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Torlek:
Wrong link?
But the Axanar producers invalidated their arguments the moment they started using Kickstarter money to pay themselves salaries and found a for-profit studio. They're making money off an IP they don't own, might as well dance in front of CBS headquarters with a giant, flashing SUE ME sign. It's a damn shame they decided to go the shady route because the concepts looked amazing and that's an era of Trek that's ripe for exposition, not even the books are working in that time period.
BenRG:
Fan film recommendation: Star Trek: Horizon.
It's no-where near as ambitious as Renegades or Anaxar. However, it is a solid little amateur dramatic production with lots of thought being put into characterisation and plotting. It got the things right (coherent, progressive plot) that it needed to get right and clearly put resources into things like post-production only after they were sure of the story.
Furthermore, It is the story that makes Horizon stand out. (click to show/hide)It carries on where Enterprise leaves off and takes us into the depths of the Romulan War with what seems to be a run-of-the-mill agent extraction turning into something far more. The story manages the seemingly impossible by blending the ENT Temporal Cold War and the 2009 Reboot into a single continuum of events that makes sense and actually makes them seem like an excellent meta-plot. It even makes the Enterprise continuum interesting and likable (which, being a Starfleet Museum affectionado and thus no great fan of 'Warp 5 a century after First Contact' idea, is an achievement for me).
Don't watch this if you want an Abrams-esque popcorn flick. Watch it if you want to see a fan of Enterprise try to rediscover the essential atmosphere of TOS.
Akima:
--- Quote from: Kugai on 13 Mar 2016, 21:25 ---with a franchise as old as this, one could put a case that it's in public domain.
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If you did, you would lose. Star Trek isn't nearly old enough to be out of copyright. And in fact CBS and Paramount have already gone after the Axanar people.
--- Quote from: BenRG on 15 Mar 2016, 02:27 ---Fan film recommendation: Star Trek: Horizon.
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Thank you for the link; I watched this last night. Yes, it is a little cheesy in places (though not more so than many episodes of Doctor Who), but it's a remarkable amateur achievement, and the team that produced it deserve congratulations.
mustang6172:
Some of the dialogue in Horizons felt cheesy, but that could result from inexperienced actors. There weren't as many abandoned plot points as Renegades. Shaky-cam during the action scenes was tolerable, but felt silly for exposition scenes.
The movie could have used more intrigue. Perhaps clues could have been dropped to make us wonder if T'mar was a defector or a spy? I know TNG made that episode, but it's a good episode and this movie could have used more B-plot.
Kugai:
Something from the rumor mill about the new series
http://birthmoviesdeath.com/2016/04/13/the-new-star-trek-tv-show-will-be-set-before-the-next-generation
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