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The Classic TOS Movies with @FirstTimeTrek. Do you remember watching the Star Trek movies for the first time? Andi sure does, because she just did! In this episode of ​Standard Orbit​, Mike and Drew have Andi share her thoughts on each of the 6 original ​Star Trek​ movies. Find out how she feels about each movie without having the benefit of growing up with them! And during the closing we talk about our opinions on the future of the Star Trek series. Hosts Drew Stewart and Mike Schindler Guest Andi (@FirstTimeTrek) Editor and Producer Drew Stewart Executive Producers Norman C. Lao, Matthew Rushing, and C Bryan Jones Associate Producers Renee Roberts and Richard Rutledge, Jr. Production Manager Richard Marquez Content Manager Will Nguyen Chapters Finally Caught Up (00:01:21) The First Picture (00:02:11) The Wrath of First (00:11:22) The First for Spock (00:13:51) The Voyage First (00:26:59) The Final First (00:35:23) The Undiscovered First (00:45:44) TO BE CONTINUED… (00:54:24) Closing (00:56:26) Send us your feedback! Twitter: @trekfm Facebook: http://facebook.com/trekfm Voicemail: http://www.speakpipe.com/trekfm Contact Form: http://www.trek.fm/contact Visit the Trek.fm website at http://trek.fm/ Subscribe in iTunes: http://itunes.com/trekfm Support The Network! Become a Trek.fm Patron on Patreon and help us keep Star Trek talk coming every week. We have great perks for you at http://patreon.com/trekfm

Plato’s Stepchildren Commentary With @FirstTimeTrek. A lot of Season 3 episodes get a bad rap. Do they all deserve it? In this episode of ​Standard Orbit​, Mike and Drew are joined by Andi as she walks us through "Plato's Stepchildren", showing us that it may not be as bad as we think. We compare the episode to such diverse films as ​Airplane!, Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire, and Eyes Wide Shut​, while discovering that it's hard to draw the line between what is embarrassing for the character to do and what the actor has to do. No animals were harmed in the making of this podcast. Hosts Drew Stewart and Mike Schindler Guest Andi (@FirstTimeTrek) Editor and Producer Drew Stewart Executive Producers Norman C. Lao, Matthew Rushing, and C Bryan Jones Associate Producers Rene Roberts and Richard Rutledge, Jr. Production Manager Richard Marquez Content Manager Will Nguyen Chapters Commentary Start (00:03:03) Final Thoughts (00:54:05) Farewells (00:57:30) Closing (00:59:10) Send us your feedback! Twitter: @trekfm Facebook: http://facebook.com/trekfm Voicemail: http://www.speakpipe.com/trekfm Contact Form: http://www.trek.fm/contact Visit the Trek.fm website at http://trek.fm/ Subscribe in iTunes: http://itunes.com/trekfm Support The Network! Become a Trek.fm Patron on Patreon and help us keep Star Trek talk coming every week. We have great perks for you at http://patreon.com/trekfm

Creating The Standard Orbit Canon: The Movies. The time has come to fit the final piece of the puzzle into our canon. In this episode of ​Standard Orbit​, Mike and Drew go through the movies to decide what needs to be kept to tell the story of TOS. Do we need all the movies? Do we only really need ​The Undiscovered Country​? What about those other movies? Each one goes on the chopping block in the lead up to the final reveal of the official "Standard Orbit Canon"! Hosts Drew Stewart and Mike Schindler Editor and Producer Drew Stewart Executive Producers Norman C. Lao, Matthew Rushing, and C Bryan Jones Associate Producer Richard Rutledge, Jr. Production Manager Richard Marquez Content Manager Will Nguyen Chapters The Final Canon (00:00:50) The Motion Picture (00:02:32) The Wrath of Khan (00:07:28) The Search for Spock (00:09:55) The Voyage Home (00:13:09) The Final Frontier (00:15:30) The Undiscovered Country (00:18:35) Star Trek 2009 (00:22:30) Into Darkness (00:27:04) The Final Totals (00:28:44) Closing (00:30:32) Send us your feedback! Twitter: @trekfm Facebook: http://facebook.com/trekfm Voicemail: http://www.speakpipe.com/trekfm Contact Form: http://www.trek.fm/contact Visit the Trek.fm website at http://trek.fm/ Subscribe in iTunes: http://itunes.com/trekfm Support The Network! Become a Trek.fm Patron on Patreon and help us keep Star Trek talk coming every week. We have great perks for you at http://patreon.com/trekfm

IDW Ongoing Comic Comparison: The Redshirt's Tale. Every series needs its "Lower Decks", where we witness events from the point of view of the lesser-known but still important people. In this episode of ​Standard Orbit​, Mike and Drew talk about the IDW comic that tells the story of "The Apple" from the point of view of the redshirts. This issue lets us know what the rest of the crew feels about everyone's rushed promotions at the end of ​Star Trek 2009​, but more importantly, how important redshirts are for a ship to function. We also talk sports mascots, both real and fictional, how the uniforms of background characters may actually be different from the "hero" uniforms, and ponder what sort of Thanksgiving is actually celebrated in the future. Hosts Drew Stewart and Mike Schindler Editor and Producer Drew Stewart Executive Producers Norman C. Lao, Matthew Rushing, and C Bryan Jones Associate Producer Richard Rutledge, Jr. Production Manager Richard Marquez Content Manager Will Nguyen Chapters ​Hendorff (00:02:33) Re-Meeting The Crew (00:05:03) The Redshirt Cliche (00:15:29) The Actual Episode (00:17:46) Cupcake Into Darkness (00:27:17) Closing (00:30:07) Send us your feedback! Twitter: @trekfm Facebook: http://facebook.com/trekfm Voicemail: http://www.speakpipe.com/trekfm Contact Form: http://www.trek.fm/contact Visit the Trek.fm website at http://trek.fm/ Subscribe in iTunes: http://itunes.com/trekfm Support The Network! Become a Trek.fm Patron on Patreon and help us keep Star Trek talk coming every week. We have great perks for you at http://patreon.com/trekfm

Season Three with @FirstTimeTrek. Is the third season of The Original Series really as bad as Trekkies make it seem? Would it break first time watchers having to sit through it? In this episode of Standard Orbit, Mike and Drew are joined again by Andi—a.k.a. "FirstTimeTrek"— who has been live tweeting her experience of watching Star Trek for the first time. Find out if she came through the season unscathed and if she managed to pluck any jewels from the slime. Hosts Drew Stewart and Mike Schindler Guest Andi (@FirstTimeTrek) Editor and Producer Drew Stewart Associate Producer Richard Rutledge, Jr. Production Manager Richard Marquez Content Coordinator Will Nguyen Chapters A Certain Amount of Baggage (00:01:38) Thoughts on Season 3 (00:05:30) Season Three Not Favorites (00:09:46) The Paradise Syndrome (00:10:27) Turnabout Intruder (00:14:21) Season Three Favorites / The Enterprise Incident (00:18:36) The Tholian Web / Whom Gods Destroy (00:21:28) Let That Be Your Last Battlefield (00:29:00) Decent But Not Great (00:32:40) Thoughts On TOS Overall (00:34:50) Looking Forward To The Movies(00:40:16) Goodbye To Andi (00:43:00) Closing (00:48:25) Send us your feedback! Twitter: @trekfm Facebook: http://facebook.com/trekfm Voicemail: http://www.speakpipe.com/trekfm Contact Form: http://www.trek.fm/contact Visit the Trek.fm website at http://trek.fm/ Subscribe in iTunes: http://itunes.com/trekfm Support The Network! Become a Trek.fm Patron on Patreon and help us keep Star Trek talk coming every week. We have great perks for you at http://patreon.com/trekfm

What If “The Cage” Got Picked Up. Imagine a world in which NBC loved "The Cage" and didn't request any changes to the series. In this episode of ​Standard Orbit​, Mike and Drew brainstorm the alternate universe in which this happened. Would the show have been better? Would it be more popular than what we ended up with? Would having a better show earlier actually have changed the shape of the entire franchise? Explore the possibilities with us in this reality-warping episode! Hosts Drew Stewart and Mike Schindler Editor and Producer Drew Stewart Associate Producers Richard Rutledge, Jr. Production Manager Richard Marquez Content Coordinator Will Nguyen Chapters ​What If (00:00:49) How Long Would It Have Lasted? (00:02:20) Would It Have Been That Different? (00:07:26) What Would Have Been Different (00:16:53) Course Correction (00:22:42) Comic Continuation (00:26:42) Closing (00:28:21) Send us your feedback! Twitter: @trekfm Facebook: http://facebook.com/trekfm Voicemail: http://www.speakpipe.com/trekfm Contact Form: http://www.trek.fm/contact Visit the Trek.fm website at http://trek.fm/ Subscribe in iTunes: http://itunes.com/trekfm Support The Network! Become a Trek.fm Patron on Patreon and help us keep Star Trek talk coming every week. We have great perks for you at http://patreon.com/trekfm

Assignment: Earth Commentary With @FirstTimeTrek. For every First Time Trekker, there is a second time. In this episode of Standard Orbit, Andi (@FirstTimeTrek) joins us as she re-watches an episode of Star Trek for the first time, "Assignment: Earth"! We talk ninja cats, ear-hiding hats, short skirts, short ties, Doctor Who, Kirk and Spock's fighting styles, and so much more! Don't miss this opportunity to hear someone's first time watching an episode for the second time! Hosts Drew Stewart and Mike Schindler Guest Andi (@FirstTimeTrek) Editor and Producer Drew Stewart Associate Producer Richard Rutledge, Jr. Production Manager Richard Marquez Content Coordinator Will Nguyen Chapters ​Intro To The Episode (00:01:39) Commentary Start (00:04:04) Till Next Time, Andi (00:54:25) Closing (00:55:34) Send us your feedback! Twitter: @trekfm Facebook: http://facebook.com/trekfm Voicemail: http://www.speakpipe.com/trekfm Contact Form: http://www.trek.fm/contact Visit the Trek.fm website at http://trek.fm/ Subscribe in iTunes: http://itunes.com/trekfm Support The Network! Become a Trek.fm Patron on Patreon and help us keep Star Trek talk coming every week. We have great perks for you at http://patreon.com/trekfm

"Return To Tomorrow" Book with Preston Neal Jones ​Sometimes a bad thing 40 years ago becomes a good thing today. In this episode of Standard Orbit​, Mike and Drew talk with author Preston Neal Jones about his oral history book on The Motion Picture, "Return To Tomorrow". Originally planned as a double-issue of the Cinefantastique magazine, Preston interviewed 60 people involved with the making of the first Star Trek movie while it was being made. Now these interviews are compiled into a 672-page book, making a "montage of memory" of what it was like to be there in 1979 in the lead up to release. What was the big problem with the making of the film? Was there more than one? And is it OK to call Trekkers "Trekkies"? We discuss this and more in this fascinating episode! Hosts Drew Stewart and Mike Schindler Guest Preston Neal Jones Editor and Producer Drew Stewart Associate Producer Richard Rutledge, Jr. Production Manager Richard Marquez Content Coordinator Will Nguyen Chapters ​The Book (00:01:09) How A Magazine Becomes A Book (00:05:34) You Were There (00:10:31) Full Access Pass (00:13:55) Getting Into Journalism (00:16:42) Trekkie vs Trekker (00:17:35) Portrait of a Non-Trekkie (00:19:07) Too Many Scripts (00:26:14) Assigning Blame (00:28:10) Misconceptions (00:32:55) What If… (00:36:54) Where To Get The Book (00:39:51) Closing (00:42:06) Send us your feedback! Twitter: @trekfm Facebook: http://facebook.com/trekfm Voicemail: http://www.speakpipe.com/trekfm Contact Form: http://www.trek.fm/contact Visit the Trek.fm website at http://trek.fm/ Subscribe in iTunes: http://itunes.com/trekfm Support The Network! Become a Trek.fm Patron on Patreon and help us keep Star Trek talk coming every week. We have great perks for you at http://patreon.com/trekfm

Season Two with @FirstTimeTrek. Finding someone who is willing to share their feelings on a show as they watch it is rare, especially one who isn't carrying a lot of baggage. In this episode of Standard Orbit, Mike and Drew are joined again by Andi—a.k.a. "FirstTimeTrek"— who has been live tweeting her experience of watching Star Trek for the first time. Having recently finished Season Two, Andi tells us about her favorite episodes from the season, some of her favorite moments, and what the show really does right. We also talk a bit about the fashion found in the second season and where primitive aliens could get acrylic nails. And Spock's hats, of course. Hosts Drew Stewart and Mike Schindler Guest Andi (@FirstTimeTrek) Editor and Producer Drew Stewart Associate Producer Richard Rutledge, Jr. Production Manager Richard Marquez Content Coordinator Will Nguyen Chapters Season Two Favorites (00:03:49) Season Two Not Favorites (00:07:16) Mirror, Mirror (00:14:01) A Piece Of The Action (00:19:36) Assignment:Earth Teaser (00:21:32) The Trouble With Tribbles (00:22:28) Amok Time (00:27:25) The Doomsday Machine (00:29:45) A Private Little War (00:32:48) Patterns of Force (00:37:28) Final Thoughts on Season Two (00:42:03) Preview of Season Three (00:43:46) Finding Andi (00:45:47) Send us your feedback! Twitter: @trekfm Facebook: http://facebook.com/trekfm Voicemail: http://www.speakpipe.com/trekfm Contact Form: http://www.trek.fm/contact Visit the Trek.fm website at http://trek.fm/ Subscribe in iTunes: http://itunes.com/trekfm Support The Network! Become a Trek.fm Patron on Patreon and help us keep Star Trek talk coming every week. We have great perks for you at http://patreon.com/trekfm

Pitching Star Trek 13. The 50th anniversary of Star Trek is coming up in 2016. We're also getting the next Star Trek movie that year. In this episode of Standard Orbit, Mike and Drew pitch their ideas for what they would do if they were making this historic movie. Whether the mission continues after or if this is the end of the trilogy, this movie needs to make a statement. What would your hosts want that statement to be? What other anniversary would it most resemble? And what makes a trilogy a trilogy anyway? Find out all this and the etymology of a surprising phrase in this episode! Hosts Drew Stewart and Mike Schindler Editor and Producer Drew Stewart Associate Producer Richard Rutledge, Jr. Production Manager Richard Marquez Content Coordinator Will Nguyen Chapters It’s Easy To Pitch Trek (00:04:54) Drew’s Pitch (00:05:48) Mike’s Pitch (00:10:01) What Makes A Trilogy (00:16:58) Our Predictions (00:22:31) Closing (00:27:21) Send us your feedback! Twitter: @trekfm Facebook: http://facebook.com/trekfm Voicemail: http://www.speakpipe.com/trekfm Contact Form: http://www.trek.fm/contact Visit the Trek.fm website at http://trek.fm/ Subscribe in iTunes: http://itunes.com/trekfm Support The Network! Become a Trek.fm Patron on Patreon and help us keep Star Trek talk coming every week. We have great perks for you at http://patreon.com/trekfm

Marc Cushman on Season Three, Part 2. Ratings are the name of the game in television. In this episode of Standard Orbit, Mike and Drew are rejoined by Marc Cushman, author of These Are The Voyages​, to find out what the creative team behind Season 3 did to garner the ratings they did. Why did the season lead off with the episodes it did? Why did they hire a lawyer to play Gorgan? Ratings, my friends! Also, learn more about the two episodes that didn't get made, and why saving your best for last may not be the best idea. Hosts Drew Stewart and Mike Schindler Guest Marc Cushman Editor and Producer Drew Stewart Associate Producer Richard Rutledge, Jr. Production Manager Richard Marquez Content Coordinator Will Nguyen Chapters ​How Marc Learned To Write (00:01:04) And The Children Shall Lead (00:5:12) The Lost Episodes / Escaping Reality (00:09:30) Does BTS Hurt The Episode? (00:13:32) Your Last Battlefield (00:21:15) Cushman’s Plans (00:26:20) Closing (00:33:32) Send us your feedback! Twitter: @trekfm Facebook: http://facebook.com/trekfm Voicemail: http://www.speakpipe.com/trekfm Contact Form: http://www.trek.fm/contact Visit the Trek.fm website at http://trek.fm/ Subscribe in iTunes: http://itunes.com/trekfm Support The Network! Become a Trek.fm Patron on Patreon and help us keep Star Trek talk coming every week. We have great perks for you at http://patreon.com/trekfm

Marc Cushman on Season Three, Part 1. The third season of Star Trek started with a lot of strikes against it, but not many people appreciate the work that went into making it the best it could have been. In this episode of Standard Orbit, Mike and Drew are joined again by Marc Cushman, author of These Are The Voyages​, to find out what really happened behind the scenes of Season 3. What happens when you have to take the action out of your space action-adventure show, while being told to leave the ship more often but also having a much more limited budget in a time slot no one wanted? You do the best you can, which is exactly what Season 3 producer Fred Freiberger did. Find out more about what he and the others did to keep things running on the Starship Enterprise during the last year of it's mission! Hosts Drew Stewart and Mike Schindler Guest Marc Cushman Editor and Producer Drew Stewart Associate Producer Richard Rutledge, Jr. Production Manager Richard Marquez Content Coordinator Will Nguyen Chapters What is TATV? (00:01:45) Opinion of Season 3 (00:04:04) Research Changes Things (00:09:42) The Making of TV (00:14:35) Making A Weekly Show From Nothing (00:20:10) Adding A Twist to Themes (00:23:04) What Could Have Been (00:28:55) Fred Freiberger (00:34:22) Closing (00:41:06) Send us your feedback! Twitter: @trekfm Facebook: http://facebook.com/trekfm Voicemail: http://www.speakpipe.com/trekfm Contact Form: http://www.trek.fm/contact Visit the Trek.fm website at http://trek.fm/ Subscribe in iTunes: http://itunes.com/trekfm Support The Network! Become a Trek.fm Patron on Patreon and help us keep Star Trek talk coming every week. We have great perks for you at http://patreon.com/trekfm

Remembering Harve Bennett. Over the last  50 years, only a handful of people can be said to have run the Star Trek franchise. In the 80's, that man was Harve Bennett, who we recently lost.  In this episode of Standard Orbit, Mike and Drew are joined by "Star Trek Khan Movie Expert Guy" John Tenuto to talk about what Harve brought to the franchise. He had a hand in writing and producing Star Treks 2-5 and worked closely with each director to help tell the best story possible and get it to the screen. Find out more about all the things Harve did for the franchise during our talk with John. Hosts Drew Stewart and Mike Schindler Guest John Tenuto Editor and Producer Drew Stewart Associate Producer Richard Rutledge, Jr. Production Manager Richard Marquez Content Coordinator Will Nguyen Chapters Hello John (00:01:07) Star Trek II (00:02:15) Collaborative Spirit (00:12:49) Star Trek III (00:19:14) Star Trek IV (00:25:16) Star Trek V (00:30:17) The Academy Years (00:35:44) Final Thoughts (00:48:36) Where To See John (00:52:56) Closing (00:55:34) Send us your feedback! Twitter: @trekfm Facebook: http://facebook.com/trekfm Voicemail: http://www.speakpipe.com/trekfm Contact Form: http://www.trek.fm/contact Visit the Trek.fm website at http://trek.fm/ Subscribe in iTunes: http://itunes.com/trekfm Support The Network! Become a Trek.fm Patron on Patreon and help us keep Star Trek talk coming every week. We have great perks for you at http://patreon.com/trekfm

Remembering Leonard Nimoy. Recently Star Trek experienced a great loss with the passing of Leonard Nimoy. In this episode of Standard Orbit, Mike and Drew are joined by Marc Cushman, author of the "These Are The Voyages" book series, to talk about Nimoy's legacy. Spock was such a unique character, and he needed a unique person to bring him to life. The part was written for Nimoy, and Nimoy took possession of it as only few could. In all things he did for the franchise, Nimoy was concerned not only for how Spock would be portrayed, but if his fellow actors were being treated fairly. He was a good friend to all. How do we deal with this loss? Marc helps us through this, and so much more. Don't miss Marc's announcement of Books 4 and 5 of the "These Are The Voyages" series, revealed for the first time on Standard Orbit! Hosts Drew Stewart and Mike Schindler Guest Marc Cushman Editor and Producer Drew Stewart Associate Producer Richard Rutledge, Jr. Production Manager Richard Marquez Content Coordinator Will Nguyen Chapters Hi To Marc (00:00:52) What Nimoy Brought To The Franchise (00:01:21) Marc & Leonard (00:09:08) He Loved His Crew (00:11:51) He Was Spock (00:16:31) Nimoy in the 70’s & 80’s [With Announcement!] (00:17:54) The Announcement Continues (00:22:50) Nimoy in the Next Generation (00:29:41) Nimoy in the New Movies (00:31:36) How To Deal With The Loss (00:39:46) Thanks to Marc & Final Advice (00:45:13) Closing (00:46:35) Send us your feedback! Twitter: @trekfm Facebook: http://facebook.com/trekfm Voicemail: http://www.speakpipe.com/trekfm Contact Form: http://www.trek.fm/contact Visit the Trek.fm website at http://trek.fm/ Subscribe in iTunes: http://itunes.com/trekfm Support The Network! Become a Trek.fm Patron on Patreon and help us keep Star Trek talk coming every week. We have great perks for you at http://patreon.com/trekfm

IDW Ongoing Comic Comparison: The Truth About Tribbles. Everyone loves tribbles. Except for Klingons, but what do they know? I guess they know that tribbles can present an ecological menace, which is what Kirk and Starfleet finds out in this arc of the JJ-verse comic! In this episode of Standard Orbit, Mike and Drew compare the original "Trouble With Tribbles" episode with the vastly different "Truth About Tribbles" comic. While we do find some plot holes in the comic, it also presents us with the largest ties into Into Darkness outside of the actual prequel! We also find the perfect director and plot for the next Star Trek movie! Hosts Drew Stewart and Mike Schindler Editor and Producer Drew Stewart Associate Producer Richard Rutledge, Jr. Production Manager Richard Marquez Content Coordinator Will Nguyen Chapters ​David Gerrold Approved (00:01:56) Issue 1 Breakdown (00:03:04) Issue 2 Breakdown (00:12:34) Conclusion (00:27:59) Closing (00:30:51) Send us your feedback! Twitter: @trekfm Facebook: http://facebook.com/trekfm Voicemail: http://www.speakpipe.com/trekfm Contact Form: http://www.trek.fm/contact Visit the Trek.fm website at http://trek.fm/ Subscribe in iTunes: http://itunes.com/trekfm Support The Network! Become a Trek.fm Patron on Patreon and help us keep Star Trek talk coming every week. We have great perks for you at http://patreon.com/trekfm