Star Trek Generations

Heather hasn’t seen Star Trek GenerationsSet your podcast players to “stun”, as we dive into the first cinematic outing of Captain Picard and the Star Trek: The Next Generation crew in 1994’s Star Trek Generations. We discuss Heather’s journey from being clueless about Star Trek to fandom, how the movie got made in a rush, nepo babies in Starfleet, and French captains with Victorian British Christmas fantasies. If you’re a long time Trekker or you don’t know a Tribble from a Tellarite, this episode has something for everyone — and is quite possibly our funniest episode yet. Engage!00:00 Intro03:23 Rushed production05:57 Film Clip08:09 Initial Reactions17:31 Who turned out the lights?20:51 Recap24:21 Captain Harriman was interested in politics from a young age28:10 Kirk’s heroics32:43 This movie does not care if you’ve never seen a Star Trek36:13 Picard’s family died in a what now?40:58 Android existential crisis46:22 Still not over that fire thing49:21 Guinan does not have a hat54:07 Why do Klingons want to destroy the Enterprise? Also unclear.58:09 Troi gets to fly the ship1:00:21 Most British Frenchman ever1:03:57 Meeting of the Captains1:07:59 RIP Kirk (for real this time)1:12:33 The anticlimax of it all1:14:57 Final thoughts