174: Fast & Furious Expanded Universe

Lin, Part 1: Better Luck
Tomorrow.

Running Time: 1 hour 29 minutes 57
seconds

Over the course of its history, many
artists have left their mark on the Star Trek franchise. Back in
1966, Gene Roddenberry was the first. 50 years later, Star Trek is
in the hands of The Fast and the Furious director, Justin
Lin.

In this episode of Commentary:
Trek Stars, John and Mike begin their final series, looking at
Justin Lin’s career as a feature film director. In Part 1, we are
joined by Dennis Castello of Continuing Mission to examine
Lin’s first film, Better Luck Tomorrow. We discuss the
themes of the film, Lin’s distinctive style, and how the film is
similar to George Lucas’ American Graffiti. Then, in a
special news segment, we are joined by John Tenuto to discuss
addition of Nicholas Meyer to the writing staff of Star Trek
2017.

Chapters

Better Luck Tomorrow
(00:06:00)

John Cho (00:25:34)

Final Thoughts (00:35:17)

Nicholas Meyer (00:38:25)

Star Trek VI (00:55:47)

Wrap-up (01:16:10)

Hosts

Mike Schindler and John
Mills

Guests

Dennis Castello and John
Tenuto

Production

Mike Schindler (Editor and Producer)
C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Charlynn Schmiedt (Executive
Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Norman C. Lao
(Executive Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager) Will
Nguyen (Content Manager)