Episode 579: Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

Special Guests: Alan Dean Foster, Jon Povill, Walter Koenig
Guest Co-Hosts: A.J. Black, Trevor Gumbel

Sci Fi July begins with the first entry in the Star Trek film franchise, Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979). After a decade without a live-action version of Star Trek the crew reunite to embark on a very familiar mission: a Gene Roddenberry special where a god-like creature judges humanity to be lacking.

Our episode features interviews with story writer Alan Dean Foster, associate producer Jon Povill, and actor Walter Koenig.

A.J. Black and Trevor Gumbel join Mike to discuss the unusual path to the big screen the film took as well as how it forges a link between "TOS" and "TNG".

Correction: It was Star Trek: Voyager that lead UPN, not Star Trek: The Next Generation (which was syndicated).

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Buy Star Trek: The Motion Picture 4K
Buy The Making of Star Trek: The Motion Picture by Susan Sackett & Gene Roddenberry
Buy Chekov's Enterprise: A Personal Journal of the Making of Star Trek: The Motion Picture by Walter Koenig Buy Beaming Up and Getting Off: Life Before and Beyond Star Trek by Walter Koenig
Buy These Are the Voyages: Gene Roddenberry and Star Trek in the 1970s, Volume 3 (1978-1980) by Marc Cushman
Buy Return to Tomorrow: The Filming of Star Trek - The Motion Picture by Preston Neal Jones
Buy Star Trek: The Motion Picture: The Art and Visual Effects by Jeff Bond
Buy Star Trek, History and Us: Reflections of the Present and Past Throughout the Franchise by A.J. Black
Read about The Star Trek Happy Meal
Read about the differences between the versions of Star Trek: The Motion Picture

Music:
All Music From Star Trek: The Motion Picture Original Soundtrack Remastered & Expanded by Jerry Goldsmith

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Special Report: The Intruder (1962)

Special Guest: Jason V. Brock
Guest Co-Host: Elric Kane, Chris Stachiw

On this special episode of The Projection Booth, we're looking at the 1962 film from Roger Corman, The Intruder. The film stars William Shatner as Adam Cramer, a stranger who comes to the Southern town of Caxton, a town on the brink of school integration. Cramer is there to stop integration or, moreover, he’s there to stir up trouble.

The film was written by Charles Beaumont who based the screenplay on his own novel of the same name.

Elric Kane and Chris Stachiw join Mike to discuss this remarkable and disturbing film that demonstrates how a demagogue can rise to power by stoking the fires of fear and hatred.

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Buy The Intruder by Charles Beaumont
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Visit Jasunni Productions
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Listen to The Kolchak Tapes episode on The Norliss Tapes to hear William F. Nolan discuss his role in The Intruder

Music:
"Conscience" - Herman Stein
"Guts" - Herman Stein

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Episode 78: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)

Special Guest: Nicholas Meyer

Are you familiar with the Klingon proverb that revenge is a dish best served cold? It is very cold in space... The first sequel in the Star Trek film franchise, The Wrath of Khan brought adventure and excitement back along with an old face, Khan (Ricardo Montalbán).

We're joined this week by Chris Cummins of Hibernation Sickness as we talk about this favorite of the Star Trek series.

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Buy Nicholas Meyers's The View from the Bridge
Buy William Shatner's Star Trek Movie Memories
Buy Star Trek II on DVD
Read about Khan's son at Badass Digest
Visit Chris Cummins's Hibernation Sickness site

Watch James Horner on the Khan score:
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Episode Nine: Free Enterprise (1998)

Special Guest: Robert Burnett

Et tu, Brute?

Mike stabs Mondo Justin in the back, and breaks his heart this week as the duo get into a very heated debate over this much beloved William Shatner cult comedy classic.

Join Mike and Mondo Justin as they get into a lengthy discussion with Free Enterprise co-writer/director Robert Meyer Burnett. Burnett does his best Shatner "Khan" yell and he expresses his distaste for the J.J. Abrams re-imagining.

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Listen to the We Hate Movies episode on Free Enterprise
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