Star Trek: The Next Threaderation

[El Barto]

Certainly looks like an improvement. Normally they look like high school plays, but this seems to have progressed to community theater, or perhaps even off-broadway. No interest in watching it or anything, but they do seem to be getting better.

And Admiral Chekov? It took Sulu 20 years to make captain.

[BlobVanDam]

Certainly looks like an improvement. Normally they look like high school plays, but this seems to have progressed to community theater, or perhaps even off-broadway. No interest in watching it or anything, but they do seem to be getting better.

And Admiral Chekov? It took Sulu 20 years to make captain.

CG has come a long way for low budget stuff, but I actually thought the CG looked a bit sub-par even for what it is. I put that down to being over-ambitious rather than a lack of talent, because there was actually a ton of CG throughout. The acting and dialogue wasn't particularly good considering there were a lot of semi-known actors in there.

Star Trek Continues is pro all around, although that's much more understated sticking to the TOS style, so it's obviously not an apples to apples comparison. Star Trek Horizon is looking really good so far considering it's all essentially done by one guy, although the acting in that is clearly amateur, and I'm not sure if the script will be much better than this.

I don't mean to knock anyone, as it is what it is, but I expected a little better from Renegades given all of the people involved, the money raised, and the time it took.

[Kotowboy]

Holy crap that looks awful.

Glasses in the 24th century ?!




We can travel faster than light and solved the problem of mass and can disassemble you atom by atom and put you back together again but sorry we can't cure astigmatism !

[BlobVanDam]

Holy crap that looks awful.

Glasses in the 24th century ?!




We can travel faster than light and solved the problem of mass and can disassemble you atom by atom and put you back together again but sorry we can't cure astigmatism !

Kirk couldn't get his eyes fixed for whatever reason according to TWOK, plus it's a matter of access to good medical facilities.
Keep in mind I haven't watched this, and don't even care.

[Kotowboy]

I just watched about a minute of it and Walter Koenig is not even trying. Worst acting i've ever heard from him.

[hefdaddy42]

I just watched about a minute of it and Walter Koenig is not even trying. Worst acting i've ever heard from him.

How could you tell?

He's never been good.

[Kotowboy]

At least before he sounded like he was trying

[El Barto]

Certainly looks like an improvement. Normally they look like high school plays, but this seems to have progressed to community theater, or perhaps even off-broadway. No interest in watching it or anything, but they do seem to be getting better.

And Admiral Chekov? It took Sulu 20 years to make captain.

CG has come a long way for low budget stuff, but I actually thought the CG looked a bit sub-par even for what it is. I put that down to being over-ambitious rather than a lack of talent, because there was actually a ton of CG throughout. The acting and dialogue wasn't particularly good considering there were a lot of semi-known actors in there.

Star Trek Continues is pro all around, although that's much more understated sticking to the TOS style, so it's obviously not an apples to apples comparison. Star Trek Horizon is looking really good so far considering it's all essentially done by one guy, although the acting in that is clearly amateur, and I'm not sure if the script will be much better than this.

I don't mean to knock anyone, as it is what it is, but I expected a little better from Renegades given all of the people involved, the money raised, and the time it took.

It wasn't the CG I was referring to; any of these shows can pull that off nowadays. The others just have a cheap, highschool drama quality about them with the acting, lighting and whatnot. While I don't have audio here so I can't comment as to the lighting, skimming through it looked quite a bit more professional than the other fan stuff I've seen.

[Kotowboy]

It looked pretty bad to me . The VFX looked worse than a SyFy movie.

[Kotowboy]

Watching Voyager. Macrocosm. Not a bad episode. Nods to Alien and Ripley.

A bit darker than usual which I like.


Interesting episode all round. Didn't feel or end like a traditional Voyager episode - with the jazz music playing out over a shot of the ship.

[BlobVanDam]

All I really remember of that episode is the Janeway being a badass bit (and the obvious Alien influence). The alien blobs weren't very memorable. S3 and onwards is generally better though, once they ditched the barnacle heads for good.

[JayOctavarium]

I have a strange urge to watch Voyager again...

[BlobVanDam]

I need to finally get TNG and watch through all Trek in airing order. But first I need to finish watching through all 26 seasons of the original Doctor Who.

[jingle.boy]

I need to finally get TNG and watch through all Trek in airing order. But first I need to finish watching through all 26 seasons of the original Doctor Who.

First world problems.

[BlobVanDam]

I need to finally get TNG and watch through all Trek in airing order. But first I need to finish watching through all 26 seasons of the original Doctor Who.

First world problems.

It's dirty job, but someone's gotta do it.

[El Barto]

All I really remember of that episode is the Janeway being a badass bit (and the obvious Alien influence). The alien blobs weren't very memorable. S3 and onwards is generally better though, once they ditched the barnacle heads for good.

The whole thing just seemed like an excuse to have Janeway run around in a tank-top like Ripley. I honestly got more of a John McClane vibe from it, though. I'm surprised they didn't hold off on the thing until Jeri Ryan joined up.

[BlobVanDam]

All I really remember of that episode is the Janeway being a badass bit (and the obvious Alien influence). The alien blobs weren't very memorable. S3 and onwards is generally better though, once they ditched the barnacle heads for good.

The whole thing just seemed like an excuse to have Janeway run around in a tank-top like Ripley. I honestly got more of a John McClane vibe from it, though. I'm surprised they didn't hold off on the thing until Jeri Ryan joined up.

I don't remember much of it, but I don't remember getting a Die Hard feeling from it, just Alien. But yeah, it seemed very much like that was the one thought behind it. They may not have quite thought that far ahead to 7 of 9 yet. Maybe seeing Janeway in that episode is what motivated that casting decision.

[El Barto]

Well, I despise Alien and its sequels, so it's not surprising that I'd see a different take on it.

And considering that looking hot in a sweaty tank-top was probably very low on the list of criteria when casting Cpt. Janeway, I thought she did alright for herself.

[BlobVanDam]

I've never actually seen an Alien movie because I despise what little I saw, so it was a very surface comparison for me anyway.

[Kotowboy]

Well, I despise Alien and its sequel.

And you thought I hated everything.

[El Barto]

I've never actually seen an Alien movie because I despise what little I saw, so it was a very surface comparison for me anyway.

Yup. Exact same. Just a tone that I'm not crazy about.

Well, I despise Alien and its sequel.

 

And you thought I hated everything.

Nah, don't think I've ever thought that. In fact, where we disagree is the reboots which you adore. 

[Kotowboy]

I don't think i've seen you say anything positive about Star Trek in this whole thread.

And yes I love the last two films. They are FAR superior to at least two if not all the TNG movies.

I love Generations.  First Contact gets worse every time I see it. Insurrection is the worst Trek movie of all time and I actually really enjoyed Nemesis the last time I watched it.

Nemesis is even more of a Wrath Of Khan rip off than Into Darkness. At least Into Darkness made no bones about it paying homage to a better movie .

Nemesis just ripped it off and hoped nobody would notice.

[BlobVanDam]

As crap as Nemesis is, Nemesis is still a miles better movie than Into Darkness. I still haven't gotten all the way through a second viewing of Into Darkness.
What was the point of rebooting the entire universe when those hacks still couldn't come up with a single original idea? Then they tried to sneakily hide the fact it was a ripoff as long as possible by making awful casting choices. If you're going to rip off a classic, at least pay some respect to it. The big "reveal" that it was Khan could not have fallen flatter, because the characters had no clue who it was. Tell us who you are. I'm bob. Oh, ok bob. That means nothing to us. Oh wait, the better older Spock from the better older universe tells us you're dangerous. Sorry, bob.

[BlobVanDam]

Just randomly saw this on another forum and found it appropriate.

[hefdaddy42]

 

[Kotowboy]

FAIL.


Should have AT LEAST had the shot just after The Ceti Eels have gone inside Terrell and Chekov's ears and Khan says " THAT'S BETTER ".

[BlobVanDam]

But then it wouldn't have even had the continuity of him still being in the chair.


And as if we didn't all read it in Ricardo Montalban's voice anyway.

[Kotowboy]

ALTERNATE TIMELINE

[BlobVanDam]

What does that have to do with your previous point?

[Kotowboy]

nothing it was a joke.














I feel like we need two Star Trek threads. One for everyone to talk about Star Trek and the other for everyone else to bitch about every fuckin thing they can think of.

[BlobVanDam]

Or maybe one for prime universe, and one for "misc".

[King Postwhore]

Or maybe one for prime universe, and one for "misc".

I mock you wanting only one timeline as you watch a billion shows with multiple timelines and that's your gig.


Mock I tell you!  Mock!

[Kotowboy]

" The Star Trek Thread "

" Thatsh Not Shtar Trek ! Shpocksh Earsh are one millimeter too long ! "

[hefdaddy42]

I feel like we need two Star Trek threads. One for everyone to talk about Star Trek and the other for everyone else to bitch about every fuckin thing they can think of.

https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=37446.0

[King Postwhore]

 

And change the lonely club thread to the Pon Farr Thread.