In this episode we speak with Scott Hardy, a Star Trek fan from the UK who talks about his growing up with Trek in abusive home and how he reclaimed Trek for himself as he grew older.
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Topics
- Watching Star Trek on VHS in the UK in the 1980’s
- The modern streaming era of Trek
- Interest in Star Trek Lower Decks
- The transition between the Berman era and the Modern era of Trek
- How Scott ended up on the show: The Contact Form
- How Scott turned Star Trek from a negative in his life into a positive
- Scott’s reaction to the Enterprise theme when Broken Bow premiered
- The evergreen Enterprise theme debate
- Scott is not a big collector
- Going to Conventions
- Scott’s first convention experience
- Scott’s embarrassing convention moment with Bobby Clark, Suzie Plakson, & Don Marshall
- Galile-Os Breakfast Cereal
- How seeing TMP on the big screen changes the movie
- Comparing TMP and 2001: A Space Odyssey
- Peace de-escalation of conflict as embodied by Picard
- Comparing Berman-era Picard versus the modern Picard
- Worf as the “missing piece” of DS9
- Where the heck is Shelby?
- “Time loop” episodes are the cheeseburger of Star Trek
- In Star Trek II, everyone has a role
- The various extended and alternate cuts of Star Trek II
- Region-Locked discs
- Scott opines on “What Voyager should have been.”
- A brief and non-controversial discussion of Tuvix
- The Voyager Photon Torpedo Count video
- O’Brien creeps Scott out
- “Mr Adventure” from Star Trek III
Episodes Discussed
- Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
- These are the Voyages ENT S4E22
- Broken Bow ENT S1E01
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture
- The Ensigns of Command TNG S3E02
- The Way of the Warrior DS9 S4E01 and S4E02
- Best of Both Worlds TNG S3E26 and S4E01
- Cause and Effect TNG S5E18
- Yesterday’s Enterprise TNG S3E15
- Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
- Qpid TNG S4E20
- Year of Hell VOY S4E08
- Tuvix VOY S2E24
- Star Trek VIII: First Contact
- A Call to Arms DS9 S5E26
- From the Bonus Material
- SpyHards Podcast
- James Bond
- Daniel Craig in Knives Out
- Scott’s take on the best and worst Bond films
- The Man from UNCLE
- Scott issues a challenge on his spy film opinions
Connect
- Follow Scott’s personal Twitter here.
- Check out his Spy Hards podcast website here or Twitter here.
Honorary Star Trek title awarded: Third assistant grounds keeper at Starfleet Academy
Background Photo by Shannon Tremaine on Unsplash