35. Captain Pike’s Gimp Mask
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November will come and go as does our two-part look into Season 2 of Short Treks. Miles is trying to make sure we keep to time, but in attempting to sound high energy and keep things moving, he sounds like he’s about to try and throttle Charlie through the Zencastr feed. The first few minutes are a little scratchy in places, but it improves.
Spock is a little shouty on his first day on the job as Una makes him engage in Q&A while Edward’s attempts at being THAT coworker ends in Tribble-y horror in ‘The Trouble with Edward.’ Captain Pike tries out some interesting headware in ‘Ask Not’ and after that, things get animated with ‘Ephraim and Dot’ and ‘The Girl Who Made the Stars’ — although one of these feels more Trek In Name Only than the other. Then, to round it all off, Charlie’s struggles for completion end with a look at the ‘Children of Mars’ and it all gets a bit sad.
Next Episode finally sees us do something we’ve been threatening for a while as we look at William Shatner’s first attempt at a novel as we make the audience finally learn about Tek War!!!
TIMECODES:
ST: Q&A (2:46)
ST: The Trouble with Edward (9:09)
ST: Ask Not (18:17)
ST: Ephraim and Dot (24:47)
ST: The Girl Who Made the Stars (30:23)
ST: Children of Mars (35:46)
Talking points include: We still don’t like Ed Sheeran and we never will. Why is America obsessed with Gilbert and Sullivan? Goodness Gracious Me. Miles totally refers to women as females while complaining about men who call women females. As they say in Wisconsin, Ope. Miles once again makes working at Starbucks sound like the bloody Borgias. British Opinions on American Gun Control. How Starfleet Academy decides to do secret tests of character is utterly batshit. The Utopian Federation has NO Human Resources Department. Miles had his phone on and got texted, naughty naughty. Kirk Thatcher is the only Thatcher we stan. Stormzy sounds like someone we would know in Brighton. A song we refuse to listen to, even more than anything from Shearan. Miles’ opinion on what is THE WORST Christmas Pop Song and despite their vitriolic reaction to Mariah Carey, it’s not her. Live Aid. Children of Men, Dune, Earth, whatever… Yes, Miles has actually been in a fight at school. Better slowed down Bowie songs to use instead of ‘Heroes.’ The ‘Believe’ advertising campaign for Halo 3. Fortnite… Oh, and a little thing called ‘Star Trek.’
Pedant’s Corner- ‘Goodness Gracious Me’ was a 90s BBC sketch show with an entirely English Asian cast and writers and highlighted the culture clashes of Indian’s living in Englad. It would probably be seen as ‘Woke Pandering’ by certain people today.
Music by Alfred Etheridge-Nunn. Read Miles’s blog or Charlie’s blog.
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