TOS Podcasts - Reviewing the Reviewers

As I've been watching Star Trek - the original series, I've been listening to various podcasts that go over the episodes. I've found several that standout:

1. Fascinating - A star trek podcast
2. Mission Log - A Rod Roddenberry production
3. Enterprise Incidents - with Steve Morris and Scott Mantz.
4. Inglorious Trekspersts

Sadly, the rest of them (and there are a lot) are hit and miss. Overall, these 2nd tier podcasts, are much more critical and political then those mentioned above, and the IMDB comments. Or more accurately, more critical and political in a much less intelligent manner.

These 2nd teir podcasts, really, really, love pointing out "Sexism", "Racism" and "Jingoism", even when they have to stretch the meaning of those words a country mile. They also do the following:

• constantly snark at what "a horn dog" Kirk is. Haha. There's Kirk making his moves on everything in a skirt - despite this being false.
• Miss the meaning of episode dialogue and can't place the situations in context
• Talk about how "boring" somethng is, without support
• Don't understand its a TV show and is supposed to be entertaining - not a science lesson or character study.
• Think pointing out minor inconsistencies and plot holes is important and interesting
• Don't like all that icky romance stuff (most podcasters are male nerds)
• Ignore the quality of the set design, music, writing or direction.
• Constantly snark about the acting being "Cheesy" and "over-the-top"
• Don't get the Humor and take the jokes literally
• Confuse the actor with the Character.  
• Think the 1960s and the 1950s are the same in terms of culture and sexual attitudes
• Thunder about how "Personally offended" they are by some mild instance of "sexism" or "colonalism". Thankfully, they don't cry on-air.

Part of them problem, is they don't know anything except TV shows or SF/fantasy.  Classical movies (let alone Classical literature) is a closed book to them. 

Many seem to think Critical analysis consists in combing through a TV show and pointing out all the violations against the polticially correct views in the current year.  One half expects them to denounce something as "Counter-revolutionairy" or "a poltical belief of the Bourgoise".  Its sometimes that goofy and stalinist. 

The old-time attitude of being broad-minded and welcoming different viewpoints/values is gone. Instead, these podcasters proudly (or in anger)  announce how OFFENDED they are at some line of dialogue.  Others use words like "icky" or "bizarre" to describe something that differs from their cultural values. How dare Kirk, compliment a women! That's intolerable!