271: Nostalgia Bomb

The Incomparable Mothership

Jason Snell

Arts, Tv & Film, Leisure

4.8 • 694 Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2015

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

This week came the announcement we’ve been waiting for: A new “Star Trek” series is in the works. But with the announcement came a bunch of interesting details (it’s going to be exclusive to CBS’ streaming service, it’s going to be produced by one of the co-writers of the J.J. Abrams “Star Trek” movies) and a lack of specifics (they’re still interviewing writers and didn’t announce even the most basic of premises). Our panel of Star Trek fans analyzes the interesting decisions CBS has made so far, tries to imagine how a “Star Trek” series from 2017 might differ from its predecessors, and discusses the importance of creating a series that can keep the franchise alive by appealing to a new generation of fans.

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0:00.0	The Incomparable, number 271, November 2015.
0:11.8	Welcome back to The Incomparable.
0:13.5	I'm your host, Jason Stell.
0:14.5	We are here with a special timely, breaking news edition of The Incomparable
0:21.8	because just this week,
0:25.5	CBS announced that it's happening.
0:28.7	There's a new Star Trek TV series
0:31.3	in the works to appear on your screen in January of 2017,
0:37.4	not this January. It'll of 2017, not this January.
0:38.3	It'll be a year from this January.
0:39.9	But still, first new Star Trek on TV in a decade here to talk about the ramifications.
0:47.5	This is like the Star Trek version of a Star Wars trailer analysis.
0:50.8	To talk about the ramifications of this, what our dreams and hopes are for a new Star Trek and some of the interesting choices that are being made by CBS. I'm joined by a panel of people who have things to say about Star Trek. First and foremost, a host of Random Trek on this very incomparable network, Mr. Scott McNelty. Hi, Scott. I'm very excited to be here. I hope that this, the title of the new Star Trek
1:13.5	series is going to be CSI Star Trek. It's possible. Did you read the book? Oh, no, wait,
1:19.4	it's not a book club episode. Also here, I wouldn't do a Star Trek podcast without her. It is
1:24.9	Brianna Wu. Hello. What's up? I'm really looking forward to hearing
1:28.8	Dan Morin sing the Star Trek lyrics that, uh, that Gene Roddenberry wrote at the end of the show. I'm
1:34.8	really looking forward to that. Dan, I can't wait to hear it. Here is Dan Morin. Beyond the Room of the
1:39.9	Starlight. I love wanders from Star Flight. I know that in Star-studded, love, strange love a Star Woman teaches. Dan, Morin is here. Hi, Dan. I'm really delayed to be here to talk about the second best science fiction franchise of Star in the name. Yeah, I did it.
1:56.0	Come on.
1:57.5	You get this man from the call. Dan, I'm here in Boston. I will drive to your house.
2:01.5	I will do that.
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