Kirk

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025 - The Talosian Illusion Strikes Back

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In this episode, we discuss:

  • Spectre of the Gun, The Day of the Dove, and For the World is Hollow and I have Touched the Sky

  • Budget issues during Season 3?

  • Nate is over the non-spacey episodes

  • Some bourbon discussion

  • Klingons with swords

  • Nate rejects the premise of the episode

  • Nate nearly rage quits the podcast over the IMDB rating

  • I claim victory in the discussion

  • We’ve seen this episode before

  • A Star Trek Sith Lord

  • Who is pulling the strings?

  • How does Kirk run into the same Klingon multiple times?

  • Captain Uhura?

  • Truth, religion, and dogma

  • Prime Directive

  • Is Bones married?

  • Characters are always safe (except the redshirts)

  • Similarities to other shows

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024 - No Sh*t, Shatner!

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In this episode, we discuss:

  • Abbie and I had an opportunity to watch Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and a Q&A session with William Shatner

  • For a 92-year-old man, Shatner was ranting and raving and moving around pretty well

  • An education in COPD and lung disease

  • The impact of the Actors’ Strike on the show

  • Stories about bow hunting and pranks on DeForest Kelley

  • Getting pulled over dressed as Captain Kirk

  • No shit, Shatner!

  • Shatner was what we expected.  A master of his craft

  • Curiosity

  • Seeing the movie in the theater was a trip

  • A better appreciation for the movie on a second viewing

  • The experience of watching this kind of movie in that kind of setting

  • A great movie in its own right.  But even better for a Star Trek movie

  • Felt like Star Trek

  • Shatner’s thoughts about Star Trek: The Motion Picture

  • Space Seed holds up

  • Movie reshoots after leaks

  • Gene Roddenberry intrigue

  • Kirk’s forgotten plots

  • Leonard Nimoy was ready to be done as Spock

  • Why is the Genesis technology a threat in Khan’s hands?

  • Vulcans can cry?

  • Learning why things work on a Starship.  If you don’t know why, you can’t adapt.  You can’t be creative

  • William Shatner and George Takei don’t get along

  • Ricardo Montelban’s real chest

  • Character names changed because of clerical errors

  • Continuing voyages of ongoing missions…

  • Original story proposal

  • TV in the ‘90s

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023 - SPACE DAGGERS!!!

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In this episode, we discuss:

  • The Paradise Syndrome, And the Children Shall Lead, and Is There in Truth no Beauty?

  • Star Trek: Renegades

  • Other TV discussion

  • The worst episode yet?

  • Was life in the past better than life today?  Life without Advil…

  • House spoilers

  • Tahiti Syndrome

  • Differences between cultural appropriation and cultural assimilation

  • Greek mythology

  • Kirk’s fear

  • We decide on an episode title

  • Without followers, evil cannot spread

  • Star Trek and Zodiac connections

  • Do we see reality for what it is?  Or for what is useful?

  • Sciencey-sounding words

  • Beauty

  • What could go wrong?

  • Smart decisions and storytelling

  • Trying different technical things in the episode

  • The IDIC medallion

  • Word salad

  • Spock’s French Stewart eyes?

  • Completely unrelated music discussion

  • Nate and I discover our mutual love of Blues Traveler

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021 - Season 2 Finale and Recap

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Welcome to another episode of the To Baldly Go Podcast.

As usual, I am joined by my wife, Abbie, and our friend Nate, as we discuss:

  • The final two episodes of Season 2: Bread and Circuses and Assignment: Earth

  • Abbie is over The Original Series

  • More episodes we feel like we’ve seen before

  • Prime Directive

  • Kirk’s character judging abilities

  • Parallel development vs Earth influence

  • Religious references

  • Dropping the things that worked in Season 1

  • South Park: Cartoon Wars and Star Trek Mad Libs

  • Will Abbie still enjoy other Star Trek series after this?

  • Will I become a bigger Trekkie than Abbie?

  • Our scoring system is like Who’s Line is it Anyway?

  • Would Kirk risk his crew to save Spock and Bones?

  • Another Gene Roddenberry episode

  • Are fun character traits a crutch?  Lazy?

  • Do Star Trek characters make something a Star Trek story?

  • Spinoffs!

  • Do Star Trek and Doctor Who take place in the same universe?

  • How shows are influenced by the time in which they are made

  • Top shows from the late 1960s

  • Fewer “timeless” stories in Season 2

  • More discussion about technological evolution faster than biological evolution

  • Bioshock spoilers

  • The choice of character names can tell a lot

  • Overall ratings of season 2

  • Different ways to experience TV

  • Our next plans