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Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast

SUPPLEMENTAL: The One with Mark Altman

Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast

Roddenberry Entertainment

Arts, Performing Arts, Tv Reviews, Tv & Film

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2013

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

John and Ken talk with Mark Altman about his movie "Free Enterprise," his time with William Shatner, and why he loves Star Trek. Then they re-argue the TOS episode "This Side of Paradise."

Hosted by John Champion & Ken Ray

Welcome to Mission Log, a Roddenberry Entertainment podcast where we explore the Star Trek universe one episode at a time. Each week, Mission Log examines a single episode of Star Trek, diving into its ethical subtext, metaphors, and cultural significance. From the show's most iconic moments to its hidden gems, we analyze what makes Star Trek one of the greatest science fiction sagas of all time...

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Now entering Nerstist.com.

0:05.0

Hey, uh, computer thing, thingy.

0:11.0

Are you talking to me?

0:13.0

Yes, biographical information please on Mark Altman.

0:17.0

Mark Altman is the writer producer of Free Enterprise,

0:20.0

the award-winning feature film,

0:22.0

starring Eric McCormick and William Shatner. the award

0:25.0

the award-winning feature film,

0:26.0

he was awarded the best new writer award at the 1998 AFI film festival in Los Angeles

0:30.0

by the Writers Guild of America.

0:32.0

He is a huge Star Trek fan and he doesn't like you.

0:35.4

I'm sorry? You, Ken, Mark Altman does not like you.

0:40.4

I'm pretty sure you're wrong. No, you are wrong. I think you're not like you're wrong. No you are wrong. I think you're confusing

0:45.6

disagreeing with being disagreeable and I think you are confusing Mark

0:50.4

Altman with someone else. All right, let's give this a listen.

0:56.0

Mission Log Supplemental.

0:58.0

Number 4. The one with Mark Altman. Goldman. All right, so we're here with Mark Altman, who is the, well, writer and producer of Free Enterprise.

1:20.0

And again, if any of our listeners have not seen Free Enterprise, what are you doing?

1:24.0

Please go get that movie.

1:25.7

It will speak to you personally.

1:27.4

I can vouch for that.

1:28.9

He also created SciFi Universe magazine and published Cineantestique. And he created the original and

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