Summary: Star Trek: First Contact tries to add The Glenn Butler Podcast Hour Spectacular’s distinctiveness to its own, as the Star Trek vintage vault series continues. Glenn & Scott discuss genre drift as First Contact lurches from horror film to action thriller to something more akin to a Star Trek story, and as the Borg lurch from zombies to vampires to insects. They also discuss the meaning of the Borg (and how that changes now that they have a queen), why Captain Picard invites the whole collective to the gun show, the bizarre eroticism of the Borg Queen, the beginning of the Star Trek future, and the beginning of the end of a Star Trek series. Now with the intense discussions of starship design you’ve all been asking for! You can support the show on Patreon at patreon.com/nontoxicfanboys. Musical Selections: “End Credits” from Star Trek: First Contact by Jerry Goldsmith “Main Title” from Star Trek: First Contact by Jerry Goldsmith “I Need You” from The Hunger Games: Catching Fire by James Newton Howard “First Contact” (spaghetti western version) from Escapade Velocity by Steve Greaves Purchase the music excerpted in this episode: Star Trek: First Contact original score by Jerry Goldsmith The Hunger Games: Catching Fire original score by James Newton Howard Escapade Velocity by Steve Greaves
