Best Kelly Casto Podcasts (2024)

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TMP in Ultra HD - Ep 152 32:07

2+ y ago32:07

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Welcome to the first new 70s Trek episode in 3 years! The release of the 4K, Ultra HD version of Star Trek The Motion Picture, The Director’s Edition, is such big news that co-hosts Bob Turner and Kelly Casto felt it deserved a new episode of 70s Trek. Star Trek The Motion Picture was originally released in theaters in 1979. It culminated ten years…

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Journey to Babel - Bonus Trek 10, Ep 151 36:47

2+ y ago36:47

36:47

The Original Series episode Journey to Babel is considered by many to be one of the best. It featured several "firsts" for the show. Among them was seeing Spock's parents and several alien species that would play a major role in the franchise in the decades to come. Co-hosts Kelly Casto and Bob Turner explore Journey to Babel and ask the question, …

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Vazquez Rocks - Bonus Trek 9, Ep 150 20:58

2+ y ago20:58

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It’s a place here on Earth that feels like it's an alien landscape. That’s probably why we’ve seen it used as another world so many times in TV and film. Including Star Trek. Vasquez Rocks, located just north of Los Angeles, has been used many, many times for “on location” shooting for the franchise. The craggy, rocky landscape has been seen in 10 …

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Strange New Worlds - Bonus Trek 8, Ep 149 30:37

2+ y ago30:37

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One of the Star Trek productions coming in 2022 is Strange New Worlds. It will be the story of Captain Pike and the Enterprise crew before Captain Kirk commanded the ship. Since the show hasn’t premiered yet, we don’t know much about it. But co-hosts Kelly Casto and Bob Turner take a look at what we do know so far, and run through the cast. It’s th…

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Old Trek vs New Trek - Bonus Trek 7, Ep 148 46:43

2+ y ago46:43

46:43

In July of 2021, the YouTube channel "The Popcast” posted a video entitled "This is how STRANGE NEW WORLDS will bring OLD TREK and NEW TREK Together!" The video discussed the divide between fans of Old Trek, Star Trek episodes and movies produced between 1966 and 2005, and fans of New Trek that began with J.J. Abrams 2009 Star Trek film. The video …

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James Bond - Bonus Trek 6, Ep 147 44:46

2+ y ago44:46

44:46

With the release of the film No Time to Die in the fall of 2021, James Bond is back in the popular culture again. It’s the 25th Bond film, and co-hosts Bob Turner and Kelly Casto of The Unofficial Trek Podcast thought it might be fun to have a chat about their favorite British spy. What does Bond have to do with Trek, you might ask? Well, the two f…

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Dyson Spheres - Bonus Trek 5, Ep 146 36:21

2+ y ago36:21

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Imagine flying through the galaxy, minding your own business and suddenly you see a structure that is very large. It's so big, in fact, that it surrounds a star! It's a Dyson Sphere! This week we explore the concept of a Dyson Sphere, first seen in the Star Trek universe in the Season 6 episode "Relics" from The Next Generation. First proposed in 1…

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Star Trek in Vegas - Bonus Trek 4, Ep 145 45:25

2+ y ago45:25

45:25

Imagine driving through downtown Las Vegas and looking up to see a giant, life-sized USS Enterprise. That almost happened in the early 1990s. But the project morphed into something very different and became The Star Trek Experience. Hosts Bob Turner and Kelly Casto give their "unofficial" take on both projects and talk about their experiences visit…

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Did Scott Bakula Kill Enterprise? - Bonus Trek 3, Ep 144 21:35

2+ y ago21:35

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Here's episode 3 from The Unofficial Trek Podcast: A recent article from the website RedShirtsAlwaysDie.com reports that UPN Executives blamed beloved Star Trek Actor Scott Bakula for the bad ratings that the show experienced in its second, third and fourth seasons. Hosts Bob Turner and Kelly Casto give their "unofficial" take on what led to the ca…

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The Klingon Battle Cruiser - Bonus Trek 2, Ep 143 37:11

2+ y ago37:11

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The co-hosts of 70s Trek, Bob Turner and Kelly Casto, have launched a new show called The Unofficial Trek Podcast. In this show, hosts Bob Turner and Kelly Casto give their "unofficial" take on the concepts, the people and the news pertaining to the Star Trek Universe. It's a fascinating time for Star Trek, with a flood of content about it on the i…

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CBS/Paramount Merger - Bonus Trek 1, Ep 142 29:17

5y ago29:17

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Welcome to this Bonus Trek episode of 70s Trek. We wanted to get back together and talk about the recent news of the re-merger between CBS and Paramount. And it officially happened on August 13. Now the larger company, CBS, will absorb the newer version of Viacom which owns BET, Comedy Central...and Paramount.…

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This is the End - Episode 141 52:06

5y ago52:06

52:06

We've told the story of Star Trek in the 1970s. So this is the end.

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Moonraker - Episode 140 50:54

5y ago50:54

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It started as a 1955 spy novel by Ian Fleming. But it took over 24 years for the book to be made into a movie. And other than the name, the film barely resembled the book. But the producers of the James Bond movies deliberately chose this story because of what was happening in the 1970s. We chose to do this movie as a 70s Trek episode because one o…

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Battlestar Galactica - Episode 138 1:00:35

5y ago1:00:35

1:00:35

It started as an ambitious theatrical film. After performing well in theaters, Battlestar Galactica became a weekly TV series on the ABC network. But when people think of the original Battlestar Galactica, they think of it being a rip off of Star Wars, or being outdated and very stuck in the style of the 1970s. But it’s actually a ground-breaking s…

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Star Trek and the 1980s - Episode 137 58:28

5y ago58:28

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Just three weeks after the premier of Star Trek The Motion Picture, the decade of the 1980s began. With the new decade came an explosion in popularity for the Star Trek franchise and it all happened with The Motion Picture. For most critics and moviegoers, though, the film was a disappointment. It didn’t live up to the expectations. But luckily, th…

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Star Trek...Today - Episode 130 28:38

5y ago28:38

28:38

Since 2009 there has been three new Star Trek movies, one new series with another four reportedly in development. Yet enthusiasm for the franchise among die hard fans is low. What’s going on? We’ll explore what is going on in Star Trek today in this episode. What's Going on? When it comes to connected TV and film universes, Star Trek was the first …

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Our Star Trek Bibliography - Episode 129 52:52

5y ago52:52

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Throughout the run of 70s Trek we’ve been telling you about what happened in the 1970s. But how did we get our information? We did a lot of digging and looked at multiple sources for each episode. This week we tell you about those sources. Anyone who has written a research paper in high school or college will remember that there are two types of so…

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Marc Cushman's New Book, Part 2 - Episode 128 53:16

5y ago53:16

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In this episode of 70s Trek, it's part 2 of our conversation with author Marc Cushman as he tells us stories from his new book, These Are the Voyages: Gene Roddenberry and Star Trek in the 1970s, Volume 1. Cushman wrote three volumes on The Original Series entitled, These Are the Voyages. Each was an episode by episode examination of the production…

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Marc Cushman's New Book - Episode 127 41:24

5y ago41:24

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The 1970s were a fascinating time. In fact, they brought about the Star Trek franchise. Without the ‘70s, Trek would not have had the success it experienced in the ‘80s, ‘90s and beyond. That’s why it’s so interesting that a new book is being released about Star Trek in the the decade of the 1970s. To quote a most popular Vulcan, this book is “Fasc…

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How The Motion Picture Changed Star Trek - Ep 126 53:44

5+ y ago53:44

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Star Trek The Motion Picture not only marked the return of Trek, but it also changed The Star Trek universe in multiple ways. In fact, it would never be the same again. In some ways those changes were good and in some ways they caused problems. Consider the conundrum that the new Klingon foreheads represented! But the film took the universe in a co…

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Star Trek in Dynamite Magazine - Episode 124 25:01

5+ y ago25:01

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During the 1970s, it was one of the most widely read magazines by kids. Dynamite Magazine was published by Scholastic, Inc. from 1974 to 1992. During its run, it was the most successful magazine for the company...ever! Dynamite was an educational magazine that was distributed through schools. So it was widely read by kids. If you were a public scho…

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Star Trek The Motion Picture - Episode 123 52:09

5+ y ago52:09

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Gene Roddenberry and Paramount had been working on it for 4-½ years, and fans had been waiting for over ten. In December 1979, it was finally here. Star Trek The Motion Picture was in theaters. And this week we will be going to the movies as co-hosts Bob turner and Kelly Casto finally talk about this film. It was December 7, 1979. The decade of the…

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Star Trek Producer John D.F. Black - Episode 122 33:48

5+ y ago33:48

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He was one of the original producers of Star Trek and helped launch the show. John D. F. Black was hired in 1966 as an Executive Story Consultant. He passed away in November 2018 at the age of 85. With his passing so recent, we felt it appropriate to remember him on this episode of 70s Trek.

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The Corbomite Maneuver - Episode 121 41:37

5+ y ago41:37

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It was the 10th episode to air in the first season, but was actually the first one to go in front of the cameras after Star Trek had been sold to NBC. The Corbomite Maneuver aired on November 10, 1966. And despite it being made over 50 years ago, it is still a really good episode. As 70s Trek approaches Star Trek’s first movie, we thought it would …

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Star Trek The Motion Picture's Premiere - Episode 120 36:15

5+ y ago36:15

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It was the first major film adaptation of a TV show...A show that had been off the air for ten years! December 7th, 1979: It’s the day Star Trek The Motion Picture premiered. And fans had been eagerly awaiting this day for ten years. In his book “Star Trek Creator,” David Alexander described that Gene Roddenberry and Robert Wise worked on the film …

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Star Trek and The 1970s - Episode 118 1:17:30

5+ y ago1:17:30

1:17:30

The tagline of 70s Trek has been, “The decade that built a franchise.” This week, we take a deep dive into the 1970s. The show has been about how Gene Roddenberry, Paramount Pictures and others worked in the 70s to bring Star Trek back. But it’s also our contention that the decade itself was a major player in Trek’s return, too. So this week, we’re…

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Star Trek Designer Syd Mead - Episode 117 8:35

5+ y ago8:35

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On this episode of 70s Trek, we’ll discuss the man who designed V’Ger. Syd Mead was brought in to do one job: That was designing something strange and unusual for the alien craft seen in Star Trek The Motion Picture. What he created was actually the second V’Ger model. The first was made by Abel and Associates. It didn’t turn out so well...just lik…

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Star Trek The Motion Picture: The Novel Part 2 - Ep 116 42:16

5+ y ago42:16

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This week we are wrapping up Gene Roddenberry’s novelization of Star Trek The Motion Picture. This was Gene’s only book and was based on an early script by Harold Livingston. Of course, the script was based on a story by Alan Dean Foster, the author of the Log books during the 70s. In this episode, Bob Turner and Kelly Casto will look at chapters 1…

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Star Trek The Motion Picture: The Novel - Ep 115 33:53

5+ y ago33:53

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It’s the first Star Trek novel published by Pocket Books, and the only book Gene Roddenberry ever wrote. The novelization of Star Trek The Motion Picture was based on an earlier version of Harold Livingston’s script. Because of that, there are some distinct differences between the movie and the book. Co-hosts Bob Turner and Kelly Casto tell you wha…

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Stephen Collins & Persis Khambata - Episode 114 29:20

5+ y ago29:20

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When Star Trek The Motion Picture hit theaters, fans saw two new additions to the cast. During The Original Series, we got to meet guest characters that helped to tell that week’s story. But they were never members of the crew. But when we meet Decker and Ilia, they are the first, new, significant crew members to join the ship since Ensign Chekov i…

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Star Trek Marvel Comics - Episode 113 37:33

5+ y ago37:33

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As the promotion for Star Trek The Motion Picture geared up, Paramount made sure there was plenty of merchandise released to promote the film in December 1979. One of those items was a comic adaptation of the film. Gold Key Comics had been publishing its Star Trek series since 1967. With a new Star Trek movie about to be released, Paramount decided…

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Star Trek's Bob Justman - Episode 111 45:30

5+ y ago45:30

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He is an unsung hero from The Original Series. Associate producer Bob Justman was a key figure in keeping the production side of Star Trek functioning on time ...and on budget. He came to Star Trek in 1965 and started at the beginning, working on the first pilot, The Cage. Justman stayed until 1968, working on 14 of the 24 shows in the third season…

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John Dykstra - Episode 110 31:35

5+ y ago31:35

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When it comes to special effects professionals from the 1970s, two names came to mind: Douglas Trumbull and John Dykstra. When Doug Trumbull was brought in to do the effects on Star Trek The Motion Picture, he was given carte blanche to get them produced on time. To do this, he recruited a team of some of the best visual effects people in the world…

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Post Production on The Motion Picture - Episode 108 31:00

5+ y ago31:00

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Principal photography wrapped on Star Trek The Motion Picture on January 26, 1979. Most of the cast and crew headed off to other work. But director Robert Wise and those working on the film’s post production stayed on the job. They had less than 11 months to get the film ready. The Final Shot The last scene shot for the film was the one that saw De…

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Merchandise for Star Trek The Motion Picture - Ep 107 38:18

5+ y ago38:18

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The premiere of Star Trek The Motion Picture was set for December 7, 1979. As that date grew closer in the fall of '79, there was a flood of products released into stores, all designed to help promote the film. On this episode of 70s Trek, co-hosts Bob Turner and Kelly Casto discuss some of the products that tied into the film. The merchandise that…

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Star Trek Composer Jerry Goldsmith - Episode 105 38:55

6y ago38:55

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With his work on Star Trek The Motion Picture, he created the musical template for the franchise for the next 26 years. Composer Jerry Goldsmith re-imagined what Star Trek music could be in 1979. He created a score unlike anything that had come before. This week, co-hosts Bob Turner and Kelly Casto talk about this award-winning composer who made a …

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The Voyager Space Probes - Episode 104 43:02

6y ago43:02

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When it was revealed at the end of Star Trek The Motion Picture that a Voyager probe was actually the mysterious V’Ger, moviegoers experienced instant recognition. Voyager 1 and 2 had launched just two years before and in 1979, both probes were in the news again as they approached Jupiter. So audiences easily recognized the name and the shape of th…

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Superman The Movie - Episode 103 1:22:25

6y ago1:22:25

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In 1978, a movie hit theaters that showed just how far special effects had come. Superman The Movie Wowed audiences and set the bar really high when it came to special effects. The tagline in the marketing campaign for Superman The Movie was, “You’ll believe a man can fly.” That tagline was something of a message to the creators of the new Star Tre…

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Star Trek's Douglas Trumbull - Episode 102 41:09

6y ago41:09

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In 1979, visual effects supervisor Doug Trumbull walked into an impossible situation on The Motion Picture and completely turned it around. Douglas Trumbull It’s fair to say that when you think about visual effects from the 1970s, two names come to mind: John Dykstra and Doug Trumbull. During the 1960s and 70s, Trumbull developed an impressive resu…

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The Star Trek Audio Adventures - Episode 101 53:56

6y ago53:56

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In the 1970s, there was a version of Star Trek produced that did not feature the original actors. The audio adventures of Star Trek produced by Power Records did have a different cast and featured all-new stories of the crew of the Enterprise. They stand out as something unique in the 1970s. It is the first produced version of Star Trek that featur…

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Star Trek's Dorothy Fontana - Episode 100 27:40

6y ago27:40

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She was not only a major contributor to The Original Series, but also broke new ground for women in the 1960s. Dorothy Fontana went from Gene Roddenberry’s secretary to being the Script Consultant on the show in just a few months. It was her story telling skill and intellect that made those stories she touched...memorable. She achieved what few wom…

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Production Begins on The Motion Picture - Episode 99 42:48

6y ago42:48

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It was the moment that many Star Trek fans thought would never happen. Production on The Motion Picture began on August 7, 1978. After being off the air for nine years and experiencing so many false starts, it seemed hard to believe that work on a Star Trek project was really happening! It had been 3,497 days since production ended on the last epis…

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The Refitted Enterprise - Episode 98 26:19

6y ago26:19

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When Paramount decided to make Star Trek The Motion Picture, executives wanted to make sure that everything got updated from the 60s show. That included the Enterprise. This week we tell you about how the starship was redesigned. The Origins The legendary Matt Jeffries designed the original Enterprise. And when Star Trek Phase II was in pre-product…

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Star Trek The Motion Picture Uniforms - Episode 96 32:18

6y ago32:18

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One of the hallmarks of The Original Series was its use of color. In the mid to late 60s, color TVs were finally available and Star Trek went out of its way to make use of that new technology with colorful uniforms, sets and lighting. But as pre-production was under way on The Motion Picture, director Robert Wise decided to take the film in a very …

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The Episode That Best Exemplifies Star Trek - Episode 95 32:17

6y ago32:17

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Is there one episode from Star Trek, The Original Series that best exemplifies the show? Co-hosts Bob Turner and Kelly Casto believe there is and they tell you their choices on this episode of 70s Trek. Which Episode Is It? Pretend that you have a friend that has never seen Star Trek before. You want to recommend an episode that really exemplifies …

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Star Trek The Motion Picture Script - Episode 94 32:29

6y ago32:29

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The word “script” is defined as “the written text of a play, movie, or broadcast.” Yet is so much more that that, too. The script is also a road map that leads the actors, the production team and even the viewers through a story to a fulfilling end. Good scripts leave you feeling satisfied. Bad scripts make you confused. And in 1978, everyone was c…

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Star Trek Redshirt Moments - Episode 93 23:13

6y ago23:13

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Their job is to die! These characters serve the role of giving the writer someone to kill so the main characters don’t have to. Of course we're talking about the "Redshirts." The term “Redshirt” in our culture has taken on the meaning of an unimportant person who can be sacrificed. Of course, it originated on Star Trek as fans watched red-shirted s…

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Star Trek Director Robert Wise - Episode 92 36:15

6y ago36:15

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He’s the person who brought Star Trek to the big screen. Director Robert Wise had a long and notable career before coming to Star Trek. When producers were looking for a director, his name jumped off the page! The hiring of Wise was a sign that the project was legitimate and the power of Paramount was behind it. It's also a sign that Gene Roddenber…

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The Mego Toy Company - Episode 90 41:28

6y ago41:28

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The new Netflix documentary The Toys That Made Us is a gret way to look back at some of the toys you maight have played with as a child. The first Episode of season 2 is all about Star Trek toys. The episode spends a considerable amount of time discussing the Mego Corporation. that is the company that made, among other things, the Star Trek line of…

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Pre Production on Star Trek The Motion Picture - Episode 89 32:39

6y ago32:39

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In the 1970s, Star Trek’s return had taken many forms. Multiple rejected movie ideas had finally led to one being green-lighted, The Planet of the Titans. But ultimately, Paramount cancelled that project too. But In June 1977, Paramount announced its plans to create a 4th TV network with a new Star Trek show, Phase II, as the anchor. But just two m…

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