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The Alternative Factor.

The Alternative Factor is rather infamous in Star Trek fandom, and there are many factors (see what we did there?) and behind-the-scenes reasons for why things turned out the way they did.  Who better to join us in our discussion on this episode than host of Melodic Treks Brandon Shea-Mutula, known for his unique taste when it comes to Star Trek, and who makes his case for why The Alternative Factor is one of his favorites!

We talk band-aids, beards, parallel universes, Jet Li's The One, and so much more, including all the behind-the-scenes drama surrounding The Alternative Factor, in this week's episode of Standard Orbit. Also, our iTunes giveaway has been extended to December 15, there's still time to win a Star Trek: The Next Generation's first season on Blu-ray!

Hosts
Ken Tripp and Zach Moore

Guests
Brandon-Shea Mutala

Feature
Welcome to Standard Orbit! (00:01:09)
Episode Synopsis (00:05:36)
Initial Thoughts (00:07:25) 
Listener Comments (00:09:49)
The Episode As-Is (00:13:37)
The Episode As It Might Have Been (00:39:33)
Enjoyment of Entertainment Is Subjective (00:46:30)
Final Thoughts (00:51:10)
Previously on Trek.fm (00:55:30)
Thank You for Listening to Standard Orbit (00:57:11)
 
Production
C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer), Ken Tripp (Executive Producer), Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer), Charlene Schmiedt (Executive Producer), Zach Moore (Editor), Renee Roberts (Associate Producer), Richard Rutledge (Associate Producer), Aaron Harvey (Associate Producer), Richard Marquez (Production Manager)
 
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Release Date
Monday, November 21, 2016

Duration
01 hour 03 minutes 47 seconds

File Size
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Gerald Fried Interview.

Born in the Bronx on February 13th, 1928, Gerald Fried began learning about music in the High School of Music and Art. He graduated in 1945, and started his career composing short films by his friend Stanley Kubrick.  He has scored many cultural cornerstones of television including Lost in Space, The Man From U.N.C.L.E., Gilligan's Island, Riverboat, Shotgun Slade, and Star Trek.

In this episode on Melodic Treks, host Brandon-Shea Mutala is joined by Gerald Fried to discuss his work, form the beginnings with Stanley Kubrick, to his current work on a Star Trek parody film. We talk about his hectic work schedule, which sometimes included three scoring sessions a day, composing his Emmy Award winning score for the cultural phenomenon Roots, and his work on Star Trek.

Chapters
Intro (00:00:00) 
Contests, Reviews, and Thanks (00:01:18) 
"Main Title" (from The Killing) (00:07:15) 
Welcome, Gerald! (00:08:22) 
Kubrick (00:08:44) 
The Killing (00:10:42) 
Beginnings (00:13:06) 
Corman (00:15:15) 
Roots (00:16:28) 
Star Trek and Library Music (00:19:37) 
Classic Film and Television (00:27:01) 
Three Scoring Sessions a Day (00:29:37) 
Challenges and Favorites (00:32:04) 
Current Projects (00:35:38) 
"The Patrol" (from Paths of Glory) (00:42:66) 

All music composed by G. Fried

Host
Brandon-Shea Mutala

Guest
Gerald Fried

Production
Brandon-Shea Mutala (Editor and Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Charlynn Schmiedt (Executive Producer) Bobby Tucker (Associate Producer) Ken Tripp (Associate Producer) Norman C. Lao (Associate Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager) Tony Robinson (Show Art Creator)

New Frontier: Turnaround.

When Admiral Jellico seemingly steals a top-secret Starfleet prototype starship, a comic adventure of epic proportions is kicked off. Captain Calhoun of the Excalibur sets off in pursuit, but can he catch Jellico before destruction rains down on Bravo Station? Everything is not what it seems in this week's graphic novel adventure!

In this episode of Literary Treks hosts Matthew Rushing, Dan Gunther and Bruce Gibson talk about the comic series New Frontier: Turnaround. We discuss the New Frontier timeline, the Kelvin Timeline feel, characterization, the story, if it works for New Frontier fans, any surprises and our ratings.

In new we discuss the blurb for Patterns of Interference and the second issue of the Waypoint comic.

News
Patterns of Interference blurb (00:02:50)
Waypoint #2 (00:07:50)

Feature: Turnaround
New Frontier Timeline (00:20:24)
Kelvin Timeline Feel (00:27:03)
Characterization (00:31:32)
The Story (00:33:46)
Does it Work for New Frontier Fans? (00:37:24)
Any Surprises? (00:41:19)
Ratings (00:47:26)
Final Thoughts (00:49:32)

Hosts
Matthew Rushing, Dan Gunther and Bruce Gibson

Production
Matthew Rushing (Editor and Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Charlynn Schmiedt (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager) Norman C. Lao (Associate Producer) Ken Tripp (Associate Producer) Brandon-Shea Mutala (Associate Producer) Bruce Gibson (Associate Producer)

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2.

By the time that July 7th, 2011 came around, the last book in the Harry Potter series had been out for four years and there was no Pottermore website, talk of a play or films for Fantastic Beasts so part 2 of The Deathly Hallows was to be the end.

In this episode of The 602 Club host Matthew Rushing is joined by Quidditch star Andrea Coffman to talk about Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2. We discuss the end, outright bias, love, the Snape story, wands, things not done well and done right, what the films add and ratings.

Chapters
The End (00:04:15)
The Cursed Child (00:12:24)
Outright Bias (00:14:16)
Love Conquers All (00:19:41)
The Snape Story (00:29:17)
Wands (00:36:43)
Not Done Well (00:39:27)
Things They Got Right (00:54:40)
What the Films Add (00:56:44)
A Difficult Question (01:03:55)
Ratings (01:07:20)

Host
Matthew Rushing

Guest
Andrea Coffman

Production
Matthew Rushing (Editor and Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Charlene Schmidt (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager) Norman C. Lao (Associate Producer) Ken Tripp (Associate Producer) Davis Grayson (Associate Producer)

If you thought Deep Space Nine was the first time a Starfleet crew shrunk down to the size of action figures, think again!  Was the trope of thematic cure-all of the transporter a TNG invention? Not exactly! And if you thought Enterprise was the first time we saw colonist from the Terra project, we'd shout "Shale!"  Join Aaron Harvey and special returning co-host Darren Moser as they grab their xenylon based uniforms and review "The Terratin Incident"

Written by the same writer as "Balance of Terror" and "The Squire of Gothos", "The Terratin Incident" send the Enterprise crew on lilliputian adventure. Aaron and Darren connect the dots between other Trek series and try and make sense of the "science" behind the shrinking crew!


Chapters
Intro (00:01:09)  
Synopsis (00:02:31)  
Air Date, Writer and Voices (00:04:27)
Starlog Magazine Commerical (00:06:34)
Aaron and Darren's review  (00:12:02)
Land of the Giants promo (00:26:36)
Trek Tech and Chronology (00:27:35)
Bloopers (00:40:18)
STLV Flashback (00:41:39)
Mego - Star Trek Mission to Gamma VI (00:46:46)
Closing (00:48:37)


Hosts
Darren Moser
Aaron Harvey

Production
Aaron Harvey (Editor and Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Charlynn Schmiedt (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Ken Tripp (Executive Producer) Norman C. Lao (Associate Producer) Eric Extreme (Associate Producer) Mike Bovia (Associate Producer) Joo Kim (Associate Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager)

Season Two of Star Trek 2017.

The Patrons’ Roundtable is a chance for us to get together with the wonderful supporters of Trek.fm to talk about Star Trek in the same format we do on our shows!

In this fifteenth Roundtable, Brandon Shea-Mutala is joined by Tony Robinson, Bruce Gibson, Ron Sarna, Davis Grayson and Kay Elizabeth Janeway try and predict the future by guessing at season two of Star Trek 2017.

Want to support the network and take part in the roundtables? Visit http://patreon.com/trekfm!

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Enterprise Season Two, Part Three.

Was Trip right to try to help the Cogenitor?  Why didn't Picard know about the Borg if Archer had already ran into them? Is it strange to see Tellarites with fingers, or is it strange that a couple of them had hooves around one hundred years later?

In this episode of Warp Five, host Floyd Dorsey is joined by Melodic Treks host Brandon-Shea Mutala and Meta Treks co-host Mike Morrison to answer these questions, and more, as they analyze the topics and situations that stand out in the last half of season two.

Chapters
Intro (00:00:00) 
Welcome, Boomers! (00:01:25) 
"Horizon" (00:04:27) 
"The Breach" (00:14:54) 
"Cogenitor" (00:26:41) 
"Regeneration" (00:48:27)   
"Bounty" (00:56:12) 
"The Expanse" (01:01:06) 
Final thoughts (01:11:13) 


Host
Floyd Dorsey

Guests
Brandon-Shea Mutala
Mike Morrison

Production
Brandon-Shea Mutala (Editor and Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Charlynn Schmiedt (Executive Producer) Ken Tripp (Executive Producer) Norman C. Lao (Associate Producer) Floyd Dorsey (Associate Producer) Mike Morrison (Associate Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager) Tony Robinson (Show Art)