Spocklight: A Star Trek Podcast

Episode 18: The Next Generation (w/ Sean McLoughlin, Stephen Trumble)

February 08, 2018 02:16 - 1 hour - 45.8 MB

In 1987 TV changed forever as a bold new vision and a brand new cast took us where no show had been before. It’s time for the Spocklight crew to tackle ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’ This month we’re joined by returning Guest and Max Turner Prize winning Stand Up Comedian, Stephen Trumble, as well as fellow Stand Up, Sean McLoughlin, fresh from supporting Ricky Gervais on his International ‘Humanity’ tour, to discuss TNG Pilot, ‘Encounter at Far point’ as well as Stephen and Sean’s own my...

Supplemental 7: Interview with Adelaide Filippe

January 29, 2018 01:12 - 1 hour - 36.3 MB

In a special episode of Spocklight, we sit down with ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Concept Designer, Adelaide Filippe, for an Exclusive Interview on how she helped bring Michael Burnham's EVA suit to life. Adelaide takes us through her journey from Special Effects Make-up Designer on one of Matt’s old short films to her present work as a Concept Artist on recent Hollywood Blockbuster, Justice League, whilst giving her insider thoughts on that movie’s Amazonian costume controversy. We also chat he...

Episode 17: The Animated Series

January 10, 2018 22:56 - 41 minutes - 18.9 MB

The Spocklight crew travel back to the 1970s as we take a look at everyone's least watched iteration of Trek in our continuing mission to analyse the franchise from a non-Trekkie perspective. It's The Animated Series! As the boys watch series Pilot, 'Beyond the Farthest Star' and the Emmy award winning, 'How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth', Liam ponders how kids would have reacted to the animated equivalent of The Motion Picture, Paul notes how even in cartoon form, Shatner is still stealin...

Episode 16: The Original Series (w/ David Trumble)

December 13, 2017 17:51 - 1 hour - 40.7 MB

Phase 2 of the Spocklight mission to analyse Star Trek from a Non-Trekkie perspective has well and truly begun and following our detour into the world of Discovery we finally journey back to where it all started – ‘The Original Series’! This month we’re joined by returning Guest, David Trumble, who tells us all about his current work at Troublemaker Studios in Austin, Texas with Robert Rodriguez, before we get into the nitty gritty of discussing both TOS Pilot episodes, ‘The Cage’ and ‘Wher...

Supplemental 6: Interview with Richard Donner

December 05, 2017 00:55 - 1 hour - 39.3 MB

In a very special episode, Liam, Matt and Paul are joined by legendary Director, Richard Donner, for an Exclusive interview. Richard talks us through his illustrious career, from directing episodes of almost every classic American television show of the 50s, 60s and 70s to helming such iconic films as The Omen, Superman: The Movie, The Goonies and Lethal Weapon to his current Producing role. But why doesn't Richard consider The Omen to be a Horror movie? How does he think that modern tech...

Episode 15: Discovery

November 08, 2017 17:32 - 35 minutes - 16.5 MB

WARNING! This episode contains full spoilers for the first two episodes of ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ so if you’re waiting to binge and you care about spoilers come back and listen after you’ve watched ‘The Vulcan Hello’ and ‘Battle at the Binary Stars’. It’s the beginning of Phase 2 of the Spocklight crew’s journey into the Star Trek universe from a Non-Trekkie perspective as we finally take on the TV Shows, starting with the latest iteration, ‘Star Trek: Discovery’. Liam bemoans the loss of ...

Supplemental 5: Speculation for Star Trek 4

October 26, 2017 11:14 - 35 minutes - 16.2 MB

Join us as we discuss the fate of the next movie in the Kelvin timeline in our latest Supplemental episode. Will Chris Hemsworth’s George Kirk beam back into the series from beyond the grave? Will Quentin Tarantino rein in his use of the N-word for the opportunity to direct a Trek movie? Will Karl Urban get his wish of exploring the McCoy family and could that mean a return of their famous Tennessee smoked baked beans to the franchise? Will JJ ever fulfil his commitment to Paramount? Will t...

Episode 14: The Movies - Ranked

October 11, 2017 14:23 - 1 hour - 45.6 MB

The results are in! Join us (and long dead film critic Mr. Halliwell, beaming in from beyond the grave) as we rank all 13 Star Trek movies, based on our average combined scores. Has watching all of the movies converted any of the Spocklight crew to the status of bonafide Trekkie? Is there really no comparison to ‘Star Trek: The Motion Picture’? Will Mr. Halliwell give ANY film in the series a single star? The Answers to all these questions and more can be found in this grand culmination of ...

Supplemental 4: Interview with Robert Sallin

September 21, 2017 22:12 - 1 hour - 39.6 MB

In a special episode to celebrate the 35th Anniversary re-release of 'Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan' we're joined by the film's Producer, Robert Sallin, for an exclusive interview. Robert tells Liam, Paul and Matt how he went from directing over 2,000 commercials to producing what many consider to be the greatest Star Trek film ever made, talking them through his creative input into the iconic red uniforms, the monstrous Ceti Eels, Kirk's grand entrance and much, much more. We also del...

Episode 13: Beyond (w/ Thomas Saville)

September 15, 2017 23:44 - 1 hour - 50.6 MB

Rev those engines and cue up your classical music cause we're tellin’ y'all, it's Star Trek Beyond! Liam bemoans the trend of pathetic lip service to gay characters in Hollywood Blockbuster cinema and wishes Kirk had kicked off the Beasties assault with a 'KICK IT!' Paul notices the sexual bias towards green women on the Enterprise and Matt chuckles at McCoy’s attempts at product placement and thinks Pine gives fantastic ‘getting battered’ face. We’re also joined by Treehouse Digital’s Tho...

Episode 12: Into Darkness (w/ Rebecca Shortall)

August 09, 2017 19:43 - 58 minutes - 26.8 MB

Hear the Spocklight crew trek into darkness, over Benedict Cucumber Patch gin cocktails, as Liam wonders why anyone would care who John Harrison really is, Paul spots Chris Pine getting ever closer to the classic Shatner paunch of old, Matt wonders if the Enterprise crew are aware of the red shirt curse and Guest, Stand up Comedian, Writer for Ranker and fellow Podcaster, Rebecca Shortall, joins us in taking on the Alice Eve controversy. Is it Harrison, Khan or simply Benny Cums? Download n...

Supplemental 3: The Music of Trek Part 1 (w/ Adam Langston)

July 26, 2017 19:47 - 1 hour - 30.7 MB

In the latest of our occasional bonus episodes, we’re joined by film Composer, Orchestrator and Arranger, Adam Langston, as he guides us through the Star Trek movie scores and discusses how Jerry Goldsmith and James Horner have influenced his own work on Hollywood fare such as The Promise, Alien: Covenant and 10,000 BC. We also chat Trump’s unsanctioned use of the ‘Air Force One’ theme, how to pronounce Michael Giacchino’s name, Leonard Rosenman’s (possibly) high opinion of himself and of c...

Episode 11: Star Trek (w/ Woman Watches Film)

July 12, 2017 19:57 - 1 hour - 45.9 MB

The Spocklight Bridge is a sausage fest no more! Liam, Paul and Matt are joined by our first female guest, Feminist Instagram Film Critic, Woman Watches Film, as the crew go back to the start for Star Trek 2009, but while Paul may congratulate Kirk for using the most blatant cheat in academic history to beat the Kobayashi Maru test, can JJ Abrahams’ reboot pass the Furiosa, Bechdel or Mako Mori tests?! Enlist in Spocklight by downloading now to find out that and much more. As usual you can ...

Episode 10: Nemesis (w/ Greg Lock)

June 07, 2017 20:41 - 1 hour - 43.1 MB

The Spocklight Crew meet their nemesis in ‘Star Trek: Nemesis’! It's a rough job but someone's gotta’ do it, so raise a glass of Romulan ale (you’re gonna’ need it) as we tackle a tale of two Picards and explore the phenomenon that is Hardy before Hardy. Liam marks Captain Picard out as a ‘Jealous Lover’ over his Best man speech at Riker and Troi’s Wedding, Paul takes Director, Stuart ‘Asshat’ Baird, to task and Matt recalls watching a particularly not safe for work Tom Hardy short film....

Episode 9: Insurrection (w/ Ross Okoye)

May 10, 2017 20:07 - 1 hour - 40.8 MB

Freshly shaved and smoother than an android's bottom, It's Star Trek: Insurrection! Liam believes the Prime Directive could do with some more effective advertising, Paul laments the tragic loss of Riker's beard, while Matt tries desperately to explain Data's romp in the hay with a small child. The regular Spocklight crew are joined this month by guest star, Ross Okoye, of hot new clothing company, Ages Apparel (recently featured in GQ magazine) who are sadly yet to produce a ‘Star Tr...

Episode 8: First Contact (w/ Stephen Trumble)

April 12, 2017 18:24 - 1 hour - 45 MB

With a four-alarm hangover, Team Spocklight go rogue and say 'to hell with our orders!' It's ‘Star Trek: First Contact’. Liam praises the film's nightmarish body horror influences whilst wishing Worf had more conviction behind his killer one liner, Paul pitches William Shatner's own Borg-centric, Kirk-resurrecting novel and muses on a spine snapping twist on an iconic ‘Hamlet’ moment, Matt is all for the 'Die Hard in a Spaceship' setup as well as its ‘Demolition Man’ inspired technique to a...

Supplemental 2: The Comedy of Trek (w/ Stephen Trumble, William Stone)

March 26, 2017 23:25 - 43 minutes - 29.7 MB

In our second ‘Spocklight Supplemental’, occasional bonus episodes of the Podcast that fall outside our main mission, we explore Comedy in ‘Star Trek’ with the help of expert Guest Stars: up and coming Stand up Comedians, Stephen Trumble and William Stone. Join us as we go Star Trekkin', across the universe, on the Starship Spocklight in search of the funny. As usual you can find SPOCKLIGHT on TWITTER @spocklightpod SPOCKLIGHT on INSTAGRAM – https://www.instagram.com/spocklightp...

Episode 7: Generations

March 08, 2017 23:52 - 1 hour - 36.1 MB

Join us in Phase Two of our Mission to explore every film in the 'Star Trek' movie franchise from a non-Trekkie perspective with a perfect jumping on point for fans of ‘The Next Generation’ and new listeners in general. The Spocklight crew have an appointment with eternity and they don’t want to be late: it’s Star Trek: Generations! Liam ponders the size of the crew’s costume department and questions Picard’s inability to beat up a single normal old coke addict ridden geezer without Kirk’...

Episode 6: The Undiscovered Country (w/ Tom Stock)

February 08, 2017 22:30 - 1 hour - 39.5 MB

There is an old Vulcan proverb: miss out on the latest episode of 'Spocklight' at your peril! It's Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, the last proper original crew adventure, and consequently, the end of our first chapter too. Gene Siskel once called it, “a nice movie” but do the Spocklight crew agree? Well, Liam is firmly on Team Sulu when it comes to the captains and calls out the Vulcans as the underachievers that they are, while Paul chalks up Captain Kirk's involvement in the fin...

Supplemental 1: The Morality of Star Trek (w/ David Trumble)

January 26, 2017 20:07 - 23 minutes - 10.7 MB

Morality - a particular system of values and principles of conduct. In the first ever 'Spocklight Supplemental', a new series of Bonus episodes to accompany the main pod, we explore that consistently progressive set of values that Star Trek Creator, Gene Roddenberry instilled in the franchise from the very beginning which, thankfully, continue to resonate to this day. Regular hosts, Liam and Paul (No Matt this time) are joined for this discussion by Special Guest Star, David Trumble, forme...

Episode 5: The Final Frontier (w/ Greg Lock)

January 11, 2017 23:46 - 1 hour - 62.6 MB

Beam in for our latest, positively delicious episode as the Spocklight crew take on God! Join us as Liam discovers a new bible in the form of William Shatner’s very own, 'Captain's Log’ and laments the loss of a murderous unicorn, Paul argues that the DVD menus have better VFX than the movie and cooks up an old McCoy family recipe - Tennessee smoked baked beans, Matt wishes for a band called 'God and the Rock Men' and finally has a 20-year old grudge exorcised through some Sybok inspired sp...

Episode 4: The Voyage Home (w/ Adam Johnston)

December 07, 2016 19:39 - 1 hour - 62.1 MB

In our newest episode, The Spocklight crew examine the very 80s ‘Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home’ as Liam reveals his desire for a courtroom based Trek movie and exposes Spock's very questionable tightey whities, Paul attempts to live order a movie-accurate pizza and wonders just how long Gillian has been in charge of the museum tour and Matt calls bullshit on the crew's time travel technique and realises the true villains are the Norwegian whalers. We also welcome our first guest star, fell...

Episode 3: The Search for Spock

November 09, 2016 18:57 - 1 hour - 43.4 MB

Battle lines are drawn in our most divisive episode yet as the 'Spocklight' crew join the surprisingly short Search for Spock. Liam recalls his childhood 'Christopher Lloyd blindness' and reveals one of his favourite movie one-liners...Paul marvels at the easiest Starship heist in history and laments Chekov's terrible pink Pilgrim outfit...and Matt laughs at Kirk's sudden change of heart whilst calling the film the 'Quantum of Solace' of the franchise thus far. Hear our Crew's adventure co...

Episode 2: The Wrath of Khan

October 12, 2016 19:02 - 1 hour - 46.3 MB

Beam aboard the good ship Spocklight as our crew discuss the cinematic equivalent of Hornblower in Space, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. In this episode - Liam debates the legitimacy of Ricardo Montalban's magnificent (and physics defying) chest, Paul praises the genre-heavy cinematic year of 1982 and admits to a certain boyhood crush on one of the crew members of the Enterprise, and Matt questions the necessary levels of realism behind the Kobayashi Maru test and compares Khan's followe...

Episode 1: The Motion Picture

September 03, 2016 16:22 - 1 hour - 53.2 MB

Join your crew, Liam Dempsey, Paul Willson, Matt Brothers and Ship Mascot, Aristotle, the Axolotl, on their continuing mission to answer the question: Can someone with no real knowledge of trek become a fan with just the movies to learn from? First up, we beam back to 1979 for the film that re-started it all, 'Star Trek: The Motion Picture', there is no comparison!