My best thing this week was Bobcat Goldthwait’s new film, World’s Greatest Dad. We have a brief discussion about the film toward the end of the podcast, and Jose was kind enough to bleep out all references to the plot. Which is good. I’m not going to even link to the trailer, because you really just want to go into this thing without knowing anything at all. I promise you will either really like it or you’ll hate it with a passion, but either way you’ll be talking about it. It’s playing at a couple run down theaters across the country, and it’s available on a few On Demand services. Probably you’ll have to wait for DVD. So just forget I said anything.

Also, a reminder that you can still check out the Star Trek project that Jose and I worked on along with occasional Zero Room guest Dave Rossi. The site is here, and we’ll be posting the fourth part of the script this week.

We’re back with yet another episode of the podcast. I totally forgot that we were going to talk about Fallout 3, so I lost track of time and the show is, as a result, a bit long. We talk about dead shows (Prison Break, Mad TV, Lipstick Jungle, My Own Worst Enemy), moved shows (Life on Mars), and new shows (a gay superhero on Showtime). Then we argue about Fallout 3 for a bit, a game which I may have built up a little too much for Jose, who hasn’t yet seen the light. 

We end with yet another discussion of Star Trek, with the trailer just having hit the mainstream today (go here to check it out) and a recent screening of 20 minutes of footage, complete with actual dialogue, that screened last week to press in the UK. Whereas the trailer was exciting, with lasers and phasers and barrel rolls, the scenes as described are less so. Kirk gets a wacky virus! Scotty is a loon! Jar-Jar gets farted on by a Wampa! I really wish this thing were coming out at Christmas as they’d originally planned, because six more months of speculation and over-analysis is going to drive me mad. 

We’ve just posted our 25th episode, in which we talk about Star Trek for nearly two hours. But it’s a good two hours, filled with nostalgia and mirth, and features Star Trek: Remastered producer Dave Rossi, a guest who is far more amiable than either of your hosts, so be sure and listen to the entire thing.

Unlike previous episodes, there’s no news and no box office. Star Trek is a topic that’s very dear to all three of us, partially because it’s helped to pay our bills, but mostly because it’s got a lot to do with what drove us to pursue careers in this insane industry. We probably could have talked for another two hours, but it was getting late and, really, how long can you listen to us talk?

Because I missed out on the box office report, I’d just like to take a second to point out that Beverly Hills Chihuahua made nearly 30 million dollars this weekend. This means that somewhere, right now, people are meeting to discuss Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2.

Our upcoming 25th show should prove to be quite a long affair as we jump straight down that maw that is the Star Trek franchise. It’s one of the conversations that we’ve been looking forward to for quite some time now. That coupled with having our good friend Dave Rossi on the show should prove to be a great way to celebrate hitting the six month mark of doing the show.

I want to thank Doug for the bang up job of prepping our new shiny website and remind you all that I reserve the right to smack  J.J. Abrams at my discretion.

I’m really excited for next week’s show, which will feature Dave Rossi as a guest. Dave was one of the producers in charge of the Star Trek: Remastered project, and previously had been involved with the Trek franchise since TNG. We’ll be discussing the process and thought behind Remastered as well as addressing a few issue on the state of the franchise as a whole. Not only does Dave bring a behind-the-scenes perspective, he’s a huge Star Trek fan (as am I) and the combination should make for a very interesting show.

We’ll be recording Sunday evening and posting sometime Monday afternoon. As always, the podcast is available here.

I will try not to bitch too much about J.J. Abrams. I cannot say the same for Jose.