Spocklight: A Star Trek Podcast
TV & Film
We’re joined by Total Film Writer and regular Evolution of Horror contributor, Tim Coleman, to discuss what he considers to be one of the greatest films of all time, 1986’s The Transformers: The Movie starring Leonard Nimoy as Galvatron.
We’re transported back to the days of Saturday Morning Cartoons as Tim gives us an education in Transformers taking in such revelations as the Optimus Prime as Christ analogy and poor highbrow Orson Welles being destroyed by trash culture at the end of his career. We also examine how the surprisingly brutal nature of the film came about, debate the differences between Optimus Prime’s characterisation in the original series to the later Michael Bay movies and of course, place the film within Nimoy’s illustrious career alongside such iconic roles as The Evil Moroccan Magician in Faerie Tale Theatre’s interpretation of Aladdin.
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You can find Tim @fatscoleman on Twitter and more of his writing in the pages of Total Film and at https://movingpicturesfilmclub.com/
You can watch the full version of The Rude Awakening of Optimus Prime here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bq1_6D9QS9Y&t=180s
You can watch the full version of Hollie McNish’s brilliant poem, Megatron, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCO-YmLT8t4
Credit for our wonderful theme music goes to the incredibly talented, Adam Johnston’s, you can find more of his work at - https://adamjohnstonuk.bandcamp.com/
Our beautiful artwork was created by Stephen Trumble, see more at http://www.stephentrumble.com
Huge thanks to Russell Honeywell for post production support
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Episode 59: Star Trek Strange New Worlds Season 2 Spoiler Special (w/ Sam Clements from the 90 Minutes or Less Film Fest Podcast)
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On Screen 6: T.J. Hooker
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Spocklight At the Movies 31: L.A. Story
Episode 57: Star Trek Prodigy Season 1, Part 2 Spoiler Special (w/ David Trumble)
Episode 56: Arena (w/ Dan Thomas)
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Episode 55: Star Trek Picard Season 3 Review
Episode 54: Star Trek Lower Decks Season 3 Spoiler Special
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Episode 53: Star Trek Strange New Worlds Season 1 Spoiler Special
Episode 52: Star trek Discovery Season 4 Spoiler Special
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Episode 51: Star Trek Prodigy Season 1, Part 1 Spoiler Special (w/ David Trumble)
Episode 50: Star Trek The Motion Picture Director’s Edition in 4K Reaction
Episode 49: Star Trek Picard Season 2 Spoiler Special (w/ Sophie Petzal)
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