Tag: Gimme That Star Trek

Gimme That Star Trek Ep.10: Grading the Federation's Utopia

June 06, 2017

Star Trek’s is a utopian future, but how true is that epithet? Is the Federation as great as the show makes it out to be, or does it have a dark underbelly? Siskoid sits down with actor and fellow improviser Fred Melanson to discuss and debate the matter.

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Credits: “Star Trek Theme” by Alexander Courage, with the Irredeemable Shagg on vocals. End theme: “Deep Space Nine Theme” by Dennis McCarthy.

Bonus clips from: Star Trek Deep Space Nine’s “For the Cause” starring Ken Marshall; and Star Trek The Next Generation’s “The Neutral Zone” starring Patrick Stewart.

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Gimme That Star Trek Bonus: Discovery and Orville Trailers

May 26, 2017

Out of nowhere they both came – FINALLY a Star Trek: Discovery trailer, and beating it by a day, Seth MacFarlane’s The Orville’s – so Siskoid and guest David Ace Gutiérrez got together in an impromptu recording session to discuss both. Engage!

Helpful – the trailers on YouTube:
Star Trek: Discovery
The Orville

Listen to Episode 9.5 below!

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Credits: “Star Trek Theme” by Alexander Courage, with the Irredeemable Shagg on vocals. End theme: “Deep Space Nine Theme” by Dennis McCarthy.

Bonus clips from: “Star Trek: Discovery Teaser Trailer”; “Star Trek: Discovery Trailer” starring Sonequa Martin-Green, Michelle Yeoh, James Frain, Doug Jones, and Sam Vartholomeos; and “The Orville Trailer” starring Seth MacFarlane, Victor Garber, Peter Macon, Penny Johnson Jerald, Halston Sage, Norm MacDonald, Mark Jackson, Scott Grimes, Adrianne Palicki, J. Lee, Brian George, and James Horan.

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Gimme That Star Trek Ep.9: Where No Fan Has Gone Before

May 09, 2017

In 2003, Futurama ended with a special Star Trek episode that reunited most of the original Star Trek cast. In 2017, Siskoid and the Lonely Hearts Romance Comics Podcast’s Furn have giggly, but sometimes philosophical, chat about that episode. Get ready to go… “Where No Fan Has Gone Before”!

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Credits: “Star Trek Theme” by Alexander Courage, with the Irredeemable Shagg on vocals. End music: “Futurama Theme” by Christopher Tyng.

Bonus clips from: Futurama’s “Where No Fan Has Gone Before” by David A. Goodman, starring William Shatner, John DiMaggio, David Herman, George Takei, Katey Sagal, Walter Koenig, and Leonard Nimoy; and “The Daves I Know” by the Kids in the Hall.

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Gimme That Star Trek Ep.8: TOS Full Series Review

April 18, 2017

Siskoid goes way overboard and tries to review all 80 episodes of The Original Series, with guests pitching in with additional material. But Siskoid has always been a man overboard…

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Credits:“Star Trek Theme” by Alexander Courage, with the mellifluous tones of the Irredeemable Shagg. End theme: “Deep Space Nine Theme” by Dennis McCarthy.

Contributions by: Cory Drew, Mike Peacock, Tim Wallace, David Ace Guttierez, David Gallaher, The Irredeemable Shagg, Ryan Daly, Chris Franklin, Rob Kelly, Bass Leveseque and Dr. G Man of Nerdology.

Bonus clips from: “Gene Roddenberry Up Close and Personal Interview”; and every episode of Star Trek The Original Series, starring Jeffrey Hunter, Sally Kellerman, George Takei, Grace Lee Whitney, Nichelle Nichols, Bruce Hyde, William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Roger C. Carmel, John Megna, Anthony Call, DeForest Kelley, Malachi Throne, Julie Parrish, Barbara Anderson, Mark Lenard, Bruce Mars, John Crawford, William Campbell, Bart LaRue, Barbara Babcock, Majel Barrett, Joan Marshall, Charles Macaulay, David Opatoshu, John Colicos, Michael Forrest, Vic Perrin, Celeste Yarnall, James Doohan, William Windom, Antoinette Bower, Elizabeth Rogers, Jane Wyatt, John Fiedler, Michael Pataki, Angelique Pettyjohn, Walker Edmiston, Booker Bradshaw, Warren Stevens, Teri Garr, Joanne Linville, Susan Howard, Kate Woodville, France Nuyen, Frank Gorshin, David Hurst, Lee Meriwether, Charles Napier, Deborah Downey, Diana Ewing, and Barry Atwater; “Battleship” ad by Milton Bradley; “Tombstone” by George P. Cosmatos, starring Val Kilmer; and “Mortal Kombat Theme” by The Immortals.

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Gimme That Star Trek Ep.7: Weddings

March 07, 2017

Siskoid and his fellow Lonely Heart Bass Levesque tackle the subject of wedding ceremonies in the Star Trek universe – how do the Vulcans, Betazoids, Bajorans, Ferengi, and Klingons get hitched?

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Credits:“Star Trek Theme” by Alexander Courage, with the mellifluous tones of the Irredeemable Shagg. End theme: “Deep Space Nine Theme” by Dennis McCarthy.

Bonus clips from: Star Trek’s “Balance of Terror” starring William Shatner, and “Amok Time” starring Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner; Star Trek: The Next Generation’s “Data’s Day”, starring Patrick Stewart and Brent Spiner, “Haven” starring Majel Barrett, and “Cost of Living” starring Patrick Stewart and Jonathan Frakes; Star Trek: Deep Space Nine’s “Call to Arms” starring Armin Shimerman, and “You Are Cordially Invited” starring Shannon Cochran, Michael Dorn, Terry Farrell, Alexander Siddig, J.G. Hertzler, and Colm Meaney; and “Heart and Soul” by T’Pau and Bass.

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Gimme That Star Trek Ep.6: Star Trek V - The Final Frontier

February 07, 2017

Siskoid and Chris Franklin tackle Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, a film they claim isn’t as bad as you remember. They might even be fans of it. And their reevaluation is going… where no man has gone before.

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Credits:“Star Trek Theme” by Alexander Courage, with the mellifluous tones of the Irredeemable Shagg. End theme: “Deep Space Nine Theme” by Dennis McCarthy.

Bonus clips from: “Shatner of the Mount” by Fall On Your Sword, starring William Shatner; “Thunderball” by Terence Young, starring Sean Connery; and “Star Trek V: The Final Frontier” by William Shatner, starring Laurence Luckinbill and William Shatner.

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Gimme That Star Trek Ep.5: The Animated Series

January 03, 2017

Star Trek: The Animated Series. That most forgotten of Star Trek series. Is it even canon? Is it worth watching? Siskoid and frequent Fire and Water contributor Aaron Bias dare answer yes to both questions. It’s time to reevaluate Filmation’s entry in the greater Trek story…

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Credits:“Star Trek Theme” by Alexander Courage, with the mellifluous tones of the Irredeemable Shagg. End theme: “Deep Space Nine Theme” by Dennis McCarthy.

Bonus clips from: Star Trek The Animated Series by Filmation, with themes by Ray Ellis, and starring Leonard Nimoy, James Doohan, Majel Barrett, Mark Lenard, Keith Sutherland, Nichelle Nichols, and Ed Bishop; clips mostly from “Yesteryear”, “More Tribbles, More Troubles”, “The Lorelei Signal”, “The Magicks of Megas-Tu”, “The Infinite Vulcan”; and “Super-Friends” also by Filmation.

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Gimme That Star Trek Ep.4: The Philosophy of Star Trek

December 06, 2016

Secular humanism, scientific curiosity, the Prime Directive, and IDIC – Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations – this is the philosophy of Star Trek that became so important to what many Trekkies became as people. Among them, Fire & Water’s Siskoid and Pulp2Pixels’ Dr. G Man of Nerdology. Let’s listen in…

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Credits:“Star Trek Theme” by Alexander Courage, with the mellifluous tones of the Irredeemable Shagg. End theme: “Deep Space Nine Theme” by Dennis McCarthy.

Bonus clips from: Star Trek’s “Return to Tomorrow” starring William Shatner; and “Is There in Truth No Beauty?” starring Diana Muldaur and Leonard Nimoy; as well as Star Trek The Next Generation’s “Pen Pals” starring Patrick Stewart, Diana Muldaur, Michael Dorn, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Marina Sirtis and Brent Spiner; and “The Measure of a Man” starring Patrick Stewart and Brian Brophy.

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Gimme That Star Trek Ep.3: Janeway Eyre

November 01, 2016

The day after Halloween winds us back down to normality as the dead go back to their graves, and Siskoid is joined by oHOTmu or NOT’s Art-Girl, Josée Robichaud, to talk about her favorite book, Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre and how it was used in a trio of Voyager episodes as a holonovel/waking nightmare.

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Credits:“Star Trek Theme” by Alexander Courage, with the mellifluous tones of the Irredeemable Shagg. End theme: “Deep Space Nine Theme” by Dennis McCarthy.

Bonus clips from: Star Trek: Voyager’s “Cathexis” starring Kate Mulgrew and Michael Cumpsty; “Learning Curve” starring Kate Mulgrew, Lindsey Haun and Thomas Dekker; and “Persistence of Vision” starring Robert Picardo, Kate Mulgrew and Michael Cumpsty.

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Gimme That Star Trek Ep.2: TNG Characters We Wanted to See More Of

October 04, 2016

Siskoid and infectiously enthusiastic guest host David Ace Gutiérrez tackle Star Trek: The Next Generation and each present a handful of characters they wish had gotten more play on TNG. Are your favorites among them? Listen and see. (Wait, is that a mixed metaphor?)

Listen to Episode 2 below!

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Credits:“Star Trek Theme” by Alexander Courage, with the mellifluous tones of the Irredeemable Shagg. End theme: “Deep Space Nine Theme” by Dennis McCarthy.

Bonus clips from: Star Trek: The Next Generation’s “Lower Decks” starring Jonathan Frakes and Marina Sirtis; “All Good Things…” starring Andreas Katsulas; “Lessons” starring Patrick Stewart and Wendy Hughes; “Second Chances” starring Jonathan Frakes; “Ensign Ro” starring Patrick Stewart, Michelle Forbe and Ken Thorley; “Chain of Command, Part II” starring Ronny Cox, Patrick Stewart and Majel Barrett; “Redemption, Part II” starring Denise Crosby and Nicholas Kepros; “Q Who?” starring LeVar Burton and Lycia Naff; “I Borg” starring Gates McFadden and Jonathan Del Arco; and Star Trek’s “The Ritual – Ancient Battle – 2nd Kroykah” by Gerald Fried.

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