Star Trek Resignation

We finally got there! Crossing The Rubincon! How's it gonna end? (The season. There's still season 2, remember?) So much has happened.  People are dancing or lamenting the cancellation, but we're here to talk about the FINALE (to season 1).   The only place to give you the unvarnished truth about what worked... and what didn't.  Plus a few tall boys.   And also... I'm Eighteen.   Things get loose at the end! Come hang out.  Hopefully some guy won't whip out a guitar and make it awkward. Ending are hard. For some intro banter, and stuff cut from the end where we finally really talk about anime... check out the patreon at http://patreon.com/kickersofelves  

Are they ... too good?  Calm down, Wade. We're talking "300th Night," the 9th episode of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy.   We're also talking  Omega Particles, certain lewd rings, and thing's we've recieved in the mail.    New Sam. Who this? More Vonnegut facts! Everybody loves those. Strap in (We Don't talk about those). Oh hey. Contact your McElroys. We gotta get I'm Eighteeen out there.   https://patreon.com/kickersofelves

Talking about Star Trek: Starfleet Academy's "The Life of the Stars": Flipping a chair around backwards and sitting with my arms crossed, "Did you know Shakespeare is basically the same thing as rap?" Let's rap about trauma, fellow kids. Also for the prurient puerile folks out there, this episode gave us fodder to talk about quadratesticles and the genitalia of Klingons ... and echidnas. Lotta sighs in this one! Remember to contact your Red Letter McElroy's about getting "I'm Eighteen" featured in season 2 of Star Trek Academy! https://patreon.com/kickersofelves  

Are they going amok up in here?  Many wing men, wing ladies, and so many hats.  Star Trek, The Holdovers... without Paul Giamatti? The Talk About Star Trek Challenge. Nerd Corner: On hologram ballistics and empathic psychics making sounds... In Space. Just be gay already, Hunter.  How gay are we on a fluid sexuality scale?  Well we get into that.  And ok Intrepid Class Listeners:  You know what you have to do.  We don't have the juice to get it done, but maybe with youre help someone can. We'll spend time talking about I'm Eighteen by Alice Cooper anyway. Perhaps more than Glen wants to. htttps://patreon.com/kickersofelves  

Wherein we watched an episode of we rather liked (Come, Let's Away).. And tear apart what we didn't like for over an hour. Contact your McElroys! https://patreon.com/kickersofelves  

It's time to return to Deep Space Nine with Series Acclimation Mil! First though... Wade did something you shouldn't do: He went to Reddit.   Lot to unpack in this episode, for the real fans anyways. Is Sean confused? Short answer: Yes. Have you contacted your McElroy's yet?  Oh. Also mentioned in this episode was James's fanfic pilot of a new Trek tv show.  Remember?  Well you can check it out for free over at the Kicker of Elves patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/151105152 Whether or not you liked this episode of SFA, I'll go out on a limb and say "Kestrel Prime" is a whole lot better way to revisit some of you favorite characters and references in a way that is more than just empty eggs.

We're turning things around here. No more negativity. Good Vibes only! It's a good thing we like this episode, "Vox in Excelso" What happened with Klingons after Star Trek Discovery left them behind in season 2?   Wade gets a bunch of facts wrong and shames his house. People are talking about this episode, but nobody's talking about Jay-den's two dads.  What's up with that?   Too gay or not gay enough? All this and more! Check it out! Also check out the patreon for more from these guys (like the one-off "I Love the Hades" podcast) and also Wade, James, and Hugh from the other podcast Wade does https://patreon.com/kickerofelves https://kickersofelves.com But most importantly. Contact everyone you know (and the McElroys) about getting "I'm Eighteen" into Season of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy! And what about that theme song by Glen Hall? Full song at the end.

Did this show need to be this long?   Plus other... notes. This one's about sports. Or it? And pranks. Or is it? And horticulture.  Don't forget to contact your representative, your most favorite McElroy, and most influential pocast about getting "I'm Eighteen" into season two of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy! For more cut dad content keep an eye on the Kickers of Elves patreon: https://patreon.com/kickersofelves  

We're here to talk about Star Trek: My Starfleet Academy. Episodes 1 "Kids These Days" and Episode 2 "Beta Test" An old "Kickers of Elves" Rules of Acquisition friend reappears after years unheard... But mostly it's Wade, Glen, and Sean.  The only Trek pod that will give you the unbiased truth... for the right reasons.   Regarding other Pods... Wade has a favor to ask and it's all hands on deck.   also check out the patreon for more stuff https://patreon.com/kickersofelves  

The season is over! And what a doozy of a finale. We gotta talk about what people liked or didn't like about this season, why they were wrong, and also why they were so very right about. What a mess.  Always keep Harvey in your heart.  He exists somewhere. he has to. https://www.instagram.com/bigseanliftin/ https://bennyscheckner.substack.com/ https://bogmad.substack.com/ https://letterboxd.com/film/one-battle-after-another/   But most importantly! https://patreon.com/kickersofelves  

Lemonade? You're Soaking in it! No. You're not.  If you can deal with our vulgar lasciviousnous, then maybe you'll enjoy what we have to say about these Star Trek: Strange New Worlds episodes.  "What is Starfleet" and "Four and a Half Vulcans."   Did we enjoy these episodes?  How is this season turning out for us so far? You WILL hear from us on every episode.  Eventually.   https://patreon.com/kickersofelves    

We talk about the fifth and sixth episodes of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3. "Through the Lense(sic) of Time" and "The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail" Wait. Lens of Time! Who would make that mistake? Those, and more! All the Star Treks! Even Prodigy! Kiefer! Columbo!  When Star Trek is good it's good. And these ones were good Star Treks, so lets talk. Catch up! We're still digging ourselve out. Or Deeper maybe you'll think. Support us if you like us.  We'll like you if you do.   patreon.com/kickersofelves Don't wanna give us money? Fair. There's other stuff there too.   

Glen is dying. Wade is ... what is Wade doing?  Sean is Sean-ing. We talk about "Shuttle to Kenfori" and "A Space Adventure Hour" We like them!   ... Wade has caveats. Jerk.   Next time we'll be full of joi de vive.  Probably. Check out the patreon where we trash talk Billy Joel! patreon.com/kickersofelves

Hey a new Star Trek show just dropped, check your podcast feed!  Ok. Now wait a few weeks and check it again for the newest pocast with too confusing a name from Star Trek Resignation! Sean has finally been forced to watch Strange New Worlds, and Wade can't help himself but to whine and complain.  Glen has it right and knows this is a good show and the rest of them should shut up more often. https://patreon.com/kickersofelves

We watched Star Trek 31.  Oh look, another podcast  https://patreon.com/kickersofelves  

We're not really here to talk about theme songs. And yet...  We've got a lot to go through with "Fissure Quest" and "The New Next Generation"  Time to say goodbye to our Lower Decker friends and even the TNG era of Trek itself. A long road indeed.  Who hates the multiverse? We don't hate seeing Garak and Bashir get together though.  Fan service? Hey we're not talking about the Parks and Rec finale! No Gods, No Canons: Stunning new possibilities in Klingon genitalia.  Not that we did anything wrong, but if you think so hit up Derelictions of Duty at [email protected] https://patreon.com/kickersofelves  

Whenever you're listening, we're talking about the Star Trek: Lower Decks episodes "Fully Dialated" and "Upper Decks" An episode about references, and an episode about tropes.  Which do we prefer? How many points of view are in this Rashomon?  There are podcasts out there, but you can also read Gene Wolfe. https://patreon.com/kickersofelves  

The ship has really gotten off course.   There are some Derelictions of Duty. Glen and Wade talk about "Starbase 80?!" and "Of Gods and Angles"  Sean talks about those, but also about things more prurient (NSFW) Know this: Princess Bride fans will cut you. They're not like you gentle, forgiving Trekkers.  https://patreon.com/kickersofelves

If we don't alienate you within the first five minutes you're in for a good time!  Wade is dying, and Glen is now the host.  Sean is... there. Star Trek Lower Decks: The Best Exotic Nanite Hotel and Farewell to Farms are what we're talking about. Oh but some other things might slip in.   For more go to https://patreon.com/kickersofelves  

It's the final season of Star Trek: Lower Decks! Say it ain't so. No, this is not a podcast about Modern Family -though Glen's family is expanding- or The Floor, hosted by Rob Lowe. Pay no attention to Sean.  Consider all that discussion as no more than extraneous, un-wanted B plots.  No, this podcast is about Star Trek, specifically Dos Cerritos and Shades of Green. Like what's up with the blue Orions? And what's coming up for Trek after this show is over and how do we feel about it? https://patreon.com/kickersofelves  

We start off telling you about why Gallagher sucks, and Glen has some huge news, but hey this is also going to be a thorough accounting of the last episode and the legacy of Star Trek Discovery.  Mostly that. We promise. This podcast is a party.  Celebrate with us. Get loose. Say things loudly you might regret. If you want to hear all of the songs Sean sang for our theme songs this season check out the Kicker of Elves Patreon: https://patreon.com/kickersofelves  

Put the money on the table, sugar. We're talking Star Trek to you.  Specifically, Labyrinths and Lagrange Point.  Generally, we may talk about what this show has done and what it's forgotten to do.  Wade has some predictions about the finale, which you've probably watched already. Do they make him sound like a dummy?  https://patreon.com/kickersofelves  

Two Episodes, two very different tastes. Sometimes you get what you asked for, and it leaves a bad taste in your mouth. Sometimes you don't expect to like something and yet you do.  Because its well crafted. Why was the mofongo good? https://patreon.com/kickersofelves  

Resounding praise indeed!  But with the grade A nitpicking you've come to expect, loathe and/or adore.  Memory Alpha funtime rabbithole!  Year of the Backlog: Enjoyment, not Obligation. http://patreon.com/kickersofelves  

The finale looms before us.  The final season of Star Trek Discovery.  The End Begins! Wade, Glen, and Sean are back to talk about Disco. Do we feel obligated to? Sure! But also it's a good time. For us. To talk about it. And back up our feelings with reasoning. Like one should. Forget Status Report, a new end segment from Glen is revealed! Why add some music no one knows? Complain or praise us, or find new content over at https://patreon.com/kickersofelves  

It's the two part finale to season 4 of Star Trek: Lower Decks and Wade took notes! What works for Star Trek, what works for Lower Decks, and what doesn't exactly work? Why might that be? Hey RoA fans: TWO new rules of Acquistion! If there's one scifi space cartoon you should watch... it's  SCAVENGERS REIGN https://patreon.com/kickersofelves    

It was bound to happen.  We liked one episode. We liked another one less. The o'l Hunka Chunka. Episodes discussed: For a Few Badgey's More Caves There's more on the KoE patreon! https://patreon.com/kickersofelves  

We've got betazoids! We got Ferengi! There's some DS9 in here. Remember the quintessential 90s HBO rauchy sitcom Dream on? We like these episodes.   https://patreon.com/kickersofelves  

We like this show.  Is it Star Trek enough? Yeah sure it is.  It's also a sitcom that's found its momentum.   www.patreon.com/kickersofelves Let us know how you feel about Sean's Anatomy or Heel of Time.  Or whatever you want to talk about. ... ... ...We don't need to discuss OnlyFans Tv. 

Star Trek: Lower Decks is back and so are we to talk about the first two episodes of Season 4: Twovix and I have No Bones and I Must Flee. Plus Wade caught up on Strange New Worlds and it brings him no pleasure to say he really liked it thank you very much. For extra content that rarely has to do with Star Trek: https://patreon.com/kickersofelves  

It's finally over.  Is this an over indulgent finale?  Does the fan service hold up?  We think it's worth your time to indulge in 90s nostaligia, of Canadian sketch comedy and Star Trek alike. Mostly Star Trek, if we're being honest.   Hard talk about whether the finale of Star Trek Picard held up.     Plus Rod Torfulson's Armada Featuring Herman Menderchuck (We're gonna make it).

Only two more episodes left, and we're podcasting on the edge of release.  We don't know what the deal is with Jack Crusher, but maybe you've watched episode nine and know. Whole lot to go over in this one.  Also, we're filthy. Be happy with the what got cut.  

Regrets. I've had a few. Has Picard? We watched two episode of a Star Trek show and had positive and negative reactions. What kind of references worked well and which felt unsatisfying? Can a viewer who knows nothing about Trek have an emotional reaction to a callback to a show from 30 years ago? Turns out it's all in how you use it. [*editors note: Horatio Hornblower. He knows]

Have the wrongs of the past been repaired?  What is this about a Dominion War? How does technobabble supplement melodrama? Wade is too excited for all the ways the show has fixed his problems.  Glen is still reeling from the pain of what's come before and is not quite ready to trust again.  Sean is down for it.

After a long hiatus, and skipping right over the rest of Picard Season 2, Strange New Worlds, and more; your old pals and that one aquaintance finally get back into resignation mode and see what's happening with our Start Trek: TNG friends.  It's Picard Season 3! 

Discovery! Picard! The Secret Cabal behind all of Nu Trek! Things are said. Opinions are reversed.  Think this is some toxic podcast that hates Star Trek?  This episode... may surprise you!  

We take a break from Star Trek because Glen really needed this. Enjoy some minor key fantasy tinklings and listen to a Robert Jordan superfan, a guy who never finished the books, and a guy we made watch a TV show tear into Amazon's Wheel of Time.   From the Kickers of Elves Patreon! https://patreon.com/kickersofelves

We didn't have constitution or class to talk about every espisode of Star Trek Discovery season 4, but we have to come clean on how our feelings have changed.  For those who disagreed with us in the past ... you're welcome. SqueeCore is discussed. Here's the source to hear where the "controversy" in SFF began over at RiteGud (https://kittysneezes.com/a-guide-to-squeecore/)

You know: For Kids! Is Star Trek: Prodigy a good Star Trek pilot?  We had to talk about it.

Is this one of the best season enders of Star Trek?  Does episodic tv have something to teach all those overly serialized prestige dramas? "wej Duj" and "First First Contact" show that the show can do more than just reference comedy.   So we talk all about those, as well as... We are so mad at Glen for not watching Cheers Federation News Service Alert about the Ferengi. U mad bro?  What does the future hold for Star Trek Resignation?  https://patreon.com/kickersofelves

Wade, Glen and Sean are back to cover "Where Pleasant Fountains Lie" and "I, Excretus" You may be here for the Star Trek nerdery, we go all comedy nerd to point out comedian cameos. Status Report is DEAD. What will replace it?  Speaking of things dying… Hey watch Review why doncha? 

Maybe not everyone's favorite, maybe it is.  It's doing the work, and so are we.  Mostly. We talk about: An Embarrassment of Dooplers The Spy Humungous Special thanks to Lane Bowen

Wade and Glen talk with Lane Bowen. Remember him?!  What happened to Sean? What works on this show more than other shows.  How did we feel about the monkey sex? What a bunch of nerds.  

The old new crew is back again.   Lotsa references in this cartoon show. We like it!   Catch up with us. https://patreon.com/kickersofelves https://twitter.com/kickerspodcasts  

We're nerd cornering way too hard. Can the pod take this much longer?  The answer might not surprise you! For more Kickers of Elves content while you contemplate the galactic abyss check out https://kickersofelves.com https://patreon.com/kickersofelves

Wait. we LIKE this one! Now let's tear it apart! [not really] Turns out the solution was staring at us all along!  Ok. Let's talk s#!t.  Literally.   Status Report: Hope you like Barton Fink references!  

Space mutants! Call the X-Men.  Hey, some things worked about this episode.  Other things… did not.  Some of us like Osyraa.  Almost.  Sukal be goofy. Is it.. Problematic?  Glen fails the marshmallow test. WE FIX EVERYTHING. Ending things can be hard. 

If you listened to the last one, you know we didn't like Terra Firma AT ALL.  But if you want further details of everything that's wrong with this episode, and how would we fix it…   Listen to this! Hey, we like one of the costumes. For an extra three free minutes of commentary on Sean's fantastic new podcast, Folsom Prison Tunes check this out on the Kickers of Elves Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/posts/48761763

Sean's first mirror universe! He is SHOCKED by what he sees.  Glen has gone back to Mirror Mirror to verify.  We get into the dirt and talk about restraint, a thing -well ok perhaps a thing we lack.   Seans imaginary country music podcast is suddenly a real live country music podcast. Check out Folsom Prison Tunes.  

We meet Book's planet and figure out some of what he's about.  We're so mad at Glen, and also Star Trek Discovery.  Included within: A Glen Synopsis!  Everything happened 100 years ago! A joke that didn't work on Lower Decks certainly doesn't work here.  Drama club vibes can be mistaken for sex vibes due to a small overlap.  Trance worms are an important commodity for nephew murdering.  We love that you did the right thing with Adira, guys, but come on.