Thursday, October 1, 2015

Headline News for September, 2015


September 28, 2015,  New Release from Comedy Series, The Red Shirt Diaries.  CGI, costumes, sets, professional actors.  Episode 13 (or Season 2 Episode 3), "The Conscience of The King," https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtExsj3gJAg (3:49).  For all prior releases and other information about The Red Shirt Diaries, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/57.html

September 27, 2015,  TWO Major New Release

ONE Major New Release, From Starship Mojave, their second animated episode, "Twenty Four Hours," (prior link removed and replaced with new upload) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynIxGMuOJXw  (28:47).  For Starship Mojave's prior live and animated releases see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/30.html


A Secomd Major New Release from The Federation Files, Animated, full voice cast, adult fans.  Episode 6, "To Starve A Fleaver" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03VZUZNUWYo (16:08).  The animator, Glen Wolfe, makes this series with the Go!Animate engine and a sound track from Peter Pan Records.  The permanent home of Glen Wolfe's work, including earlier episodes of The Federation Files, is here: http://startrekreviewed-goanimate.blogspot.com/2015/07/glen-wolfe.html

September 26, 2015MAJOR NEW RELEASE from Star Trek Continues (Professional actors, sets, costumes, full CGI and green screens) Episode 5, "Divided We Stand," Watch it on You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KChYhXhj7vY (42:45) or Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/139692418 .  For links to everything Star Trek Continues has to offer, as well as reviews and discussions of their work see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/27.html

September 21, 2015,  New Release from Comedy Series, The Red Shirt Diaries.  CGI, costumes, sets, professional actors.  Episode 12 (or Season 2 Episode 2), The Menagerie, Part 2.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EbyQw9nWmQ (3:38).  For prior episodes and more about The Red Shirt Diaries, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/57.html

September 20, 2015Newly Released, from Project  Potemkin, Season 3 Episode I, (Film 29) "Ladies Night Out."  View it here:  You Tube:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkeerMRx1OY (8:17) or Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/139892483 (8:18).   For everything from Project Potemkin, including all prior films released and links to discussions about this series, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/31.html .

September 18, 2015,  Major New Audio Release, and a discussion of Klingons in Fan Films prompted by Potemkin Pictures' new live-action Klingon Series,  Battlecruiser Kupok.

Major New Release from Star Trek: Valkyrie, Episode 303, "Canricians,"  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrS5qiboq0E (27:25).    For more information about Star Trek: Valkyrie, as well listening information on four dozen other Star Trek Audio series, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/247.html

Potemkin Pictures' new Klingon-centric live action series, Battlecruiser Kupok,  has promted some people to ask about previous Klingon-centered fan Trek.  Here is a list of some previous Klingon-Centered ST Fan Films and Audio Dramas:
1) Star Trekz Empire http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/124.html
2) The Legend of Gorath, http://www.startrek.com/watch_video/klingon-fable-the-legend-of-gorath (8:15)
3) Klingon Propaganda, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6zDg0dKygE (1:51)
4) Klingon Indoctrination, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6rzMICSYuM (0:41)
5) Star Trek Klingon Hamlet, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiRMGYQfXrs (3:24)
6) Gates of STo'vo'kor  Audio Drama based on Star Trek Online.  Klingons.  Active Production.  53 Episodes ready for listening as of September 15, 2015.  Website here:   http://www.gatesofstovokor.com/
7) Tales of Death and Honour (audio) http://lstok-silvertongue.blogspot.com/  Producer is L'Stok, who is also a Trek Blogger out of New South Wales, Australia.  Here is the page with the audio show: http://lstok-silvertongue.blogspot.com/2008/06/first-contact.html  1 episode, completed as of July 2008.  No further additions as of  September 15, 2015.

There are many other Star Trek Fan Films and Audio shows that have major Klingon characters or in which Klingons play a major role, but these are all primarily centered on Klingons, with Federation species, if any, playing a minor role.  This website does not focus on games and game longplays, which can resemble fan films.  For an example of a Klingon-centered longplay, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqVlSNP1jEI (1:59:22)

September 14, 2015Two New Releases

1)  New Release from Comedy Series, The Red Shirt Diaries.  The stories of TOS continue, with Ensign Williams being moved to new quarters, and better graphics and CGI, costumes, sets, professional actors.  Episode 11 (or Season 2 Episode 1), The Menagerie, Part 1.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQVi5kIzvwI (3:58).  For all prior releases and other information about The Red Shirt Diaries, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/57.html



2) Major New Release from German Language Series, Star Trek Cataja, The Falkenhorst Chronicles, Episode 4, "Konfrontation," https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2x_s3y_t3c (26:36).  For more information about Star Trek Cataja, The Falkenhorst Chronicles, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/137.html .  For more German Language Star Trek Fan Films, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/220.html .


September 13, 2015Major New Release from Project  Potemkin, Season 3 Episode H, and First Release from New Series from Potemkin Pictures, Battlecruiser Kupok, Season 1 Episode 1, "Battlecruiser Kupok: Battle of Alawanir," You Tube:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZK4qP0BTmo (13:22), Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/139143626 (13:22).  For everything from Project Potemkin, including all prior films released and links to discussions about this series, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/31.html .  The permanent home of the Battlecruiser Kupok  series will be here: http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/32.html

September 11, 2015Newly Remastered, Hidden Frontier, Season 4.

Season 4
Hell's Gate, Part 2  http://www.hiddenfrontier.net/works/hf401/ (34:07)
Piracy of the Noble http://www.hiddenfrontier.net/works/hf402/ (25:15)
Addictions  http://www.hiddenfrontier.net/works/hf403/ (27:34)
Grave Matters  http://www.hiddenfrontier.net/works/hf404/ (30:41)
Crossroads   http://www.hiddenfrontier.net/works/hf405/ (25:15)
[For unclear reasons, the commander in this battle shoots first and doesn't even try to hail incoming ships at the opening. Either she knew more than we're told or she should be court martialed.]
Entanglement, Part 1  http://www.hiddenfrontier.net/works/hf406/ (28:04)

For the rest of Hidden Frontier, a 7 season long, 50 episode Fan Film series, See http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/101.html

September 10, 2015Newly Released, "Star Trek Into Darkness Fanboy Edit," https://www.facebook.com/KingsirlukeHD/videos/1226785894013077/ (3:17).  For more miscellaneous short films, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/207.html

September 6, 2015MAJOR NEW RELEASE, from Starship Saladin and Star Trek: AntyllusStarship Saladin's first release, a live-action fan film, (Golden Age, sets adult fans, costumes), "Eye of the Tempest"  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fILyMG7b-Pk (1:02:48).  For more about other films in the works from Starship Saladin series and links to their various webpages, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/59.html.  For previous releases from George Kayaian, both for Star Trek: Antyllus and The Multiverse Crisis, See http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/34.html

September 3, 2015Two New Releases,


Star Trek: Intrepid, (Long-running Scottish series, Live Action, Adult Fans, Green Screens, Costumes)  "Transposition," on You Tube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEksN7WSJv4 (6:26) or Vimeo, https://vimeo.com/138236307 (6:27).   With Portuguese Subtitles, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5pjqrrzdtc (6:26).  This was my first Star Trek Fan Film series, and remains among my favorites.  For everything from Star Trek: Intrepid, See http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/109.html

Star Trek Wars.  Animation.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYx8wk8W-pM (5:29).  For more Franchise Crossover Films, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/245.html


September 1, 2015,  Major New Release from The Federation Files, Animated, full voice cast, adult fans.  Episode 5, "Time Stealer." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkHo9vBlIMo (16:50).   The animator, Glen Wolfe, makes this series with the Go!Animate engine and a sound track from Peter Pan Records.  The permanent home of Glen Wolfe's work, including earlier episodes of The Federation Files, is here: http://startrekreviewed-goanimate.blogspot.com/2015/07/glen-wolfe.html

Tuesday, September 1, 2015

Headline News for August, 2015

August 28, 2015.   Finds and Fundraisers.

Find No. 73,   Two projects from one filmmaker:  The Adventures of the USS InfinityToy Movies

"Toy Movies"
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (The Toy Movie):  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTfDwqpbiG4 (11:10)
Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan(The Toy Movie): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcX3Y7yQKFE (12:29)
Star Trek: The Search for Spock(The Toy Movie): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgNWhgERsvw (13:08)

Same poster:
Older series I don't think I knew about:
The Adventures of the USS Infinity
Episode 1: Star Trek: The Tour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M40xRnJHtOw (9:15)
Episode 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UooL3vbN4cw (8:44)
Episode 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlFthyvNJNA (10:18) NO Sound... sound track subjected to objection on infringement.  I have left a message asking about a redo on the sound.
For more about this filmmaker, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/184.html

Fundraisers.  Some current Star Trek Fan Film Fundraisers: (Renegades will apparently be asking for money again soon, too.)

Kickstarters:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/echenry/pacific-201
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/starfleetstudios/star-trek-the-janeway-chronicles-the-spider

Ongoing;
GoFundMe:
http://www.gofundme.com/bn6z9c
http://www.gofundme.com/k83j98

Indiegogo:  https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/star-trek-axanar#/story

Direct Donations:
Star Trek Anthrology: http://www.startrekanthology.com/Support-Our-Next-Production/
Potemkin Pictures: paypal  randy@orionpressfanzines.com
Star Trek New Voyages (Phase II) http://www.startreknewvoyages.com/about-us/donate-to-the-production/
Starship Farragut:  http://www.starshipfarragut.com/donate.html
Star Trek Continues: http://www.startrekcontinues.com/donate.html

August 24, 2015, MAJOR NEW RELEASE from Renegades Productions, Star Trek: Renegades (Pilot, Episode 1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eE2Wgop9VLM (1:28:04).  For more from Renegades Productions, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/24.html

Renegades Reviews:
(1) http://kryptonradio.com/2015/08/03/movie-review-star-trek-renegades/
(2) http://www.startrekaxanar.com/fan-film-friday-star-trek-renegades-raises-the-bar/
(3) http://scifi4me.com/2015/08/07/star-trek-renegades-not-so-rebellious/
(4) https://www.facebook.com/STRtheSeries/posts/1017753398256053:0
(5) http://moviehole.net/201594127star-trek-renegades-review
(6) (German) https://www.robots-and-dragons.de/artikel/15673-star-trek-renegades-eindruecke-vom-fedcon-screening
(7) http://blunty.tv/2015/08/star-trek-renegades-boldly-going-or-boldly-blowing/ or video only https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBwkGhIikjQ (15:01)
(8) https://www.facebook.com/notes/sam-williamson/a-star-trek-renegades-review/10153104135069607?pnref=story
(9) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSGb1B6ehmE (13:56)
(10) http://trekgeeks.com/archives/2569

Subtitles Released -- English and Portuguese Subtitles Added to German Film, Starship USS K'Ehleyr, Away Team, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbTZn50kYn8 (19:56).  For more about  Starship USS K'Ehleyr, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/139.html .  For more Star Trek Fan Films for Portuguese-speaking Star Trek Fans see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/224.html .

August 21, 2015Recently Released,  (August 14, 2015)   from Star Trek: Lost Frontier (Audio Production)  Episode 18,  http://star-trek-lost-frontier.blogspot.com/2015/08/18-cosa-nostra.html .  For more information about Star Trek: Lost Frontier, as well listening information on four dozen other Star Trek Audio shows, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/247.html

August 20, 2015,  Spooftackular No. 71,  Star Trek Crossover Franchise films, in honor up Trekconderogia over the Labor Day weekend, which will include both Star Trek and Batman original series props, II.  Star Trek/Superman/DC  Star Trek v. Batman
Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wjdCB4VdnQ (12:19)
Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWHoYVHCy-s (20:55)
Part 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCurNmI8bbc (18:04)
For more Star Trek Crossover Franchise Films, see:  http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/245.html


August 16, 2015Major New Release from The Federation Files, Animated, full voice cast, adult fans.  Episode 4, "Human Factor." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcDcOTDqIew (14:15).   The animator, Glen Wolfe, makes this series with the Go!Animate engine and a sound track from Peter Pan Records.  The permanent home of Glen Wolfe's work, including earlier episodes of The Federation Files, is here: http://startrekreviewed-goanimate.blogspot.com/2015/07/glen-wolfe.html

August 15, 2015MAJOR NEW RELEASE in German from Starship USS K'Ehleyr, "Star Trek Dark Horizon."  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qw8p79B43jg (1:28:59).  For everything Starship USS K'Ehleyr has to offer, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/139.html .  For more Star Trek Fan Films in German, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/220.html

August 12, 2015,  MAJOR NEW RELEASE from multiple award-winning series, Star Trek Outpost, Silver Age, Episode 68 which is Episode 3 of Season 7, "Illusion of Life."  Listen or download here:  http://giantgnome.com/2015/08/star-trek-outpost-episode-68-illusion-of-life/ (1:02:08).  For all previous episodes of Star Trek Outpost as well listening information on four dozen other Star Trek Audio shows, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/247.html

August 9, 2015.  Major New Release from Project Potemkin, (Adult fans, professional actors, sets, costumes, CGI) Season 3 Episode G, "Do No Harm"  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKil1B7is_0 (12:44) or https://vimeo.com/135805331(12:44).  With Portugues subtitles:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJuLHpl6aqA (12:44)
   For everything Project Potemkin has to offer, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/31.html .

August 8, 2015.  Spooftackular No. 70Star Trek: Nightshift.  (Silent comedy but not slapstick... just watch it, it's worth your time.) Episode 1, A Word, Bionicdance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4w4WaW8m26c (4:23).   It is easily understandable by non-German speaking viewers, and ranks among the funniest short films I've seen.  I include it as part of the expanding volume of German Trek, http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/220.html  as well as Parodies and Comedies, http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/208.html.


August 4, 2015,  Major New Release from The Federation Files.  Animated, full voice cast, adult fans.  Episode 3, "Crier in the Emptiness." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pn6NkFafof8 (12:43).  The animator, Glen Wolfe, makes this series with the Go!Animate engine and a sound track from Peter Pan Records.  The permanent home of Glen Wolfe's work, including earlier episodes of The Federation Files, is here: http://startrekreviewed-goanimate.blogspot.com/2015/07/glen-wolfe.html

August 1, 2015,  Major New Release from new illustrated Audio series, Star Trek: Outlaws, Episode 1, "Abandon Hope." Listen and watch slide show here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-1BG7lxoPA (42:06), Listen or download here: https://soundcloud.com/randy-wrenn/st-outlaws-e1-abandon-hope-audio-only or in HD, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-_zEOXouMI (41:43),  or see website, here:  http://dwrenn5.wix.com/star-trek-outlaws.  For more about Star Trek: Outlaws, and more than four dozen other Star Trek Fan-made Audio shows, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/247.html

Saturday, August 1, 2015

Headline News for July, 2015

July 31, 2015Major New Release from The Galaxy Quest Restoration Project, (Audio, Comedy, adult fans), Episode 2, "Lilith." Listen here: https://vimeo.com/134928291 (29:05) or download here: http://www.galaxyquest.tv/.  For all prior releases from The Galaxy Quest Restoration Project as well as more than four dozen other Star Trek Fan-made Audio Shows, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/247.html

July 29, 2015.  Major Recent Release from Star Trek: Omega, German with English Subtitles. Silver Age Machinima using a Star Trek Online engine by adult fans.  Both first and second episodes in German (which completes a story) are available for viewing, the first episode is available with English Subtitles (which will be added to the second episode later):
Episode 1:
German only:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0tCEjwZp-0 (25:56).
German with English subtitles:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U77lu2dYBZc (25:56).
Episode 2:
German only: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jK3mmoL_SH8 (29:12).
For more about Star Trek Omega see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/138.html

July 27, 2015,  Major New Release from The Federation Files.  Animated, full voice cast.  Appears to be the work of adult fans.  Episode 2, "In Vino Vertas." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L5nFOvtaDs (16:14).  The animator, Glen Wolfe, makes this series with the Go!Animate engine and a sound track from Peter Pan Records.  The permanent home of Glen Wolfe's work, starting with The Federation Files, is here: http://startrekreviewed-goanimate.blogspot.com/2015/07/glen-wolfe.html

July 26, 2015.    Major New Release from a new Golden Age audio series with mechanical voices and minor animation, Excaliber Logs  From Gary Davis, Chapter 3, "Who Haunts This Ship." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZNCj7Z1Ip0(37:16).   Comment: Low-quality 2D animation, mechanical voices. For everything about Excaliber Logs as well listening information on four dozen other Star Trek Audio shows, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/247.html

July 25, 2015.  Find No. 72,  Star Trek - DIStant COusins, the movie.  (Mechinima, Silver Age, Star Trek Online, drama) This English language Film is made in Macedonia, Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia, although the Facebook page is in Slovenian.  After the opening, it becomes very slow placed. Although animations of humans appear on the screen, the only voice is the voiceover. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0Qu4cVCqUo (1:17:50).  It appears to be somewhat complete, although when posted it was originally described as the first part of a multi-part epic.  For a discussion of this film and links to more about this unique group of cross-border gamers and filmmakers, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/135.html

 July 22, 2015Axanar's Third Fundraiser, this time at Indiegogo:  https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/star-trek-axanar#/story
Segment of final movie:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K723TV7GZFQ (4:09) or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrlNSGbgrlQ (3:02)  with Portuguese subtitles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6VvVHm3GaM (4:09)
Prior release:  Prelude to Axanar on You Tube:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1W1_8IV8uhA (21:09)  Includes subtitles in Czech, Dutch, English (US), Finnish, French, German, Indonesian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, and Swedish.  With Russian voiceover: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyC_AYq5m70 (21:09)

Discussed here:
(1) http://www.trek.fm/the-ready-room/181
(2) http://www.space.com/29902-star-trak-axanar-fan-film-funding.html
(3) http://www.sfi.org/2015/07/axanar-crowdfunder/
(4) http://wordofthenerdonline.com/2015/07/star-trek-axanar-grand-daddy-fan-films-part-one/
     http://wordofthenerdonline.com/2015/07/star-trek-axanar-grand-daddy-fan-films-part-two/
(5) http://www.rogerebert.com/festivals-and-awards/sdcc-2015-star-trek
(6) http://news.yahoo.com/star-trek-axanar-fan-film-kicks-fundraising-warp-171422536.html
(7) http://www.examiner.com/article/star-trek-axanar-a-film-by-the-fans-for-the-fans-1
(8) http://www.dailydot.com/geek/star-trek-axanar-indiegogo/
(9) http://www.1701news.com/node/871/star-trek-axanar-presents-spectacular-vision.html
(10) http://nextbigfuture.com/2015/07/star-trek-axanar-has-indiegogo.html
(11) http://www.inquisitr.com/2275637/new-star-trek-movie-axanar-release-date-2016-star-trek-3/
(12) http://www.popmythology.com/interview-richard-hatch/
(13) http://www.space.com/30058-star-trek-axanar-targets-george-takei.html
(14) http://www.1701news.com/node/888/richard-hatch-explores-star-treks-new-paradigm.html
(15) http://www.mnrdaily.com/article/star.trek.axanar.cast.news.gary.graham.stars.in.independent.star.trek.film/2222.htm
(16) http://www.techtimes.com/articles/74911/20150808/interview-richard-hatch-discusses-star-trek-axanar-and-what-its-like-being-a-klingon.htm
(17) http://www.blastr.com/2015-8-10/star-trek-axanar-still-worth-it
For more about Axanar, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/14.html

July 18, 2015,  Major New Release from a new Golden Age audio series with mechanical voices and minor animation, Excaliber Logs  From Gary Davis, Chapter 2, "Who Haunts This Ship." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PYmJ8LPZzQ (28:56).   Comment: Low-quality 2D animation, mechanical voices. For everything about Excaliber Logs as well listening information on four dozen other Star Trek Audio shows, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/247.html

July 17, 2015Major New Release from Star Trek Cataja, The Falkenhorst Chronicles, Episode 2 with English voice cast, "First Signs" in HD:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfWQuyiaBD4 (23:35).  For previous releases in both English and German, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/137.html

July 15, 2015New Release from Audio Drama, Star Trek: Shadows of Tyranny, A Short recording, Episode 1.5, "Casualties of Conquest"  http://shadowsoftyranny.com/vignette-1/ (3:31) or http://www.spreaker.com/user/stshadowsoftyranny/casualties-of-conquest (3:31) or https://soundcloud.com/star-trek-shadows-of-tyranny/casualties-of-conquest (3:31).  For all previous episodes of Star Trek: Shadows of Tyranny as well listening information on four dozen other Star Trek Audio shows, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/247.html

July 12, 2015Major New Release from a new Golden Age series, Excaliber Logs (there are three existing audio and video shows with the name Star Trek: Excaliber, but not Excaliber Logs)  The creator consider this an audio drama,  From Gary Davis, Chapter 1, "Who Haunts This Ship."  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVeilZXcvIw (15:13).  Thanks to the guy I call "South Africa" for pointing this one out to me when I got online after taking a day to have a life.  (Yeah, this is the Trek Community and he lives in South Africa.).  Comment: Low-quality 2D animation, mechanical voices.   For everything about Excaliber Logs as well listening information on four dozen other Star Trek Audio shows, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/247.html

July 11, 2015New Release from Star Trek: Aurora, comedy short, 2D animation, "Do You Mind (Meld)?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9xiJCq4rHk (1:05).  For everything from Star Trek Aurora, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/25.html .

REVISED Release from Starship Valient, Episode 1, Legacy, The Special Edition, (an expanded version)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzI3xZmETNQ (23:39).  For more about Starship Valient see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/42.html  My comment:  The additional footage significantly adds to this episode.  Excellent addition.

July 8, 2015New Release from Project Potemkin, (Adult fans, professional actors, sets, costumes, CGI) Season 3 Episode E, "Third Watch," You Tube:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5oPA8lrEHg (7:06). Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/132947635 (7:07).    With Portuguese subtitles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CusNWxwoxdY (7:06).    For everything Project Potemkin has to offer, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/31.html

July 7, 2015.  Major New Release from The Federation Files,  a new fan film series.  Animated, full voice cast.  Appears to be the work of adult fans.  Episode 1, "Passage."  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJLMhbCPh-A  (17:32)  The animator, Glen Wolfe, has confirmed that this was made with a Go!Animate engine.  The soundtrack is taken from a recording by "Peter Pan Records." The permanent home of Glen Wolfe's work, starting with The Federation Files, is here: http://startrekreviewed-goanimate.blogspot.com/2015/07/glen-wolfe.html

July 5, 2015,  Major New Release from Star Trek: Lost Universe, an Audio drama, presents, Episode 3, Choices,  https://soundcloud.com/tags/star%20trek%20lost%20universe (29:12) ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgS2j8-atpE (30:01) For all previous episodes of Star Trek: Lost Universe as well listening information on four dozen other Star Trek Audio shows, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/247.html

July 4, 2015,  Major New Release from Golden Age series Dreadnought Dominion (adult fans, costumes, sets) Episode 102 "Anchors Aweigh" on  You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXSWTlcaEbQ (15:25) or Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/132577502 (15:27).  A review: http://trekclivos79.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/meeting-up-dominion-serves-vignette.html .    For more about Dreadnought Dominion, including their prior episode, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/58.html

July 1, 2015,  Major New Release from Audio series, Star Trek: Excelsior, Season 4 Episode 4, "Only Murder."  Listen or Download here: http://starshipexcelsior.com/episodes/ .   For all previous episodes of Star Trek: Excelsior as well listening information on four dozen other Star Trek Audio shows, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/247.html

Wednesday, July 1, 2015

Headline News for June, 2015.

June 29, 2015Re-Mastered and Re-Released at New Website, Hidden Frontier Season 3, all 9 episodes,

Worst Fears (Parts II and III)
Part II Remastered, http://www.hiddenfrontier.net/works/hf301/ (14:09),
Part III http://www.hiddenfrontier.net/works/hf302/ (21:35)
Heroes  http://www.hiddenfrontier.net/works/hf303/ (30:26)
In Memory Of http://www.hiddenfrontier.net/works/hf304/ (27:03)
Modus Operandi  http://www.hiddenfrontier.net/works/hf305/ (28:16)
Santa Q  http://www.hiddenfrontier.net/works/hf306/ (16:03)
A Review:

Fan Film Friday: Star Trek: Hidden Frontier: ‘Santa Q’

Ashes  http://www.hiddenfrontier.net/works/hf307/ (27:29)
Voyage of the Defiant  http://www.hiddenfrontier.net/works/hf308/ (23:28)
Hell's Gate, Part 1 http://www.hiddenfrontier.net/works/hf309/ (22:43)

For more information on Hidden Frontier, including the other 41 episodes, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/101.html

June 26, 2015Find No. 71, Franchise Crossover Films,
XVII.  Star Trek/Stargate  Videos are a bid to get Stargate Universe back on the air after cancellation.
Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RobyxV6oZ-I
Save Stargate Universe (A Star Trek Parody) "The Cancellation Effect" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1x7YjvEKTZA (5:39) Oct 26, 2011
The Cancellation Effect 2 Cold Fridge Time Machine  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-YepHPjRRw (6:04) (Nov 5, 2011)
The Cancellation Effect 3:  Redshirt Guard v. Zombie Apocalyse  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EynuMLOYEos (7:41) (Nov. 17, 2011)
The Cancellation Effect 4:  Netflix CEO Reed Hastings v. Spacemen  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jvXo14z-9Q (8:05) Nov. 28, 2011
The Cancellation Effect 5:  Andromeda Galaxy vs Network Executive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejy0PKSIh4Q (6:41) Dec. 14, 2011
The Cancellation Effect 6: Robots, Time Travel, and the Menace from Space https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qbcjq_sYzxg (9:25) January 1, 2012
The Cancellation Effect 7: Barack Obama vs Alien Invaders!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFf1qOFnjHQ (4:21)  January 17, 2012
The Cancellation Effect 8: Interview with a Starship Captain  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdTDQDlEpQQ (4:59) April 11, 2012
The Cancellation Effect 9:  Message from the Afterlife:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRSwkhmVxrI (2:56)  June 9, 2012
For more Franchise Crossover Films see  http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/245.html

June 22, 2015.  With so much expected before the looming end of the month, I am posting the Star Trek Reviewed Annual Mission Statement five days early.  The actual anniversary of the founding of Star Trek Reviewed is June 27.   The essay will be posted permanently here:  http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/240.html

Annual Mission Statement, Year 6.

When I wrote my first essay, Why Star Trek Reviewed, this website was an idea.  Judging from the comments I now get, it has become an institution.  It is an honor when somebody who runs a fan film group tells me off.  I may not do what they say, but this busy and creative person bothered to think about my work enough to get angry.  That’s amazing.  I am humbled.

I generally follow certain rules, but I reserve the right to make exceptions when I think it is warranted.  When I break my rules, I often regret that decision.  I still reserve that right.  I generally don’t consider it a Headline when a Star Trek alum gets involved with a fan film group.  If STR had existed in the 1980s, George Takai working for Yorktown: A Time to Heal would have deserved a Headline, because it was a first.  But that film was set aside, and although now in active post-production, is still not out.  During the last year, Stan Lee, the god who created the Marvel Comics universe, got involved with a Star Trek Fan Film.  My Headline of that was not, in my mind, about that group, Star Trek: Equinox, which seemed to me to be unlikely to produce a film (their efforts, however, continue.)   Stan Lee’s involvement spoke to the growing cultural importance of ALL Star Trek fan films.  In the end, he worked with established fan film makers, at Starship Farragut and their offshoot, Star Trek: Isolation.  He appeared in a short Star Trek Fan Film this year.  This followed remarks by Tom Hanks and other major Hollywood voices that they had taken notice of and watched one or more Star Trek Fan Films.  Just last month an interview with some Professional Star Trek Alum writers revealed that they, too, watch Star Trek Fan Films.  Most of what is deemed important at Star Trek Reviewed is just FINDING completed films and audio productions to give my readers easy access to them.  But I am amazed at how this community is being recognized by more and more people of greater and greater status.

There is also the question of access.  There are groups I talk to regularly, and groups I only get whatever information the general public gets.  Axanar has been a case in point.  I had developed an on-line relationship with Alec Peters that went well beyond Star Trek.  I have never met him in person, but he feels like an online friend.  Nevertheless, when he announced his film, I was no more expecting it would actually be produced than anyone else who bothers to help other film groups before trying their own.  (People who help others are more likely to succeed when they do their own film than those who have no film making experience.)   My personal connection with Alec contributed to what some people complained was me giving Axanar unfairly favorable treatment.  There are Axanar fans that were angry that I didn’t cover every important update they released, but I don’t generally do that.  I think those who said I treated them better than others are more likely on point than those who said I didn’t treat them well enough.

Axanar is also a tell-tail of the growth in importance by Star Trek Fan Films.  Alec lives in Hollywood, works on props, and has taken acting lessons from a major Hollywood star for many years, so he had contacts. If the final film is as good as Prelude to Axanar, it would increase traffic, not only to Axanar, but to ALL Star Trek Fan Films.   And if Star Trek Fan Films’ were still laughed at the way they once were, award-winning actors and actresses, and yes, Stan Lee, the creator god of the Marvel Universe, would not be getting involved.  The Star Trek community has existed since NBC canceled the original series.  But in some ways, it is probably a more potent cultural force now than ever before.  The Star Trek community has proven ready to provide those who show vision with the cash to realize that vision on film.  It is interesting that Star Power here counts, but not for everything.  Just as ideas counted in Star Trek, ideas count in raising money from the Star Trek community.  Some proposals with great ideas which demonstrated ability by people no one ever heard of got funded, while some with real actors and actresses who worked on Star Trek got ignored.  Great ideas, though, were not enough.  Two of the best ideas for a fan film series are, in my opinion, poorly executed.  Perhaps somebody who knows more about film will take up one of them and do a better job.

I’ve been riding this train for six years now, and it only gets more exciting every year.   I continue to create new categories for films.  The biggest change this year has been copying the Headline News onto the Star Trek Reviewed page on Facebook.  Reminder to all that unless you ‘like’ Star Trek Reviewed posts from time to time Facebook will stop showing them to you.  I also added links useful to Star Trek Fan Filmmakers to Blog 249, and the first two ‘audio books’ to Star Trek Audio Dramas (although they are listed at the end, not mixed in with the audio dramas, and I do not plan to try to list every one, only those I happen across.)

I’m looking forward to a year with a growing cast of fan films and fan filmmakers.  As Stan Lee would say, Excelsior!

June 17, 2015,  MAJOR NEW RELEASE from long-running British series, Star Trek: Unity, "Right of Statement,"  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nd0pGjkKXfU (31:38).  For everything Star Trek: Unity has to offer, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/90.html.

June 16, 2015,  TWO New Releases!
Major New Release from Star Trek: The Romulan Wars, "The Atlas,"  View it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UeJZcXOmyg (12:47).  For everything else from Star Trek: The Romulan Wars, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/10.html
Newly Released,  (Animation, comedy.)  Which is Nerdier: Star Wars or Star Trek (2015) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gd5yB9Vmd6I (3:03).  For more Franchise Crossover Films see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/245.html

June 15, 2015Newly ReleasedRonnie Redshirt #2, "Mikey," https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaLIegjJISE (4:04)  (Parody, Run by adult fans working with professional actors, costumes), For more Star Trek comedy and parody see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/208.html

June 14, 2015New Listing Criteria.  I am not collecting Star Trek Audio books or novellas, but if I happen to come across them, I will be adding them to the bottom of my listing of Star Trek Audio dramas and comedies at http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/247.html .  The first added are Two Audio Novels  by Sciguyjeff:

Star Trek: The Paths of Glory
Part 1:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-ERDcNNEho (1:13:01)
Part 2:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwqz9e3PI9M (1:15:45)
Part 3:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HutHin9FFlw (1:07:01)
Part 4:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XE_Sik6owbQ (1:29:04)
Part 5:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UG5yfzLn67M (2:01:24)
Part 6:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn8LveDa2jE (2:18:27)
FAQs:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6SZq7LS37M (13:18)

Star Trek: The Next Generation, Shadows of the Past
Chapter 1
Part 1:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9_gvBvaiGc (22:17)
Part 2:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzLbxs6EyeE (23:34)
Part 3:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vURk2-Z87Pw (20:55)
Part 4:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7sA9FcclEU (18:49)
Chapter 2
Part 1:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBfFDzbO5mc (24:02)
Part 2:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3FPw37vaaY (20:38)
Part 3:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Irbr-XqdYKI (32:27)
Part 4:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3kVvrXcbQg (29:00)
Chapter 3
Part 1:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUr9Ahc4D38 (14:09)
Part 2:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxQe_2NoYDI (18:57)

June 10, 2015MAJOR NEW RELEASE from Star Trek Valkyrie, an audio drama with slide show, Episode 302 (Season 3 Episode 2), "The Primal Directive", https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdecEXV5LjE (46:17).  For all previous episodes of Star Trek: Valkyrie as well listening information on four dozen other Star Trek Audio shows, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/247.html

June 6, 2015MAJOR NEW RELEASE from from multiple award-winning series, Star Trek Outpost, Silver Age, Episode 67A which is Episode 2 of Season 7, "Ferengi Apprentice."  Listen or download here:  http://giantgnome.com/2015/06/star-trek-outpost-episode-67a-ferengi-apprentice/ (30:05).  For all previous episodes of Star Trek Outpost as well listening information on four dozen other Star Trek Audio shows, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/247.html

June 3, 2015.
There are always fan films seeking help funding their efforts.  Among the best fan filmmakers is Star Trek New Voyages.  You can help them create more films for you, here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2075083284/star-trek-new-voyages-phase-ii-2015 .  Or you can help any of many new fan filmmakers.  Star Trek Valient still needs help, http://www.gofundme.com/k83j98.  If you enjoy fan films, consider contributing to their creation.

Leonard Nimoy's son, Adam Nimoy, is raising money to create a documentary about his life, "For the Love of Spock."  You can donate here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/adamnimoy/for-the-love-of-spock-a-documentary-film?ref=nav_search

Less formally.  Randy Lander's Potemkin Pictures which has produced Project Potemkin has run out of funds to build its sets for its four new series at its new location.   You can read about that on Facebook, at Starship Tristan or Starship Deimos or just donate through Paypal at randy@orionpressfanzines.com . To donate in another way, e.g., a Lowes Gift Card, contact Randy Landers on Facebook.  Here is a sample about Battlecruiser Kupok, another planned new production from Randy Landers  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYAuA2QiSQk (0:18)

No, I am not consistent about when I put these links up.  No, it's not fair.  Yes, it's my website.

FindRonnie Redshirt No. 1, (Parody, Run by adult fans working with professional actors, costumes), "The Party" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvj50G6dsh8 (3:57).  For more Star Trek comedy and parody see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/208.html

Monday, June 1, 2015

Headline News for May, 2015


May 30, 2015TWO MAJOR NEW RELEASES

One, from Star Trek Continues, (Sets, professional actors, writers, and directors, costumes, CGI)  Their 4rd Full-Length Film, "The White Iris," Vimeo:  https://vimeo.com/128304406 (47:54) .  For everything Star Trek Continues has to offer, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/27.html .
Review:  http://trekclivos79.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/the-miracle-of-flower-power-star-trek.html

Two, from new Fan Audio drama, Star Trek: Voyager, the Lost Episodes, Episode 1, Part 2 "Ghosts Part 2"    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6jeqdXdAeQ (20:02)  For previous releases from Star Trek: Voyager, the Lost Episodes,  as well listening information on four dozen other Star Trek Audio shows, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/247.html

May 26, 2015Major New Release from Star Trek: Diplomatic Relations, an audio drama produced by Hidden Frontier.  Episode 4 of Season 1, "Detente"  Listen here: http://www.hiddenfrontier.net/works/dr104/ (37:53) or download from itunes here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/star-trek-diplomatic-relations/id998127434 .   For more about Star Trek: Diplomatic Relations,  as well information on more than four dozen other Star Trek Audio shows, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/247.html

May 24, 2015Re-released and Remastered, at New Website,  Hidden Frontier Season 2, all 9 episodes,

Refugees remastered and re-released, December 21, 2014:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpkGM4XaQRk (26:22).  2015 HF website page: http://www.hiddenfrontier.net/works/hf201/
Yesterday's Excelsior. Remastered version, posted March 2, 2015:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhNNEMflaks (23:03).  2015 HF website page: http://www.hiddenfrontier.net/works/hf202/
Old Wound, Remastered version posted March 2, 2015: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PQR8IJzP00 (25:05). 2015 HF Website page: http://www.hiddenfrontier.net/works/hf203/
Great Starship Robbery, page at 2015 HF website: http://www.hiddenfrontier.net/works/hf204/
Encke  http://vimeo.com/2030765 (2009), Remastered version posted March 2, 2015:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuWPt3569NA (30:54)
Page at 2015 HF website: http://www.hiddenfrontier.net/works/hf205/
To the Stars 2015 HF website: http://www.hiddenfrontier.net/works/hf206/
Fire in the Heart http://www.hiddenfrontier.net/works/hf207/
Coward's Death http://www.hiddenfrontier.net/works/hf208/
A Review:

Fan Film Friday: Star Trek: Hidden Frontier: ‘Coward’s Death’

Worst Fears (Part I) http://www.hiddenfrontier.net/works/hf209/
A review:  http://anthonyslewis.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/hidden-frontier-season-2-review/

For more information about Hidden Frontier, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/101.html

May 23, 2015Newly Released, from Henglaar, MD (Audio series), from Hidden Frontier Productions, HMD 2.01 "Graduation" The director's edition, Listen or download here: https://www.spreaker.com/user/8188888/hmd-2-01-graduation-directors-ed?utm_source=widget&utm_medium=widget  (82:24)(1:22:24)   For more about Henglaar, MD ,  as well listening information on four dozen other Star Trek Audio shows, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/247.html

Newly Released, Mostly an Edit, but some original CGI, Spoof.  A proposed TNG spinoff, "Riker"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIw690VGt70 (1:47).  For more short comedies and parodies, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/208.html

New Fundraising Attempt:  Star Trek: The Romulan Wars is auctioning off series items to raise money for future episodes.  You can follow the auctions here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1669679879926993/ .  You can find links to their films and to reviews of them here: http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/10.html

May 19, 2015,  Two New Releases

From Star Trek Isolation, a spin-off of Starship Farragut, Character introduction, Captain Hawkins, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAQnTaYEcKg (4:19) featuring Stan Lee as a Star Fleet Admiral.  Temporary home will be with the other works of Starship Farragut, http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/22.html

A parody music video, questionable taste, "emotitron, "Die Maschine" Official music video."  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBItnHdojdk (4:38).  For more parodies and comedies see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/208.html

May 17, 2015Find No. 70, two "other short films."
Star Trek: Birth of the Borg (MOV) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYOfcHwYPy4 (6:27)
Star Trek The Rescue  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ko00reJSzRU  (4:35) (Low production, one night in 1992)  Poster: http://www.youtube.com/user/RaKaanDetritus#p/u .  Toys are moved around, some in stop motion, some visibly by hand.  Voices and sound are added to tell a story.
For more "Other Short Films," see  http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/207.html

May 12, 2015Newly Posted,  The Carbonite Maneuver (1985) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuYhjAXIAro (1:25).  For more Franchise Crossover Fan Films, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/245.html

May 11, 2015MAJOR NEW RELEASE from multiple award-winning series, Star Trek Outpost, Silver Age, Episode 67 which is Episode 1 of Season 7, "A Past Too Well Remembered."    Listen or download here: http://giantgnome.com/2015/05/star-trek-outpost-episode-67-a-past-too-well-remembered/ (57:49).  For all previous episodes of Star Trek Outpost as well listening information on four dozen other Star Trek Audio shows, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/247.html

May 8, 2015,  Recently released (April 28, 2015) from Star Trek: Excelsior,  Season 3 Episode 5, "The Greatest Day of Every Year," http://www.starshipexcelsior.com/episodes/ (7:35).  For more about Star Trek: Excelsior,  as well listening information on four dozen other Star Trek Audio shows, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/247.html

May 6, 2015.  Major New Release from new Fan Audio drama, Star Trek: Voyager, the Lost Episodes, Episode 1, Part 1, "Ghosts Part 1"  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fEsnxItEPU (17:59)  For the permanent home on this website of Star Trek: Voyager, the Lost Episodes,  as well listening information on four dozen other Star Trek Audio shows, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/247.html

May 4, 2015Newly ReleasedStar Wars v. Star Trek Epic Battle Trailerhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLo80ugXahk (3:25).  For more Franchise Crossover Fan Films, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/245.html

May 2, 2015Major New Release from Czech Silver Age Fan Film series  (Czech language only) Star Trek: Bohemia, Episode 12: http://uloz.to/xmjNEdK1/star-trek-bohemia-1x12-stopa-avi .  For everything Star Trek Bohemia has to offer see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/122.html .  For all Czech Language Star Trek Fan Films see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/227.html .

May 1, 2015Major New Release from Silver Age Fan Series, Star Trek: Reliant, Season 2 Episode 4 (Episode 11) "The End of Change,"  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_ixiW7rDKE (16:24).  For everything Star Trek: Reliant has to offer, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/128.html