Movie Wars - Star Wars: The Force Awakens Vs. Star Trek (2009) (Ep. 0018)

Star Wars: The Force Awakens Vs. Star Trek (2009) (Ep. 0018)

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12/08/21 • 81 min

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It’s hard to argue that Star Wars and Star Trek have two of the most dedicated fan bases in film history. JJ Abrams took on the challenge of reviving these two beloved franchises with Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Star Trek (2009). Traverse the galaxies with the Movie Wars crew as they examine these intergalactic giants.

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Film Summaries:

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Thirty years after the defeat of the Galactic Empire, the galaxy faces a new threat from the evil Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) and the First Order. When a defector named Finn crash-lands on a desert planet, he meets Rey (Daisy Ridley), a tough scavenger whose droid contains a top-secret map. Together, the young duo joins forces with Han Solo (Harrison Ford) to make sure the Resistance receives the intelligence concerning the whereabouts of Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), the last of the Jedi Knights.

Rating:
PG-13 (Sci-Fi Action Violence)
Genre:
Sci-Fi, Adventure, Action, Fantasy
Original Language:
English
Director:
J.J. Abrams
Producer:
Kathleen Kennedy, J.J. Abrams, Bryan Burk
Writer:
Lawrence Kasdan, J.J. Abrams, Michael Arndt
Release Date (Theaters):
Dec 18, 2015 Wide
Release Date (Streaming):
Apr 5, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA):
$123
Runtime:
2h 16m
Distributor:
Walt Disney

(Info courtesy of Rotten Tomatoes https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/star_wars_episode_vii_the_force_awakens)

Star Trek (2009)

Aboard the USS Enterprise, the most-sophisticated starship ever built, a novice crew embarks on its maiden voyage. Their path takes them on a collision course with Nero (Eric Bana), a Romulan commander whose mission of vengeance threatens all mankind. If humanity would survive, a rebellious young officer named James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) and a coolly logical Vulcan named Spock (Zachary Quinto) must move beyond their rivalry and find a way to defeat Nero before it is too late.

Rating:
PG-13 (Sci-Fi Action|Brief Sexual Content|Violence)
Genre:
Sci-Fi, Adventure, Action, Fantasy
Original Language:
English
Director:
J.J. Abrams
Producer:
J.J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof
Writer:
Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman
Release Date (Theaters):
May 7, 2009 Wide
Release Date (Streaming):
Nov 17, 2009
Box Office (Gross USA):
$257.7M

(Info Courtesy of Rotten Tomatoes https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/star_trek_11)

Film Summaries:

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Rating:
PG-13 (Sci-Fi Action Violence)
Genre:
Sci-Fi, Adventure, Action, Fantasy
Original Language:
English
Director:
J.J. Abrams
Producer:
Kathleen Kennedy, J.J. Abrams, Bryan Burk
Writer:
Lawrence Kasdan, J.J. Abrams, Michael Arndt
Release Date (Theaters):
Dec 18, 2015 Wide
Release Date (Streaming):
Apr 5, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA):
$123
Runtime:
2h 16m
Distributor:
Walt Disney

(Info courtesy of Rotten Tomatoes https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/star_wars_episode_vii_the_force_awakens)

Star Trek (2009)

Rating:
PG-13 (Sci-Fi Action|Brief Sexual Content|Violence)
Genre:
Sci-Fi, Adventure, Action, Fantasy
Original Language:
English
Director:
J.J. Abrams
Producer:
J.J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof
Writer:
Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman
Release Date (Theaters):
May 7, 2009 Wide
Release Date (Streaming):
Nov 17, 2009
Box Office (Gross USA):
$257.7M

(Info Courtesy of Rotten Tomatoes https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/star_trek_11)

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Total Recall Vs. Minority Report (Ep. 0017)

8 Recommendations

Phillip K. Dick wrote two incredibly prophetic stories of technophobia with The Minority Report(1956) and We Can Remember it For You Wholesale(1966). It doesn’t hurt that they also led to two Sci-Fi classics carried by leading men Arnold Schwarzenegger and Tom Cruise. Get paranoid and get weird with the Movie Wars crew as we discuss Total Recall and Minority Report.

Film Summaries:

Total Recall

Douglas Quaid (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is a bored construction worker in the year 2084 who dreams of visiting the colonized Mars. He visits "Rekall," a company that plants false memories into people's brains, in order to experience the thrill of Mars without having to travel there. But something goes wrong during the procedure; Quaid discovers that his entire life is actually a false memory and that the people who implanted it in his head now want him dead.

Rating:
R
Genre:
Sci-Fi, Action
Director:
Paul Verhoeven
Producer:
Buzz Feitshans, Ronald Shusett
Writer:
Philip K. Dick, Jon Povill, Gary Goldman
Release Date (Streaming):
May 21, 2002
Box Office (Gross USA):
$117.8M
Runtime:
1h 49m

(Info courtesy of Rotten Tomatoes https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/total_recall)

Minority Report

Based on a story by famed science fiction writer Philip K. Dick, "Minority Report" is an action-detective thriller set in Washington D.C. in 2054, where police utilize a psychic technology to arrest and convict murderers before they commit their crime. Tom Cruise plays the head of this Precrime unit and is himself accused of the future murder of a man he hasn't even met.

Rating:
PG-13 (Drug Content|Brief Language|Some Sexuality|Violence)
Genre:
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Action
Original Language:
English
Director:
Steven Spielberg
Producer:
Gerald R. Molen, Bonnie Curtis, Walter F. Parkes, Jan de Bont
Writer:
Philip K. Dick, Scott Frank, Jon Cohen
Release Date (Theaters):
Jun 21, 2002 Wide
Release Date (Streaming):
Dec 17, 2002
Box Office (Gross USA):
$132.0M
Runtime:
2h 24m

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The Santa Clause Vs. Jingle All The Way (Ep. 0019)

4 Recommendations

What started as the Movie Wars Christmas episode turned into a battle of deadbeat dads. Tune in as Kyle, Drew, and Phil determine who made Santa's naughty list. Or better yet, who gets the Turboman?

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Jingle All The Way

Workaholic Howard Langston (Arnold Schwarzenegger) wants to make things up to his son, Jamie (Jake Lloyd), and wife, Liz (Rita Wilson). He promises to get Jamie the hottest toy of the season, Turbo-Man -- even though it's Christmas Eve and the toy is practically sold out. As Langston hunts down the elusive gift, he runs into mailman Myron (Sinbad), another father on the same quest. With the clock winding down, Langston's moral code is tested as he starts to learn the real meaning of Christmas.

Rating:
PG
Genre:
Comedy, Other, Kids & Family
Original Language:
English
Director:
Brian Levant
Producer:
Michael Barnathan, Chris Columbus, Mark Radcliffe
Writer:
Randy Kornfield
Release Date (Streaming):
Nov 3, 1998
Box Office (Gross USA):
$60.6M
Runtime:
1h 28m

(Rotten Tomatoes https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/jingle_all_the_way)

The Santa Clause

Divorced dad Scott (Tim Allen) has custody of his son (Eric Lloyd) on Christmas Eve. After he accidentally kills a man in a Santa suit, they are magically transported to the North Pole, where an elf explains that Scott must take Santa's place before the next Christmas arrives. Scott thinks he's dreaming, but over the next several months he gains weight and grows an inexplicably white beard. Maybe that night at the North Pole wasn't a dream after all -- and maybe Scott has a lot of work to do.

Rating:
PG
Genre:
Other, Comedy, Kids & Family
Original Language:
English
Director:
John Pasquin
Producer:
Bobby Newmyer, Brian Reilly, Jeffrey Silver
Writer:
Leo Benvenuti, Steve Rudnick
Release Date (Theaters):
Nov 11, 1994 Wide
Release Date (Streaming):
Sep 7, 2004
Box Office (Gross USA):
$145.5M
Runtime:
1h 37m

(Courtesy of Rotten Tomatoes https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/santa_clause)

Movie Wars - Star Wars: The Force Awakens Vs. Star Trek (2009) (Ep. 0018)

Transcript

Itâs hard to argue that Star Wars and Star Trek have two of the most dedicated fan bases in film history. JJ Abrams took on the challenge of reviving these two beloved franchises with Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Star Trek (2009). Traverse the galaxies with the Movie Wars crew as they examine these intergalactic giants.

Film Summaries:

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Thirty years after the defeat of the Galactic Empire, the galaxy faces a new threat from the evil K