That might be a good idea to do the next 4 films before delving in to Abrams films.
In either case, I'm up for the next Trek discussion

You did well, sir! You've got a great personality which comes across really well over the ol' podcast format. It'd be a pleasure to have you in future episodes.

I thought it went well

Yeah, I found it quite difficult to find the right time to jump in to say something, and inevitably ended up talking over someone else who had also just started talking or vice versa. No-one wants there to be a moment of silence, so you've got 3 others all eager to avoid that by speaking as soon as the 4th has finished or seems to be. There seemed to be a slight delay too, possibly with my mic, where I would start talking and I don't think you guys could hear until that crucial millisecond too late. I really hate interrupting other people, hence the sometimes rather long stretches where you wonder whether I'm still there! We need a 'want to talk' flashing notification on the hangout

There are things I think of now which I wish I had said, like how the main weakness of The Motion Picture is that the dominant Decker-Kirk and Decker-Ilia relationships replace the core Kirk-Spock-McCoy dynamic and simply aren't as fun, making the film much more dull that it should have been. And to add to this, Shatner and Nimoy are playing their roles with almost deadly seriousness (relative to the other films). Oh well, live and learn. Did any of you take notes? I ended up jotting down my ratings at the beginning but a few times I forgot about something I had thought of whilst waiting to jump in. Did you guys get that?

I enjoyed it, always fun to actually chat with people about something like Trek and putting voices to names, as it were, was great to do after all this time.

Last edited by redxavier (2013-05-16 09:17:26)

And I really appreciated that Jimmy, thanks. So my volume was pretty low huh? I'm always worried that if it's set too loudly it'll pick up others (it's an xbox headset!) which has happened when playing games or using Teamspeak. If I'm allowed a next time, I'll turn it up more or speak louder.

Will look into the webcam as that's a pretty easy old school solution - "you at the back there with your hand raised?"

Aye. Volume on your end was a bit on the dodgy side. Next time just turn it up, and if there's an echo, we'll let you know instead. Besides, Hangout tries its best to cancel out echoes and external noise.

Oh man, now I'm the guy you can't hear and have to turn up the volume to hear, and then it's too loud when the others speak... I hate that guy.

Any interest in recording a Star Trek into Darkness spoilercast this weekend (today or tomorrow)? I'm itching to talk about it and would prefer to record on a weekend instead of a weekday

ID, seen it. Time dependent thumbs up. Best time is my night, UTC 03:00 to 06:00 if my clock math is right. About 4 hours from now is another way to say it.

Last edited by drewjmore (2013-05-18 22:03:20)

But it's tea time in OZ, right?

That might work for me, but I'd be subject to suddenly leaving or screaming at children.

Did I miss it?