159 - Star Trek (2009) explores duality

Once again, we have a request from a loyal listener. We couldn't have been more excited to talk about this exceptionally entertaining and popular movie. It's actually a little embarrassing that we haven't covered it up to this point. Is this podcast called NERD Critic? Whatever.

0:55 - Rachel Reyes explains why she requested Star Trek

6:10 - The meta-data (above the line)

9:20 - Baby Thor!

9:50 - A very, very brief primer on Star Trek, including CJ and Jordan's (unimpressive) history of Star Trek fandom

14:00 - The reason Star Trek was "rebooted"

15:00 - Spoilers ahead! (but...come on, it was 11 years ago)

18:40 - "This is the Star Trek movie I've always wanted to see" -Jordan

20:10 - A shoutout for Megaplex in Jordan Commons

22:40 - Things that JJ Abrams is good at: cold opens, first acts, casting, dialog, pacing (his superpower)

31:20 - Specific example of great pacing (breaking down a sequence)

35:10 - Talking about the characters, the central relationship, and Spock, specifically

46:40 - Nero, the other extreme -- Kirk sans Spock

49:40 - Wrapping it up

51:00 - Coming up next week: The Vast of Night