I really wasn't expecting much when I downloaded this thing last night, but the picture on the creator's download page left me wondering. It's great that they love Trek so much do make something like this, but I found it to be nothing more than the best waste of 17MB I've ever downloaded. It was made in all seriousness, but just a look at the trailer image pretty much sums up what to expect--everyone's head on 3D bodies. I wasn't planning on it, but I couldn't help laughing my ass off while watching the thing. The characters look silly, and the audio clips from different sources put together to make basic conversations was hilarious.
These are more or less direct quotes from the trailer:
Kirk: Captain, we've tracked you since the beginning of your mission. Archer: What is it? Kirk: It is a time portal. Archer: 24th century. Kirk: Go there with me.
Kirk: Come with me. Spock: Go with me. Sisko: I can't go back. Not just yet! Kirk: It is a time portal. Sisko: I'll be there!
McCoy: I'm a doctor, not a mathematician. Kirk: It is a time portal. McCoy: Okay. Spock: Go with me.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
I saw this at subspace comms and people were raving about it.
I found it terrible. It's well executed for the production values available to it's creators, but it's just a horribly fanboy abomination.
Posted by Mucus (Member # 24) on :
Hmmmm, from a work ethic point of view, this took a crazy amount of work to gather all the footage and splice all the dialogue. For a fan made production, the graphics actually looked like they were grabbed from a relatively recent commercially available (and modded) computer game....til about halfway through.
That said, the idea is just crap. Its amusing that the horrid writing of Enterprise actually mitigates it somehow. i.e. "Enterprise is so full of plot holes and bad writing, that we might as well use more of the same to bring back Kirk"
I won't go into detail, because its just not worth it, but no one gimmick, or one actor can revive Star Trek.
Posted by Manticore (Member # 1227) on :
Agreed with Jason; I can't venture my opinion at SCN because I'd get torn apart, but I couldn't bear to watch this for more than a few minutes...
Posted by The Mighty Monkey of Mim (Member # 646) on :
That is one of the stupidest things I've ever seen. Just what the "fuck" is this fanboy obsession with bringing back Kirk? I don't get it.
-MMoM Posted by Pensive's Wetness (Member # 1203) on :
quote:Originally posted by The Mighty Monkey of Mim: That is one of the stupidest things I've ever seen. Just what the "fuck" is this fanboy obsession with bringing back Kirk? I don't get it.
-MMoM
well for all it's faults and if you can forget the "bring him back" portion of the viewing, you have to give him/them SOME credit for having the balls to even make that movie. I, for one was impressed, even beyond the portions of the dialog that i wanted to say "cheese-fuck"...
certainly more ship fighting action i enjoyed, for sure. it is too bad he never thought of using the skin designs used the 24 century "what-if" Conny class used in SFC3 games... with the phaser strips and red bussard collectors on the nassels...
that would have made a better concept of returning a retire hull back to work...
all in all, a impressive work, weird as it is...
Posted by Wes1701J (Member # 212) on :
A bit of cheese. But i must applaud the effort.
Posted by Apostle (Member # 1267) on :
The effort is tremendous, no doubt.
However, I am enjoying Enterprise currently, and their ideas are laughable.
Posted by Saltah'na (Member # 33) on :
*ignore*
Posted by Wraith (Member # 779) on :
Mildly amusing, i suppose; they evidently have far too much time on their hands though.
Posted by Bond, James Bond (Member # 1127) on :
quote:Originally posted by Manticore: Agreed with Jason; I can't venture my opinion at SCN because I'd get torn apart, but I couldn't bear to watch this for more than a few minutes...
I said it had absolutely nothing in the way of a plot over at SCN and no one bit my head off about it.
I give it credit for what it is, fans putting a great deal of effort into a web movie because they love Star Trek. Good for them. Bad fanfilm unfortunately, but at least they made an effort.
As a real movie concept (fleshed out obviously) it would fail miserably because it is basically just gimmick based. How do we get every major character from all the Trek TV series on screen at once!!! That's a poor premise on which to base a movie.
Posted by Manticore (Member # 1227) on :
They put a lot of effort into something that I frankly could not enjoy. But from a lot of the SCNers reactions, it's like it's the second coming.
Posted by deadcujo (Member # 13) on :
RELATED STORIES William Shatner expects to return to full-time television Fans take new approach to Bring Back Kirk William Shatner says that Star Trek is finally coming to an end William Shatner says he's serious about new series concept
Excited about new series concept, then thinks it's dying, then the fanboys want him, then he gets back on TV and now wants to bring Kirk back. Oh boy.
Posted by Cartman (Member # 256) on :
Check your calender. B)
Posted by deadcujo (Member # 13) on :
Did I miss something? Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
No, unless Cartman's calander is one day ahead of everyone else's.
Posted by Cartman (Member # 256) on :
Or unless I live in a different timezone.
Details, details.
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
I dunno. That post was made at 10:53 on 31 March, my time. And you lot are all behind me (both date wise, and looks wise). So, still no.
Posted by Cartman (Member # 256) on :
I once visited a place in the depths of the eastern hemisphere. The natives there had only just discovered fire, but they were already so far ahead of you in looks and in date, I almost thought their evolution had been influenced by aliens. Not surprisingly, they quickly became the subject of anthropological research, and I have lived among them ever since.
That place was continental Europe.
Posted by Pensive's Wetness (Member # 1203) on :
quote:Originally posted by Cartman: I once visited a place in the depths of the eastern hemisphere. The natives there had only just discovered fire, but they were already so far ahead of you in looks and in date, I almost thought their evolution had been influenced by aliens. Not surprisingly, they quickly became the subject of anthropological research, and I have lived among them ever since.
That place was continental Europe.
which means didly if you never lived in Chicago, Detroit or Cleveland... Why, you might ask? the fuck if i know, i was born in Cleveland and i still don't know... i just know they have better dounuts on the west end of the atlantic...
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
"I dont live in Chicago.....I dont know no Al Capone...." Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
I am going to hunt down Cartman and kill him, one of these days.
Posted by Manticore (Member # 1227) on :
Can I watch?
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
Get a Webcam before you do, Liam!
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
I have a webcam. It wouldn't be much use though, unless hunting down Cartman involved turning my chair around.
Posted by Manticore (Member # 1227) on :
Knowing the types here, that's what it'd have to involve Posted by Cartman (Member # 256) on :
I really quite fail to be impressed by threats from a man who doesn't know which side of the Atlantic Ocean he should actually be hunting on.
Besides, I am so dashingly handsome that Liam couldn't bring himself to kill me even if he were to prevail in his hunt someday, so I do not worry.
Posted by Manticore (Member # 1227) on :
Nah, he'd just find you from your long nose.
Posted by Mave (Member # 1351) on :
--That place was continental Europe.--
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
So you joined and ressurected this dead thread just to impress with your purple smiley?
Hope you like things toasty.....
Posted by deadcujo (Member # 13) on :
It is a time portal.
Posted by deadcujo (Member # 13) on :
bringbackkirk.com sucks and so does Kirk.
Posted by Cartman (Member # 256) on :
Liam has still not made good on his threats, I note.
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
I'm not wasting money getting to continental Europe just so I can kill you. I'm going to wait until you are move conveniently placed.
Posted by Cartman (Member # 256) on :
I am far too mobile for you to ambush me in Liverpool like that. You will just have to work harder for your kill. Much harder.
Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :
Liam Kavanagh IS Jason Bourne. . .
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
Pah. Matt Damon wishes he were me.
Posted by The_Tom (Member # 38) on :
I believe I'm qualified to corroborate that statement.
Posted by Cartman (Member # 256) on :
We've all seen pictures of Liam. Your having met him in the fatty flesh means nothing.
Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :
Yes, Especially since Tom was too scared to meet me in the flesh, Liam said he cried like a girl when the idea was suggested.
Posted by Ultra Manjuice (Member # 239) on :
He is red like an apple of babybell wax.
One time I had a red hot dog.
In Maine.
Bangor, Maine.
Posted by Harry (Member # 265) on :
I can't help hearing UM talk in GIR's voice.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
I can't help hearing UM talk in a girl's voice. Posted by Ultra Manjuice (Member # 239) on :
Whatever gets your penis ejaculating, my friend.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
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Why, you might ask? the fuck if i know, i was born in Cleveland and i still don't know... i just know they have better dounuts on the west end of the atlantic...
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