INGLORIOUS TREKSPERTS

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THE EAGLES HAVE LANDED w/ DAVID HIRSCH & ROBERT E. WOOD Aug 19, 2022

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THIS EPISODE, party like it's 1999 with Treksperts MARK A. ALTMAN (author, The Fifty Year Mission, writer/producer, Pandora, Agent X, The Librarians) and DAREN DOCHTERMAN (vfx producer, Star Trek: The Motion Picture - Director's Edition) as they are joined by authors DAVID HIRSCH and ROBERT E. WOOD of the new book, "To Everything That Might Have Been: The Lost Universe of Space: 1999." Learn the connections between Star Trek and Space 1999 as well as the spin-off's and future of Moonbase Alpha that never was. It's another intriguing diversion into the world of lunar mayhem as the Treksperts breakaway into indulging their Gerry Anderson fixation once again.

NEXT WEEK: Don't miss the Trreksperts as they beam down to CREATION'S STAR TREK LAS VEGAS CONVENTION August 25 - 28th. For more information, visit creationent.com. Special Guest: legendary triviamaster (and Organian) RAFE NEEDLEMAN!

Learn all that is learnable about Star Trek in Mark A. Altman & Edward Gross' THE FIFTY-YEAR MISSION, available in hardcover, paperback, digital and audio from St. Maritn's Press. And if you're a James Bond fan, don't miss NOBODY DOES IT BETTER, in hardcover, paperback, digital and audio from Forge Books. And don't miss SECRETS OF THE FORCE, the definitive unauthorized, uncensored oral history of STAR WARS, now available in hardcover, digital and audio!! And this summer, it's THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE KILLED HIS DOG, the complete oral history of John Wick, Gun-Fu and The New Age of Action in hardcover and digital.

Follow Inglorious Treksperts at @inglorioustrek on Twitter, Facebook and at @inglorioustreksperts on Instagram. And now follow the Treksperts Briefing Room at @trekspertsBR, an entirely separate Twitter & Instagram feed.

"Mark A. Altman is the world's foremost Trekspert" - Los Angeles Times

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During the pandemic, we are still recording remotely and not in the studio. As a result, the quality of the audio may not be up to our usual high standards. We trust you will nursemaid us through these difficulties. Please stay healthy and safe... and keep on Trekkin' - ingloriously, of course!

DESERT ISLAND TREKS w/ KAY REINDL & ROBERT MEYER BURNETT Aug 12, 2022

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THIS VOYAGE, in a super-sized episode of INGLORIOUS TREKPSERTS, the Treksperts are stranded in outer space with KAY REINDL (writer/producer, Shining Vale, Swamp Thing, Millennium) and host of Robservations, ROBERT MEYER BURNETT (The Burnettwork) are stranded on a distant alien planetoid with MARK A. ALTMAN (author, The Fifty Year Mission, writer/producer, Pandora, Agent X, The Librarians), DAREN DOCHTERMAN (vfx producer, Star Trek: The Motion Picture - Director's Edition) and ASHLEY E. MILLER (screenwriter, Thor, X-Men First Class; showrunner DOTA: Dragon's Blood). Now they must pick the 10 Treks they want to take with them before being lost in space... forever.

THIS AUGUST: Don't miss the Trreksperts as they beam down to CREATION'S STAR TREK LAS VEGAS CONVENTION August 25 - 28th. For more information, visit creationent.com. Special Guest: legendary triviamaster (and Organian) RAFE NEEDLEMAN!

"Mark A. Altman is the world's foremost Trekspert" - Los Angeles Times

KHAN YOU DIG IT? LIVE FROM SDCC w/ RYAN CONDAL Jul 29, 2022

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THIS VOYAGE, the Treksperts come to you LIVE FROM SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON with a freewheeling discussion of the unproduced Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan scripts spotlighting Samuel Peeples "The Next Star Trek Movie" screenplay which replaced Khan Noonian Singh with the malevolent inter-dimensional Wonder Twins, Sojin and Moray., Don't miss this look into what was and would never be with MARK A. ALTMAN (author, The Fifty Year Mission, writer/producer, Pandora, Agent X, The Librarians), DAREN DOCHTERMAN (vfx producer, Star Trek: The Motion Picture - Director's Edition) and ASHLEY E. MILLER (screenwriter, Thor, X-Men First Class; showrunner DOTA: Dragon's Blood) and very special guest RYAN CONDAL (Colony, Rampage), the co-showrunner of HBO's upcoming HOUSE OF THE DRAGON, only on Inglorious Treksperts.

THIS AUGUST: Don't miss the Trreksperts as they beam down to CREATION'S STAR TREK LAS VEGAS CONVENTION August 25 - 28th. For more information, visit creationent.com.

"Mark A. Altman is the world's foremost Trekspert" - Los Angeles Times

MICHAEL WESTMORE UNMASKED w/ guest hosts PETER & LISA Jul 22, 2022

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THIS VOYAGE, while Mark and Daren are away at Comic-Con, guest hosts PETER HOLMSTROM (author, The Center Seat) and LISA KLINK (writer, Star Trek: Voyager) are joined by legendary make-up effects artist MICHAEL WESTMORE who discusses his years of creating aliens for Star Trek from The Next Generation to Enterprise and the Hollywood dynasty of make-up artists that he continued in the 24th century.

THIS SUNDAY! Don't miss Mark & Daren and some of your favorite INGLORIOUS TREKSPERTS guests at the 20th anniversary of STARSHIP SMACKDOWN LIVE at San Diego COMIC-CON!!

Learn all that is learnable about Star Trek in Mark A. Altman & Edward Gross' THE FIFTY-YEAR MISSION, available in hardcover, paperback, digital and audio from St. Maritn's Press. And if you're a James Bond fan, don't miss NOBODY DOES IT BETTER, in hardcover, paperback, digital and audio from Forge Books. And don't miss THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE KILLED HIS DOG, the complete oral history of John Wick, Gun-Fu and The New Age of Action, now in hardcover and digital.

"Mark A. Altman is the world's foremost Trekspert" - Los Angeles Times

THESE ARE THE NEW VOYAGES w/ ROBERT MEYER BURNETT Jul 15, 2022

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THIS VOYAGE, the Treksperts, MARK A. ALTMAN (author, The Fifty Year Mission, writer/producer, Pandora, Agent X, The Librarians), DAREN DOCHTERMAN (vfx producer, Star Trek: The Motion Picture - Director's Edition) and ASHLEY E. MILLER (screenwriter, Thor, X-Men First Class; showrunner DOTA: Dragon's Blood) are joined by provocative commentator ROBERT MEYER BURNETT (host, The Burnettwork) as we look back at the early days of original Star Trek fiction in Bantam Books' The New Voyages, a groundbreaking collection of eight original Star Trek stories, including the classic comedy, "Visit To A Weird Planet Revisited." Also: we discuss the importance of legacy characters to modern Star Trek and why the footprint of the Sixties continues to loom so large.

NEXT THURSDAY: Don't miss INGLORIOUS TREKSPERTS LIVE at San Diego COMIC-CON with special guest RYAN CONDAL (showrunner, HBO's House of the Dragon) as we talk about the #StarTrek II you never saw in KHAN YOU DIG IT: THE UNMADE WRATHS OF KHAN.

"Mark A. Altman is the world's foremost Trekspert" - Los Angeles Times

REMEMBERING GREG JEIN w/ BILL GEORGE Jul 08, 2022

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THIS VOYAGE, the Treksperts, MARK A. ALTMAN (author, The Fifty Year Mission, showrunner, Pandora, Agent X) and DAREN DOCHTERMAN (vfx producer, Star Trek: The Motion Picture - Director's Edition), are joined by legendary visual effects supervisor and model maker BILL GEORGE (Galaxy Quest, Star Trek Generations, Innerspace) as they celebrate the life of the late, great Greg Jein. Learn about one of the most legendary figures in contemporary science fiction on a very special episode of the Treksperts. Also, don't forget to visit Bill George's SciFi Air Show at: https://www.scifiairshow.com.

"Mark A. Altman is the world's foremost Trekspert" - Los Angeles Times

OH BROTHER! THE ULTIMATE TREKSPERTS TREK V MOVIE COMMENTARY (Part 1 & 2) Jul 01, 2022

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THIS VOYAGE, the Treksperts are back with another epic ULTIMATE TREKSPERTS MOVIE COMMENTARY for the most polarizing of Star Trek films, STAR TREK: THE FINAL FRONTIER as they talk about the good, the bad and the very ugly as well as why movie theaters are installing seat belts in theaters this summer. So find out what God needs with a starship and join us for the ultimate Treksperts inside look at the making of a Trek misfire with Treksperts; MARK A. ALTMAN (showrunner, Pandora, author, The Fifty-Year Mission), DAREN R. DOCHTERMAN (vfx producer, Star Trek: The Motion Picture - Director's Edition) and ASHLEY E. MILLER (showrunner, DOTA: Dragon's Blood, writer, Thor, X-Men: First Class). Everyone hides a secret pain and we grow stronger by sharing ours with you....

"Mark A. Altman is the world's foremost Trekspert" - Los Angeles Times

KEEP ON TREKKIES w/ ROGER NYGARD Jun 24, 2022

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THIS VOYAGE, the Treksperts, MARK A. ALTMAN (author, The Fifty Year Mission, showrunner, Pandora, Agent X) and DAREN DOCHTERMAN (vfx producer, Star Trek: The Motion Picture - Director's Edition), are joined by director/editor ROGER NYGARD, the director of the delightful documentary about Star Trek fans, TREKKIES, starring Denise Crosby. And find out whether the trilogy will continue with Trekkies 3 and maybe you'll even get a little love for Curb Your Enthusiasm. Also: Mark and Daren do a post-mortem on Terry Matalas appearance on the show last week.

"Mark A. Altman is the world's foremost Trekspert" - Los Angeles Times

MAKING IT SO w/ TERRY MATALAS Jun 16, 2022

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Whether you love or loathe the new iterations of STAR TREK, you don't want to miss this fascinating episode of INGLORIOUS TREKSPERTS as the Treksperts, MARK A. ALTMAN (author, The Fifty Year Mission, showrunner, Pandora, Agent X) and DAREN DOCHTERMAN (vfx producer, Star Trek: The Motion Picture - Director's Edition), are joined by PICARD's jocular showrunner TERRY MATALAS who shares his long journey to the center seat beginning as an intern on Voyager through his year's working for Brannon Braga and later his burgeoning career on shows leading to co-creating the 12 Monkeys TV series. Terry shares his feelings about Star Trek and his plans for the final season of Picard as it prepares to boldly go by re-introducing the beloved TNG ensemble for a proper post-Nemesis send-off as well as his love of the Blue Bayou of the cosmos, SpaceDock.

"Mark A. Altman is the world's foremost Trekspert" - Los Angeles Times

HOLD THE MUSTARD w/ HAROLD LIVINGSTON Jun 10, 2022

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THIS VOYAGE, the Treksperts, MARK A. ALTMAN (author, The Fifty Year Mission, showrunner, Pandora) and DAREN DOCHTERMAN (vfx producer, Star Trek: The Motion Picture - Director's Edition) are joined by the late HAROLD LIVINGSTON as Altman plums his archives for this vintage interview with the screenwriter of Star Trek: The Motion Picture as they remember the late, great writer who recently passed away. Celebrate the human adventure and the life and times of the great Harold Livingston on this very special episode of the Treksperts... and hold the mustard!

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