After a devastating attack on the shipyards on Mars, two twelve year old rivals discover that anyone can be a hero. Even if just for one day.
Clay and Wes get together to discuss the final episode from the second season of Short Treks. Does it work as something greater than a simple Picard tie-in?
The Short Trek series returns with a double header of animated shorts, “The Girl Who Made the Stars” and “Ephraim and Dot”.
Wes and Clay discuss how Star Trek works as animated shorts and whether or not it was a worthwhile experiment. Plus! The guys talk about vinyl versus digital and why so many animation studios shut down.
When Starbase 28 is attacked, Cadet Sidhu is given the responsibility of watching a surprise prisoner: Christopher Pike.
In this podcast, Wes and Clay get together to discuss the final Enterprise-centric Short Trek! Plus, the guys talk about quoting technical language, supporting brands, and their own dream Short Trek plot lines!
Captain Lucero takes command of the USS Cabot and meets Edward, a scientist who believes he has found an incredible new use for Tribbles. Uh oh, trouble!
Wes and Clay discuss the latest Short Trek! “The Trouble with Edward” is a very funny short that suffers from Discovery’s constant need to explain everything. Plus! The guys discuss the utility of the captain’s log, Tribble sentience, and Edward’s similarity to Milton from Office Space!
The “Short Treks” have returned (along with a subscription to CBS All Access)!
In the latest “Short Trek” we get a glimpse into Spock’s first day on the Enterprise. He meets Pike and the mysteriously named Number One, and he gets trapped in an awkward situation on an elevator.
In this podcast, Wes and Clay discuss the emptiness around the turbolift, the power move of not telling someone your name, and mistaking lore for story!
1,000 years in the future, Discovery is adrift and home to an advanced artificial intelligence. When that AI encounters Craft, a wounded soldier trying to get home, the lines between human and computer become blurred. Based heavily on The Odyssey, this Short Trek episode is possibly the best thing to come from Discovery? Calypso is nuanced, subtle and cinematic. It takes advantage of the short format and tells a cohesive story while expanding the Trek universe. Clay joins me to discuss what we’d watch on that big screen, visual storytelling, and the future of the Federation!
In the very first “Short Trek”, Tilly meets an alien runaway with whom she has a lot in common! Clay and I discuss the franchise dipping its toes into the realm of the short story, and whether or not the series and Discovery, in particular, is up to the task. Would the single-minded focus and limited run time allow us to hone in on particular characters personality, or would it simply be a normal Discovery episode compacted into a shorter runtime? We also discuss the Tom Selleck – Gene Simmons masterpiece “Runaway”, info dumps, and the emptiness of the USS Discovery.