Earl Grey 155: If We Can Dream It / by Trek fm

First Contact Retrospective.

Running Time: 1 hour 6 minutes 24 seconds
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In 1996, Star Trek was celebrating its 30th anniversary, and the biggest event of that year was the release of First Contact. Through the big screen success of Star Trek Generations, the cast of The Next Generation proved it could carry a blockbuster movie. A sequel was guaranteed. With a brand new Enterprise, new uniforms, a bigger budget, and the Borg, anticipation for First Contact was at fever pitch.

In this episode of Earl Grey, new hosts Amy Nelson, Richard Marquez, and Lee Hutchison go back in time to 1996 to remember their experiences of the build up to First Contact, and how they felt when they came out of the cinema screens. Then they return to 2016 to examine the legacy and impact of this film that garnered universal praise from fans and critics, earned an Oscar nomination, landed in the box office top ten for 1996, and was the highest grossing Star Trek movie until 2009.

Chapters

Intro (00:00:00)
Continue the Voyages (00:00:39)
Welcome to Earl Grey 2.0 (00:01:37)
First Contact Anniversary (00:02:45)
1996 (00:03:10)
Our Build-up to First Contact (00:04:45)
Response to First Contact (00:15:00)
Coming Out Of the Cinema (00:16:10)
I Love a Military Uniform (00:28:40)
Older, Greyer, Chubbier (00:30:50)
Goldsmith Road Trippin’ (00:34:55)
It’s Personal (00:38:20)
Legacy (00:39:13)
Our Future (00:45:40)
Hope and Utopia? (00:49:30)
Closing (00:58:05)

Hosts

Amy Nelson, Richard Marquez, and Lee Hutchison

Production

Lee Hutchison (Editor) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Ken Tripp (Executive Producer) Norman C. Lao (Associate Producer) Michael E. Hueter (Associate Producer) Stephen Boyd (Associate Producer) Ron Saarna (Associate Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager)

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