Recently, the site “SlashFilm.com” conducted a poll with its readers to see which of the 13 Star Trek movies was the best. 

The winner of that poll was…well, you'll have to listen to Part 2 to find that out.

But the poll gave us an idea. We each decided to rate the Star Trek films ourselves, from worst to best, justifying why we rated the films the way we did.

See if you agree with our list and tell us how we did at our Facebook page.

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In The Unofficial Trek Podcast, hosts Bob Turner and Kelly Casto give their "Unofficial" take on the Star Trek universe. 

From 2019 through 2019, Bob and Kelly hosted the show 70s Trek. It was a look at the events that brought a cancelled, 1960s TV show back from the dead to become a blockbuster movie in 1979. It was a decade that created a multi-million dollar franchise.

Now Bob and Kelly will look at the minutia, the concepts, the people and the news pertaining to the Star Trek Universe. It's a fascinating time for Star Trek, with a flood of content about it on the internet.

Bob and Kelly will give their "Unofficial" take. Why unofficial? Because their views are just that, they are theirs and are, therefore, "unofficial."

It's a fresh look at Star Trek from two lifelong fans who have been talking Trek for over 35 years! We hope you'll join Bob and Kelly for their next venture, The Unofficial Trek Podcast.

Visit us at these sites:

Facebook: 

https://www.facebook.com/UnofficialTrek

TuneIn: 

https://tunein.com/podcasts/Fantasy--Science-Fiction-Podcasts/The-Unofficial-Trek-Podcast-p1546279/

Stitcher: 

https://www.stitcher.com/show/the-unofficial-trek-podcast

Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/show/6IrNzaWSzKyf1T7b4ngZX2

Website:

https://theunofficialstartrekpodcast.libsyn.com/

With the recent passing of Special Effects Supervisor Douglass Trumbull, it seemed only fitting to have a discussion about this movie legend. Trumbull was responsible for the impressive special effects seen in Star Trek: The Motion Picture. What many don't know, though, is that he joined the prohect after the first special effects house had been fired for producing absolutley nothing that was usable on screen.

Trumbull and his team had just 6 months to create every special effects shot seen in the film: a ridiculously small amount of time!

Yet Trumbull was able to get the shots dine and delivered on time.

Co-hosts Bob Turner and Kelly Casto share a past episode of the podcast 70s Trek to pay tribute to Doug Trumbull.

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In The Unofficial Trek Podcast, hosts Bob Turner and Kelly Casto give their "Unofficial" take on the Star Trek universe. 

From 2019 through 2019, Bob and Kelly hosted the show 70s Trek. It was a look at the events that brought a cancelled, 1960s TV show back from the dead to become a blockbuster movie in 1979. It was a decade that created a multi-million dollar franchise.

Now Bob and Kelly will look at the minutia, the concepts, the people and the news pertaining to the Star Trek Universe. It's a fascinating time for Star Trek, with a flood of content about it on the internet.

Bob and Kelly will give their "Unofficial" take. Why unofficial? Because their views are just that, they are theirs and are, therefore, "unofficial."

It's a fresh look at Star Trek from two lifelong fans who have been talking Trek for over 35 years! We hope you'll join Bob and Kelly for their next venture, The Unofficial Trek Podcast.

Visit us at these sites:

Facebook: 

https://www.facebook.com/UnofficialTrek

TuneIn: 

https://tunein.com/podcasts/Fantasy--Science-Fiction-Podcasts/The-Unofficial-Trek-Podcast-p1546279/

Stitcher: 

https://www.stitcher.com/show/the-unofficial-trek-podcast

Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/show/6IrNzaWSzKyf1T7b4ngZX2

Website:

https://theunofficialstartrekpodcast.libsyn.com/

This week, co-hosts Bob Turner and Kelly Casto take a look at a film that has some striking similarities with Star Trek: The Motion Picture. 

Robert Wise directed The Motion Picture and it premiered in 1979. It was his 39th film. But 21 years earlier, Wise directed the World War II submarine drama, Run Silent, Run Deep.

This earlier film shares several themes with TMP and after watching it, you'll agree that it must have been an influence for Wise, and possibly even screenwriters Harold Livingston and Gene Roddenberry.

Run Silent, Run Deep premiered in 1958 and was the 26th movie Wise directed. It starred Clark Gable and Burt Lancaster, with Jack Warden and Don Rickles in supporting roles.

Star Trek fans will recognize character actor Ken Lunch in the role of "Frank." He would go on to play Chief Engineer Vandenburg in the Star Trek episode Devil in the Dark in 1967.

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In The Unofficial Trek Podcast, hosts Bob Turner and Kelly Casto give their "Unofficial" take on the Star Trek universe. 

From 2019 through 2019, Bob and Kelly hosted the show 70s Trek. It was a look at the events that brought a cancelled, 1960s TV show back from the dead to become a blockbuster movie in 1979. It was a decade that created a multi-million dollar franchise.

Now Bob and Kelly will look at the minutia, the concepts, the people and the news pertaining to the Star Trek Universe. It's a fascinating time for Star Trek, with a flood of content about it on the internet.

Bob and Kelly will give their "Unofficial" take. Why unofficial? Because their views are just that, they are theirs and are, therefore, "unofficial."

It's a fresh look at Star Trek from two lifelong fans who have been talking Trek for over 35 years! We hope you'll join Bob and Kelly for their next venture, The Unofficial Trek Podcast.

Visit us at these sites:

Facebook: 

https://www.facebook.com/UnofficialTrek

TuneIn: 

https://tunein.com/podcasts/Fantasy--Science-Fiction-Podcasts/The-Unofficial-Trek-Podcast-p1546279/

Stitcher: 

https://www.stitcher.com/show/the-unofficial-trek-podcast

Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/show/6IrNzaWSzKyf1T7b4ngZX2

Website:

https://theunofficialstartrekpodcast.libsyn.com/

This is an Addendum to Episode 11 on The Multiverse. In it, Co-hosts Bob Turner and Kelly Casto have some additional information on the topic of parallel universes.

It’s a popular idea in science fiction and has made for some intriguing story telling in the last five decades.  But the idea has been around a lot longer than that.

In this episide, Bob and Kelly explore the origins of this concept and how it has been portrayed in popuar culture, especially when it comes to Star Trek and, most recently, Spider-Man.

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In The Unofficial Trek Podcast, hosts Bob Turner and Kelly Casto give their "Unofficial" take on the Star Trek universe. 

From 2019 through 2019, Bob and Kelly hosted the show 70s Trek. It was a look at the events that brought a cancelled, 1960s TV show back from the dead to become a blockbuster movie in 1979. It was a decade that created a multi-million dollar franchise.

Now Bob and Kelly will look at the minutia, the concepts, the people and the news pertaining to the Star Trek Universe. It's a fascinating time for Star Trek, with a flood of content about it on the internet.

Bob and Kelly will give their "Unofficial" take. Why unofficial? Because their views are just that, they are theirs and are, therefore, "unofficial."

It's a fresh look at Star Trek from two lifelong fans who have been talking Trek for over 35 years! We hope you'll join Bob and Kelly for their next venture, The Unofficial Trek Podcast.

Visit us at these sites:

Facebook: 

https://www.facebook.com/UnofficialTrek

TuneIn: 

https://tunein.com/podcasts/Fantasy--Science-Fiction-Podcasts/The-Unofficial-Trek-Podcast-p1546279/

Stitcher: 

https://www.stitcher.com/show/the-unofficial-trek-podcast

Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/show/6IrNzaWSzKyf1T7b4ngZX2

Website:

https://theunofficialstartrekpodcast.libsyn.com/

The Original Series episode Journey to Babel is considered by many to be one of the best. It featured several "firsts" for the show. Among them was seeing Spock's parents and several alien species that would play a major role in the franchise in the decades to come.

Co-hosts Kelly Casto and Bob Turner explore Journey to Babel and ask the question, was it the moat important Star Trek episode of the 1960s?

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In The Unofficial Trek Podcast, hosts Bob Turner and Kelly Casto give their "Unofficial" take on the Star Trek universe. 

From 2019 through 2019, Bob and Kelly hosted the show 70s Trek. It was a look at the events that brought a cancelled, 1960s TV show back from the dead to become a blockbuster movie in 1979. It was a decade that created a multi-million dollar franchise.

Now Bob and Kelly will look at the minutia, the concepts, the people and the news pertaining to the Star Trek Universe. It's a fascinating time for Star Trek, with a flood of content about it on the internet.

Bob and Kelly will give their "Unofficial" take. Why unofficial? Because their views are just that, they are theirs and are, therefore, "unofficial."

It's a fresh look at Star Trek from two lifelong fans who have been talking Trek for over 35 years! We hope you'll join Bob and Kelly for their next venture, The Unofficial Trek Podcast.

Visit us at these sites:

Facebook: 

https://www.facebook.com/UnofficialTrek

TuneIn: 

https://tunein.com/podcasts/Fantasy--Science-Fiction-Podcasts/The-Unofficial-Trek-Podcast-p1546279/

Stitcher: 

https://www.stitcher.com/show/the-unofficial-trek-podcast

Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/show/6IrNzaWSzKyf1T7b4ngZX2

Website:

https://theunofficialstartrekpodcast.libsyn.com/

It’s a place here on Earth that feels like it's an alien landscape. That’s probably why we’ve seen it used as another world so many times in TV and film. 

Including Star Trek.

Vasquez Rocks, located just north of Los Angeles, has been used many, many times for “on location” shooting for the franchise. The craggy, rocky landscape has been seen in 10 Star Trek episodes from various series and 3 films.

But how did this stunning landscape become what it is today? Co-hosts Bob Turner and Kelly Casto explore Vasquez Rocks and share what they discovered with you in this episode of The Unofficial Trek Podcast.

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In The Unofficial Trek Podcast, hosts Bob Turner and Kelly Casto give their "Unofficial" take on the Star Trek universe. 

From 2019 through 2019, Bob and Kelly hosted the show 70s Trek. It was a look at the events that brought a cancelled, 1960s TV show back from the dead to become a blockbuster movie in 1979. It was a decade that created a multi-million dollar franchise.

Now Bob and Kelly will look at the minutia, the concepts, the people and the news pertaining to the Star Trek Universe. It's a fascinating time for Star Trek, with a flood of content about it on the internet.

Bob and Kelly will give their "Unofficial" take. Why unofficial? Because their views are just that, they are theirs and are, therefore, "unofficial."

It's a fresh look at Star Trek from two lifelong fans who have been talking Trek for over 35 years! We hope you'll join Bob and Kelly for their next venture, The Unofficial Trek Podcast.

Visit us at these sites:

Facebook: 

https://www.facebook.com/UnofficialTrek

TuneIn: 

https://tunein.com/podcasts/Fantasy--Science-Fiction-Podcasts/The-Unofficial-Trek-Podcast-p1546279/

Stitcher: 

https://www.stitcher.com/show/the-unofficial-trek-podcast

Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/show/6IrNzaWSzKyf1T7b4ngZX2

Website:

https://theunofficialstartrekpodcast.libsyn.com/

One of the Star Trek productions coming in 2022 is Strange New Worlds.

It will be the story of Captain Pike and the Enterprise crew before Captain Kirk commanded the ship.

Since the show hasn’t premiered yet, we don’t know much about it. But co-hosts Kelly Casto and Bob Turner take a look at what we do know so far, and run through the cast.

It’s the perfect topic for some "Unofficial" takes and a Trek Chat.

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In The Unofficial Trek Podcast, hosts Bob Turner and Kelly Casto give their "Unofficial" take on the Star Trek universe. 

From 2019 through 2019, Bob and Kelly hosted the show 70s Trek. It was a look at the events that brought a cancelled, 1960s TV show back from the dead to become a blockbuster movie in 1979. It was a decade that created a multi-million dollar franchise.

Now Bob and Kelly will look at the minutia, the concepts, the people and the news pertaining to the Star Trek Universe. It's a fascinating time for Star Trek, with a flood of content about it on the internet.

Bob and Kelly will give their "Unofficial" take. Why unofficial? Because their views are just that, they are theirs and are, therefore, "unofficial."

It's a fresh look at Star Trek from two lifelong fans who have been talking Trek for over 35 years! We hope you'll join Bob and Kelly for their next venture, The Unofficial Trek Podcast.

Visit us at these sites:

Facebook: 

https://www.facebook.com/UnofficialTrek

TuneIn: 

https://tunein.com/podcasts/Fantasy--Science-Fiction-Podcasts/The-Unofficial-Trek-Podcast-p1546279/

Stitcher: 

https://www.stitcher.com/show/the-unofficial-trek-podcast

Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/show/6IrNzaWSzKyf1T7b4ngZX2

Website:

https://theunofficialstartrekpodcast.libsyn.com/

In July of 2021, the YouTube channel "The Popcast” posted a video entitled "This is how STRANGE NEW WORLDS will bring OLD TREK and NEW TREK Together!"

The video discussed the divide between fans of Old Trek, Star Trek episodes and movies produced between 1966 and 2005, and fans of New Trek that began with J.J. Abrams 2009 Star Trek film.

The video told us of a recent survey that took place across YouTube, Reddit and Twitter. 2000 Trek fans were asked how they identified with 3 statements.  Here they are:

1. New Star Trek is good, I wish people would just accept the changes.
2. I’m watching because it’s Star Trek, but I really hope it gets better.
3. It’s a dumpster fire! I hate it and I’ll never watch new Star Trek.

Here are the results:

-28% said New Trek is good, and people should accept the changes.

-32% said they were watching because it’s Trek, but they hoped it would get better.

-40% said it’s a dumpster fire and they won’t watch.

That 40% number by itself is alarming. But it’s really staggering to see that 72% don’t think it’s good or won’t watch it at all!

Co-hosts Bob Turner and Kelly Casto have some opinions about why this might be happening...And of course, it’s all unofficial.

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In The Unofficial Trek Podcast, hosts Bob Turner and Kelly Casto give their "Unofficial" take on the Star Trek universe. 

From 2019 through 2019, Bob and Kelly hosted the show 70s Trek. It was a look at the events that brought a cancelled, 1960s TV show back from the dead to become a blockbuster movie in 1979. It was a decade that created a multi-million dollar franchise.

Now Bob and Kelly will look at the minutia, the concepts, the people and the news pertaining to the Star Trek Universe. It's a fascinating time for Star Trek, with a flood of content about it on the internet.

Bob and Kelly will give their "Unofficial" take. Why unofficial? Because their views are just that, they are theirs and are, therefore, "unofficial."

It's a fresh look at Star Trek from two lifelong fans who have been talking Trek for over 35 years! We hope you'll join Bob and Kelly for their next venture, The Unofficial Trek Podcast.

Visit us at these sites:

Facebook: 

https://www.facebook.com/UnofficialTrek

TuneIn: 

https://tunein.com/podcasts/Fantasy--Science-Fiction-Podcasts/The-Unofficial-Trek-Podcast-p1546279/

Stitcher: 

https://www.stitcher.com/show/the-unofficial-trek-podcast

Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/show/6IrNzaWSzKyf1T7b4ngZX2

Website:

https://theunofficialstartrekpodcast.libsyn.com/

With the recent release of the film No Time to Die, James Bond is back in the popular culture again. It’s the 25th Bond film, and co-hosts Bob Turner and Kelly Casto thought it might be fun to have a chat about their favorite British spy.

What does Bond have to do with Trek, you might ask? Well, the two franchises, Star Trek and James Bond, have a lot of crossover when it comes to their audiences.

So for that reason, a Trek chat seems appropriate.

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In The Unofficial Trek Podcast, hosts Bob Turner and Kelly Casto give their "Unofficial" take on the Star Trek universe. 

From 2019 through 2019, Bob and Kelly hosted the show 70s Trek. It was a look at the events that brought a cancelled, 1960s TV show back from the dead to become a blockbuster movie in 1979. It was a decade that created a multi-million dollar franchise.

Now Bob and Kelly will look at the minutia, the concepts, the people and the news pertaining to the Star Trek Universe. It's a fascinating time for Star Trek, with a flood of content about it on the internet.

Bob and Kelly will give their "Unofficial" take. Why unofficial? Because their views are just that, they are theirs and are, therefore, "unofficial."

It's a fresh look at Star Trek from two lifelong fans who have been talking Trek for over 35 years! We hope you'll join Bob and Kelly for their next venture, The Unofficial Trek Podcast.

Visit us at these sites:

Facebook: 

https://www.facebook.com/UnofficialTrek

TuneIn: 

https://tunein.com/podcasts/Fantasy--Science-Fiction-Podcasts/The-Unofficial-Trek-Podcast-p1546279/

Stitcher: 

https://www.stitcher.com/show/the-unofficial-trek-podcast

Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/show/6IrNzaWSzKyf1T7b4ngZX2

Website:

https://theunofficialstartrekpodcast.libsyn.com/