Tuesday, April 27, 2010

"Frame of Mind" Drinking Game

"Frame of Mind" wins for the season 6 drinking game! Watch the episode and abide by the "Riker" drinking game rules as outlined below:

General : "Open hailing frequencies" : 1
: Quotes : "Medical emergency" : 1
: : "Belay that order" : 1
: : "Energize" : 1
: : "Hell", "Damn" and other swearing. : 1
: : SEE ALSO: Riker's special swearing rules. :
: : "It's not like anything I've ever seen before": 1
: : "Impossible" : 1
: : "Impossible" while watching the "impossible" : 2
: : "Shut up, Wesley" : 3
: : "On screen" : 1
: : "Understood" : 1
: : "Set phasers on..." : 1
: : "Acknowledged" : 1
: : "Priority One" : 1
: : "Just a little more time...!" : 1
: : "Eastern/Western/Southern/Northern Continent" : 2
: : "The Klingon Home Planet" or other reference :
: : without actually giving it a name : 2

: Riker : Walks forward as if he's trying to knock an :
: Actions : imaginary door down with his forehead : 1
: : Demonstrates knowledge of a foreign language : 1
: : Swears/hurls an insult in a foreign language : 2
: : Thrusts his chin out with a smug look : 1
: : Stands with his feet more than 2 ft. apart :1 per ' beyond 2'
: : Pronounces a word in a way that does not match:
: : his heritage (e.g. charade=shur-AHD) : 2
: : Acts blatantly like Kirk : 1
: : Gets that annoying smirk on his face : 1
: : Gets the girl : 1
: : Gets the girl for no apparent reason : 2

ALSO: calling an audible here, but I think we should also count "The Riker Maneuver" which involves Riker putting his right leg up on Data's station with his crotch facing Data's face. That's worth 2 drinks.

We'll discuss the results next podcast. Be sure to send in YOUR results.

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Sunday, April 25, 2010

Podcast 54: The Smell and Disappointment of the Hunt


Hunting is a metaphor for courtship right? Well none of the courtship in these episodes worked out at all in any of these episodes -- except for maybe Picard and Q.

Podcast breakdown:

0:00 -- nuqneH
15:30 -- "Aquiel"
28:47 -- "Face of the Enemy"
42:47 -- "Tapestry"
1.00:30 -- "Birthright, Part I"
1.05:30 -- "Birthright, Part II"
1.19:05 -- "Starship Mine"
1.36:20 -- Awards and rankings
2.01:14 -- Qapla' and outtakes

J.R.'s Rankings

6. "Aquiel"
5. "Birthright, Part I"
4. "Face of the Enemy"
3. "Birthright, Part II"
2. "Starship Mine"
1. "Tapestry"

Jon's Rankings

6. "Aquiel"
5. "Birthright, Part I"
4. "Face of the Enemy"
3. "Birthright, Part II"
2. "Starship Mine"
1. "Tapestry"

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Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Vote!

You may notice on the right side of this page that it's time again to vote in the Season 6 Star Trek Drinking Game poll. Let's do this together people! Surely one of these eps is waaaaay funner than the others. Don't NOT vote! For the game's rules, click here.

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Saturday, April 10, 2010

Podcast 53: Holodeck or Kill-bot Factory?

All the holodeck episodes simply got in the way of our talking about the great episodes starring the MCP himself, David Warner. This one isn't quite the longest yet. Off by just a few seconds. Thanks to Tim and Tim for joining us!

Podcast breakdown:

0:00 -- nuqneH, happy birthday Pete, reading lists
5:13 -- Viewer mail
17:17 -- "Rascals"
34:30 -- "A Fistful of Datas"
48:41 -- "The Quality of Life"
1.03:15 -- "Chain of Command, Part I"
1.11:37 -- "Chain of Command, Part II"
1.41:20 -- "Ship in a Bottle"
1.59:26 -- Awards and rankings
2.15:36 -- Qapla'
2.17:15 -- Outtakes

Jon's Rankings

6. "Quality of Life"
5. "Rascals"
4. "Chain of Command, Part I"
3. "A Fistful of Datas"
2. "Ship in a Bottle"
1. "Chain of Command, Part II"

J.R.'s Rankings

6. "Quality of Life"
5. "Rascals"
4. "A Fistful of Datas"
3. "Ship in a Bottle"
2. "Chain of Command, Part I"
1. "Chain of Command, Part II"

A few notable watchy links:

From Elliot: Picard Flauting Danger
Here's one about Clemens
What the heck, here's another one. A Sherlock Holmes one.
Here's that sweaty saxophonist parody.
Aaaaand in case you're interested, here's the original scene from The Lost Boys.

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