Spocklight: A Star Trek Podcast

Spocklight At the Movies 36: Poolman

Liam and Matt dissect Chris Pine's directorial debut, Poolman. 

 

We discuss where the film fits into the legacy of Noir movies, question why it was this film that Pine wanted to make for his debut, and seek to answer the age-old debate of who is the best Hollywood Chris. 

 

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Episode 66: Family (w/ Chris Carr from Homicide: Life on the Set and Secrets and Spies)

The Spocklight crew are reunited with Chris Carr from ‘Homicide: Life on the Set’ and ‘Secrets and Spies’ to cover Family from Star Trek: The Next Generation.

 

We discuss how this episode resulted in a surprising ratings low for the series and why that might have been, examine the structure of the episode and how it conforms to the kind of A, B, C plot shape that’s become a lost art in the streaming age, praise the challenging nature of the material and Patrick Stewart's performance, and even find time to tackle the recent Generations 40th Anniversary short film, Unification. 

 

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You can find Chris @chriscarrfilm.bsky.social Homicide: Life on the Set @homicidepod.bsky.social and Secrets & Spies @secretsandspies.bsky.social on Bluesky.

 

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Spocklight At the Movies Special II: Film Discoveries of 2024

In this episode, Liam, Matt and Paul begin a potentially annual tradition of going round the table and talking about their favourite older film first-time-watches of 2024. 

 

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Huge thanks to Russell Honeywell for post production support

Spocklight At the Movies 35: A Christmas Horror Story

This festive season we unwrap 2015 Anthology movie, A Christmas Horror Story, starring William Shatner as DJ Dangerous Dan.

 

Matt saw this film during the Frightfest Festival many moons ago and awarded it 4.5 stars on Letterboxd…Paul does not agree… leaving Liam to referee a Crimbo battle more exciting than Santa vs Krampus!

 

We discuss the history of Horror Anthologies and how a very specific structure can be key to making them work, whether Shatner’s shock jock monologues reveal something about the filmmakers themselves, another surprise Star Trek connection and whether a local radio Weatherman would also be the Mall Santa, all over a large bottle of Port!

 

Stay subscribed and come back soon for Part 2 of our Christmas celebrations as we rundown our favourite film discoveries of the year!

 

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Episode 65: The Doomsday Machine (w/ Dave Corkery from The Cinemile)

We're joined by Dave Corkery from the Award winning Cinemile podcast as we take on The Doomsday Machine from The Original Series.

 

Dave grapples with the idea of being known as a Trekkie and tells us why this episode stuck out for him on his lockdown inspired epic mission to watch all of Star Trek from the beginning, Liam pays an emotional tribute to Commodore Matt Decker, Matt argues that the characters sympathetic handling of the villain of the piece represents the hope in the human spirit that Roddenberry's Utopian vision celebrates, and Paul celebrates William Shatner's performance and how his turn makes The Captain's actions believable. 

 

So why not join us for another grand adventure by listening now!

 

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Spocklight At the Movies 34: The Boogens (w/ James L. Conway and Daryl Bar)

In a very special Halloween episode, Daryl Bar from Is Paul Dano Ok? joins us to discuss 1981 cult classic Horror, The Boogens, which counts amongst it’s fans Stephen King and Quentin Tarantino.

 

Then we’re joined by the film’s Director, James L. Conway, who tells us about the film’s origins and its very cold production process, meeting his future Wife, the film’s female lead, Rebecca Balding, during the audition process and the whirlwind romance that followed, as well as what he’d do differently if he made the film now, how a real life fire almost halted the shoot, what Horror films inspired him and we once again catch up with what one of the best Directors of Trek TV ever has been watching on the box himself lately too. 

 

THERE IS NO ESCAPE...from Spocklight, so listen now!

 

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On Screen 7: The Real Ghostbusters

The Spocklight crew take the Ecto-1 for a joy ride to nostalgia city as we reminisce over childhood's playing with Ghostbusters toys and discuss 'Russian About, Season 6, episode 8 of The Real Ghostbusters, guest starring Walter Koenig as Vladamir Maximov.

 

We discuss why The Real Ghostbusters became Slimer and The Real Ghostbusters, and what this meant for the show itself, debate the future of the Ghostbusters franchise following the box office disappointment of Frozen Empire, and hear from our 5-year old Correspondent, Paul's Son, Theo, with their review of 'Russian About'.

 

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Episode 64: Star Trek Prodigy Season 2 Spoiler Special (w/ Aaron Waltke)

WARNING: THIS EPISODE CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR STAR TREK: PRODIGY SEASON 2!

 

We’re joined by Star Trek: Prodigy’s Head Writer, Aaron Waltke, to breakdown Season 2 in detail, as we discuss the challenges of balancing writings a Kid’s show combined with a Voyager sequel, Dal coming to realise why he doesn’t have to be Captain, Wesley Crusher’s return, Maj’el and Zero’s burgeoning romance, how Chakotay was chosen to be the Prodigy crew’s new Dad, the possibility of Season 3 and much, much more.

 

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Spocklight At the Movies 33: Logan (w/ Kobi Omenaka from the Flixwatcher Podcast)

Five years after covering the first X-Men film on the podcast and with 'Deadpool & Wolverine' currently in Cinemas and lighting up the box office, we return to the franchise to discuss 2017 entry, Logan, with special Guest, Kobi Omenaka. 

 

We talk about Hugh Jackman and Patrick Stewart's performances in the film and how they clearly approached this film differently from other instalments in the series, find ourselves wowed by the brutal violence on display in this very R-rated entry, wonder if the seeming finality of this film will be effected by Jackman's return in 'Deadpool & Wolverine' (Disclaimer: We had not seen it prior to recording), and discuss the odd trajectory of the Wolverine film "trilogy".

 

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You can find Kobi @Kobestarr on X, while more information about Flixwatcher (including their scoreboard discussed in the show) can be found at https://flixwatcher.tv/

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Our beautiful artwork was created by Stephen Trumble, see more at http://www.stephentrumble.com 

Episode 63: The Search for Spock 40th Anniversary Special (w/ Agent Scott from Spy Hards & Chris Carr from Homicide: Life on the Set)

The Spocklight Crew beam down to The BFI IMAX in London to watch the 4K 40th Anniversary re-release of Leonard Nimoy's directorial debut, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, on Britain's biggest screen.

 

Joined by Agent Scott from the Spy Hards podcast and Chris Carr from Homicide: Life on the Set, we sit down in the bar before the screening for some anticipatory pre-show banter before reconvening after the film to find out if Matt has had his opinion that this is the worst Star trek film altered, to discuss if the 4K IMAX presentation of the film was a success, and seek out new revelations and takes that have to come to various members of our crew as a result of seeing a 40 year old film on the biggest film format possible.

 

Join us as the adventures continues...

 

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You can find Scott @TiberiusHardy and Spy Hards @SpyHards on X and Homicide: Life on the Set @homicidepod also on X.

 

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Our beautiful artwork was created by Stephen Trumble, see more at http://www.stephentrumble.com