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“Star Trek Continues”: Fan-made episodes carry on the five-year mission
- NIL8 13y agoVery cool! Thanks for sharing.
- Nux 13y agoGood news, I'd also very much love to see a new series based on the "second" incarnation of Star Trek (TNG/Voyager/DS9), which for me is "the real Star Trek". I could never really suspend my disbelief with the 1st series...
- maxerickson 13y agoI think TNG pretty much accomplished whatever it was they set out to do. Then they started making action adventure movies. I'd like to see whole different takes on the genre. Too bad star trek is so iconic, it uses up a lot of the air.
- sksksk 13y agoI thought Firefly was a pretty good attempt, shame it didn't take off.
- IAmAI343 13y agoIt was OK. I don't think it was better than TNG when it first came out.
- cema 13y agoBetter or not is a personal preference. But the world it describes (much closer to our time, which also affects the technology), the kind of protagonists (regular folk, not associated with an all-mighty quasi-military governmental structure), the action (more personal, less "submarine in space"), and the issues (more political, and in general more grown-up, than Star Trek) do make it better for some viewers. (Disclaimer: myself included.)
- Nux 13y agoIt didn't take off because it didn't gather enough audience. Most people have a prejudice against SciFi. It took me several months to convince my girlfriend to watch Firefly and more than a year for BSG, but in the end she loved them both very much.
- loire280 13y agoI'm hoping that the mass appeal of BSG (especially now that it has a second life on Netflix) and the accessibility of the new Star Trek movies will pave the way for more space opera on TV.
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- dragonwriter 13y ago> It didn't take off because it didn't gather enough audience. Which of course had nothing to do with the network showing a series of shows written with developments carrying through multiple episodes out of order.
- stephengillie 13y agoI've heard it described as the differences between the Gene Roddenberry universe and the Rick Berman universe. Supposedly, Roddenberry took a backseat after TNG season 2, and there are differences in camerawork, acting, and storylines between the first 2 seasons & the latter 5.
- IAmAI343 13y agoCompletely agree. As a guy living along in college some of the best nights would be watching Start Trek TNG. Just the opening was incredible. It made me feel like it really was the future.
- Zardoz84 13y agoCheck Star Trek : Hidden Frontier. they are very old in this, and it's obvious that they do all with low budget, but they made seven seassons!!! And It get improving and getting more interesting in each seasson. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_Hidden_Frontier http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_Hidden_Frontier
- Bjoern 13y agohttp://www.startrekcontinues.com/episodes/#.UbHvxVJfI1I http://www.startrekcontinues.com/episodes/#.UbHvxVJfI1I
- crusso 13y agoWatched a few minutes and decided it's worth bookmarking. Maybe it can wash out the awful taste in my after watching "Into Darkness". I have to wonder about the IP issues. I didn't see anything on their site regarding what will stop CBS from going after them.
- gagege 13y agoWhy didn't you like Into Darkness?
- MartinCron 13y agoMaybe because it was too fun and watchable? The Onion review of the previous Star Trek movie feels perfect: http://www.theonion.com/video/trekkies-bash-new-star-trek-film-as-fun-watchable,14333/ http://www.theonion.com/video/trekkies-bash-new-star-trek-fi...;
- dscrd 13y agohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWLGH0VHUVs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWLGH0VHUVs Red Letter Media's take on "Into Darkness". Yes, even as an action flick it sucks.
- jerf 13y agoWorth noting he enjoyed the first one. I largely agree with his review of the first one. In my opinion, the reboot captures effectively none of the magic of the original series, but since it's just being its own thing, it works out OK in the end, far better than an attempt to straddle the action adventure with the original Star Trek story aesthetic. I have no opinion about the second since I haven't seen it.
- ceejayoz 13y ago87% on Rotten Tomatoes makes it hard to argue that "it sucks" is an empirical, indisputable conclusion... http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/star_trek_into_darkness/ http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/star_trek_into_darkness/
- chiph 13y agoI watched this the other week and other than some rough moments attributable to a new cast, I have to say, it really does pick right up where the TOS left off. The lighting, the sets, the music -- all are just like the original.
- genwin 13y agoIt's good! Starring Grant Imahara from Mythbusters as Sulu.
- pre 13y agoWatched it last week, squeeling with delight. Thought it was awesome, really captured the feel of the original. I was only disappointed when, 7 days later, there wasn't a new episode. Anyone know what release frequency they're aiming at?
- Claudus 13y agoI'm really curious to know how this ties in to Star Trek New Voyages... are they alternate timelines, or are they overlapping? http://www.startreknewvoyages.com/ http://www.startreknewvoyages.com/
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- exit 13y agogrowing up, i liked startrek as vision of the future i can't follow this kind of fetishising of an outdated vision
- cema 13y agofetishising of an outdated vision I think it makes sense. Still it is more interesting than just a kind of future-in-the-past exercise.
- stox 13y agoI had a lot of fun watching this. It is true to the original spirit of the series. I look forward to the next episode.
- Zardoz84 13y agoIt's good, I will bookmark it. This fan-films are a "old stuff" now. I helped a bit with one some time ago, making some 3d stuff for Star Trek Origins. If you like this, you will love Star Trek Phase II http://www.startreknewvoyages.com/ http://www.startreknewvoyages.com/ The first chapters two aren't very good, but they make a steady progress improving it, and actually have a great quality in all senses.