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Star Trek Minute

by Chris LaSalle and David Stoker

The podcast where we break down and discuss each of the Star Trek films, one minute at a time.

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Episodes

  1. The Final Frontier Minute 72: Where Does The Pain Go?

    In which McCoy reveals something worse than his father's death, Sybok demands that McCoy releases his pain, and we notice something outside the windows...

  2. The Final Frontier Minute 71: Lighting Maneuvers

    In which McCoy turns off his father's life support, and Chris continues his obsession over lighting choices in this scene...

  3. The Final Frontier Minute 70: McCoy's Internal Monologue

    In which McCoy relives the suffering of his father on his deathbed, Sybok keeps popping into the scene, and Chris finds yet another thing to nitpick...

  4. The Final Frontier Minute 69: Leonard

    In which we discuss if Kirk and Spock can see what is behind McCoy, where is Sybok storing all the pain, how haunting this minute is and Chris finally telling us he watched more than one minute...

  5. The Final Frontier Minute 68: Ambience

    In which we do not discuss the theology of this episode; heaven, eden, vorta vor, but we do discuss the reality of the situation, how McCoy looks pretty old and that Sybok is really just a charlatan...

  6. The Final Frontier Minute 67: Scotty and Uhura Sitting in a Tree...

    In which we discuss the galaxy, exploration and man's limitations, the sick bay attendent just sitting by himself, the hierarchy of the crew, and what is going on with Scotty and Uhura...

  7. The Final Frontier Minute 66: Intergalactic Debate Team

    In which Sybok monologues, and Dave has an epiphany about what makes the movie work for him...

  8. The Final Frontier Minute 65: Where Are They Exactly?

    In which our heroes call for help, and we spiral out of control trying to figure out how galactic coordinates work...

  9. The Final Frontier Minute 64: Spock Descending

    In which Spock holds Kirk and McCoy, Sulu makes a polite request, and our heroes ascend the turboshaft, again and again and again...

  10. The Final Frontier Minute 63: Super Spock

    In which we discuss Sulu rescuing Scotty, the Army of Light having humanity, Chris building Star Trek The Playground, and Spock flying in from above...

  11. The Final Frontier Minute 62: Scotty's Secret Tunnels

    In which we discuss what exactly is a Jeffries tube, Scotty looking like he just got out of bed, Chris and Dave disagreeing on the design choices this episode, and how exactly do the turbolifts work...

  12. The Final Frontier Minute 61: What's That Noise?

    In which we discuss Star Trek bring extremely lazy, the Morse Code trope, the special effects team lets us down with horrible props in the brig and Trivia Zone fails us giving a proper answer...

  13. The Final Frontier Minute 60: Looking Down The Barrel

    In which we learn Sybok's destination is Sha Ka Ree, Kirk scoffs at the notion, and we discuss the Great Barrier and its appearances in Star Trek lore...

  14. The Final Frontier Minute 59: Let's Go

    In which Sybok begins his announcement, we see multiple reactions from the crew, and we discuss the odd camera angles used in this minute...

  15. The Final Frontier Minute 58: Stop, Drop, And Roll

    In which Kirk gets a shock from the brig, Spock drops a humble brag, and we discuss montage scenes in Star Trek...

  16. The Final Frontier Minute 57: Who, What, Where, Why?

    In which we discuss Kirk making faces and mumbling to himself, Chekov acting a bit out of character, the complete ineptitude of the bridge crew, not fighting back, and Dave continues his relentess attack on the Enterprise crew...

  17. The Final Frontier Minute 56: Porta-John

    In which we discuss the how they are playing characitures of themselves, Spock has kept his past a secret from Kirk, the book continues to fill in some of the blanks, and does Katra bring access to memories...

  18. The Final Frontier Minute 55: Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire

    In which we discuss Sulu and Uhura's pain, how do you actually get around in the Enterprise, the son's of Sarek, and whether or not Kirk's anger is justified or warranted...

  19. The Final Frontier Minute 54: Clown Car

    In which Sybok orders folks to be thrown in the brig, Spock refuses to help Sybok, and we discuss which is scarier - a bullet or a phaser...

  20. The Final Frontier Minute 53: Not Bad Enough

    In which Kirk bounces from shuttle to shuttle, Spock gets the drop on Sybok, and we discuss whether Kirk's "Shoot him!" is an order or not...

  21. The Final Frontier Minute 52: Stone Soup

    In which Sybok gets to the potato gun first, Kirk gives up for a moment, the brawl begins, and we discuss audio decisions in movie making...

  22. The Final Frontier Minute 51: B is for Bird of Prey

    In which we discuss how Sulu is "manually" bringing in the shuttle, the awful set design of the cargo bay, ILM not doing the special affects and it shows, and Dave continues to rail against the ineptitude of the Enterprise crew...

  23. The Final Frontier Minute 50: B is for Bad Idea

    In which we talk about the sound effects being from other movies, getting nostalgic about older movies, the difference (for the better) in the book that they should have used, and just what does it mean to be "damaged beyond all repair"...

  24. The Final Frontier Minute 49: B is for Boy

    In which we discuss if Sybok is really a threat, if Korrd talks for the first time in this minute, why didn't the Enterprise have contigencies for this type of situation, and Chris gives this minute a gold star...

  25. The Final Frontier Minute 48: David and Goliath

    In which Scotty and Chekov prepare for an attack, Sybok insists on continuing to the Enterprise, and we discuss the intricacies of how starship shields are raised and lowered...

  26. The Final Frontier Minute 47: Jerkwater Planet

    In which Scotty monitors Galileo's approach, Klaa and Vixis prepare to attack the Enterprise, and we discuss the quality differences of all the viewscreens in this minute...

  27. The Final Frontier Minute 46: Vulcan Finger Guns

    In which Sybok states he has more violations to commit, Kirk clarifies that HE is captain of the Enterprise, and we discuss how much Sybok has (or hasn't) been following Spock's career...

  28. The Final Frontier Minute 45: Spock, It's me!!

    In which we discuss how we finally figure out who the mysterious stranger is, question whether the Vulcan language is as popular as Klingon, and how the laughing Vulcan and Spock interact with one another...

  29. The Final Frontier Minute 44: I Know You

    In which we discuss the decision to bring the shuttle down, where cat people breath from, Trivia Zone, and is the guy from the Six Flags commericials really in the movie...

  30. The Final Frontier Minute 43: Action Movie Cliché 101

    In which we see some cool action cliché of two big dudes setting up a big gun, a real cat fight, water pool?? and Chris really coming to terms with deaths in the Star Trek universe...

  31. The Final Frontier Minute 42: Potato Guns Vs Phasers

    In which the battle at Paradise City rages, "Captain" Chekov demands a surrender, and Spock takes a crack at bringing down a semu...

  32. The Final Frontier Minute 41: Huey Dewey and Louie

    \In which the Federation strike team make it through the gates of Paradise City, Spock locates the hostages, and the rescue begins...

  33. The Final Frontier Minute 40: The Cringiest Minute?

    In which Uhura lures away the bad guys with a fan dance, and we discuss this infamous, but problematic, scene...

  34. The Final Frontier Minute 39: Never Enough Time For Kirk

    In which negotiations continue, Kirk comes up with a plan, and we wonder why everyone is so obsessed with the Klingons in this movie...

  35. The Final Frontier Minute 38: Execute!

    In which Command Force X start their landing, "Captain" Chekov begins negotiations with the mysterious stranger, and we go on quite a few tangents...

  36. The Final Frontier Minute 37: Scotty's Got The Moves

    In which Scotty appears to be fixing EVERYTHING by himself, Kirk makes the call to do things the old fashioned way, and we discuss how Command Force X goes about saddling up for action...

  37. The Final Frontier Minute 36: Stink Face

    In which we discuss more about this revolutionary, Vulcans and emotion, Spock learning how to be Jim's friend again and we learn so much more about the mysterious stranger from the novelization...

  38. The Final Frontier Minute 35: Ten Forward OG

    In which we discuss how much Dave loves this set location, Spock "feeling" sorrow, forbidden Vulcan knowledge, sharing forbidden Vulcan secrets with outsiders and visiting the Katra talk again...

  39. The Final Frontier Minute 34: Spock Saw a Ghost

    In which we discuss what parlay means, who is holding the camera and where is it, Kirk stereotyping Vulcans, and we take another trip to the trivia zone...

  40. The Final Frontier Minute 33: Federation Sandwich

    In which Kirk gives up on his log book, the hostage tape is played, and we speculate about how Starfleet manages their data storage infrastructure...

  41. The Final Frontier Minute 32: Log Book Sproing

    In which Kirk misses his old chair, Klaa makes plans to become the greatest Klingon warrior, and we speculate about the bounty the Klingon's have put on Kirk's head...

  42. The Final Frontier Minute 31: Post Klingon Trauma

    In which Kirk accepts their new orders, Scotty gets caught eavesdropping, and we discuss McCoy as the possible origin of captain's ready rooms on Starfleet vessels...

  43. The Final Frontier Minute 30: Go Record a Podcast

    In which we discuss Harve Bennett getting some screen time, Kirk's shirt branding deal, the new touch panels, and Chris has no love for Kirk's new jacket...

  44. The Final Frontier Minute 29: Ho Hup!

    In which we discuss whether people refer to this as the Enterprise A, what the people in the shuttlebay are really doing, minimal Spock responses are fantastic, and we are introduced to Yeoman Shatner...

  45. The Final Frontier Minute 28: Giving Him the Sauce

    In which we are let down by the quote from John Masefield, the new fangled screens that Scotty is using - bridging the gap between TOS and Next Generation, the shuttle landing - complete with stair bearers and the excitement level is ramping up...

  46. The Final Frontier Minute 27: Pack Out Yer Trash

    In which Uhura interrupts the campout, we get the Enterprise "hero shot", and we realize how badly we would have done in college literature...

  47. The Final Frontier Minute 26: Vulcan PJ's

    In which the crew of the Okrona receive a request from Klingon High Command, Captain Klaa makes a decision to cause trouble, and Kirk's shore leave gets rudely interrupted...

  48. The Final Frontier Minute 25: Captain Klaa, King For A Day

    In which the Pioneer 10 space probe is found, Captain Klaa makes his big entrance, and we discuss mixing our science fiction with science realism...

  49. The Final Frontier Minute 24: Spock: More Human, More Vulcan?

    In which we discuss the ending of campfire week, Dave does not like McCoy right now, Spock being different and not in a good way, and the Trivia Zone answer sends us into pandamonium....

  50. The Final Frontier Minute 23: Stupid Excited

    In which we discuss row, row, row your boat, getting drunk on Star Trek, Shatner getting advice from a worker on set, and Chris gets a Trivia Zone right...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

The podcast where we break down and discuss each of the Star Trek films, one minute at a time.

HOSTED BY

Chris LaSalle and David Stoker

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The podcast where we break down and discuss each of the Star Trek films, one minute at a time.

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