036 - The Battle, Hide and Q, Haven

This week:

• Ferengi less cartoonish

• Still difficult to take them seriously as adversaries

• Lore and worldbuilding

• Nate sees Picard giving up early

• A/B storylines and storytelling in Star Trek

• Improvements in the medium over the 1960s

• Suspension of disbelief and faster than light travel

• Solar system versus other star systems

• Nostalgia

• Music in Next Gen

• Returning characters

• Q is kind of weird

• Using Q to explore human nature

• Assuming Q isn’t gone

• More solar system discussion

• We’re nerds

• Personal anecdotes about mutual friends

• Reusing footage from other episodes and movies

• Season 1 released immediately in syndication

• “Bill” Riker?

• Security lapses

• Character actors

• Thoughts on Lwaxana

• More worldbuilding and lore

• Filming order

• Things we miss from The Original Series

• Conflict in Star Trek

033 - Encounter at Farpoint

In this episode:

• The premiere of Star Trek: The Next Generation – Encounter at Farpoint

• Joined by my old friend, Gregg

• Gregg’s background with Star Trek

• Felt like a pilot episode, but overall good

• Original Series comparisons

• Star Trek feel with a much bigger scope

• A hopeful future with a bleak near-term view

• Gregg rates a 9 and says it can only go up from here

• Nate’s old technical manuals

• Next Generation trailer

• Target demographics

• Who is the main character?

• Differences between the two series

• Androids and AI

• My questions or things I hope to see

• What we are all looking forward to

• Interesting characters

• Wesley discussion

• Nate was the captain of the quiz bowl team in high school