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

SUNDAY, JANUARY 18, 2009 Whoa! Didn't see that coming! At least those of us who haven't seen Star Trek didn't see that coming -- which is probably just one person (J.R.). The endurance of TNG season one is in its twilight. Even though these beginnings of TNG are, for the most part, a bit weak; we do discuss many risky positives. We had the death, the out of place foreshadowing episode...

THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 2009 Things are looking better! We were able to cruise through eight first season episodes. We got lots of evil twins, lots of chicks and lots of chick flicky episodes! Plus we got the added bonus of lots of listener help. Podcast breakdown: 00:00 -- Beginning stuff 06:37 -- "The Battle" 16:52 -- "Hide and Q" 30:14 -- "Haven" 38:17 -- "The Bi...

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2008 Provocative episode titles, fornication with robots, frozen orgies, skimpy napkin clothing, nude female cultures, hallucinating ballerinas, polygamy for property, oil rubdowns, gods that command love, virtual keggers and sex at the drop of a hat -- this podcast has everything a young teenage boy could ever want! Podcast breakdown: 00:00 -- Intro 02:22 -- "The Nake...

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2008 Alright, this is monu (wait for it) mental! Probably the most anticipated event in the history of this podcast happens right here in Podcast #19. We're speaking of course of finally getting to  Star Trek: The Next Generation . Hopefully our "praise" of the show will appease the die-hards. Podcast breakdown: 00:00 -- Opening b.s. (BYU, Rock Band) 05:19 --  TN...

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2008 Once again we enter the realm of "good even" Star Trek movies. This time the Enterprise goes to the Earth-like planet of '80s San Francisco. And we totally the hell finished posting this podcast on time. Podcast breakdown: 00:00 -- Intros/hellos 01:29 -- Halloween wrap-up 05:41 -- Viewer mail 10:38 --  Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home  discussion 1.26:03 -- Aw...

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2008 Sorrysorrysorrysorrysorrysorrysorry! It took forever to post this, which is especially troublesome after the long break we took between 'casts. Please forgive us. The Halloween season is like Christmas to us, but more stressful. Podcast breakdown: 00:00 -- Intro and Halloween discussion 04:15 -- Playing of the Halloween songs 11:50 -- Listener mail 17:30 --  EW  Q&am...

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2008 This podcast is a DVD commentary of  Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan . It will probably be funner to listen to it while watching the movie, but hopefully we've made it fun enough (and you've seen the most popular Star Trek movie enough) that it can be enjoyed without the visual accompaniment. This is also a "simul-podcast" with  The Jon Madsen Movie Com...

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2008 And thus we begin the movie franchise with  Star Trek: The Motion Picture  (yes, thanks for actually informing us that it's a movie)! Discussion of  ST:TMP  does not begin, however, without first wrapping up the original series with a list of awards that frankly and obviously weren't worked on very hard (but were still plenty humorous (or not -- maybe you just...

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2008 It saddens us that this is our last original series podcast, but it should gladden you that we supersized it! We present well over two hours of JRWSTftft this time around. Included is our take on the last four episodes plus our best/worst picks of Season 3, PLUS our best/worst TOS picks  of all time ! Jon is the one who said he was sick, but that's J.R. who's got...

TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 2008 We're not lying. We can totally taste the end of Season 3. For some strange reason neither of us mentioned how there was another episode about the Garden of Eden in this bunch. "The Way To Eden" is all about Eden and there's even a character named Adam who dies by eating fruit there. Why didn't we mention the Star Trek writers' fascination with Ed...

TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2008 Major announcements this time 'round! First of all, take heed of our new email address: jrwatchesstartrek@gmail.com. Speak to us! And... meh. The email is really the only really important announcement, but remember to head to the Star Trek Experience at the Las Vegas Hilton before the end of the month! We've overcome the hump on season 3 by covering five episodes i...

TUESDAY, JULY 22, 2008 Notice: the last 30 minutes of this podcast is devoted to our discussion of  The Dark Knight . We only discussed three episodes of  Star Trek , but the podcast wound up being pretty long because of that. So since it has nothing to do with Star Trek, don't worry about that last half hour. On the other hand, our Batman conversation is probably a lot more engaging than our...

WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 2008 This week, despite the miracle of cordless communication, our major adversary was 15 minute battery life. J.R.'s continued annoyance with Season 3 Trek is another bad vibe worth mentioning. Perhaps the formless creature from "Day of the Dove" got to him. Another factor may be (as he reveals in podcast) that he did actually stare at the Medusan in "Is Ther...

THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 2008 We begin Season 3 with a bang. Not a big bang, mind you. In fact, since we started with four of the most embarrassing episodes of anything ever, we'd probably say that this bang was just about the smallest bang ever. We did have an incredibly fun time talking about them though. Plenty, plenty, plenty of good fodder in what's considered the worst season in the origin...

TUESDAY, MAY 20, 2008 Finally after a good month's absence we're back with this token episode. No actual episodes of  Trek  are mentioned, but as promised, we do elaborate on two  Trek -themed  Futurama  episodes and rattle on about some of the work Shatner and Nimoy did in the 70s. Strangely, we take up the same amount of time talking about these episodes as the episodes' actual lengt...

TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 2008 Because we had so many alternate Earth history planets to discuss, this one went twice as long as they usually go. We also had to re-record some of the podcast again because of technical reasons. Ugh. We can't wait until computers are intelligent enough to just do our podcasts for us. Anyway, Season Two is in the bag! Now all we have left to do is the lame  Star Trek  s...

TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 2008 Today's podcast focuses on all the ones J.R. didn't realize he hadn't watched yet and all the ones we thought we talked about last week, but actually didn't really since we didn't actually record what we had already talked about. So apologies to us for actually having to do it again. Plenty of fun to be had, however, since we had a chatroom full of geeks...

THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 2008 This week's disaster-ridden podcast includes a new microphone for J.R. and light discussion of episode 39 and episodes 41-45 of the original series (episode 10 and episodes 12-16 of Season 2). We apologize right here for losing the audio on two full discussions on "A Piece of the Action" and "The Immunity Syndrome," which must have been confusing sin...

This session covers episodes 30-40 (for some reason skipping episode 39) of the original series, the first 10 or so eps from season 2. Many apologies for the many interruptions during this one. I think by the third time it happens it's actually quite funny. Also apologies for skipping to "Friday's Child" instead of discussing "Journey to Babel." For some reason I refere...

Quien Es Mas Macho? or Edith Keeler Must Die! ...or "It's Hard to Get the Taste of Armageddon Out of Your Mouth." This one has too many good titles! This podcast covers episodes 20-29 of the original series. Awesome. Just Awesome. We were able to talk about two of the most beloved episodes in the original series ("Space Seed," "City on the Edge of Forever") and on...

TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 2008 Good stuff this ep. Lots of pivotal events: first appearance of the Romulans, first mention of Captain Pike (pictured) and the first (but hopefully not last) Gorn.

TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 2008 Finally! The first episode is up! Enjoy a pantsless female future!