Enterprising Individuals

Just in time for Halloween, we've got one of the scariest things to spring from the mind of Gene Roddenberry: the sex comedy cum murder mystery slash social commentary flick "Pretty Maids All in a Row"! Gene only has one movie credit on his résumé and this one is plenty. Mikanhana of the Just Enough Trope Podcast drops by to help us make some kind of sense of this radioactive artifact from a past better left forgotten. Guidance counselor Tiger McDrew is everyone's idea of the perfect man: handsome, athletic, and down with the youth culture. But when a string of murders threatens to disrupt school life, the police start to investigate his style of guidance!

This movie does not reach.

Follow Just Enough Trope on Twitter and catch up on the podcast!
https://twitter.com/justenoughtrope
https://www.justenoughtrope.com

Find out the stories behind your favorite Trek episodes with BackTrekking!
http://www.twitter.com/backtrekking

Communicate with us on Facebook and Twitter and the Just Enough Trope Discord!
http://www.facebook.com/eistpod
http://www.twitter.com/eistpod
https://discord.gg/WVvCHVWqzf

Join our crew on Patreon!
http://www.patreon.com/eistpod

Subscribe to the show on iTunes!
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/enterprising-individuals/id1113165661?mt=2

This week, we present a look back at Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, recorded live at CONvergence Con 2021, with special guests Noel Thingvall, Mark McPherson, Assad Khaishgi, and Art Allen! Star Trek V has always been considered the worst Trek film be we can't leave well enough alone. Join us as we give one last chance to William Shatner's beautiful ode to healthy skepticism . . . and rock climing.

It's "An Act of Love"!

Learn the story behind your favorite Trek episodes with BackTrekking!
http://www.twitter.com/backtrekking

Ride with us on Facebook and Twitter and the Just Enough Trope Discord!
http://www.facebook.com/eistpod
http://www.twitter.com/eistpod
https://discord.gg/WVvCHVWqzf

Buy us a horse on Patreon and Ko-Fi!
http://www.patreon.com/eistpod
https://ko-fi.com/E1E01M2UA

Subscribe to the show on iTunes!
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/enterprising-individuals/id1113165661?mt=2

We are talking LIVE about the #LowerDecks episode “First First Contact”! Tweet at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage to join our conversation currently in progress! #StarTrekLowerDecks

This week, we dive into the world of Star Trek fan fiction with three guides: Antimatter Pod's Liz Barr, Sasha Wood of Casually Comics, and writer Stephanie Roehler. On the episode, we talk about fan fic's crucial role in Trek history, the types and themes of Trek fic, how fic writers drive diversity and inclusion in on-screen Trek storytelling, and more. Plus, some non-Trek sci-fi talk, video store remembrances, the Cardassian Sutra, and just wanting to see a character get a happy ending.

NO COOKIES FOR YOUR HAND TOUCH!

Follow Liz, Sasha, and Steph's work!
http://antimatterpod.com/
https://www.youtube.com/c/CasuallyComics
http://www.stephanieroehler.com

Get your fill of anime and Japanese culture with Sailor Noob!
http://www.twitter.com/noob_sailor

Find out the stories behind your favorite Trek episodes with BackTrekking!
http://www.twitter.com/backtrekking

Join our crew on Patreon!
http://www.patreon.com/eistpod

Subscribe to the show on iTunes!
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/enterprising-individuals/id1113165661?mt=2

We are talking LIVE about the #LowerDecks episode “wej Duj”! Tweet at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage to join our conversation currently in progress! #StarTrekLowerDecks

We're taking our phase pistols to town this week as we follow "North Star"!

Podcaster and cosplayer Thad Hait returns to the show to discuss an episode of Star Trek: Enterprise that takes aim at discrimination and xenophobia. When in the Expanse, Archer and crew find a planet inhabited by Earthlings descended from old West settlers. But before they can solve the mystery of their existence, they'll have to stop a impending race war and run the bad guys out of town!

The events of September 11, 2001, forever changed our world, not just in the political sphere but also in the field of entertainment. We can't ever know what Enterprise might have been without 9/11, but in the wake of the tragedy, Trek did what it was designed to do and sought to reframe our contemporary conflicts and prejudices through the lens of sci-fi allegory. The third season of Enterprise was mostly focused on the crew's efforts to avenge the victims of the Xindi attack, but it still took the time to tell a story about the kind of unfocused rage and racism that was present in the real world. On this episode, we talk about how Enterprise handled the politics of its time, the franchise's long association with allegory, the way in which stories about war ground genre characters, the fundamental connections between westerns and Star Trek, the freedom Enterprise might have had in syndication, and why it's a great time to be a sci-fi fan.

We also discuss returning to cons, making your Trek panel a Supernatural panel, Trek and spy stories, waiting for Prime Lorca, the wester sci-fi feel of The Mandalorian, a Trek cop series, a wind-free planet, Archer gets plugged, some James Bond talk, and Space Sears!

I want my Backula back!

Follow Thad on Twitter and listen to his new podcast, Licence to Spiel!
https://twitter.com/Tyranicus
https://twitter.com/podspiel

Learn the story behind your favorite Trek episodes with BackTrekking!
http://www.twitter.com/backtrekking

Ride with us on Facebook and Twitter and the Just Enough Trope Discord!
http://www.facebook.com/eistpod
http://www.twitter.com/eistpod
https://discord.gg/WVvCHVWqzf

Buy us a horse on Patreon and Ko-Fi!
http://www.patreon.com/eistpod
https://ko-fi.com/E1E01M2UA

Subscribe to the show on iTunes!
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/enterprising-individuals/id1113165661?mt=2

We are talking LIVE about the #LowerDecks episode “I, Excretus”! Tweet at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage to join our conversation currently in progress! #StarTrekLowerDecks

This week, Darren Mooney of the Escapist is back on the show for an extended discussion about pop culture topics! On the show, we talk about the recent release of Shang Chi, the evolution of the Evangelion franchise and its creator, the future of cinemas and streaming and the looming IATSE strike, the mystery of Quibi, the future of Doctor Who and the current era's legacy, and we take a hard look at the future of Trek and what Trek has to say in the new millennium!

This episode of outtakes (and ALL of our outtakes) are available weekly on our Patreon, at patreon.com/eistpod!

Follow Darren on Twitter and check out his site, The M0vie Blog!
https://twitter.com/Darren_Mooney
https://www.them0vieblog.com

Here's the source for Darren's Quibi story
https://www.inputmag.com/culture/exclusive-by-exploiting-a-union-loophole-quibi-is-underpaying-its-shows-crews

Find out the stories behind your favorite Trek episodes with BackTrekking!
http://www.twitter.com/backtrekking

Communicate with us on Facebook and Twitter and the Just Enough Trope Discord!
http://www.facebook.com/eistpod
http://www.twitter.com/eistpod
https://discord.gg/WVvCHVWqzf

Join our crew on Patreon!
http://www.patreon.com/eistpod

Subscribe to the show on iTunes!
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/enterprising-individuals/id1113165661?mt=2

We are talking LIVE about the #LowerDecks episode “Where Pleasant Fountains Lie”! Tweet at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage to join our conversation currently in progress! #StarTrekLowerDecks

It's ghost planets and undead beauty queens this week as we contemplate "That Which Survives"!

Author and critic Darren Mooney returns to the show to discuss an episode of Star Trek: The Original Series that continues the show's third season's themes of death and decay. The Enterprise has found a planet that should not be, but when the landing party attempts to explore it, the ship is thrown nearly 1000 light-years away. Now, Spock with have to race the Enterprise back before a beautiful and deadly woman delivers Kirk a touch of death!

The third season of Star Trek was beset by many behind-the-scenes crises and is often thought of as the show's worst and most off-brand effort. But in fact, much of what we think of when we think "Star Trek" is present in the third season, and the repeated themes of infection, loss, and decay reflect not only the show's immanent cancellation, but also the social upheaval and turmoil that was the societal backdrop of the late 1960s. On this episode, we talk about the brain drain present in TOS's third season roster, the perhaps unfairly maligned Fred Freiberger, the development of Trek's utopia in its third year, the show's frequent cynicism about contemporary counterculture, the third season's obsession with preserving order and status quo, how Trek presaged the depressing sci-fi or the '70s, and why the Original Series wasn't quite as progressive as its reputation suggests.

We also discuss pitching Michael B. Jordan, Viking samurai bikers, the Curse of Michaels Richards, jerkass Spock, double dates and Communism, TOS kids vs. TNG kids, Kirk and JFK, Spock's calculator, comics as a building material, upping the sex factor, and a SPOOKY ghost planet!

For the world is hollow and Catwoman touched this guy!

Follow Darren on Twitter, listen to his podcast, read his blog, and check out his work on the Escapist!
https://twitter.com/Darren_Mooney
https://twitter.com/thetwofifty
https://them0vieblog.com/
https://www.escapistmagazine.com/v2/author/darren-mooney/

Get your hands on Darren's books!
Opening The X-Files: A Critical History of the Original Series
https://amzn.to/3dmDiPQ
Christopher Nolan: A Critical Study of the Films
https://amzn.to/3jZouYM

Learn the story behind your favorite Trek episodes with BackTrekking!
http://www.twitter.com/backtrekking

Correct us on Facebook and Twitter and the Just Enough Trope Discord!
http://www.facebook.com/eistpod
http://www.twitter.com/eistpod
https://discord.gg/WVvCHVWqzf

Buy us a shovel on Patreon and Ko-Fi!
http://www.patreon.com/eistpod
https://ko-fi.com/E1E01M2UA

Subscribe to the show on iTunes!
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/enterprising-individuals/id1113165661?mt=2