Tue, 18 October 2016
Scott Pearson and his daughter discuss the latest Star Trek movie in the Kelvinverse established by J.J. Abrams. Is the third time the charm?
Segments Intro :28 Star Trek (2009) recap :49 Star Trek Into Darkness recap 3:06 Star Trek Beyond 8:17 Three Years Gone 10:44 Mopey Kirk 11:22 Plot Echoes 12:50 Yorktown? More Like Crazytown 13:14 A Tale of Two Sulus 14:00 Subtle Husband and Daughter 15:47 Spock and Uhuru…On a Break? 18:16 When Good Rescues Go Bad 18:45 Jaylah! Jaylah! Jaylah! 20:50 Carol Marcus? No, Thanks 21:45 Spock and Uhura Up in a Tree 22:55 A Motorcycle on a Spaceship? 24:43 Shout Out to the NX-01 25:34 The Big Bad Guy 26:02 Hiding Things in Your Head 27:18 Jaylah and Scotty NOT in a Tree 28:50 Subtle Husband on the Bridge 29:50 Crazytown Chase Scene 31:18 More on the Big Bad Guy 32:24 Bad Guys: Redeemable or Not 33:34 Of Borg and Puppies 36:51 Final Scenes 38:32 Fans’ Hearts Breaking 39:15 A Trek for 2016 41:28 Beyond Star Trek Beyond 44:00 Star Trek Discovery 44:33
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Mon, 5 September 2016
 Episode 37, Bats and Supes
Scott Pearson and his daughter discuss Man of Steel and Batman versus Superman: Dawn of Justice and how they build the DC Extended Universe. Plus, they’re both excited about the Wonder Woman trailer.
Intro :28 First Time Viewer :48 Man of Steel 1:35 Supes—Why So Serious? 1:58 Saving Lois Lane 4:10 Meanwhile, Back on Krypton 6:02 This is a Secret Identity? 8:38 Not So Super, Boy 9:05 A Time for Emo Superman? 11:53 He’s a Wanderer 13:01 Lois of the Arctic 14:10 Zod on Earth 16:33 Ouch, Metropolis 19:03 Final Supes Thoughts 20:27 Batman versus Superman 22:32 What’s Batman’s Deal? 22:45 Clark & Bruce & Lex & Diane 24:12 Adam West Shout Out 26:25 Ouch, Metropolis Redux 27:30 Straight to Kill 28:07 Google Gotham & Metropolis 28:30 Bats, Supes, and Killing 30:08 Building DCEU v. MCU 32:19 Diane’s Laptop 33:42 Wonder Woman Before Black Widow?! 34:58 Wonder Woman & Bats and Supes & Doomsday 36:31 Bats and Supes Make Nice 38:03 Death of Supes and Clark 39:06 Final Bats and Supes Thoughts 40:36 Wonder Woman Trailer 42:44
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Mon, 18 April 2016
 Episode 36, Superhero League Adventure Squad
Science fiction writer Scott Pearson (Star Trek: The Original Series: The More Things Change) and his daughter welcome comic book artist Christopher Jones to chat about his work for DC and Marvel plus his life as a geek, his favorite superhero, conventions, Doctor Who, and more!
Segments Intro :29 Geek Origin Story :56 First Comic Strip 3:48 Advice for Comic Artists 6:10 Going Pro 11:40 Young Heroes in Love 16:50 Justice League Adventures 18:19 The Batman Strikes! 18:51 Animation Properties 20:21 Favorite Characters (Hint: Flying Mammal) 21:50 Other Favorites 26:40 Parallel Man 27:19 Other Comic Companies 31:02 Current Project: Also Known As 33:31 Conventions and Fandom 35:07 Young Justice 39:29 Superhero TV 45:41 Marvel Cinematic Universe 53:00 Doctor Who 55:18 Chris Jones: Niche Celebrity 1:05:03 Upcoming Projects And Cons 1:08:39
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Wed, 3 February 2016
Science fiction writer Scott Pearson (Star Trek: The Original Series: The More Things Change) and his daughter reminisce about Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and The World’s End, the thematic trilogy of films from Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg. This is a Special Grup Edition of the podcast—PG talk about R-rated movies.
Segments Intro :28 Shaun of the Dead 1:30 Hot Fuzz 21:14 The World’s End 33:47
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Tue, 17 November 2015
Segments Intro :31 Voyager: The TV Series 1:07 Binge Watching 2:10 First Impressions 4:46 The Captains Janeway 12:25 The Strong Women of Voyager 16:01 What Happened to the Maquis? 18:03 Kess, We Hardly Knew Ye 19:11 The Long Dark Night of the Kazon 23:40 Favorite Episodes 28:44 Not-So-Favorite Episodes 36:17 Favorite Characters 42:12 Looking Back Twenty Years 49:26 Voyager: The Novel Series 55:00
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Sun, 27 September 2015
 Episode 33, Hey, Robots!RIGHT CLICK IMAGE TO SAVE EPISODE TO YOUR COMPUTER.
Science fiction writer Scott Pearson (Star Trek: The Original Series: The More Things Change) and his daughter discuss androids in the movies and on television. Westworld, I, Robot, and A.I. are covered, as well as Humans, Almost Human, and more, including shout outs to Star Trek’s Data. Recurring motifs of robot movies and the philosophical and ethical implications of artificial intelligence are also pondered. Double-length episode!
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Intro :30
Westworld 1:04 [sorry about audio trouble; fixed in the rest of the show]
Humans 15:30
Almost Human 34:51
I, Robot 42:50
A.I. 1:01:37
Final Thoughts 1:29:10
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Mon, 3 August 2015
Science fiction writer Scott Pearson (Star Trek: The Original Series: The More Things Change) and his daughter talk about the Jurassic Park trilogy as well as Jurassic World, discussing how all the original movies hold up compared with each other and the latest entry in the series. Because dinosaurs.
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Unfortunately, no Barneys were hurt in the making of these films.
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Mon, 25 May 2015
(RIGHT CLICK THE IMAGE TO SAVE THIS EPISODE TO YOUR COMPUTER) Episode 31, The Spider-Men Science fiction writer Scott Pearson (Star Trek: The Original Series: The More Things Change) and his daughter talk about four versions of Spider-Man, starting with the 1977 made-for-TV movie, The Amazing Spider-Man, starring Nicholas Hammond as the web slinger. Then they move on to three more recent incarnations: Tobey Maguire’s Spider-Man, Andrew Garfield’s The Amazing Spider-Man, and Drake Bell’s animated Ultimate Spider-Man. Segments Intro :30 Dedication :40 The Amazing Spider-Man (1977) 1:42 Spider-Man (2002) 6:24 The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) 15:35 Ultimate Spider-Man (2012) 26:41
Final Thoughts 30:29
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Mon, 30 March 2015
(RIGHT CLICK THE IMAGE TO SAVE THIS EPISODE TO YOUR COMPUTER) Episode 30, Gaslight Geeks Science fiction writer Scott Pearson (Star Trek: The Original Series: The More Things Change) and his daughter talk with author Carrie Patel about her debut novel, the steampunkish The Buried Life, its upcoming sequel Cities and Thrones, both from Angry Robot, and her narrative work on computer games for Obsidian Entertainment. Segments Intro :30 Getting Your First Novel Published :57 The Buried Life in a Nutshell 2:39 Future Steampunk 3:00 Developing the Story 4:01 Cities and Thrones 6:38 Writing Your Second Novel 7:57 Wrapping Up a Trilogy 9:36 Other Fiction Projects 10:04 Social Trends and a New Sci-Fi Novel 11:26 More Thoughts on The Buried Life 13:40 Writing Computer RPG Narratives 15:15 Girls, Geekdom, and Conventions 17:37 Playing Games 21:31 Physics, Driving, and Weather 28:11 Conventions and Blogs and Such 30:36
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Mon, 23 February 2015
(RIGHT CLICK THE IMAGE TO SAVE THIS EPISODE TO YOUR COMPUTER) Episode 29, The Battle of Three Movies Science fiction writer Scott Pearson (Star Trek: The Original Series: The More Things Change) and his daughter welcome back Kevin Lauderdale (host of the podcast It Has Come to My Attention) and his daughter to look back on Peter Jackson’s adaptation of The Hobbit. Focusing on the third film, The Battle of Five Armies, they discuss how it compares with the first two, how it wrapped up the story, and how it fits into Jackson’s vision of Middle-earth.
Segments Intro :30 A Quick Grading of All Three Movies 1:12 The Death of Smaug 5:30 The Battle of Dol Guldur 9:35 Did We Need Three Movies? 11:55 Where’s Bilbo? 16:15 Thorin, Bilbo, and the Arkenstone 18:05 The Battle of How Many Armies? 21:58 Were-worms? There worms! 24:00 Counting Armies 26:45 Battle Fatigue 29:26 Legolas is Bugs Bunny 31:56 Legolas and Tauriel and Kili 32:45 The Death of Kili 36:13 The Death of Fili 37:31 Billy Connolly 39:20 Pigs and Elks and Goats, Oh My 40:15 Thorin versus Azog 42:00 The Death of Thorin 42:45 The End of Middle-earth Movies 43:45 Alfrid: No, Just NO 48:22 Radagast and the Bunny Sled 54:35 Final Thoughts 55:17 Remake Dreams 59:23
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Episode 38, Star Trek Beyond
Episode 35, The Cornetto Trilogy
Science fiction writer Scott Pearson (Star Trek: The Original Series: The More Things Change) and his daughter welcome New York Times bestselling author Kirsten Beyer to look back on the twentieth anniversary of Star Trek: Voyager as well as her series of Voyager novels which have taken the crew far beyond the show’s finale. 
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