This week, we take a look at the 4th season Voyager episode called, “Hunters.” This is a cool episode and I do a full episode commentary on it. First up, I give a mini spoiler-free review of “The Avengers” movie (now playing in theaters everywhere). Suffice it to say that I loved the movie and want to see it again very soon. Great way to officially start the summer movie season. Then I dive into revealing some of the recent “spoilers” floating around the net about the next Trek movie. These are pretty close to facts now so I thought I would mention what I have heard and read. I’ll be making a Trek post here very soon about these new bits of info that we have discovered about the next movie (now only one year away). And then I move on to the main topic – the Voyager episode.
This episode of Voyager is a good one I think. It deals with a couple stories going on (like many Trek episodes seem to do). The main story is Voyager receiving “letters from home” via a communications array they discover. This sets up some good character moments for all of the crew and cast. We also meet up with the bad guy species called the Hirogen for the first time on the series. This predator type of alien hunts for sport and takes Seven of Nine and Tuvok hostage. Eventually Voyager retrieves them, but we get to see just how nasty these aliens can be. I think this is a cool episode and it sets things up for many future stories to come and also begins the time when Voyager gets periodic information and communication from back home.
I wrap up the podcast this week with a quick look at the Sideshow Collectibles Han in Carbonite Premium Format statue. I’ve been waiting on this piece for awhile now, but I was not completely happy with how it turned out. I talk about some of the things I didn’t like about it on the podcast which eventually led me to pack it back up and return it to Sideshow for a full refund. I usually don’t return things like this, but it just didn’t seem worth it in the end to me – for the money it cost. That finished up the podcast for this time, next weekend we will be recording a Skype call on May 12 where we will be talking about all the cool summer movies coming. Oh, the song at the end of the podcast this week is from the group Warp 11 and is called “She’s Wired.” You can find them on iTunes. Anyway, talk more to you next weekend and enjoy your week ahead.
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