Season 7 Drinking Game: Engage!

The poll is now closed and... it's a tie! "Journey's End" and "Bloodlines" were both winners. As a result, we here at JRWSTFTFT Nation are calling "Bloodlines" the more accurate winner. This is a PICARD episode, so we're playing by the Picard rules. Get your prune juice steins ready and follow the prune juice drinking rules thusly:

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

: ===========================================================================

: Picard  :  "Make it so"                                  :          1
: Quotes  :  "Engage"                                      :          1
:         :  "Come"                                        :          1
:         :  "Come" (in personal quarters)                 :          2
:         :  "Captain's Log"                               :          1
:         :  "Captain's Log, Supplemental"                 :          2
:         :  "Proceed"                                     :          1
:         :  "Number One"                                  :          1
:         :  "The boy" in reference to Wesley              :          1
: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
: Picard  :  Straightens his uniform                       :          2
: Actions :  Straightens his uniform before giving a speech:          3
:         :  Drinks                                        :          2
:         :  Drinks tea                                    :          3
:         :  Drinks tea identified as Earl Grey            :          4
:         :  Wears chest-revealing bedwear                 :          2
:         :  Has an accident or is attacked                :          2
:         :  Accident or attack draws blood                :          3
:         :  Is possessed                                  :          4
:         :  Requests a Level One Diagnostic               :          1
:         :  Makes a speech that saves the day             :          1
:         :  Tries to avoid Lwuxana Troi                   :          1
:         :  Surrenders                                    :          1
:         :  Leaves the ship                               :          1
:         :  Leaves the ship to lead an away team          :          2
:         :  Demonstrates knowledge of a foreign language  :          1
:         :  Swears/hurls an insult in a foreign language  :          2
:         :  Appears uncomfortable (around women, children):          1
:         :  Quotes Shakespeare, etc.                      :          2
:         :  Leaves the bridge during a crisis to talk with:
:         :      Dr. Crusher or Guinan                     :          1
:         :  Talks about death to Dr. Crusher              :          1
:         :  Takes a communique from Starfleet in his ready:
:         :      room                                      :          1
:         :  Is called upon to mediate a dispute           :          2
:         :  Takes the helm in a tricky situation          :          3
:         :  Is seen on the bridge out of uniform          :          2
:         :  Calls a meeting                               :          1
:         :  Calls a meeting in the middle of a crisis     :          2
:         :  Cries                                         :  Whole Beverage
: ===========================================================================

Thank goodness "Bloodlines" "won." The disc containing "Journey's End" has already been sent back to Netflix and it would be very very difficult to convince J.R. to get the disc back much less watch it again.

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Help us out Marina

So here's the photo of Marina Sirtis I found in my used copy of the Star Trek The Next Generation Technical Manual. Is this for real? Anybody out there know how to sniff out a forgery? It does look plenty "neat."


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forgotten texts during the podcast 60 episodes.

So, J.R. often texts me while he's watching episodes. Sometimes I forget to bring the texts up on the show. The following slew of texts came to me while I'm assuming he was watching "Eye of the Beholder":

06/18/2010 02:23:00 am -- Depression is the villain?
02:45:00 am -- Troi WILL kiss anybody!
03:04:00 am -- Where has O'brien gone?
03:11:00 am -- I am calling it now. Troi is Klingon preggars.
03:13:00 am -- Ok maybe not.

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Podcast 60: Radioactive Prometheus of Tomorrow

Come to think of it, Head on the Door is easily The Cure's best album. Personally, I'm not too fond of Disintegration actually. Too reliant on synths. The live shows really suffer for it too. It's not like the band does an incredible job being captivating with guitars. Synthesizers are even harder to maintain a good stage presence. Oh wait, are we supposed to be talking about Star Trek?

Podcast breakdown:

0:00 -- nuqneH
13:59 -- "Lower Decks"
32:19 -- "Thine Own Self"
46:00 -- "Masks"
57:49 -- "Eye of the Beholder"
1.11:40 -- Awards and rankings
1.23:55 -- Qapla' and outtakes

J.R.'s awards

Favorite name: Sam Lavelle
Favorite planet: Barkon IV
Best guest star: Michael G. Haggerty as Skoran
Sexy male: Dan Gauthier as Sam Lavelle
Hot chick budget: Shannon Fill as Sito Jaxa
Favorite technology: Deanna Troi's auto-aim phaser
Favorite villain: Gozer the Destructor

Jon's awards

Favorite name: Garvin
Favorite planet: Barson II
Best guest star: Michael G. Haggerty as Skoran
Sexy male: Dan Gauthier as Sam Lavelle
Hot chick budget: Johanna McCloy as Maddy Calloway
Favorite technology: (tie) plasma stream suicide machine, comet probe changeroonie thing
Favorite villain: (tie) Mob mentality (torches and pitchforks), radioactivity

J.R.'s Rankings

4. "Masks"
3. "Thine Own Self"
2. "Eye of the Beholder"
1. "Lower Decks"

Jon's Rankings

4. "Masks"
3. "Eye of the Beholder"
2. "Thine Own Self"
1. "Lower Decks"

Show links:

"Big in Japan" by Alphaville
The Five Chinese Brothers
"Eye of the Beholder"

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This episode is dedicated in loving memory to the 2010 United States and England World Cup soccer teams (2010-2010).

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For the last time VOTE!

See the poll on the right side of this page (actually go to the blog itself at this point if you're in Google Reader). Vote in the very possibly FINAL Star Trek prune juice drinking game. Episodes in the poll are listed and the rules for the drinking game characters are right here:

http://www.duke.edu/web/DRAGO/humor/trek/drink_trek.html


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Podcast 59: Happy Captain Picard Day!

We are actually broadcasting on June 16th, Captain Picard Day! Although it doesn't actually say it's June 16th in the episode -- or even mention any month at all for that matter, or ever. Worf, Troi AND Crusher get some serious action in this set. All this and the World Cup!

Podcast breakdown:

0:00 -- nuqneH, World Cup, Sirtis autograph
10:54 -- "Parallels"
26:39 -- "The Pegasus"
43:16 -- "Homeward"
1.01:00 -- "Sub Rosa"
1.11:07 -- Awards and rankings
1.36:50 -- Qapla' and outtakes

Jon's awards

Favorite planet: Caldos II
Best guest star: Terry O'Quinn as Admiral Pressman
Sexy male: Brian Markinson as Vorin
Hot chick budget: Patti Yasutake as Doctor Nurse Ogawa
Favorite technology: Perspective illusionary holodeck conveyor belts
Favorite villain: candle ghosts

J.R.'s awards

Favorite planet: Caldos II
Best guest star: Terry O'Quinn as Admiral Pressman
Sexy male: Duncan Rager as Ronin
Hot chick budget: Penny Johnson as Dobara
Favorite technology: Federation cloaking
Favorite villain: Peer pressure (honorable mention: the truth)

Jon's Rankings

4. "Homeward"
3. "The Pegasus"
2. "Parallels"
1. "Sub Rosa"

J.R.'s Rankings

4. "Sub Rosa"
3. "Homeward"
2. "The Pegasus"
1. "Parallels"

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This episode is dedicated in loving memory to Shay Duffin (1931-2010). And maybe Vorin, Beverly's grandma and alternate dimension Geordi who died because Worf was daydreaming.

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gametime

This is a video I got from my brother. He doesn't listen to the podcast, but it is quite fitting for this weekend.



The words quoted in this commercial are from Thomas Paine’s “The Crisis,” a pamphlet he published during our darkest hour in the war against Britain. A few weeks later Washington crossed the Delaware and scored our first major victory.

USA! . . USA! . . .

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Podcast 58: Lost Loves of Lwaxana and Beverly

There are more background kiddie kids in this podcast than usual. It's okay though. They're quite adorable -- even if they're unfamiliar with their long lost sister Kestra. This one's bite-sized! No reason to choke on it. Very familial too.

Podcast breakdown:

0:00 -- nuqneH
5:26 -- "Dark Page"
18:06 -- "Attached"
36:05 -- "Force of Nature"
56:33 -- "Inheritance"
1.09:28 -- Awards and rankings
1.22:46 -- Qapla' and outtakes

J.R.'s awards

Favorite name: Kestra Troi
Favorite planet: Kesprytt III
Least favorite planet: Hekaras II
Sexy male: Michael Corbett as Rabal
Hot chick budget: Margaret Reed as Serova
Favorite technology: space coasting

Jon's awards

Favorite name: Kestra Troi
Favorite planet: Kesprytt II
Least favorite planet: Hekaras II
Sexy male: Michael Corbett as Rabal
Hot chick budget: Fionnula Flanagan as Juliana O'Donnell Soong Tainer
Favorite technology: Soong's hologram chip (hon. mention: Crusher's map tricorder)

J.R.'s Rankings

4. "Force of Nature"
3. "Dark Page"
2. "Inheritance"
1. "Attached"

Jon's Rankings

4. "Force of Nature"
3. "Dark Page"
2. "Inheritance"
1. "Attached"

Check this link out. It's from Scanners.

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This episode is dedicated in loving memory to Dennis Hopper (1936-2010) and the guy whose head explodes in Scanners.

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58 soon!

And btw, we're recording AGAIN today at 3:30ish. Next four eps in the bag!

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Podcast 57: This Crazy Robot is Getting Ridiculous

And thus we begin season 7 with a record breaking podcast in terms of length and robot craziness.

Podcast breakdown:

0:00 -- nuqneH
18:57 -- "Descent, Part II"
40:08 -- "Liaisons"
56:01 -- "Interface"
1.14:45 -- "Gambit, Part I"
1.23:50 -- "Gambit, Part II"
1.50:00 -- "Phantasms"
2.09:46 -- Awards and rankings
2.27:09 -- Qapla' and outtakes

Jon's awards

Favorite guest: James Worthy as Koral
Favorite name: Loquel
Favorite planet: Anna's moon
Favorite villain: Data
Least favorite villain: Arctus Baran
Sexy male: Eric Pierpoint as Voval
Sexy female: Barbara Williams as Anna
Favorite technology: Data's dream program
Least favorite technology: VR and Baran's controller

J.R.'s awards

Favorite guest: Richard Lynch as Arctus Baran
Favorite name: Arctus Baran
Favorite planet: Dessica II
Favorite villain: Data
Least favorite villain: hope
Sexy male: Michael Harris as Byleth
Hot chick budget: Barbara Williams as Anna
Favorite technology: phaser that transports people
Least favorite technology: Virtual reality

Jon's Rankings

6. "Liaisons"
5. "Interface"
4. "Gambit, Part II"
3. "Gambit, Part I"
2. "Descent, Part II"
1. "Phantasms"

J.R.'s Rankings

6. "Interface"
5. "Descent, Part II"
4. "Gambit, Part II"
3. "Gambit, Part I"
2. "Liaisons"
1. "Phantasms"

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This episode is dedicated in loving memory to Gary Coleman (1968-2010).

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