A Captain's Log

- Season 2

(2022)

Lili and Bryan discuss Star Trek Picard news on the season premiere this week. The half-hour is spent with Scotty Baker discussing his experiences of self-taught camera operator/Steadicam/Cinematography starting out with his family's VHS and Beta Camcorders. Scotty goes on to explain using these cameras while doing skits with buddies and how it eventually led to side gigs, while holding a day job into meeting people to begin a Hollywood career. Meeting fellow Northern Californian, Manu Intiraymi, helped Scotty cast the Star Trek actor which led to more Trek icons ...

Animated Android Rogg watches a Federation ship flyby the ambassadors window from space while wondering if the show was canceled. Rogg is surprised when Bryan and Lili arrive telling Rogg they stopped off at Earth for a TV interview returning from the very ship he watched a moment earlier. Star Trek news on the latest J.J. Abrams film is discussed as a precursor to a top 10 list of the entire Star Trek franchises best episodes that exemplify Star Trek's ideals. From the very first black and white episode "The Cage", all the way through the currently running Star Trek ...

Just like her memoir book, but speaking to Bryan and Lili about it, Patricia Tallman shares her experiences making Star Trek: The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, Babylon five and much more. Patrician shares her affinity for Stunt coordinator Dennis "Mad man" Madalone along with her most memorable moments on the three Star Trek series at Paramount. Patricia fondly remembers bringing her own camera, prior to cell phone camera days, behind the scenes, snapping pictures of a wide variety of her stunt double and acting roles throughout her illustrious career. A ...

To put into perspective, nearly 700 television episodes and film roles as a stuntman, stunt coordinator, and actor wouldn't begin to describe the stories Dennis Madalone shares during this week's program. As a young, high school, record breaking athlete, Dennis shares his early memories of leaving his home in New Jersey for Los Angeles. Dennis points out his destiny style story on how he landed into Paul Stader's training gym in Santa Monica, California to begin in the stunt industry, plus, stories from The Greatest American Hero (TV Series) with footage shown on this...

The animated android ambassadors assistant Rogg opens the program discussing his hopes for speaking fluently in the Klingon language. Klingon's cliche persona is further articulated upon with their macho and militaristic perceptions with how society, even a CBS sitcom, mentions Star Trek along with a Portland Oregon band named Stovokor. A Captain's Log very first original Star Trek series character actor is this week's interview guest joining Bryan and Lili. Jeremy Roberts, who played two completely different characters in the Star Trek franchise, discusses his unique...

At its best, Star Trek is a science fiction program playing out relatable space-based adventures in off-world interactions with species coupled with philosophy on humanities finest moments, working throughout a utopian universe. That Utopian universe is interrupted greatly when "Q" the almost omnipotent, rebuts Jean-Luc Picard's cavalier attitude toward him by teleporting the USS Enterprise to a distant system for their first encounter with the Borg. Q then tells Picard "The Borg is the ultimate user. They're unlike any threat your Federation has ever faced." This ...

Julianne Grossman more than evidently possesses an embodied voice discipline. Not only with a long career as familiar voices on television, film, and voice phone prompts, but with sharing her voice through awareness and understanding in suicide prevention. Julianne Grossman, a suicide attempt survivor, conveys to viewers her involvement with the Didi Hirsch Suicide Prevention Center, which is the United States first and provides crisis service. Bryan Kreutz, Ambassador to the fans (Star Trek Fans), and Lili Fox-Lim spend the half hour with Julianne who tells that the ...

Rachael Ancheril. ascends high above our planet and into space each week playing lead character Commander D. Nhan on Star Trek Discovery. The ascending doesn't end there, Rachael transcends beyond measure with her forthcoming conversations of heartfelt kindness and compassion on set with castmates of Star Trek Discovery through her stories. Join Bryan Kreutz, the ambassador to the fans, (Star Trek fans) Lili Fox-Lim the Trekkie with the utmost respect for all things Trek and their animated android assistant Rogg as they provide the latest Star Trek news while wishing ...

Bryan, the Ambassador to the fans, (Star Trek fans), Lili, and Rogg conclude their two-part interview with actress Rachael Ancheril. Rachael, who is well known worldwide as the Star Trek: Discovery Nhan actress, continues with a big thank you to all the "Trekkies" for what she calls the 99.9% kindness and love from Star Trek fans. Rachael, conveys that she believes her character Nhan's closet in her quarters must take up half of it on "Discovery's ship as she's been through so many wardrobes looks Rachael references how she spoke to "Gersha" (Gersha Phillips, Series ...

Bryan, the Ambassador to the fans, (Star Trek fans), Lili, and Rogg interview Hollywood stuntman and coordinator Mark Riccardi. Like fellow stuntman Dennis Madalone, Riccardi went to New Jersey's, South Plainfield High School in the early 1970s, Riccardi was a star quarterback for the varsity football team while Madalone was a wide receiver. Mark Riccardi speaks in great detail for his stunts on TV series Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and Star Trek: Voyager. Riccardi, coneys that starting in late season 5 of Star Trek: The Next Generation...

Join the ambassador to the fans (Star Trek fans), Bryan Kreutz, co-host Lili Fox-Lim, and their animated android friend, Rogg, as they interview 7 time Emmy award winner Dan Curry. Curry was the Visual Effects Producer/Supervisor for Star Trek's The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and Enterprise. He discusses his early days in Thailand, plus intricate details on creating one of Star Trek's most iconic weapons, among the visual and special effects teams he supervised. Curry shares stories about specific VFx's and episodes within the realm of the Star Trek ...