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The Cinephile Hissy Fit Salutes Star Trek: First Contact

(L-R) Michael Dorn, Jonathan Frakes, Patrick Stewart, LeVar Burton, Marina Sirtis, and Gates McFadden in Star Trek: First Contact. Image courtesy of Paramount Pictures.

Just as we said last week with their episode on Goldfinger, the chief template of the James Bond franche, the hosts of the Cinephile Hissy Fit podcast, sponsored and supported by the Ruminations Radio Network, is hosted by two guys who happily hold fandom cards in many areas, genres, and universes. When it comes to eternal debate between Star Trek and Star Wars, Will Johnson and Don Shanahan have a favorite they lean to. Their newest episode covering Star Trek: First Contact, which brings back two guests, might tip their hand into where their favoritism lies.

The cover photo of the Cinephile Hissy Fit podcast with guest Joel Winstead.

For their 181st episode, two science officer film critics, two brave dads, and two assimilated teachers, Will Johnson and Don Shanahan, welcomed back Neil Shurley and Ben Cahlamer for their second consecutive episode guest spot. Their challenge was to boldly go where no show had gone before. The four set their phasers on stun to cover 1996’s beloved Star Trek: First Contact, the first solo film for the central cast and crew of Star Trek: The Next Generation. The memories are fond and the shared insight is fonder. Come learn more and stay for the mutual love and respect that fun movies encapsulate. Enjoy our podcast!
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Written by Don Shanahan

DON SHANAHAN is a Chicago-based Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic writing here on Film Obsessive as the Editor-in-Chief and Content Supervisor for the film department. He also writes for his own website, Every Movie Has a Lesson. Don is one of the hosts of the Cinephile Hissy Fit Podcast on the Ruminations Radio Network and sponsored by Film Obsessive. As a school teacher by day, Don writes his movie reviews with life lessons in mind, from the serious to the farcical. He is a proud director and one of the founders of the Chicago Indie Critics and a voting member of the nationally-recognized Critics Choice Association, Online Film Critics Society, North American Film Critics Association, International Film Society Critics Association, Internet Film Critics Society, Online Film and TV Association, and the Celebrity Movie Awards.

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