Thursday, June 25, 2009

Podcast 33.5: Yesteryar Again

Hey, this is Podcast 33 again. It's a slightly better version with less silences and hopefully not as much unnecessary overlapping audio.

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Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Podcast 33: Yesterdays of Yar


Alright! We're back to recording old school -- through Skype! You can tell because J.R. is actually sitting up in Hawaii rather than lying in bed in Monterey. We are STILL out of order. Hopefully you'll be able to follow along in the Season 3 story. It helps that these episodes were made back before full-season story arcs.

So this time we've got three really good episodes plus one incredibly hilarous episode. "Deja Q," "A Matter of Perspective," "Yesterday's Enterprise," "The Offspring."

Podcast breakdown:

0:00 -- nuqneH
6:55 -- Listener mail
20:21 -- "Deja Q"
33:15 -- "A Matter of Perspective"
47:53 -- "Yesterday's Enterprise"
1.17:00 -- "The Offspring"
1.32:06 -- Awards and rankings
1.52:25 -- Qapla' and outtakes

Jon's Rankings

4. "A Matter of Perspective"
3. "The Offspring"
2. "Deja Q"
1. "Yesterday's Enterprise"

J.R.'s Rankings

4. "A Matter of Perspective"
2. (tie) "Deja Q," "The Offspring"
1. "Yesterday's Enterprise"

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This episode is dedicated in loving memory to Ed McMahon (1923-2009) YES!

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Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Podcast 32: They Drew First Blood!

So we skipped ahead to the Season 3 episodes that have the same theme of the undesirables of a community trying achieve reunification with the whole (often through terrorism). So three episodes were like that and then we also have a Romulan episode (finally). Thematic! Awesome!

Just don't get too confused because these are episodes 9-12 of Season 3. We have yet to watch episodes 5-8. Those will probably be the agenda next time.

Podcast breakdown:

0:00 -- nuqneH, Terminator talk, Star Trek movie talk
11:00 -- J.R.'s world events (college football)
15:22 -- "The Vengeance Factor"
35:31 -- "The Defector"
57:31 -- "The Hunted"
1.14:43 -- "The High Ground"
1.29:01 -- Awards and rankings
1.49:35 -- Qapla' and outtakes

J.R.'s Rankings

4. "The High Ground"
3. "The Vengeance Factor"
2. "The Hunted"
1. "The Defector"

Jon's Rankings

4. "The Vengeance Factor"
3. "The High Ground"
2. "The Hunted"
1. "The Defector"

Also FYI, here's a list of movies we talk about or subtly reference during the course of the podcast: Manos: The Hands of Fate, Terminator Salvation, Star Trek, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Serenity, A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child, A Nightmare on Elm Street, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, Mad Max, Dune, Pretty in Pink, I, Robot, First Blood, The Transformers: The Movie, Transformers, Up, WALL-E, Rambo, Rocky Balboa, Drag Me to Hell, The Evil Dead, Patriot Games, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, UHF, Better Off Dead, The Bourne Identity.

Hey, here are some TV shows we mention: Firefly, Kung Fu, Flight of the Conchords, Twin Peaks, Seinfeld, Lost, Northern Exposure, Battlestar Galactica, Battlestar Galactica, The A-Team, The Simpsons, Kids in the Hall, Deadliest Warrior, MacGyver.

Here are the original series episodes we sort of mention too: "That Which Survives," "The Conscience of the King," "A Taste of Armageddon."

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This episode is dedicated in loving memory to Andreas Katsulas (1946-2006) and John Hancock (1941-1992)

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Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Podcast 31: Two Thumbs and a God Complex


Our other title for Podcast 31 is "Who Watches Watcher in the Woods?"

Ahh, the gloriousnessment of season 3! Surely it's way better than TOS season 3, right? Right? Well... hmm. Actually, the inclusion of Bob Kelso does not hurt one bit. Plus we got a new starting and new uniforms and Dr. Crusher's back and everything! What a party! At the same time, these eps were sort of weak. But hey! The podcast is not weak! Not weak!

Wow, it's been nearly TWO MONTHS since a TNG podcast. Sorry all you TNGers! Hopefully you've just been watching the non-TNG movie over and over again.

Podcast breakdown:

0:00 -- nuqneH
7:24 -- More movie and Food Network talk
18:50 -- Intro to season 3
24:36 -- "Evolution"
37:06 -- "Ensigns of Command"
46:40 -- "The Survivors"
1.04:53 -- "Who Watches the Watchers?"
1.25:11 -- Watcher in the Woods
1.26:04 -- Awards and rankings
1.45:43 -- Qapla' and outtakes

Jon's Rankings:

4. "The Survivors"
3. "Who Watches the Watchers?"
2. "Evolution"
1. "The Ensigns of Command"

J.R.'s Rankings:

4. "Who Watches the Watchers"
3. "The Survivors"
2. "The Ensigns of Command"
1. "Evolution"

We tried a new mp3 conversion this time around, so please please let us know if there are any problems.

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This podcast is dedicated in loving memory to Mart McChesney (1954-1999), John Anderson (1922-1992) and Anne Haney (1934-2001).

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