022 - Movie Review and Season 3 Kickoff

In this week’s episode, we discuss: Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Spock’s Brain, and The Enterprise Incident The movie worked a lot better on a big TV than The Original Series Strong opening to the movie Klingons look and seem very different Enterprise porn Remastered version of the movie – probably looked better on my TV at home than it would have in the theater Characters felt different What somebody who doesn’t know anything about Star Trek might think Star Trek is like William Shatner doing a Captain Kirk impersonation Differences between the series and the movie For all the criticism of the movie, it was stunning Is human consciousness just a physics and chemistry question? Some timely Oscars talk – debating Avatar vs. The Hurt Locker Absurd moments for a Star Trek episode Future technological understanding Was Gene Roddenberry holding up a mirror to society? Star Trek and Black Mirror Star Trek as a Trojan horse Mutual respect with the Romulans? Lies of omission Space pirates The Vulcan Death Grip Genetic similarities between Vulcans and Romulans Self-destructing Enterprise A pleasant surprise for early season 3