Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, The 250 is a (mostly) weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. New episodes are released every second Saturday at 6pm GMT, with the occasional bonus episode between them.
This week, JJ Abrams’ Star Trek.
Orphaned following an encounter with a strange and hyper-advanced alien ship, James Tiberius Kirk drifts through life in search of purpose. Prompted to enroll in Starfleet Academy, Kirk finds himself drawn into an epic web of fate that crosses time and space, seemingly drawing him towards the most unlikely of companions, a half-Vulcan named Spock.
At time of recording, it was not ranked on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.
Show Notes:
- Recorded 20th June 2025.
- Star Trek on the Internet Movie Database.
- The Onion reports on the premiere of Star Trek, May 2009.
- Gary Susman at Entertainment Weekly reports on the cancellation of Star Trek: Enterprise, February 2005.
- Star Trek: The Beginning by Erik Jendresen, August 2006.
- Josho Brouwers at Ancient World Magazine considers the history of “The Odyssey in Space”, December 2017.
- Anthony Pascale writes at Trek Movie about Bryan Singer’s pitch for Star Trek: Federation, April 2011.
- Brent Lang at Variety reports on the debates over movie star salaries, July 2022.
- Borys Kit at The Hollywood Reporter reports on the raises for the Star Trek cast between Star Trek Beyond and the hypothetical fourth Star Trek movie, June 2015.
- Borys Kit at The Hollywood Reporter reports on how salary negotiations fell apart with Christ Pine and Chris Hemsworth on the fourth Star Trek movie, August 2018.
- Zack Sharf at Variety reports on Quentin Tarantino’s aborted Star Trek movie, December 2023.
- Chris Evangelista at /Film reports on the halting of Noah Hawley’s Star Trek movie, August 2020.
- Noah Hawley talks to The Hollywood Reporter about his aborted Star Trek movie, November 2023.
- Radhika Seth writes at Vogue about the challenge of making movies about the pandemic, May 2025.
- Paul B. Strurtevant at The Washington Post argues that the Ferengi are an antisemitic stereotype, August 2018.
- Dave McNary at Variety reports on JJ Abrams boarding Star Trek, April 2006.
- The Hollywood Reporter reports on JJ Abrams officially signing up to direct Star Trek, February 2007.
- JJ Abrams talks to IGN about working on Star Trek, May 2008.
- Alex Kurtzman talks to The Los Angeles Times, May 2024.
- Rebecca Ferguson talks to the Unwrapped podcast about leaving the Mission: Impossible franchise, April 2024.
- Vanessa Kirby Nation reports on Vanessa Kirby filming cut scenes for Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, May 2025.
- JJ Abrams talks to Chris Rock at Tribeca Talks about his obsession with lens flare, April 2016.
- Michael Goldman at Millimeter reports on how JJ Abrams got his patented lens flare effects for Star Trek, April 2009.
- Kristopher Tapley of In Contention talks to the production team on Star Trek, February 2010.
- Ralph Jones at Inverse puts together an oral history of Shrek, April 2021.
- StarTrek.com reports on Barrack Obama’s Star Trek fandom, October 2016.
- Charley Locke writes at Wired about Barrack Obama’s fondness for Star Trek, October 2016.
- Jeff Greenwald writes at Salon about how Barrack Obama might be compared to Spock from Star Trek, May 2009.
- Henry Jenkins at HenryJenkins.org asks whether Barrack Obama is “a Secret Vulcan”, June 2008.
- Seth Borenstein at NBC News considers the pop culture credibility of Barrack Obama, December 2008.
- Scott Simon on Weekend Edition compares Barrack Obama to John F. Kennedy, June 2008.
- Marc Hujer at Der Spiegel considers the connection between Barrack Obama and the Kennedy dynasty, August 2008.
- Patrick Gavin at Politico reports on the screening of Star Trek at the White House, August 2009.
- The BBC reports on Zachary Quinto coming out, October 2011.
- Daniel Reynolds at The Advocate argues that Spock has always been a queer character, July 2016.
- Kaila Hale-Stern at The Mary Sue considers the origins of “slash” fiction, August 2018.
- I Am Not Spock by Leonard Nimoy, 1975.
- I Am Spock by Leonard Nimoy, 1995.
- Steve Umbrello at Philosophy Now considers Vulcan stoicism, February/March 2015.
- Rachel Hulshult at ScreenRant considers the long history of Spock losing control of his emotions on screen, July 2023.
- Victor Garber talks to CinemaBlend about his deleted role in Star Trek, July 2022.
- Kevin Carr at Film School Rejects reports on Rachel Nichols’ deleted Star Trek subplot, May 2013.
- Katey Rich at CinemaBlend reports on the use of Bruce Greenwood in Super 8, June 2011.
- Bruce Greenwood talks to TrekMovie about playing Christopher Pike in Star Trek, October 2014.
- Nellie Andreeva at Deadline considers Frank Langella’s departure from The Fall of the House of Usher, May 2022.
- Kate Siegel talks to Kyle Meredith with… about the recasting of Bruce Greenwood in The Fall of the House of the Usher, December 2023.
- Brian Pendreigh at The Times reports on the minor controversy around Simon Pegg’s Scottish accent, November 2008.
- Chris Doohan writes at Trek Movie about the casting of Simon Pegg as Scotty in Star Trek, October 2007.
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