Star Trek Continues

sky23

http://vimeo.com/66784863

Have you guys seen this yet? If not you HAVE to watch it. Its basically the original series continuing on as if it was never cancelled. The sound effects the music everything is done with the 60's tos style and there is some good actors on it too. there is even a return of a character from tos and played by the actual actor who played that character in tos way back

Myrddin

Jeez the production values are insane, it's extremely well done. Will watch the full ep later on

sky23

watch out for an actor from another top sci-fi series making a brief appearance too

Myrddin

As a big fan of canon, & not so much of non canon, I can honestly say this was incredibly well done. I had to keep reminding myself this wasn't a full on Trek production. The lighting, sound, props....absolutely first rate.

Granted some of the acting wasn't up to scratch, namely Sulu & Bones, but Apollo was remarkably well done. I'm already looking forward to the second episode, this is that good. It's like a hidden/lost tape of TOS was fault in a vault or something!

Rovi

EnterNow wrote: »

Granted some of the acting wasn't up to scratch, namely Sulu & Bones...

Sulu is played by Grant Imahara, of Mythbusters fame!

Myrddin

Rovi wrote: »

Sulu is played by Grant Imahara, of Mythbusters fame!

Ha is that who that is?! Well, he shouldn't give up the dayjob

GreenWolfe

I normally don't watch TOS, but I'm watching this right now and I'm really enjoying it.

I knew the computer voice seemed familiar, turned out it's Marina Sirtis.

sky23

EnterNow wrote: »

Granted some of the acting wasn't up to scratch, namely Sulu & Bones, but Apollo was remarkably well done.!

agree with you . I guess it can't be 100% satisfactory unless we can travel back in time and convince them to not cancel the show I think kirk and scotty are well played and Apollo as you said. It made up for that!

Rovi

I see that Nurse Chapel in the original as become Nurse Temple in this

alkev

Apollo is played by Michael Forrest who played him in the original series

Roar

Even the fact that it's filmed in 4:3 pleases me

sky23

Roar wrote: »

Even the fact that it's filmed in 4:3 pleases me

you can't get much more nerdy than that

Myrddin

alkev wrote: »

Apollo is played by Michael Forrest who played him in the original series

It shows, he's a class above the rest in that episode.

Goodshape

Wow, that was really good!

I quite liked the New Voyages episodes too – a similar sort of thing but to be honest, much preferred this 'Star Trek Continues'. Felt totally authentic, a good classic Star Trek story, acting wasn't great but wasn't bad either (some of New Voyages was truly awful), and production values just where you want them.

Really impressed. I'd pay money to see a new one of these every week or so. Hope they make some more soon enough!

sky23

Goodshape wrote: »

Wow, that was really good!

I quite liked the New Voyages episodes too – a similar sort of thing but to be honest, much preferred this 'Star Trek Continues'. Felt totally authentic, a good classic Star Trek story, acting wasn't great but wasn't bad either (some of New Voyages was truly awful), and production values just where you want them.

Really impressed. I'd pay money to see a new one of these every week or so. Hope they make some more soon enough!

I have heard of this but haven't watched it because i was never really into fan series. Might give it a try since i liked star trek continues.

Is there any other fan series out there that you would recommend?

Goodshape

sky23 wrote: »

Is there any other fan series out there that you would recommend?

The only other fan production I can honestly say I actually enjoyed watching was Star Trek Auora. It's not a continuation of anything, just a nice self contained film set in the TOS universe aboard a non-starfleet cargo ship.

There's also Of Gods and Men which is worth a look (lots of familiar faces in the cast and crew) but ultimately, sadly, not really all that good.

bizmark

jesus thats insane the effects are better than Ds9

Goodshape

alkev wrote: »

Apollo is played by Michael Forrest who played him in the original series

He's not the only actor-who-previously-played-Apollo in this episode!

Jamie Bamber, Battlestar Galactica

bizmark

Just watched the whole thing rather good for a fan made episode .

Kirt and spock played their parts pretty perfectly specialy the guy who played spock he wouldn't of been out of place in the series and defiantly did a better job than the likes of Vorik in voyager.
Mccoy was a lot different than the mccoy from Tos but i guess he didnt get much screen time and besides the guy playing him didnt chew the scenery and did a fine job .
Sulu and scotty though where a much much different level of skill sulu was just bad the gulf in ability between BSG Apollo and him in the scenes outside the ship where like night and day and unfortunately the man trying to play scotty apparently figured doing a complete parody of the tos scotty would be fine (incidentaly is that doohans son?).
Speaking of apollo the old apollo was very likeable the conculsion of the story was satisfying just due to that.

Effects and set wise its as good as any tv episode of star trek iv seen really cant fault it.

Are they or have they made more ? would happly follow this

sky23

bizmark wrote: »

and unfortunately the man trying to play scotty apparently figured doing a complete parody of the tos scotty would be fine (incidentaly is that doohans son?).

yes he is. Christopher Doohan

bizmark

sky23 wrote: »

yes he is. Christopher Doohan

Thats cool just hope he tones down the Scottish accent next time and maybe brings a bit of his own style to the part he cant be his dad it just looks like a parody the guy who played mccoy in this epsoide kinda did it right if intentional or not he didn't attempt to be deforester kelly right down to his body language and it worked imho

ItHurtsWhenIP

As a TOS fan from the 70's (when Telly Eireann first got their hands on it), I have to say I enjoyed that thoroughly. Yes some of the acting was a little ... off, but no less so than some of the modern sh1te that millions of dollars are spent on (I'm looking at you Revolution).

I disagree with the Scotty critics. I thought Doohan the younger wasn't too bad at all.

Agree that Bones was played a little carefully.

Kirk and Spock were as near as damn it as makes no odds.

I look forward to many more ... hopefully.

Kurn

Could never get into TOS - but this was pretty good! and felt like Trek! (if you know what I mena)

PirateShampoo

Thought i recognized Sulu, it Grant Imahara from Mythbusters.

Myrddin

PirateShampoo wrote: »

Thought i recognized Sulu, it Grant Imahara from Mythbusters.

One of the most staged & scripted shows I've seen, & he still can't act

nyarlothothep

The production values were impeccable, the cg was perfect, the enterprise looked pristine. Michael Forest as Apollo was about x1000 above the rest in terms of acting ability, what a great actor. And Michelle Specht as the ship's psychologist...wow...

However the script was pretty cheesy, especially with the cringe inducing puns/play on words, eg "godspeed" "you cant teach an old god new tricks" etc. Also the plot was a bit hokey, with some lame excuses eg, Apollo's girlfriend died saving colonists from a plague, that's just so lazy it's like the writers were like, yeah just get that bit done so we can move on with the story, any explanation will do, just use the cliche bank. The epilogue ending was unnecessary and uber cheesy and the whole moral of the story bit about self sacrifice defining humanity didn't make sense. It was lazy writing and very cheesy. That said I actually watched the whole thing so for a fan production it was very good. The story they had was very compelling, it was just that it was let down in places by the script and the performances of some of the actors.

Rovi

Looks like episode 2 of this will premier at the Dallas ComiCon in February:
https://www.facebook.com/StarTrekContinues/posts/680492115317641

Lou Ferrigno features!!!:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152058814087299&set=a.10150161563692299.301189.175286417298&type=1&theater

jenjenten

I am just watching episode 2!....this show looks AMAZING!.....and = Erin Gray!.....from Buck Rodgers!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mOpmIFTxkE

The production values are amazing, even the editing, look and feel is totally authentic to TOS.....superb!
The story was very good as well, classic TOS taking on topical and historic issues....this show is a must see imo!

Goodshape

That was great!

Adamantium

These are amazingly impressive, I completely forgot after a minute or two that this was a fan production. Acting was WAY beyond what I expected

Better(more authentic)/ so more soul than than the stuff than spend millions of dollars on nowadays.

Especially the practical sets, camera workthe lighting felt like it all filmed in the 60's. Like a lost episode.

As an off topic aside
no excuse why Star Wars Episode VII couldn't do the same with lighting and sets

Frank Lee Midere

Even the acting was fine in that one. Liked the new doctor.

Praetorian

I am enjoying this, but the guy playing Sulu is dreadful.

Demonique

Praetorian wrote: »

I am enjoying this, but the guy playing Sulu is dreadful.

And the guy who plays Kirk is an asshole. He's known for hitting on girls at anime cons who cosplay anime characters he's voiced

He was at Eirkaton a couple of years back and one of the stipulations of him attending was that the con had to put his religious leaflets into the con bag

Goodshape

Episode 3: Fairest Of Them All

In the Mirror Universe, Spock faces a choice that determines the future of the Terran Empire.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJf2ovQtI6w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJf2ovQtI6w
http://vimeo.com/98076892

http://www.startrekcontinues.com/star-trek-continues-episode-3-fairest-of-them-all/


Loved it, again.

_Kaiser_

Goodshape wrote: »

Episode 3: Fairest Of Them All

In the Mirror Universe, Spock faces a choice that determines the future of the Terran Empire.

Loved it, again.

That was actually very cool!

The original "Mirror, Mirror" is probably my favourite episode of TOS but I thought the direction they took it in in DS9 was a disappointment - the Diane Duane "Dark Mirror" novel and the ENT "In a Mirror Darkly" and the spin-off books were far better IMO.

But this was an excellent sequel to that original episode (nice touch re-enacting the last scene of the original episode at the start too!) and Kirk really reminded me of Shatner a few times. Sulu is poor though!

But..

I'm not sure about the ending. So they've captured the ship, overthrown the Captain and casually warp off into the distance? Surely the first thing to do would be to prepare for the inevitable backlash. I can't believe the whole crew (especially Scotty and Chekov) just got on board with Spock's revolution after just a recording and Kirk's "confession"? Someone will have gotten the word out to Starfleet Command!

Still, nit-picking aside they've really done a great job here.

Myrddin

I've only just finished the second episode there, "Lolani". I forgot I was watching something non canon & fan fiction...the standard this reaches is incredible. Kirk is so, so, well done. Spock is pretty damn good too. Thankfully the guy who plays Sulu didn't have any role in this episode as he's pretty dire...but otherwise from lighting to story to acting it's stellar.

Frank Lee Midere

Demonique wrote: »

And the guy who plays Kirk is an asshole. He's known for hitting on girls at anime cons who cosplay anime characters he's voiced

He was at Eirkaton a couple of years back and one of the stipulations of him attending was that the con had to put his religious leaflets into the con bag

If we didn't like actors who played the field we'd like very few.

He makes an excellent kirk. The mannerisms are exact. Not a caricature but exact.

And the set is great. Acting is fine. Story was very good this time.

Goodshape

Michael Dorn voiced the mirror-universe ship's computer in this episode

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3804654

Was Marina Sirtis in the first one. Not sure about the second episode – was there no computer voice? Can't find a credit.

Cool for them to be involved anyway. Always annoyed me that Worf and Troi's romance was dropped cold after the TNG series

_Kaiser_

Goodshape wrote: »

Cool for them to be involved anyway. Always annoyed me that Worf and Troi's romance was dropped cold after the TNG series

Nah.. They were just far too different for that to be realistic - bit like how all-of-a-sudden Seven was dating Chakotay in the last episode of Voyager.

Worf and Jadzia were far better suited (lucky fecker! ), but Troi was always meant to end up with Riker

(The Imazdi books by Peter David covered this whole thing very well)

Riamfada

Fantastic. I think the only downside is that they are trying to emulate iconic characters. With these kind of production values they could have written a new crew & ship and created their own personalities.

_Kaiser_

Riamfada wrote: »

Fantastic. I think the only downside is that they are trying to emulate iconic characters. With these kind of production values they could have written a new crew & ship and created their own personalities.

I think them continuing where TOS left off as a strength myself especially as they have Kirk (in particular) and Spock done so well and the rest of the main cast (with the exception of Sulu) is pretty good too. Better again that they're following up with some sequels to original episodes as well. The latest one was great.

If they'd done another ship with a different crew I don't think it'd gather the same level of interest.

Myrddin

Riamfada wrote: »

Fantastic. I think the only downside is that they are trying to emulate iconic characters. With these kind of production values they could have written a new crew & ship and created their own personalities.

I had the same thought, definitely agree there. Imagine this was a different ship, separate to the Enterprise...with all new characters that we've never met before.

Goodshape

Kaiser2000 wrote: »

Nah.. They were just far too different for that to be realistic - bit like how all-of-a-sudden Seven was dating Chakotay in the last episode of Voyager.

Ah but they built it up subtly over a number of episodes – since Parallels if I recall correctly – wasn't just shoe-horned into the final. Riker/Troi was the obvious romance, obviously, but that had died almost completely before being resuscitated for no good apparent reason in the films. Pretty sure Worf/Troi was just never mentioned again.

Riamfada wrote:

I think the only downside is that they are trying to emulate iconic characters. With these kind of production values they could have written a new crew & ship and created their own personalities.

Usually I'd agree with something like that but they're doing such a good job I'm happy to just let them at it. The acting isn't perfect but even that's improved a lot between the first and third episode. Sulu didn't annoy me in this one.

Myrddin

Just finished the 3rd episode there, utterly brilliant stuff. Once again, I'm so impressed with how well Kirk was portrayed, & the mirror universe Kirk at that. The inflections, the tones, the mannerisms...they're perfect, & I mean perfect. Further to that, it even looks like Kirk, & sounds like him too.

Spock is fantastic in this episode too. It's so impressive, I hope this goes on for a long time. Nice to hear Mr. Dorn in there too as the computer voice. I'm looking forward to the next one!

sky23

another great episode!!

FutureGuy

If you are a fan of this series, and I certainly am, then you need to check out their new Kickstarter...


https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/trekcontinues/star-trek-continues-2015-kirkstarter-20#updates


They are planning many more episodes.

Goodshape

Episode 4: 'The White Iris' was released yesterday.

"Captain Kirk finds himself haunted by guilt from his past as the fate of an alien world hangs in the balance."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUg8-Tz69_I

Or slightly better quality on Vimeo.


Haven't watched it yet myself. Bookmarked for this evening.

_Kaiser_

Just watched it there now...

Not as good as the last one tbh...

- I just didn't buy Kirk's refusal to accept McCoy's and Spock's counsel earlier
- The Enterprise has a holodeck????
- The weapons officer seems a bit too "Airplane" in delivering the "Warheads are closing!" line

On the plus side, Kirk, Spock and McCoy were solidly portrayed again and the production values are still top notch.

corkie

Goodshape wrote: »

Episode 4: 'The White Iris' was released yesterday.

"Captain Kirk finds himself haunted by guilt from his past as the fate of an alien world hangs in the balance."

Or slightly better quality on Vimeo.

Looks like the youtube versions have been removed due to copyright!

Myrddin

corkie wrote: »

Looks like the youtube versions have been removed due to copyright!

I wonder why, they've permission to do what they're doing as long as it's not for profit I wonder if it's a case of the copyright bot picking up on some background music or something...

corkie

Goodshape wrote: »

Episode 4: 'The White Iris' was released yesterday.

"Captain Kirk finds himself haunted by guilt from his past as the fate of an alien world hangs in the balance."

A bit of star trek trivia but one of the female characters that kirk is having regrets over, was originally played by Joan Collins in TOS episode S01E28 featuring "Guardian of Forever"!

Finally got around to watching "The White Iris" tonight!