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Post by StarFuryG7 on Jun 21, 2012 16:57:34 GMT -5
He should have done that a long, long time ago.
I just hope that the guy he hired to replace him does a good job. He looks more suited for the role in terms of appearance, but it's also a little hard to tell from just that one picture. I'd have to see him in action before deciding on that.
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Post by CRAMBAM on Jun 21, 2012 20:08:44 GMT -5
Of course. I also bet some attention to the rival fan project and the fact that that Kirk also looks more the part than Cawley does affected things.
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Post by StarFuryG7 on Jul 21, 2012 16:23:28 GMT -5
I've only watched the first 30 minutes of this so far late last night, but figured some people here might find it of some interest. Her ship is ugly, and frankly I don't like the style of some of the FX sequences in space and the design of some of the ships; the character animations are also a little stiff, but of course you can look at it for yourselves and decide whether there's anything worthwhile here for you or not.
Star Trek: Aurora--Complete (Official Site)
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Post by StarFuryG7 on Jul 22, 2012 0:59:58 GMT -5
Two words: "chick story", all the way through, straight to the end.
I could have sworn this episode was written by a woman, only to find out after it was over that a guy did it.
He might as well be a woman.
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Post by CRAMBAM on Jul 22, 2012 7:07:34 GMT -5
Does this involve Kirk and crew? If not, not interested.
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Post by StarFuryG7 on Jul 22, 2012 12:10:47 GMT -5
Does this involve Kirk and crew? If not, not interested. |
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Post by CRAMBAM on Jul 22, 2012 13:08:19 GMT -5
Eh. Not worth it.
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Post by StarFuryG7 on Jul 22, 2012 16:02:54 GMT -5
Here's why I think you should reconsider . . . www.examiner.com/article/a-new-animated-star-trek-seriesRead that article, which is very short, and I'll just include here how it closes . . . "Whether or not there are more Aurora adventures or stories from a different imaginary reality, 'Star Trek: Aurora' stands as a major accomplishment for someone working with not much more than a home computer and a vivid imagination. To see the Aurora website log on to www.auroratrek.com."This guy supposedly did this by himself for the most part, so it's worth watching just to see what he was able to achieve from a strictly technical standpoint. I have issues with aspects of the story and the writing --there are holes and things worth questioning or at least pointing out. However, it's a pretty remarkable achievement nevertheless. I don't like some of the designs and so forth as I said, and the story really does come off as something written by a woman, but it's less than an hour, and it's what this guy was able to do by himself that's nevertheless pretty amazing, story and writing aside.
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Post by captainbasil on Jul 28, 2012 10:05:13 GMT -5
I've only watched a few minutes of it but I will definitely check it out later when my wife is free to watch it with me. The animation comes off kind of creepy to me but the story has potential and whether it's Trek, Sherlock Holmes or The Cthulhu Mythos, I love to see what fans do with stuff they love.
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Post by StarFuryG7 on Jul 29, 2012 18:18:06 GMT -5
I've only watched a few minutes of it but I will definitely check it out later when my wife is free to watch it with me. The animation comes off kind of creepy to me but the story has potential and whether it's Trek, Sherlock Holmes or The Cthulhu Mythos, I love to see what fans do with stuff they love. |
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Post by captainbasil on Jul 31, 2012 6:45:14 GMT -5
Oh, I will definitely post a review. The guy who made Aurora works up the street from me. It looks like he really put a lot of work into it. I was a fan of the 70's Trek cartoon too. People pick on it now but it was a great Star Trek fix in its day.
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Post by CRAMBAM on Jul 31, 2012 7:27:22 GMT -5
I liked TAS too. And the stories were better than Enterprise and Voyager.
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Post by StarFuryG7 on Jul 31, 2012 11:14:43 GMT -5
I watched the first four or five episodes once it was released on DVD and have yet to go back and view the rest. It was such an amateur production, on the audio end especially, that I just couldn't deal with it.
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Post by CRAMBAM on Aug 6, 2012 18:08:02 GMT -5
Phase II has a new Kirk. Check him out here. The acting isn't nearly as good as Shatner but this captures the spirit of Trek so much better than anything else we see these days. I hated one line. Bet you will all spot it.
Oh, and there's a pretty damn cool addition to the crew that yes, we have seen before, but not like this.
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Post by CRAMBAM on Aug 7, 2012 6:32:04 GMT -5
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Post by StarFuryG7 on Aug 8, 2012 0:30:24 GMT -5
I hated one line. Bet you will all spot it.
"We are the Archers!"  ?
It's enough to make me gag, and Archer wasn't even as bad as Janeway, but it's rather sickening nonetheless, no offense intended toward Scott Bakula.
Gag me with a spoon.
And this actor they cast as Kirk is not a good choice for that role. His voice is especially irritating and not right for the part. |
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Post by CRAMBAM on Aug 8, 2012 18:14:45 GMT -5
You got it.
It's amazing how I can like an actor as much as I like Bakula, but hate Archer so much.
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Post by StarFuryG7 on Aug 10, 2012 15:12:52 GMT -5
Over at Blastr:Watch fan-made Trek series bridging gap between TOS and 1st film
 Fans of the original Star Trek, rejoice—there's a brand new web series in town, picking up on the lost time between the end of The Original Series and the first Trek motion picture. MORE: blastr.com/2012/08/new-star-trek-web-series.php
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Post by StarFuryG7 on Aug 11, 2012 0:16:57 GMT -5
Oh God, they need so much help here it's not even funny. I could write a list. Writing problems, persistent sound problems, acting problems, corny camera shooting where it's meant to be dramatically intense (that last shot really sticks out in my mind). In short, this production needs a lot of work just to make it averagely acceptable.
On a positive note, I think the guy they cast as the lead needs some acting training; he's too stiff and doesn't deliver his lines very well in a lot of instances (though no worse than some of the other people cast in this production to be sure), but if he can overcome those problems with some practice he might not be too bad to follow as a lead in this series. He has no nonsense look which could serve the character he's playing well once he has some more experience under his belt.
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Post by StarFuryG7 on Aug 13, 2012 17:59:47 GMT -5
Anyone give "Secret Voyage" a look?
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Post by CRAMBAM on Aug 13, 2012 21:34:10 GMT -5
I'll try to check it out when I can. Still a tough time of year because I'm out a lot.
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Post by StarFuryG7 on Sept 7, 2012 0:05:55 GMT -5
One of my Blu-ray Players decided to crap out last night after just seven and a half months of use when I went to insert my "Battleship" Disc, so I had to trudge on over to Best Buy on Thursday to replace it and had to go with a Sony because they no longer had that Samsung model as part of their inventory. I tested out the Player with the first episode of "Breaking Bad" on Blu-ray, then started perusing this new Player's other features and came across this Interview on YouTube if any of you are interested.
Did any of you watch this Animated Fan Film to begin with? It was worth checking out just too see what the guy who created it managed to pull off on his own.
Star Trek: Aurora - Interview
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Post by StarFuryG7 on May 25, 2013 14:22:13 GMT -5
This in a nutshell is just one of the things that I really don't like about Fan Films.
Michael Forest reprises his role as Apollo from the original series, to which I ask: Why can't these fan film guys who like doing this stuff just let sleeping dogs lie? 'New Voyages' pulled this with William Windom reprising his role as Decker from "The Doomsday Machine" some years back and I didn't like that because it intentionally changed the ending of the original episode. Apparently that must be the case here too, and what explains the fact that Apollo has aged here in this fan sequel to the original series episode he appeared in? Apollo was a god who hadn't aged for thousands of years back then, yet suddenly here, he's nearly half a century older in appearance? To be perfectly honest, I'm not even interested in watching the thing to find out the explanation to that question. I'm fine with leaving my memories of that episode just as they are without the need to see an unofficial continuation to it. Feel free to feel differently about it though.
Over at TrekNews.net:WATCH: First Episode of ‘Star Trek Continues’May 25, 2013 By TrekNews.net Staff In Fan Films  On Friday night, the pilot episode of Star Trek Continues, a new fan-made web series, premiered at Phoenix Comicon and later released online for fans around the world to enjoy. We first reported on Star Trek Continues back in March of 2012, when Chris Doohan–son of Star Trek‘s original Montgomery Scott, James Doohan–was cast in the series. Based on the original 5-year voyage of the USS Enterprise, the series picks up where Kirk, Spock, Bones, Scotty, Sulu, Uhura and Chekov left off in 1969. Entitled “Pilgrim of Eternity”, the pilot… Read More »
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Post by CRAMBAM on May 25, 2013 16:17:29 GMT -5
I'll check it out this weekend. Hope it's New Voyages quality or better.
The Spock and McCoy clearly don't look right, but the Kirk actor does have that look.
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Post by captainbasil on May 26, 2013 9:51:03 GMT -5
Thanks for posting the Star Trek Continues stuff. I have a soft spot for Fan Films but the few minutes I just watched looked to be, to paraphrase Chef Alton Brown, not Fan Film "Good Eats". ;D
I will watch the whole thing soon. I stopped it because I thought my wife might want to check it out too. I am fond of Farragut Films For Want of A Nail and a couple of other short efforts but this just looks a little odd to me. I need to sit and give it a chance, though.
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Post by StarFuryG7 on May 26, 2013 14:45:38 GMT -5
~Be Advised: This Review does contain some Episode Spoilers~ I decided to give it a look late last night before going to bed. I watched it on my TV because fortunately they posted it to YouTube as well, so I was able to pull it up via my Blu-ray Player, and this production actually impressed me for a fan made feature. The writing was actually decent given what it was, although I had certain problems with what they chose to do. That Apollo would end up on the bridge of the Enterprise the way he did with Athena at the beginning made no real sense. They did attempt to provide a reason for the two of them having aged, which seemed a bit strained, so there were several noticeable plot holes that one has to overlook or push to the side if they're going to run with it and allow for the suspension of disbelief, especially given that it's an amateur production. I wanted to check out Michael Forest though being that he was reprising a role that he played way back in the 60s, and interestingly enough, despite his advanced age at this point, the man has retained his wits rather well apparently. He did a fair job with the dialogue, although in a few places another take or two probably wouldn't have hurt. The same could probably be said for the other actors as well for that matter. I found the actor who played Kirk here to be the best I've seen thus far in a fan film. The guy had many of the more typical Kirk gestures and mannerisms down right, and for a fan film, he turned in a pretty decent performance as the character overall. It took a little getting used to the lower tone of his voice compared to Shatner, but in addition to knowing the character very well, he actually looks remarkably like Shatner in a number of places. Some of what they did was corny. I didn't care to see Uhura singing, but their having Forest sing a few verses of his own didn't really help the production in my view even though they had a reason for doing it. I probably would have found a way to accomplish the same thing without resorting to that scene. It was also funny to watch Apollo going from being completely bald at the top if his head, to having hair once he begins to feel worshipped, to losing that hair again, to having it reappear at the top of his head again, all the while with none of the other characters at least making any of mention of it somewhere along the line, either to Apollo directly, or even amongst themselves when he's not around. There was an obvious point to it, but without anyone alluding to it at least once, it came off as rather silly. The sets were impressive, and the production values overall were pretty good. I would rather they had done an independent story without going to the well to draw up a sequel to an original series episode, but you guys already know that from my post yesterday. Perhaps in the future they'll go that route, if they produce more episodes, which appears to be the plan. Despite my qualms about that though, this was actually the best Trek fan film that I've ever seen. It was also a classic "Star Trek" story in how it was written, although the final scene, while not bad, and having a point to it, reminded me more of something I would expect to have seen on "Enterprise" and not on the original series, but it was a nice touch nevertheless. As for the actors, Mr. Forest aside, who's a professional actor in contrast to the rest of the cast, they all did surprisingly well, if you can overlook the fact that a few of them were probably not the best choices for the characters they were playing. The actor playing McCoy not only lacked any physical resemblance to DeForest Kelley, but he made no attempt at a Southern accent either for that matter. The actor who played Spock probably wasn't the greatest choice either, but as far as the writing went, the dialogue came across as pretty accurate for the character, and the guy did try to deliver the lines with the right mannerisms that we would expect and are familiar with for that role. The other players who stood in for Sulu and Chekov probably weren't the best casting choices either, but their roles were more limited than the other players (Chekov's in particular) fortunately, although Sulu does have a scene where he's standing on the hull of the ship trying to phaser off a corrosive element. I had an issue with that scene because I don't believe that kind of a suit would have been used for a spacewalk, although it's a little difficult to argue on behalf of that position being that the closest thing we ever saw to it in the original series was in "The Tholian Web" when Kirk is inadvertently caught in spatial interface and remains stuck in that predicament right up until he runs out of air. Those suits strike me as more of a protective choice especially intended for travelling into a potentially hazardous environment where a virus or some other form of contagion may be present. I don't believe they were ever meant to be used for a spacewalk though. As for Chris Doohan, watching him was almost like seeing a ghost at times given the resemblance to his father and the Scottish accent that he apparently learned quite well from him. So how would I rate this episode? Well, given that I'm not particularly a fan of fan films, as you all already know, I was more impressed with this production than I expected to be. They didn't win me over early on when Apollo first materializes onto the bridge of the ship still dressed in a toga in his eighties. I felt that was a bad move and certainly didn't do Michael Forest any favors, but they did their best from a shooting standpoint to make his attire less apparent than one would expect, and quickly dealt with that by seeing to it that he was given a change of clothes, so even they were aware from a production standpoint that the scene had to be handled very carefully so as to not embarrass the actor or turn their episode into an unintentionally laughable spoof. They hit most of their marks correctly here though, and for that reason I'll give them an 8 out of 10. It was a solid effort for a first-time entry, and these guys are clearly much better than the "New Voyages"/ "Phase II" gang, which has had far more in the way of experience by comparison. 8 out of 10 |
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Post by captainbasil on May 26, 2013 19:37:53 GMT -5
I agree with your rating and I am an over all fan of Fan Films. This show won me over. Even the guy playing Bones won me over in time, and he's my favorite TOS character. I really liked Kirk. I think the guy nailed it. If I had let the first few minutes influence me I never would have watched the rest but I'm glad I did. Yes they messed with the Apollo story but what they did with it was interesting. A nice effort all,in all. I will watch more.
8/10
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Post by CRAMBAM on May 26, 2013 21:02:54 GMT -5
That was a very good review, and I'm in absolute shock as to what I just watched.
I don't know if I would call this the best fan SCRIPT I have ever seen, but the acting here was significantly better than other fan films.
This was like watching a TOS episode. A real one. It may not have been as good as the BEST of TOS, but it was better than the WORST of TOS. It captured the spirit of the show, with a solid production.
I'm in awe of Chris Doohan's performance. He was so good that I actually wish Pegg would step aside for him. And Pegg was much better in STID than the 2009 movie. But Doohan just nailed it.
One minor thing--Jack Marshall was one of the writers--he was also one of the originators of New Voyages.
That alone was worth the movie.
Funny you should mention the guy who played Kirk's resemblance to Shatner. It was uncanny in certain spots. The most notable part was when Kirk was in his quarters and McKenna (clearly named after a character in a Christopher Reeve movie), walked in.
The angle of the camera, the lighting, made me take a double take.
Michael Forrest clearly can still act. With decent writing, which they had, he once again made the character of Apollo likeable, and what I like about this sequel is that we see that Apollo was never really a bad guy. At the end of Who Mourns, he was sympathetic. We felt sorry for him. Nice to see he gets a slightly better fate.
That was absolutely worth watching. Bravo.
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Post by StarFuryG7 on May 27, 2013 14:27:16 GMT -5
That was a very good review and I'm in absolute shock as to what I just watched. One minor thing--Jack Marshall was one of the writers--he was also one of the originators of New Voyages. Funny you should mention the guy who played Kirk's resemblance to Shatner. It was uncanny in certain spots. The most notable part was when Kirk was in his quarters and McKenna (clearly named after a character in a Christopher Reeve movie), walked in. The angle of the camera, the lighting, made me take a double take. |
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Post by StarFuryG7 on May 30, 2013 16:10:15 GMT -5
TK, you're been awfully quiet about "Star Trek Continues". Have you given it a look? Do you intend to if you haven't? I'm just curious as to your thoughts because it was an interesting effort by that team, and I do think they're much better than the New Voyages/Phase II crowd, and that was their first episode.
Vic Mignogna is a little older than I thought. I figured the guy was in his mid-to-late forties, not that that's a bad thing, but he's also playing Kirk at about a decade younger, and it turns out that he's actually a couple of years older than me, which I was a little surprised by. They did a pretty darn good job with the makeup for his character though just the same.
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