Enterprising Individuals

We're gonna set it straight, this neonate film series of all new Trek adventure with our ill communication about Star Trek 2009!

New York Times bestselling author Alan Gratz returns to the show this week to talk about the film series that turned Trek into a blockbuster and introduced a whole new generation to the adventures of Kirk and crew. When Romulus is destroyed at the end of the 24th century, the vengeful Nero is thrown into an alternate 23rd century, where his rampage takes the life of George Kirk. Now, George's son Jim will have to overcome his personal flaws and realize his destiny to take command of the USS Enterprise to save Earth and the Federation!

As the TNG series of films wound down at the box office, Paramount returned to a question that had plagued the studio for over 20 years: "How could you ever recast Captain Kirk?" To finally answer that question, they turned to genre tv and film wunderkind JJ Abrams to give the familiar characters and world of Star Trek a makeover for the new millennium. The result was a zippy and stylish film that eschewed almost 50 years of continuity to instead boil the characters of Kirk, Spock, et al. to their essential qualities. The result was a reinvigoration of the Trek film franchise and a welcoming of the often niche property into the fraternity of cinematic popcorn blockbusters. In the first half of our conversation about Star Trek 2009, we talk about the process behind reimagining the franchise for a new audience, interfacing with nostalgia, the "Wars-ening" of Star Trek, the previous attempts to reboot the franchise, Abrams as a director, the film's exemplary casting, and the importance of a memorable score.

We also discuss built-in doomscrolling, Medea Goes to Qo'nos, spacing in comfort, avoiding "the chompers", rotoscoping Spock, wife vs. Spielberg, the Raimi Trek that never was, mining torpedoes, missing Remans, replicator questions, the lonely French horn in space, a different kind of cantina scene, the Shatnerverse, Kirk's "Maverick moment", and 721 lens flares!

Reverse the curse!

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This week, GooeyFame of the Virtual Theater and BackTrekking podcasts is back on the show to answer the question: where is the fourth Kelvin Timeline film? Join us as we attempt to write a worthy sequel to the new adventures of the starship Enterprise!

Gimme that Star Trek 4!

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It's time to begin the procedure and say goodbye to the old era of Trek cinema as we come face-to-face with the last TNG film: "Star Trek: Nemesis"!

Writer, podcaster, and Batman expert Chris Sims joins the show this week to talk about the much maligned though possibly misunderstood final film of the TNG era. When a vicious new faction comes to power in the Romulan Empire, Picard and his crew are sent to make an overture of détente to the new regime. When the faction's new leader is revealed to be a secret clone of Picard, Jen-Luc will be force to face a life that might have been...and one of his crew will be forced to make the ultimate sacrifice!

Conventional Trek wisdom has always held that the odd-numbered films are bad and the even-numbered ones are good, and for some Trekkies that pattern was shattered by TNG's last film. It's hard to know exactly why the Next Generation as a cinematic brand had such a relatively short shelf life, but it wasn't for a lack of creativity on the part of the writers and directors of the series. Nemesis may have challenged audiences' ideas of what a typical Trek blockbuster looks and feels like, but it introduced a surprising depth and poignancy to the series that would continue to echo through Trek's 21st century revival. On this episode, we talk about the film's rocky production and cold reception, the value of an "episode film", Trek justifying itself in the current marketplace, choosing who you want to be, the standout casting in the Trek franchise, how a family gives a person strength and identity, and why Star Trek needs to have hope.

We also discuss solving space problems with allegory, mourning pulp novel episode titles, the blog-to-podcast pipeline, (not) ranking "Cow Tools", Teeny Tom Hardy, Wars vs. Trek on TV, "units" of storytelling, Trek as the OG continuity nerd's refuge, boiling down the captains, Batman fighting a lion, and letting your ship designs cook a little!

Hey, I didn't ask to be cloned!

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This week, Mikanhana of the Just Enough Trope and Sailor Noob podcasts is back on the show to round up the latest Trek news! We've got updates on Star Trek 4, the DS9 sequel, and a little Trek v. Wars talk!

#RIPLouiseFletcher

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