travel. It's where time travel happens, but the timelines are set and no splintering timelines are created. Anyway, the time culprits are  Somewhere in Time ,  Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey  and  Primer . The podcast runs about...

SUNDAY, MARCH 19, 2017 So we wrap up season 1 of  The Animated Series . That means we're SORT OF halfway done with the series! Of course, when we say "sort of," we really mean very nearly totally done on account of the first season having waaaay more eps than the second. Anyway, as the title suggests, SPACE CATS! Hey, Jon keeps saying "David" Niven, but it's obviously r...

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2017 Boy, there sure are a lot of episodes of people growing and shrinking this time around. Anyway, six more of Star Trek: The Animated Series. Growth, shrinkage, and sabotage. Dang, maybe that should've been the title this time. Hey, do you remember that old SNL skit with Phil Hartman and Tom Hanks called "Giant Businessman?" Can't find it on the NBC site o...

SUNDAY, JANUARY 29, 2017 So here we are with the cartoon. Good and bad that each one exhibits some kind of strange time bubble where 22 minutes feels more like 50. SIX episodes this time. Also, Angela is kind enough to help us out again. Podcast breakdown: 0:00 -- nuqneH, some TAS overview 8:50 -- "Beyond the Farthest Star" 16:17 -- "Yesteryear" 26:35 -- "One of Our Planet...

MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 2017 Disney movies! Instead of Star Trek, we're takin' a break and talkin' three live-action Disney movies --  The World's Greatest Athlete ,  The Island at the Top of the World  and  Flight of the Navigator . Lemme use this text space to mention a few things I forgot to mention. Jane tells Nanu to put his hands around her head for kissing and that's the wron...

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2016 So here's our live commentary for Star Trek Beyond. We babble on for a bit, but if you wanna start right with the movie, that starts right at the 4:00 mark. Remember to watch  The World's Greatest Athlete ,  The Island at the Top of the World , and  Flight of the Navigator  for next time. Click  here  for that "Dreaded Rear Admiral" reference! Click  her...

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2016 End of ENT. End of an era. We talk Christmas plans and the last two  Enterprise  episodes before spending over an hour(!) on various awards and rankings. Take a load off, grab some nog, and fill your ears with our terrible 64k low-quality voices. Podcast breakdown: 0:00 -- nuqneH,  Star Trek: Discovery , Christmas plans 9:52 -- Viewer mail 35:06 -- "Terra Prime&quo...

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2016 We start with four more Enterprise eps including the famous mirror not-so-crossover saga. Bad moods and dress-up time perfect for Halloween. Stick around, because we really finalize the upcoming next movie podcast. The real treat may be the outtake. It's way off-topic, but real fun for the season -- a lengthy discussion of the best (and worst) songs of Halloween we&#39...

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2016 Recorded on the 50th anniversary of  Star Trek ! Four Episodes from season 4 of Enterprise. Some about droney Romulans. Some about ridgeless Klingons. Also vampire movie talk. Also J.R. goes off on how Frankenstein movies should be. That's what we got this time. Podcast breakdown: 0:00 -- nuqneH, a little bit of anticipation for  Star Trek: Discovery  and our own vi...

TUESDAY, AUGUST 2, 2016 Hey gang. We suppose that since a new Star Trek movie came out last month, we may as well talk about it. But wait! There's more! We end a three-episode arc of  Enterprise  and begin another three-episode arc (with two one-offs in the middle). Series end in sight! All this and talk of the acclaimed Netflix series  Stranger Things  along with the best Dublin throwback 80s...

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 2016 Here's our sudden  The Force Awakens  DVD/Blu-Ray commentary. J.R.'s a bit positive, Jon's a bit negative. Only slightly. Remember to rate and comment on iTunes! Remember to join the  Facebook  page! Comment on anything we've said or anything we will say. jrwatchesstartrek@gmail.com. This episode is dedicated in loving memory to far too many.

SUNDAY, MAY 22, 2016 This time 'round we get the second part of the  Enterprise  season 4 Augment arc and the first part of the Vulcan civil war arc, resulting in a bit of a split podcast personality. Also, a bit of Disney talk. I forgot to mention that a big reason for my aversion to  Mary Poppins  is that a friend of mine made fun of me for liking it because it's a "kid's movie....

THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 2016 No mention of March Madness this time around. We actually forgot that we forgot to host that tournament this year. In other news, before we finally get into the beginning of Enterprise season 4, we tackle lots of Batman and Superman talk (which is soooo last month by now). Hey also big thanks to all the wonderful girls who joined for the chat. Podcast breakdown: 0:00 -- nu...

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 2016 Scary frights that started across the sea and then Americanized into things we can safely and daintily digest. It's time for our American remakes of foreign horror movies podcast! Spooky scary! We should have talked about the tunnel sequence in  The Vanishing  more. Also, we probably should have mentioned The Netherlands more than we mentioned "Amsterdam." P...

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2016 First 'cast of 2016 and we start with an ending (finally)! Season 3 and its silly Xindi arc are completed so we commemorate not only with awards and rankings for the last four eps but awards and rankings for the whole season (as per tradition). Big bonus for just how drastically we disagree on this season's rankings. Also, gotta give a hand to J.R. for picking nu...

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2015 We start by spending about an hour spoiling the new Star Wars movie, but it's already been out for a day and a half so you're probably good. Thoughts, complaints and philosophies regarding a galaxy far, far away abound! Hear our views then let us know your own. Oh hey, we also talked slightly about the new Star Trek trailer AND the next four Enterprise episodes!...

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2015 And by that we mean all the aliens were naked this time. First of all, the usual apologies for the lateness of this one. Also, apologies for what sounds like a misused microphone. This is our big 1-5-0. To celebrate, we dragged random listener and Google Hangouter Tim into joining us. The Xindi stuff rages on, and on, and on. We offset that with a long conversation about...

MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2015 This set ran the gamut of religion, clones, 90s-era cops and cowboys. Hey, here's a question for you. Trip sold his six-shooter for money on that cowboy planet. Where did he get that gun? And where did they get those cowboy clothes? Did they murder a few cowboys just out of town before they saved those slave aliens? Discuss. Podcast breakdown: 0:00 -- nuqneH, voting fo...

SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 2015 We squeezed this one in just barely before J.R. moves across the country again. Not sure when the next recording will be, but it was a good time this time round. Season 3 got a bit of an uptick in quality, so we're not canceling the podcast yet. Some great hair on the ladies. Especially in the future. They ought to know that they can have great hair in the present if...

SATURDAY, JULY 25, 2015 Time to tackle the famed Xindi season! It's actually not too different from the last two seasons. At least now we get a bunch of expendable marines. Also, Trip's stupid sister makes an appearance. On the plus side, lots of hot space chicks and gum that shoots lasers! Ahh, it's familiar but fun. Podcast breakdown: 0:00 -- nuqneH ( Pompidou ,  Small Wonder ,  Suic...