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

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2010 Okay, less talking this time, but more side phone conversations. Sorry. On the plus, we hammered through five DS9 episodes covering a wide range of DS9 heavy hitters including The Nagus, Primmin, Trill biology, Morgan Freeman not dying, Ferengi literacy and slow-talking bodily possessions. Here is the link to  Kevin Spacey doing a Morgan Freeman impression . Podcast bre...

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2010 For those concerned, we did a lot more talking this time -- also A LOT more coughing. We still need to get our station legs and lungs in order. Remember to join the  Facebook  page! Podcast breakdown: 0:00 -- nuqneH, TV talk 20:41 -- A couple of quick  DS9  things. 30:18 -- "Past Prologue" 45:30 -- "A Man Alone" 1.04:00 -- "Babel" 1.13:28 -- &...

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2010 Enter  Deep Space 9 ! This podcast belongs to  you ! We say that not only because we decided to continue this weird experiment because of popular demand, but because the majority of this podcast is listener feedback about the the entire concept of DS9. Pretty much the listeners made all our commentary for us (there was a ton, I'm telling you). Also making a lot of...

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2010 I'm not gonna describe too much in the description paragraph because you'll need all the time you can get your hands on to listen to all 2 hours and 45 minutes of this thing. It's the gigantic, herculean, massive, star-sized TOS vs. TNG extravaganza! Listen at the edge of your seat as we reveal every individual facet of the TOS/TNG Trek rivalry! (Spoiler alert...

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2010 Priests and cannibals, prehistoric animals and the most compelling piece of technology seen by the Romulans in some time -- a clone that  doesn't look anything like what it's cloned from ! We tackle  Nemesis  so you don't have to. Apparently many people  haven't  seen this one. It's the least popular movie. Lots of green in it. Notice? Remember to rate...

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2010 Get this, the Enterprise heads to a planet that's like a paradise. But every paradise has a serpent. Heard this story before? Even if you never read Genesis you've probably seen at least a half dozen Star Trek episodes with this same premise. There is the existence of a small child during the first half hour or so, but don't let it annoy you. Children are b...

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2010 Sorry for the wait! We make it up by talking about not just one, not just two, but THREE movies. Um, they're not necessarily Star Trek movies, but the efforts there! C'mon! Trek fandom is a worthy discussion though. How far is too far? Personally, I think the line is murder. And by that I don't mean it's hard to find the line, I mean if you murder someone...

FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 2010 Okay, here it is. It's everybody's FAVORITE TNG movie --  Star Trek: First Contact . I really don't know why everybody likes it. It doesn't even have Riker making first contact through riking. Time travel and the Borg. How can you go wrong? The story writes itself! Remember to rate and comment on iTunes! Comment on anything we've said or anything we will...

FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 2010 We assumed that everyone wanted to tune in to find out if we were going to go on to DS9, but it appears everyone wanted to tune in to vent about how much they hated  Star Trek: Generations . You call yourselves Star Trek fans people? I think the only reason they made this movie is to have an excuse to ease into the new "black space" Federation uniforms. Btw, we ma...

MONDAY, AUGUST 2, 2010 Alright! Here we go over the best/worst of every category imaginable for TNG. This actually went LONGER than expected. Thanks to all the listeners who provided some great categories that had us talking for two hours alone (that's MINUS our top/bottom ten lists)! Had a beast of a time getting the production for this one done. Bad karma probably. Listen all the way to the...

WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 2010 Don't be too scared off by this. Yes, we did spend half the time talking about vasectomies, BUT we also spent PLENTY of time going into detail about the final TNG episode "All Good Things..." AND our BIG season 7 WRAP-up (perhaps there was no reason to actually capitalize "wrap" in that sentence). Perhaps some of the girl listeners will get a kick o...

SUNDAY, JULY 11, 2010 Here's the penultimate report on the television run of  Star Trek: The Next Generation . It all builds and builds and builds until we get to an episode devoted entirely to... Ro Laren. Huh. Lots and lots of family stuff on the way... as well as devo. Apologies to all who joined us in the chatroom. About halfway through, Ustream seemed to shut down. Also apologies to every...

SUNDAY, JUNE 27, 2010 Come to think of it,  Head on the Door  is easily The Cure's best album. Personally, I'm not too fond of  Disintegration  actually. Too reliant on synths. The live shows really suffer for it too. It's not like the band does an incredible job being captivating with  guitars . Synthesizers are even harder to maintain a good stage presence. Oh wait, are we supposed t...

THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 2010 We are actually broadcasting on June 16th, Captain Picard Day! Although it doesn't actually say it's June 16th in the episode -- or even mention any month at all for that matter, or ever. Worf, Troi AND Crusher get some serious action in this set. All this and the World Cup! Podcast breakdown: 0:00 -- nuqneH, World Cup, Sirtis autograph 10:54 -- "Parallels&quot...

SUNDAY, JUNE 6, 2010 There are more background kiddie kids in this podcast than usual. It's okay though. They're quite adorable -- even if they're unfamiliar with their long lost sister Kestra. This one's bite-sized! No reason to choke on it. Very familial too. Podcast breakdown: 0:00 -- nuqneH 5:26 -- "Dark Page" 18:06 -- "Attached" 36:05 -- "Force of Natu...

SUNDAY, JUNE 6, 2010 And thus we begin season 7 with a record breaking podcast in terms of length and robot craziness. Podcast breakdown: 0:00 -- nuqneH 18:57 -- "Descent, Part II" 40:08 -- "Liaisons" 56:01 -- "Interface" 1.14:45 -- "Gambit, Part I" 1.23:50 -- "Gambit, Part II" 1.50:00 -- "Phantasms" 2.09:46 -- Awards and rankings 2.27:09...

TUESDAY, MAY 18, 2010 Not only is this the season 6 finale, but it's also the episode where we officially put Data on trial (sort of). Spoiler alert: he loses (sort of). Also WE go on trial. We brave the listeners' complaints about us. It's chilling stuff. Hey, plus we have a couple of apparently pretty good episodes to talk about. One question we didn't get to: Can the Romulans ev...

MONDAY, MAY 17, 2010 This here's our big religion podcast inspired by Kahless the unforgettable. Up until "Rightful Heir" the guy was quite forgettable, now he's not. Although he's still quite short. Yeah, I'm saying that and I'm a pretty short guy myself. Anyway, people of ALL religions should enjoy this podcast -- from Klingon to Jedi. Podcast breakdown: 0:00 -- nuq...

SUNDAY, APRIL 25, 2010 Hunting is a metaphor for courtship right? Well none of the courtship in these episodes worked out at all in any of these episodes -- except for maybe Picard and Q. Podcast breakdown: 0:00 -- nuqneH 15:30 -- "Aquiel" 28:47 -- "Face of the Enemy" 42:47 -- "Tapestry" 1.00:30 -- "Birthright, Part I" 1.05:30 -- "Birthright, Part II&qu...

SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 2010 Podcast breakdown: 0:00 -- nuqneH, happy birthday Pete, reading lists 5:13 -- Viewer mail 17:17 -- "Rascals" 34:30 -- "A Fistful of Datas" 48:41 -- "The Quality of Life" 1.03:15 -- "Chain of Command, Part I" 1.11:37 -- "Chain of Command, Part II" 1.41:20 -- "Ship in a Bottle" 1.59:26 -- Awards and rankings 2.15:36...

SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 2010 Welcome back TNG! We had some weird weird weird audio issues with this one. It was like weird man. We're flirting with a new technology that allows us to record directly from skype and we're using the same technology to transmit directly to Ustream (Thanks to Trent and Tim W. for joining us!). Anyway at about the 36 minute mark we get caught in an energy transfer b...

FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 2010 Alright, if you've been hesitating in your downloading of these silly Star Trek podcasts, you're in luck! THIS is the one you can probably listen to because THIS is the one where we do a live commentary of the J.J. Abrams Star Trek movie from 2009 -- and you saw THAT movie and probably really really liked it! Yes, we realize we already talked about this movie way back...

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2010 Milestone achieved! We know we said a few podcasts ago that if we made it to 50 we were probably going to give some stuff away to listeners -- but obviously that didn't happen. Everyone hold out for Podcast 100! Anyway, besides discussing some great episodes (some would say the best episode ever) the results of the season 5 drinking game are revealed! PLUS we had ou...

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2010 Just in time for Valentine's Day! How perfect because Famke Janssen makes an appearance in the podcast and she's probably the cutest chick to ever grace Next Generation videotape. Of course we also get lots of brotherly love with Geordi and a robot. Then there's all the imaginary love. Lots of love! As a bonus we get a rollicking episode where people are inv...

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2010 This was recorded on a very important Groundhog Day. Hoping to get this posted before the  Lost  premier, but it was simply an impossibility. Oh well. Hey, despite the title of this one, we talked about a lot of hot chicks -- so many in fact that we didn't have room to discuss the episode with Famke Janssen. Overall, some pretty good eps this time around, with one t...