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Sci-Fi and Pop Culture Podcast hosted by @mark2000.bsky.social and @ryanthomasriddle.bsky.social. New episodes weekly at https://tinyurl.com/p2hnsk72

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Ship Full of Jerks Podcast @shipfullofjerks.bsky.social · 2d

Every season of SNW has to have a Spock high jinks episode, and this one came sooner than expected in Wedding Bell Blues. We'll discuss why Spock is only allowed to be funny in silly episodes and how disturbingly one sided Pike/Batel is. Then we'll tell you what we're binging lately!

One Wedding and a God Spanking

Podcast Episode · Ship Full of Jerks · 10/07/2025 · 42m

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Ship Full of Jerks Podcast @shipfullofjerks.bsky.social · 2d

BTW, neither of us realized in the moment that 5th Dimension wrote the song Wedding Bell Blues when Ryan made that Mxyzptlk joke. We guess it was just in the ether...

NEW * Wedding Bell Blues - The 5th Dimension {Stereo} 1969

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Ship Full of Jerks Podcast @shipfullofjerks.bsky.social · 2d

One Wedding and a God Spanking

Podcast Episode · Ship Full of Jerks · 10/07/2025 · 42m

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Ship Full of Jerks Podcast @shipfullofjerks.bsky.social · 8d

We're planning on having some fun guests this season, so make sure to stay tuned in! Follow us here and on Apple or Spotify!

Ship Full of Jerks Podcast @shipfullofjerks.bsky.social · 8d

We're starting a new run of episodes reviewing this season of SNW. This week we take on the conclusion to Hegemony. Then Ryan watched Murderbot and Mark watched Alien:Earth but neither of us wanted to sit through the other. So, we spoil them for each other while discussing their similar themes!

And Now For The Conclusion…

Podcast Episode · Ship Full of Jerks · 10/01/2025 · 1h 9m

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If you’re in the San Diego Area, I’ll be giving a presentation on “Fandom for Fame: How to Use What You Love to Get the Right Attention” at @filamcreatorcon.bsky.social this Saturday at the Chula Vista Library. Check it out and all the other rad Pinoy creators. #FIlAmCreatives #FilAm #ScriptSky

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Ship Full of Jerks Podcast @shipfullofjerks.bsky.social · Sep 6

Sharing a BTS shot from The Black Hole we’ve never seen before. This is from the utterly flawless meteor in the hallway scene. Shocking that it was done on plain old blue screen.

Two pictures from Disney’s The Black Hole. The top shot shows three actors running in front of a blue screen with red lighting cast on them. The bottom picture shows the completed composite with the actors on the above picture running on a gangway as a large, flaming rock rolls toward them.

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Mark 2000 Farinas @mark2000.bsky.social · Aug 21

I'm going to have to discuss "This is Starfleet" with @ryanthomasriddle.com before reading any takes on it. I don't want any of my mixed reactions to be explained or backed up before I can vent them at him first.

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Ship Full of Jerks Podcast @shipfullofjerks.bsky.social · Aug 21

We were so young then...

Mark 2000 Farinas @mark2000.bsky.social · Aug 21

Hell yeah, brother!

A man with a beard and horn rim glasses does a boob/butt pose with a phaser in one hand and an Andorian wig on his head. A man in a Captain Kirk outfit eyes him suspiciously.

Ship Full of Jerks Podcast @shipfullofjerks.bsky.social · Aug 17

Yup. “Battlefield” is a classic alllivesmatter story. We talked about this two years ago. The idea that Kirk would have drinks with the oppressor is insane.

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Ship Full of Jerks Podcast @shipfullofjerks.bsky.social · Jul 26

If someone replaced Paul Wesley with a muppet no one would notice.

Paul Wesley as Captain Kirk with a smile that goes from one side of is face to the other.

Ship Full of Jerks Podcast @shipfullofjerks.bsky.social · Jun 9

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier premiered 36 years ago today with a plot so exciting they had to put seatbelts in the theater. It’s also the only movie in the franchise with no clear theme. Listen to our review where we try to figure out what the mountain means.

The Day Disco Died

Podcast Episode · Ship Full of Jerks · 06/04/2024 · 1h 1m

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Ship Full of Jerks Podcast @shipfullofjerks.bsky.social · Jun 2

Kick off pride month by revisiting our amazing Spirk discussion with guests Don and Catherine. We talk about the history of slash fiction, Roddenberry’s relationship with slash authors, and a little known Nimoy produced film where he plays a gay man in prison.

Spirk It To Me!

Podcast Episode · Ship Full of Jerks · 08/01/2023 · 59m

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · May 12

The Black Hole (1979): USS Cygnus into the meteor storm, art by Peter Ellenshaw

The image is a vibrant and chaotic painting depicting a large, dark spacecraft amidst meteors in space. The spacecraft is viewed from a low angle, emphasizing its size and the intricate details of its structure, which includes numerous lights, antennae, and a central tower. The hull appears dark blue or black, contrasting sharply with the bright, fiery explosion erupting around it.

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Ship Full of Jerks Podcast @shipfullofjerks.bsky.social · Apr 20

Extraordinary...

Ship Full of Jerks Podcast @shipfullofjerks.bsky.social · Apr 20

Dan Holland being able to parse anything Vincent said probably makes him one of the most effective captains in sci-fi. Darmok made more sense than Vincent.

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Ship Full of Jerks Podcast @shipfullofjerks.bsky.social · Apr 20

Let’s say your robot says “you can’t unscramble eggs” and “a good offense is the best defense”. Would you then understand he wants you to use the Cygnus’s probe ship to escape now that your own ship has been destroyed? We feel like we’d die trying to figure it out.

Vincent the robot is saying something cryptic and stupid and somehow his crew mates understand him.

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Ship Full of Jerks Podcast @shipfullofjerks.bsky.social · Apr 20

That is interesting. Also, Nelson went overseas to recruit Schell personally. Schell thought he was messing with Nelson when he told him he really wanted to be in something like this great miniseries he saw recently. Nelson said “I directed that.”

Ship Full of Jerks Podcast @shipfullofjerks.bsky.social · Apr 19

A still from the Black Hole showing Durant looking back from McCray toward Reinhardt. Durant is labeled “Us”. McCray is labeled “Star Trek: TMP’s Enterprise flyby. Reinhardt is labeled “The Black Hole’s Cygnus flyby”.

Ship Full of Jerks Podcast @shipfullofjerks.bsky.social · Apr 19

By the end of his appearance in the movie Durant is practically writhing with lust as Reinhardt gives commands on the bridge. He can’t even look at McCray when she speaks to him. It’s one thing to be generally excited about a mission but he particularly can’t take his eyes off his crush.

Durant sits while McCray holds his shoulder and tries to convince him to leave. He sits forward, his eyes looking past McCray to Reinhardt off screen

Aftern McCray calls him over to talk, Durant keeps his eyes on Reinhardt.

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Ship Full of Jerks Podcast @shipfullofjerks.bsky.social · Apr 19

Perkins had a long term boyfriend early in his career. He knew ways to communicate desire for another man, one of which is to look at his lips as much as at his eyes. It’s a really wonderfully subversive performance for a Disney film.

Durant smiles goofily again at an off camera Reinhardt. Harry Booth smiles knowingly in the background.

Durant holds up a glass with wonder as he realized Reinhardt is directly toast him at this moment. Harry Booth seems unphased.

Durant eyes Reinhardt’s lips as the latter speaks to Kate McCray.

Durant again smiles goofily at Reinhardt while Kat McCray looks on unamused.

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Ship Full of Jerks Podcast @shipfullofjerks.bsky.social · Apr 19

In this scene Reinhardt, who is an obvious megalomaniac, telling Perkins’ Durant that he’s a man in search of something. The camera lingers on Perkins’ face for a while as it runs the gamut of emotions of a man figuring something out. And that something is “Does he like me as much as I like him?”

Durant looks up in wonder at the man dressing him down.

Durant side eyes nervously to see if his reactions are being noticed by the others.

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Ship Full of Jerks Podcast @shipfullofjerks.bsky.social · Apr 19

Anthony Perkins’ performance in The Black Hole is extremely unsettling. He’s nervous throughout, especially when he meets Reinhardt. The chemistry between the two is unmissable. Perkins downright falls in love and mostly seems worried others will notice. Here’s a thread of his best horny faces:

Alex Durant stands awe struck at Reinhardt, who is off camera. Harry Booth doesn’t feel the same and scowls suspiciously.

Durant stands on the bridge of the Cygnus with rest of the crew behind him.

Durant smiles as Reinhardt points at him. No one else seems amused.

Durant smiles goofily at Reinhardt as the latter jibes a flippant Harry Booth. Kate Mccray is less than excited.

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Ship Full of Jerks Podcast @shipfullofjerks.bsky.social · Apr 18

Most of the time the Palomino's holographic display was done in camera. In the first pic you can see the projection hitting Earnest Borgnine's arm and casting a shadow ↙️. In the second pic it's clear the effect was composited in during post and a matte was cut around Joseph Bottom's body↘️.

A still from the Disney movie The Black Hole. Earnest Borgnine, Yvette Mimieux, and Anthony Perkins stand around a holographic display.

A still from the Disney movie The Black Hole. Robert Forster sits at a console while Joseph Bottoms floats over to his station using the console to guide him.

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Ship Full of Jerks Podcast @shipfullofjerks.bsky.social · Apr 18

This kind of depth of field without a split diopter? Robert Wise, eat your heart out.

A still for the Disney movie The Black Hole. Yvette Mimieux sits at a console in the foreground. She looks over at Anthony Perkins who is at the back of the set. They are both in focus.

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Ship Full of Jerks Podcast @shipfullofjerks.bsky.social · Apr 18

Here’s more of Robert not being mad.

An excerpt of an interview with Robert McCall in Cinefantastique. It reads: During that period of time I produced initial designs for the Cygnus—it was called the Centaurus then—and worked up some ideas for the Palomino and for Vincent, too. However, my ideas were changed quite a bit after I left the film. Naturally I preferred the kinds of things I did. I rather deplored the changes, actually. I wanted very’ much to see the things I had designed used. So I was disappointed in that respect. But the Cygnus I designed and the general configuration of the existing model that was finally used in the film is pretty much the same configuration that I put together. The main difference came in the fact that Peter [Ellenshaw) wanted a very’ different kind of exterior textural look.