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Losses are suffered. Things get DARK. And hey, SOME of us watched a TV show this week. We have pretty nice things to say about the Riker/Troi storyline of Star Trek: Picard this week. We just have to survive the rest.
Everybody’s sick. Uh oh.
Continue reading “Dark Times and Sunny Nepenthe”Is Star Trek: Picard putting itself in an impossible situation by requiring viewers have a familiarity with TNG while also aching to appeal to new viewers of “prestige” style television in a way that betrays the “real” trekkers?
This week the podcast is both dumber and more insightful than it’s ever been. Benny Scheckner is woefully uninformed and craving to be trolled. After some initial inanity, Kristin from Montreal finally provides the insight of a well informed Star Trek fan that some of you listeners have been craving.
How does an Adult Swim show hit the same notes that James wants from Star Trek?
Check out Joe Pera Talks to You over here: http://www.adultswim.com/videos/joe-pera-talks-with-you
The full conversation can be heard over the Kickers of Elves Patreon:
What did Star Trek: Picard do our beloved Star Trek in the Seven of Nine themed episode Stardust City Rag? Is it ok that we still ended up liking this episode? Though kicking it off by fridge-ing a character is kind of a dick move, even if we aren’t actually that invested in Icheb.
Easter eggs are discussed.
Glen has some questions about the economics of Borg reclamation, and Sean is having none of it.
Couldn’t help ourselves from dragging Michael Bloomberg. The full version covers immigration, living in Trump country, and dealing with it all. There’s a lot more politics talk this week, and hours and hours of audio on numerous other topics at
patreon.com/kickersofelves
Here we talk candidly about feedback we’ve received. It’s tough being the only Star Trek: Picard podcast out there, so tell your friends. Glen gives a synopsis on the latest episode, “Absolute Candor,” wherein Picard takes a detour to planet with some battle nuns, and picks up a Legolas.
Continue reading “Talking Shit with Absolute Candor”How do you talk to your non Trekkie friends about Star Trek: Picard? Especially when they don’t know what a Borg is? It’s a very special episode of Can’t Picardly Wait.*
Look, everybody loves Parasite. But maybe just maybe we have a better grasp on it than Elon Musk?
Call us presumptuous, but I think maybe we do!
Check out the whole episode where we talk for over an hour on Parasite and some failing media institutions.
Season 2 concludes! Not all of us were very fond of Fall; or, Dodge in Hell, were we?
Another episode of Picard. Tall who? When is Fandom a bad thing? A new segment, “Status Update” provides the math we’ve never needed.
Breaking down the episode or having a breakdown? Wade doesn’t want to get caught up in being a fan, yet gets mad at minutiae. Sean doesn’t know to get mad at anything. So he doesn’t. Glen is really committed to being the ultimate Star Trek fan and getting his percentages up.