Will Star Trek Kill a Main Character This Week? | Disaster Movies and Their History

This week, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds goes full disaster movie with “Off-Hour,” so we’re examining the entire genre, from 1901’s Fire! to Irwin Allen’s 1970s golden age. Because the best ones leave you with a single question: who makes it out alive? From there we look at the parody that nearly killed the genre, the CGI revival of the 90s, and the best disaster story Trek ever told (yes, TNG’s “Disaster”). We dig into why the classics hit different, and whether Strange New Worlds has the nerve to actually lose a main character. Films discussed include: Fire! Zero Hour! Airport, The Poseidion Adventure, The Towering Inferno, Earthquake, and Airplane! FYI - This latest installment from The Trek Trio this goes up before the episode airs Thursday on Paramount+. We're just speculating. ⏱️ CHAPTERS 0:00 When the cast list was the kill list 0:58 A recipe for disaster 1:31 Silent Film Origins 2:40 The Master of Disaster 3:53 How far will movies go? 4:46 Decline and Spoof 5:40 Resurgence in the 90's 6:09 Declining Stakes 6:39 Star Trek TNG already made the best disaster episode 7:40 SNW's Characters Without TOS Plot Armor 8:25 Does Strange New Worlds have the guts? Movie posters sourced from IMBD. Star Trek screenshots are from Trekcore.com. Footage from Fire! courtesy of Wikimedia Commons (public domain) Our crew is LIVE Thursday night on TikTok for 📺 Join us Thursday night for our TikTok Live recap at 9PM ET, then stick around for the viewer panel, The Trek Trio's Lower Decks. New shorts all week on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube. #StrangeNewWorlds #StarTrek #SNW #DisasterMovie #StarTrekTNG