Podcast 37: Malfunctional Families

Because of our severe active lifestyles we only had time to cover three episodes this week. On the positive side, these were three episodes that were closely related to each other in some way. Also, J.R. really hates Lore. Even more than Picard's brother it sounds like.

Thus begins a very sigh-inducing Season Four!

A weird note, in our post-podcast research. The actress who plays Marie Picard is only four years younger than the actor who plays Robert Picard. I thought it was a 20 year difference. Whoops!

Podcast breakdown:

0:00 -- nuqneH
3:22 -- Mailbag
8:46 -- "The Best of Both Worlds, Part II"
26:29 -- "Family"
42:56 -- "Brothers"
57:13 -- Awards and rankings
1.06:45 -- Qapla' and outtakes

Jon's Rankings

3. "The Best of Both Worlds, Part II"
2. "Family"
1. "Brothers"

J.R.'s Rankings

3. "The Best of Both Worlds, Part II"
2. "Brothers"
1. "Family"

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This episode is dedicated in loving memory to Georgia Brown (1933-1992).

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Our Rules For Star Trek Drinking Game

As you know, we're planning on watching "The Best of Both Worlds, Part II" whilst participating in the Star Trek Drinking game. We don't recommend actually playing the game with alcohol. We're very temperate ourselves, plus if you actually read the rules, you won't be able to get through an entire TNG episode without succumbing to alcohol poisoning within the first 10 minutes of the show. If you truly wanted to do it the J.R./Jon way, the beverage of choice would be a gallon of root beer spiced up with a cup of salt.

ANYWAY, we've discussed it and decided that if you'd like to play along, we're just going to abide by the "general quotes" section and the two "Worf" sections. That way we won't need to consult five pages of rules for every five seconds of show. So here are the tamer rules, which will be far easier to follow:

Category: Condition                                      : Number of Drinks
: ===========================================================================
: 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

: ===========================================================================
: Worf    :  "Impressive"                                  :          1
: Quotes  :  "Admirable"                                   :          1
:         :  "Grrrrr" (A simple sneer qualifies)           :          1
:         :  "I am a Klingon"                              :          1
:         :  "Klingons do NOT..."                          :          1
:         :  "Security Override!"                          :          2
:         :  "Human women are too fragile"                 :          2

: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
: Worf    :  Uses the word "human" in a sense meaning puny,:
: Actions :      weak, or otherwise >not< Klingon          :          2
:         :  Gets beat up                                  :          1
:         :  Actually wins a fight                         :          2
:         :  Throws someone in the brig/Arrests someone    :          1
:         :  Asks for an explanation of a human term/custom:          1
:         :  Says something with a tilt of his head/nod    :          1
:         :  Has a suggestion shot down offhandedly        :          2
:         :  Fusses about his discommendation              :          2
:         :  Makes a reference to his sexual prowess       :          2
:         :  Mentions or participates in some bizarre      :
:         :      Klingon ritual                            :          2
: ===========================================================================

Please let us know how things go.

Podcast 36: Resistance to Season Three Is Futile

It's the end of Season Three! Huzzah! Come for the awesome discussion of the final episodes of the season! Stay for the awesome season summary. It'll hit you like the main deflector dish!

Here is that link we said we'd post about the Star Trek drinking game. Plan on playing it with us when we watch "The Best of Both Worlds, Part II"! Don't actually drink alcohol or you'll probably pass out.

Also, this may be the most important link you'll ever click on -- here.

Podcast breakdown:

0:00 -- nuqneH
9:03 -- "Transfigurations"
24:44 -- "The Best of Both Worlds"
42:25 -- Awards and rankings
46:34 -- Season Three wrap-up and awards
1.12:38 -- Season Three rankings
1.36:47 -- Qapla' and outtakes

J.R.'s Rankings

2. "Transfigurations"
1. "The Best of Both Worlds"

Jon's Rankings

2. "Transfigurations"
1. "The Best of Both Worlds"

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This episode is dedicated in loving memory to John Hughes (1950-2009).

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Podcast 35: Garbless Pursuits

So like, there was a lot of background noise in this one for the first 40 minutes or so. Don't worry, just pretend that you're in the middle of a highly intellectual conversation at a really ritzy cocktail party -- except you can't see anybody, most of the guests have the voices of little kids and what you're talking about is an alien technology that allows you to teleport clothing off of women without their consent.

We cover five episodes of NextGen in this particular podcast. Most of them involve obsessiveness and kidnapping.

Here is that link we said we'd post about the Star Trek drinking game. Plan on playing it with us when we watch "Best of Both Worlds Part II"!

Also, if you wanna see some really awesome Star Trek editing (and romantic intrigue!) check this out. Now!

Also, this may be the most important link you'll ever click on -- here.

Podcast breakdown:

0:00 -- nuqneH
8:32 -- Viewer mail
19:54 -- "Tin Man"
29:45 -- "Hollow Pursuits"
48:46 -- "The Most Toys"
1.00:40 -- "Sarek"
1.21:51 -- "Ménage à Troi"
1.35:25 -- Awards and rankings
1.45:35 -- Qapla' and outtakes

Jon's Rankings

5. "Ménage à Troi"
4. "The Most Toys"
3. "Tin Man"
2. "Sarek"
1. "Hollow Pursuits"

J.R.'s Rankings

5. "Ménage à Troi"
4. "Tin Man"
3. "The Most Toys"
2. "Hollow Pursuits"
1. "Sarek"

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This episode is dedicated in loving memory to David Rappaport (1951-1990).

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Belated Vacation Photos...

It may be a little while before another podcast comes along, so in the meantime, I thought I'd share some of the photos I took when I went to visit Monterey and we saw the new movie.

Yep. Here I am in Los Angeles. You can tell because of the massive tool smiling behind me.


Here I am at LAX during my long layover. Guess what I did? Yep. I stared at Beverley Crusher.

Here is the annoying Twin Peaks spoiler. It was the first thing I read in the in-flight magazine. What are the odds? How did they know I was watching Twin Peaks at the exact same time?

Here's the plane to Monterey. I hardly ever have a plane with no movable hallway jetway thingie. So quaint. Felt like I was in the 1940s or something.

The soundboard I packed along ripped a big hole in my new suitcase. It was a soundboard we didn't even bother using.

There's my luggage and my free reading book. Don't judge!

Ahh. Here are the two of us eating at some Indian joint that serves some awesome fire-hot tandoori. As I type this, I'm so terribly hungry. Notice the dorky shirt that J.R. is wearing.

Here we are at the movie! For some reason we felt out of place in our Star Trek gear. If you can't wear a Star Trek uniform to a Star Trek movie on opening day, when can you wear it? Sheesh. It's too bad Star Trek is all mainstream now. We have nowhere to scurry to.

The next day we hit the Monterey Bay Aquarium. George and Gracie weren't there anymore. The big probe log from Star Trek IV came and took them. Actually we didn't bother going in. We just got our picture taken out front.

Free chowder! This is what the future is like!

Please please appreciate the awesome Photoshopping of this picture. It fits the subject!!!

Here's my suitcase clipped in safe and sound because hardly anybody takes the Monterey-LAX run.

Podcast 34: Horga'hn(g) Take Me Away!

Check this out! Not four, not five, not SIX, but SEVEN episodes covered in this podcast -- IN UNDER TWO HOURS! Zoppity boppity. First we tag the early episodes we missed a few months ago and then we wrap around for three new ones. We got annoying kids, slimy feet, boobys (traps), planet maroonings, wormholes, head gear, pleasure planets, love stories, Klingons, throwing knives, xeno-cannibalism and hands-on archeology. Sounds like the plot of The Princess Bride.

Hey here's something we discovered in the post-production process of this set that is sort of funny! The resident archeologist of The Enterprise dies in "The Bonding." Later, at the end of "Captain's Holiday," Vash asks Picard, "Is there any room for an archeologist on board?" How did we miss that?

Here's Phil's link about Star Trek and poker in Pokernews.com.

Here's a link to some Star Control gameplay! You can sort of see examples of the patented Star Control planetary whip maneuver at :25, 1:05, 1:15, 2:34, 2:56, 3:35, 4:17 and 4:56.

Podcast breakdown:

0:00 -- nuqneH and helping you be cool
6:09 -- "The Bonding"
17:52 -- "Booby Trap"
29:12 -- "The Enemy"
45:16 -- "The Price"
56:00 -- "Sins of the Father"
1.12:17 -- "Allegience"
1.23:11 -- "Captain's Holiday"
1.33:29 -- Awards and rankings
1.36:58 -- Qapla' and outtakes

J.R's Rankings

7. "The Bonding"
6. "The Price"
5. "The Enemy"
4. "Allegiance"
3. "Booby Trap"
2. "Captain's Holiday"
1. "Sins of the Father"

Jon's Rankings

7. "The Price"
6. "The Bonding"
5. "Allegiance"
4. "Booby Trap"
3. "Captain's Holiday
2. "The Enemy"
1. "Sins of the Father"

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This episode is dedicated in loving memory to Predator himself -- Kevin Peter Hall (1955-1991) and also Michael Jackson.

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Podcast 34 delayed!

Turns out we couldn't achieve enough independence today to record. Apologies! Guess Great Britain and the terrorists have won today. We'll hope to get 6-8 eps done and recorded sometime next week.

Happy Independence Day!