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
Spocklight At the Movies 14: Death Wish 3 (w/ Daryl & Jeanette from Sudden Double Deep)
Spocklight At the Movies 13: Star Wars The Force Awakens (w/ Derek Arnold)
Spocklight At the Movies 12: Christmas Eve
Episode 31: The Motion Picture 40th Anniversary Special
Episode 30: The Next Generation Revisited (w/ Alex Petrovic & Joe Foster from This Thing On?)
Spocklight At the Movies 11: Robin Hood: Men in Tights (w/ Rich Wilson)
Spocklight At the Movies 10: The Andromeda Strain
Spocklight At the Movies 9: Volunteers
Supplemental 17: Robert Sallin returns
Spocklight At the Movies 8: The Dark Tower
Supplemental 16: Interview with Michele Specht
Episode 29: The Animated Series Revisited (w/ Eliot J Fallows)
Supplemental 15: Interview with Shazad Latif
Spocklight At the Movies 7: X-Men (w/ Daryl & Jeanette from Sudden Double Deep)
Episode 28: Star trek Discovery Season 2 Spoiler Special (w/ James Dyer from Pilot TV Podcast)
Episode 27: The Original Series Revisited (w/ Jen Ives)
Spocklight At The Movies 6: Showtime (w/ Boyd Hilton)
Episode 26: Comics of Trek (w/ Professor Elemental)
Spocklight At The Movies 5: Innerspace (w/ Nick de Semlyen from Empire Magazine)
Spocklight At The Movies 4: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (w/ Chris Johnston from 'Easy Riders Raging Podcast')
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