Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we continue our mission to explore Star Trek: the Motion picture. It's a film that we've spoken a lot about in other episodes so we thought we'd go where no/lots of podcasters have been before. Today we endure the longest six minutes in cinematic history.

WARNING! The S**t-bomb is said but nothing more.

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NOTES

GEORGE TAKEI ON HOWARD STERN

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rq5_BN4dBiw

BIGOTRY AGAINST ASIAN AMERICANS

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2021/03/a-long-history-of-bigotry-against-asian-americans/

DID CHURCHILL HAVE PRIOR KNOWLEDGE ABOUT PEARL HARBOUR? NO.

https://www.gchq.gov.uk/information/did-signals-intelligence-predict-attack-pearl-harbor

STAR TREK MINATURE MODELS (PART 1 AND 2)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcBI7E2Cxxo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhQGJkVV9Hg

TESLA COILS IN MOVIES

https://www.tesla.nu/tc_inmedia_eng.asp

ROBER FLETCHER COSTUME DESIGNER OBITUARY

https://deadline.com/2021/04/robert-fletcher-dead-obituary-costume-designer-star-trek-films-broadway-was-98-1234734044/

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Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we continue our mission to explore Star Trek: the Motion picture. It's a film that we've spoken a lot about in other episodes so we thought we'd go where no/lots of podcasters have been before. Today we endure the longest six minutes in cinematic history.

WARNING! The S**t-bomb is said but nothing more.

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NOTES

FRIDAY NIGHT DEATH SLOT

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FridayNightDeathSlot

STAR TREK CON 1969

https://fanlore.org/wiki/Star_Trek_Con_(1969_convention)

ROBIN WILLIAMS RESTRICTS IMAGE RIGHTS UNTIL 2039

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/mar/31/robin-williams-restricted-use-image-despite-existing-us-laws

BRIEF HISTORY OF CARRY ON FILMS

https://artofthemovies.co.uk/blogs/original-movie-posters/a-brief-history-of-the-carry-on-films?srsltid=AfmBOoqMxr7wDDAkZef1nDCg1wHxx6r6GoI35rwZZngfXl11dbZjRRUm

ASTRONOMICAL UNITS

https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/astronomical-unit

PERSIS KHAMBATTA HEAD SHAVED

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHgdGTQiVbc

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Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we continue our mission to explore Star Trek: the Motion picture. It's a film that we've spoken a lot about in other episodes so we thought we'd go where no/lots of podcasters have been before. Today we endure the longest six minutes in cinematic history.

WARNING! The S**t-bomb is said but nothing more.

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NOTES

THE PAPERCLIP THEORY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UibMFgWfGww

WHAT HAPPENED TO SPOCK AFTER TOS (SPOILERS)

https://www.thedigitalfix.com/star-trek/spock-explained

CAVEMAN OUTFIT IDEA FOR SPOCK

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2790621151096613/posts/3181141232044601/

ORIENT EXPRESS LEAVING

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKdnXwFz5Zc

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Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we continue our mission to explore Star Trek: the Motion picture. It's a film that we've spoken a lot about in other episodes so we thought we'd go where no/lots of podcasters have been before. Today we begin to look at the film.

WARNING! The S**t-bomb is said but nothing more.

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NOTES

GENE RODDENBERRY PROJECTS APART FROM STAR TREK

https://screenrant.com/every-gene-roddenberry-project-besides-star-trek-ranked-imdb/

REMEMBERING ROBERT WISE

https://cinemontage.org/remembering-robert-wise/

SPOCK HEINEKEN ADVERT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evWolie0eOg

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Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we continue our mission to explore Star Trek: the Motion picture. It's a film that we've spoken a lot about in other episodes so we thought we'd go where no/lots of podcasters have been before. Today we delve into episodes from the OG Star Trek series.

WARNING! The S**t-bomb is said but nothing more.

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NOTES

THE MULTIVERSE IS AN ANCIENT IDEA

https://nautil.us/the-multiverse-is-an-ancient-idea-236401/

KIRK’S RIPPED OR REMOVED SHIRTS

https://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/database/kirks_shirt.htm

WHY DOES THE DEVIL HAVE A GOATEE?

https://beardsorcery.com/book-of-beardcraft/why-does-the-devil-have-a-goatee?srsltid=AfmBOorj3h-lsoGMRrsn-GPvOnVd-naqD7fb2unOb6P9mYVSpSzx2OES

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Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we continue our mission to explore Star Trek: the Motion picture. It's a film that we've spoken a lot about in other episodes so we thought we'd go where no/lots of podcasters have been before. Today we delve into episodes from the OG Star Trek series.

WARNING! The S**t-bomb is said but nothing more.

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NOTES

THE LOST IN SPACE CARROT DEBACLE

https://lostinspace.fandom.com/wiki/The_Great_Vegetable_Rebellion

IRISH NEW YORK COPS

https://www.irishamerica.com/2012/09/the-irish-coppers/

LEONARD NIMOY OBIT

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25945690

INCUBUS

https://qz.com/1035897/the-bizarre-story-of-a-long-lost-horror-film-made-entirely-in-esperanto-starring-william-shatner

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Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we begin our mission to explore Star Trek: the Motion picture. It's a film that we've spoken a lot about in other episodes so we thought we'd go where no/lots of podcasters have been before. To kick things off we take a look at Star Trek's creator, Gene Roddenberry. Brace yourself because there's so weird old stuff in here.

WARNING! The S**t-bomb is said but nothing more.

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TINDER FOR NAZIS

https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/05/hacktivist-deletes-white-supremacist-websites-live-on-stage-during-hacker-conference/

UK COUNCILLOR SUSPENDED OVER WHITE SUPREMACIST DATING SITE

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cql4241dy27o

THE COMPLICATED LEGACY OF GENE RODDENBERRY

https://rhetorikos.blog.fordham.edu/?p=1881

TECH INSPIRED BY STAR TREK

https://www.sideshow.com/blog/trek-tech-10-star-trek-gadgets-that-have-beamed-into-reality/

STAR TREK MOVIES AND TV SHOWS THAT NEVER HAPPENED

https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/star-trek-movies-tv-shows-never-happened/

THE FERENGI – COMPARISONS WITH ANTI-SEMITIC STEREOTYPES

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferengi#Comparisons_with_anti-Semitic_stereotypes

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Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Happy new year, we kick off 2026 with a look at an episode of the 1962 ITV series, OUT OF THIS WORLD. The episode in question televises an Asimov story, Lost Little Robot, and creates something extraordinary - but with shit robots.

WARNING! The S**t-bomb is sometimes uttered but nothing more.

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NOTES

ISAAC ASIMOV DAY

https://www.freepressjournal.in/world/science-fiction-day-remembering-the-incredible-work-of-isaac-asimov

3 LAWS OF ROBOTICS

https://www.theguardian.com/notesandqueries/query/0,5753,-21259,00.html

AI BLACKMAILS TO STOP ITSELF BEING SHUT DOWN

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpqeng9d20go

ELON MUSK’S AI REFERS TO ITSELF AS “MECHA HITLER”

https://www.npr.org/2025/07/09/nx-s1-5462609/grok-elon-musk-antisemitic-racist-content

THE PAPERCLIP APOCALYPSE

https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/ai-and-paperclip-problem

AI DRIVEN SUICIDES ARE ON THE RISE

https://www.bmj.com/content/391/bmj.r2239

AI AND THE ROCK

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vuqMUMh29t8

ENSHITTIFICATION

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/nov/26/enshittification-macquarie-dictionary-word-of-the-year-explained

KAMELION IS REVEALED

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCK5pipHeZY

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