Enterprising Individuals

The Borg have set their cyborg sights on Earth and it's up to the crew of the Enterprise-E to travel through time to stop them. We're presenting our live panel about Star Trek: First Contact, recorded at the CONvergence convention in 2022, with featured guests Mikanhana, Mark McPherson, Rachel Traynham, and Blaze Ward!On this episode, we talk about one of the Trek franchise's most beloved films and how it earned that esteem. Plus, we discuss moistened Borg, the "olden days", "pulp speed", Scorsese Trek, getting actors of gravitas, taking your ship's neck away, the pleasures of the (grafted) flesh, developing a sense of drama, doing Donahue, how the Borg *aren't* bees, and ice floeing yourself!Assimilate this!Do yourself a favor and check out the works of our fabulous guests!Mikanhana - http://www.twitter.com/noob_sailorMark McPherson - http://www.twitter.com/madness_markRachel Traynham - http://www.twitter.com/sship_suburbiaBlaze Ward - http://www.blazeward.comFollow Just Enough Trope and Sailor Moon on Twitt

This week, we say goodbye to the first lady of Star Trek, Nichelle Nichols, the actress behind Uhura as well as NASA ambassador and civil rights icon.#RIPNichelleNicholsFind out the stories behind your favorite Trek episodes with BackTrekking!http://www.twitter.com/backtrekkingCommunicate with us on Facebook and Twitter and the Just Enough Trope Discord!http://www.facebook.com/eistpodhttp://www.twitter.com/eistpodhttps://discord.gg/ATMBeUDJoin our crew on Patreon!http://www.patreon.com/eistpodSubscribe to the show on iTunes!https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/enterprising-individuals/id1113165661?mt=2

Get ready to be inside joy this week as we finally reach the first TNG film: "Star Trek: Generations"!Mikanhana of Sailor Noob and Just Enough Trope returns to the show this week to discuss the Next Generation crew's first foray onto the big screen. When the Enterprise-D responds to an innocent distress call, her crew finds themselves drawn into an interstellar conspiracy with a deadly purpose. Picard must literally race against time to save his crew and prevent more destruction and he'll need the help of a long "dead" Starfleet legend...Captain James T. Kirk!The TOS series of films had its ups and downs, but it went out about as well as it possibly could with the excellent Star Trek VI. Now, it was a new crew's turn to take the reins. A crew who had proven popularity on the small screen but was yet untested at the box-office. What began as a possibly calculated move--the inclusion of former franchise star William Shatner in the film--became instead a unique and rewarding opportunity to let both franchises me

This week, Ella Pearson of the Generations Geek podcast and Discoverage returns to the show to talk about the year in new Trek, from Lower Decks Season 2 to Strange New Worlds Season 1, we're talking about nearly a YEAR'S worth of new Trek shows!Listen to Generations Geek and follow Star Trek Unlimited on Twitter!http://www.generationsgeek.comhttps://twitter.com/TrekUnlimitedFind out the stories behind your favorite Trek episodes with BackTrekking!http://www.twitter.com/backtrekkingCommunicate with us on Facebook and Twitter and the Just Enough Trope Discord!http://www.facebook.com/eistpodhttp://www.twitter.com/eistpodhttps://discord.gg/ATMBeUDJoin our crew on Patreon!http://www.patreon.com/eistpodSubscribe to the show on iTunes!https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/enterprising-individuals/id1113165661?mt=2

We are talking LIVE about the #StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds finale "A Quality of Mercy"! Tweet at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage to join our conversation currently in progress! #startrek

We are talking LIVE about the #StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds episode "All Those Who Wander"! Tweet at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage to join our conversation currently in progress! #startrek

We are talking LIVE about the #StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds episode "The Elysian Kingdom"! Tweet at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage to join our conversation currently in progress! #startrek

The Original Series crew goes out with a bang this week as we explore "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country"!New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Catherynne M. Valente returns to the show this week to discuss the triumphal exit of the TOS crew from the cinematic stage. When an ecological disaster threatens the existence of the Klingon empire, Kirk and the Enterprise are sent to ease their transition into the interstellar political community. But when the Klingon High Chancellor is assassinated and the blame falls on Kirk, the Klingon's greatest for will have to put aside his own prejudice to stop another century of war!The Star Trek film franchise--perhaps always on a somewhat shaky ground--was fully in crisis with the failure of Star Trek V. With the 25th anniversary of the franchise approaching and a new series in syndication, Paramount turned to their reliable savior Nicholas Meyer, who had twice before flipped the script on what audiences expected from a Trek tale. The result was a rousing se

We are talking LIVE about the #StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds episode "The Serene Squall"! Tweet at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage to join our conversation currently in progress! #startrek

We're back after a break with an all new episode looking at religion and faith in Star Trek! Humanity in the future has no time to gather laurel leaves but how does Trek depict our innate need to seek the unknown?Follow Mika and Just Enough Trope on Twitter and listen to the show!https://twitter.com/mikanhanahttps://twitter.com/justenoughtropehttp://www.justenoughtrope.comFind out the stories behind your favorite Trek episodes with BackTrekking!http://www.twitter.com/backtrekkingCommunicate with us on Facebook and Twitter and the Just Enough Trope Discord!http://www.facebook.com/eistpodhttp://www.twitter.com/eistpodhttps://discord.gg/ATMBeUDJoin our crew on Patreon!http://www.patreon.com/eistpodSubscribe to the show on iTunes!https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/enterprising-individuals/id1113165661?mt=2

We are talking LIVE about the #StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds episodes “Spock Amok" and "Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach"! Tweet at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage to join our conversation currently in progress! #startrek

We are talking LIVE about the #StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds episode “Memento Mori"! Tweet at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage to join our conversation currently in progress! #startrek

We are talking LIVE about the #StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds episode “Ghosts of Illyria"! Tweet at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage to join our conversation currently in progress! #startrek

We are talking LIVE about the #StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds episode “Children of the Comet"! Tweet at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage to join our conversation currently in progress! #startrek

Break out the marshmelons 'cause we're sharing our pain over the beautiful mess of "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier"!Writer and podcaster Joe Mazel joins the show this week to discuss the installment of the Trek film franchise that everyone loves to hate (or hates to love). Life is returning to normal for the crew of the Enterprise-A, if you can ignore the ship's gremlins and Bones's singing. But when Kirk and crew are ordered to deal with a hostage crisis, they'll be pulled into a tale of false prophets, long lost brothers, and the secrets of the universe!No film could have adequately followed the commercial and critical success of The voyage Home, so it's perhaps fitting that Star Trek V was such an odd and experimental departure for the franchise. Even though the production of the film itself was almost derailed by behind-the-scenes disasters, The Final Frontier had the courage to challenge what fans expected from a Trek feature and explore the seldom-considered topic of faith and religion in the 23rd cent

We are talking LIVE about the #StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds premiere “Strange New Worlds"! Tweet at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage to join our conversation currently in progress! #startrek

We are talking LIVE about the #StarTrekPicard episodes “Hide and Seek" and "Farewell"! Tweet at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage to join our conversation currently in progress! #startrek

This week, Ben Harrison and Adam Pranica of The Greatest Generation Podcast are back on the show to talk Star Trek IV, comedy and Trek, and going back on the road with their Double Dumbass Tour!Follow Greatest Gen on Twitter and listen to the show!https://twitter.com/greatesttrekhttps://gagh.bizFind out the stories behind your favorite Trek episodes with BackTrekking!http://www.twitter.com/backtrekkingCommunicate with us on Facebook and Twitter and the Just Enough Trope Discord!http://www.facebook.com/eistpodhttp://www.twitter.com/eistpodhttps://discord.gg/ATMBeUDJoin our crew on Patreon!http://www.patreon.com/eistpodSubscribe to the show on iTunes!https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/enterprising-individuals/id1113165661?mt=2

We are talking LIVE about the #StarTrekPicard episode “Mercy"! Tweet at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage to join our conversation currently in progress! #startrek

We're eating both sides of the whale this week as we dive into the most unique entry in the Trek film franchise: "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home"!Comedian and podcaster Asterios Kokkinos returns to the show to discuss the Trek film that lets the TOS show their comedic chops. Kirk and his mutinous crew return to Earth to face judgment only to find the planet under siege from a mysterious and powerful probe. To save humanity, they'll have to travel back to our civilization's darkest and most savage era: the 1980s!Being a film about time-travelling astronauts looking for whales and plexiglass, Star Trek IV is absurd on its face. But Trek manages to communicate a deeper and more relevant environmental message as the crew of the Enterprise stumbles through the San Francisco of their past, and only the veteran talents of the Original Series cast could make their journey so funny and relatable. On this episode, we talk about the daring decision to make a Trek comedy, the classic '80s sci-fi films of the decade, findi