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Geek History Lesson

Star Trek: Generations with John Orquiola

Geek History Lesson

Jason Inman

Film History, Visual Arts, Tv & Film, Arts

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2024

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Boldly go where no podcast has gone before as Geek History Lesson celebrates the 30th Anniversary of Star Trek Generations (1994)! Join us for a special episode featuring Captain Picard and Captain Kirk in their epic cinematic team-up. We're thrilled to have special guest John Orquiola, Head of Star Trek coverage at Screen Rant, share his expert insights and passion for the Star Trek universe. Together, we'll explore the film's legacy, its impact on the Star Trek franchise, and why it remains a beloved classic among fans. Beam aboard for an engaging discussion that honors this iconic crossover event! Follow John on Threads - https://www.threads.net/@backofthehead

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0:00.0

All right.

0:14.7

Back in 1994, there was a movie trailer that came out and it featured two alpha male captains of the Star Trek franchise.

0:23.9

Captain John Luke Picard and Captain James Tiberius Kirk meeting for the first time in a movie called Star Trek Generations.

0:34.5

Now, John, I want to talk about because this is something that was not common in

0:38.6

1994 that I feel like fans and people and moviegoers take for granted now. But in my opinion,

0:47.2

this is like one of the first major crossovers that I think we see in, you know, movie pop culture of two television shows

0:58.6

sort of crossing over and their main characters meeting up on the big screen.

1:04.1

When you first saw the trailer or the poster or when the first time you heard about Star Trek

1:09.5

generations, were you super excited that Captain

1:12.5

Picard was going to meet Captain Kirk?

1:14.9

I was 100% excited about this.

1:17.6

My biggest memory of getting excited about this crossover was the poster and the tagline

1:24.2

with Kirk and Picard's faces on the blue poster and the tagline,

1:28.2

two captains, one destiny, which I still think is one of the greatest taglines I've ever heard

1:32.6

for any, for any movie, or certainly on a movie poster.

1:36.5

It's a good looking poster, I will say that.

1:38.4

Yeah, absolutely.

1:39.4

But it's such a just, it's the simplicity of two captains, one destiny, and the question it poses, it makes you

1:45.9

instantly excited, like, what, what's this destiny going to be?

1:48.4

What's going to happen when they meet?

1:49.7

And it turned out it was just, you know, three old men fighting on top of a mountain.

1:52.7

But still the promise of it.

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