This Week in Trek

This Week in Trek Episode 218, “Star Trek gets everywhere”

News

This Week in Trek – as mentioned on MSNBC.

Justin Lin confirms there are no Klingons in Beyond.

Both Simon Pegg & Justin Lin say the trailer doesn’t represent the film well.

Quinton Terentino on The Nerdist – what he thought about the 2nd JJ movie. Sent by Karl.

[CLIP] 00:56 He also goes on to say City on the Edge & Yesterday’s Enterprise would make great movies.

New Red Shirt Diaries!

Ten Forward:

Chris on Twitter: I have a feeling that if the next Trek movie tanks, the TV series will get cancelled. What do u think?

Star Trek in pop culture:

The Luck of the Irish. 2001. A Disney Channel original movie. The main character is turning into a leprechaun with pointed ears.

00:07

Episode insight: DS9: Sanctuary. S2

Character insight – Janeway

Subspace communications

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This Week in Trek Episode 217, “Enterprise destruction porn”

News

No Beyond Trek trailer for SW 3D IMAX.

Red Shirt Diaries – This Side of Paradise. Needed an episode where the bridge was empty – Darrell suggested this one.

Ten Forward:

Chris on Twitter: Do u think better stories can be written for Trek if the starship captain was single or married?

Star Trek in pop culture:

The Simpsons S5: Rosebud (Mr Burns)

00:07

Episode insight: TNG S1: Home Soil

Character insight – Star Trek/Star Wars crossovers

Subspace communications

Ken P.

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This Week in Trek Episode 216, “Where’s the magic mirror?”

News

The Star Trek Beyond trailer will play before The Force Awakens.

A new episode of The Red Shirt Diaries is up. http://www.theredshirtdiaries.com

Ten Forward:

Chris on Twitter: Does your love for astronomy come from being a fan of Star Trek?

Star Trek in pop culture:

Neil deGrasse Tyson is asked: Millenium Falcon or Enterprise? (Star Talk on NatGeo Channel)

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Episode insight: ENT: A Night in Sickbay

No character insight or subspace communications this week.

Ken P.

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This Week in Trek Episode 215, “This Week in Looney Tunes”

News

Idris Elba on ST: Beyond “In this film I’m doing now, ‘Star Trek,’ I’m doing like a two-hour prosthetic.”

“Chaos On the Bridge” now on Netflix

Our mid-season 2 interview with Ashley V. Robinson and Jason Inman of “The Red Shirt Diaries”

Ten Forward:

Chris on Twitter: Since the next Trek series will be online, can it have more adult oriented content like Daredevil on Netflix?

Star Trek in pop culture:

The Simpsons: S8, E3. The Homer They Fall. This clip features comic book guy

00:32

Episode insight: VOY: Resolution

Character insight – Kes

Subspace communications

Ken P.

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This Week in Trek Episode 214, “Back into 2015…”

News

Star Trek: Beyond – Director Justin Lin says a trailer is coming “soon”.

[CLIP] Trailer is out. COPD: Highly Illogical- A Special Tribute to Leonard Nimoy 00:29. @nimoycopdfilm

Red Shirt Diaries

Ten Forward:

Chris on Twitter: Do u think the screen time used to develop Scotty, Chekov, Sulu, and Uhura was: enough, too much or needed more?

Star Trek in pop culture:

Entourage, 2015. Partway through the end credits, the movie resumes with George Takei presiding over a wedding. This is a tiny piece of that scene.

00:23

Episode insight: DS9: Paradise Lost

Character insight – Tom Paris

Ken P.

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This Week in Trek Episode 204, “Needs more cowbell”

Our interview with Ashley Robinson who plays Ensign Williams from The Red Shirt Diaries. Season 2 starts Monday! http://www.theredshirtdiaries.com

News

Next episode of Star Trek Continues (5) debuts at SLCC Sept 25, and for everyone else the next day.

William Shatner to write a book about Leonard Nimoy: “Leonard: A 50 Year Friendship” and is due for release in 2016 by St. Martin’s Press.

The Smithsonian is looking for photos taken prior to 1976 to help with the restoration. I sent in my 3 from 1974. http://blog.nasm.si.edu/behind-the-scenes/enterprise-goes-back-in-time/

http://ottens.co.uk/forgottentrek/

Ten Forward:

Chris on Twitter: Why does the Romulan cloaking device look like Nomad? Surely they could have made a better prop even in season 3.

Cuz it was Nomad, Sargon, Flint’s servantbot

Star Trek in pop culture:

American Dad. Patrick Stewart made many appearances. Here’s one.

Episode insight: TNG: Where Silence Has Lease

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