Commentary: Trek Stars: The Work of Star Trek Creators Outside of Star Trek
Commentary: Trek Stars is a show from Trek.fm that explores the work of Star Trek creatives beyond the Star Trek franchise. Join Mike Schindler, Max Hegel, and John Mills each week for a trek through the wider world of movies, television, and literature.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 49 minutes
- Episodes
- 182
- Years Active
- 2012 - 2016
Commentary: Trek Stars 142: Riker in a Dress
Hurley, Part 4: Recap.
Very few people have had a chance to talk to Maurice Hurley about his time on Star Trek: The Next Generation. One of them is Ben Robinson, the project manager for Star Trek: …
Commentary: Trek Stars 141: Yeah, That's a Word
Hurley, Part 3: Groom Lake.
In 2002, Maurice Hurley teamed with director William Shatner to write the alien encounter movie, Groom Lake. The picture is about a dying woman, played by Amy Acker, who…
Commentary: Trek Stars 140: Turns, Not Twists
Hurley, Part 2: The Proposal.
In this episode of Commentary: Trek Stars, Mike and John look at our first Maurice Hurley film, The Proposal. Directed by Richard Gale, the film stars Nick Moran and J…
Commentary: Trek Stars 139: Life with Maury
Hurley, Part 1: Trek.
Of all the contributors to Star Trek: The Next Generation's creation, none are as overlooked as Maurice Hurley. The writer and co-executive producer served and showrunner for …
Commentary: Trek Stars 138: Tomorrowland Into Darkness
Lindelof, Part 7: Tomorrowland.
Some movies are based on books. Others, on comics. One or two (or twelve) draw their inspiration from television shows. And every so often, there's a movie adaption …
Commentary: Trek Stars 137: Wells, Not Ellison
Bennett, Part 6: Recap.
Harve Bennett's career as a television series creator spanned 30 years, from 1968 to 1998. In this episode of Commentary: Trek Stars, John and Mike recap our look at five of…
Commentary: Trek Stars 136: The Stick and the 'Stache
Bennett, Part 5: Invasion America.
Thirty years after the premiere of his first television series, Harve Bennett's last television series was released. Invasion America was a primetime animated ser…
Commentary: Trek Stars 135: The Future is the Future!
Bennett, Part 4: Time Trax.
In the 1980s, Harve Bennett jumped to the big screen to write and produce Star Trek. After his run had ended, Bennett returned to television to create a new science fict…
Commentary: Trek Stars 134: A Transparent Aluminum Nerd
Bennett, Part 3: The Invisible Man.
In 1975, Harve Bennett teamed with another future television legend, Steven Bochco, to create his second television show, The Invisible Man. Based on the book by…
Commentary: Trek Stars 133: Freeze Frames of Terror!
Bennett, Part 2: The Mod Squad.
As Star Trek was entering its final season in 1968, another soon-to-be iconic series was just beginning. The Mod Squad, creator Harve Bennett's first television seri…
Commentary: Trek Stars 132: The Papa John's of Star Trek
Bennett, Part 1: Trek.
On February 25th, 2015, the Star Trek family lost one of its most significant members, Harve Bennett. Bennett is largely responsible for revitalizing the Star Trek film franc…
Commentary: Trek Stars 131: Such a Lucas Thing to Do
James Kahn.
In this episode of Commentary: Trek Stars, John and Mike are joined by their very special guest, Star Trek: Voyager writer/producer James Kahn. We discuss Kahn's work on Voyager episode…
Commentary: Trek Stars 130: The Women!
Nimoy, Part 5: Recap.
Leonard Nimoy had an extremely diverse career. He was photographer, a writer, a director, a producer, and even a singer. But of course, he was best known as an actor. Specific…
Commentary: Trek Stars 129: The Costume is Now Yours
Nimoy, Part 4: Ancient Mysteries.
More than a decade after the end of In Search of…, Leonard Nimoy returned to the world of television show hosting with a very similar series, Ancient Mysteries. Th…
Commentary: Trek Stars 128: In Search of Max
Nimoy, Part 3: In Search of....
In addition to his work as an actor, Leonard Nimoy has also hosted two television shows. The first of which was In Search of…. The pseudo-documentary series looked a…
Commentary: Trek Stars 127: The Best Movie Ever Made
Nimoy, Part 2: Mission: Impossible.
When Star Trek was cancelled in 1969, Leonard Nimoy wasted no time jumping onto another television series. The very next season, he joined the cast of another De…
Commentary: Trek Stars 126: The 50 Cent Cinematic Universe
Nimoy, Part 1: Trek.
Few people have contributed more to Star Trek than Leonard Nimoy. As an actor, he co-created the character of Spock as we know him. And as a director, he made the first Star Trek…
Commentary: Trek Stars 125: Nimoy Did It First
Shatner, Part 7: Recap.
Many people have played themselves in movies. Cecil B. DeMille in Sunset Blvd. Will Smith in Jersey Girl. 65 different people in The Player. But no one has built a fictional m…
Commentary: Trek Stars 124: It's Expectacle!
Shatner, Part 6: Fanboys.
Many Trek.fm listeners may not know this, but there is another science fiction franchise which has gained a decent amount of popularity over the years. It's known as "Star…
Commentary: Trek Stars 123: Six of One, Shatner of the Other
Shatner, Part 5: Dodgeball.
In 2004, William Shatner returned to the big screen for the fourth as himself in Rawson Marshall Thurber's Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story. The film stars Vince Vaughn …