Sunday, November 1, 2015

Headline News for October, 2015

October 31, 2015Major New Release from long-running silver age live action British Star Trek Fan Film Series, Star Trek Unity, Season 6 Episode 10, "There and Back Again,"  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpT7_hAMDnc (19:46).  For more about Star Trek Unity, including links to many of their prior adventures, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/90.html

October 30, 2015TWO new releases,
(1)  Major New Release Plus Find, New Series, Drunken Star Trek.- Drunk Trekkies recount episodes, others act it out what the drunk Trekkie says.
1.  The Price https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onBKTTEjAeI (14:26)
2.  The Game  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRkVj1Ycj-M (12:32)
For more videos about Trekkers, Trekkies and General Fandom, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/217.html
(2) New Release from Comedy Series, Ronnie Redshirt,(Parody, Adult Fans, costumes), Episode 3, "Star Power," https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lARc9CViM3c (6:55).  For more about Ronnie Redshirt, including all previous episodes, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/9.html

October 29, 2015Find No.76, two Miscellaneous Short Films,
(BD) William Shatner as a cartoon characterhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQ0-GnYqjjM (0:47)
(BB) Star Trek: The Lost Episode (recut with added special effects, Kirk on drugs) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cY0RiGvHOTQ (1:06)
For more Miscellaneous Short Films, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/207.html

October 26, 2015  New Release from Comedy Series, The Red Shirt Diaries.  CGI, costumes, sets, professional actors.  Episode 17 (or Season 2 Episode 7), "The Squire of Gothos," https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHLFMaerkVo (4:22).  For all prior releases and other information about The Red Shirt Diaries, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/57.html

October 21, 2015Major New Release from NEW fan audio series, UFP - Codename Novus
(An Audio drama about the politics of the United Federation of Planets.)  Episode 1, Listen here: https://www.mixcloud.com/codename_novus/ufp-codename-novus-episode-1/ (19:00).  For more about UFP - Codename Novus as well as listening information on four dozen other Star Trek Audio shows, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/247.html

October 19, 2015New Release from Comedy Series, The Red Shirt Diaries.  CGI, costumes, sets, professional actors.  Episode 16 (or Season 2 Episode 6), "The Galileo Seven," https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nUPPdWxRPY (3:16).  For all prior releases and other information about The Red Shirt Diaries, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/57.html

October 16, 2015New Release from Curt Danhauser's Guide to Animated Star Trek, Logical Thinking No. 5, "Straw Man Fallacy:" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gVze3BvjZA (2:09).  For more short and long animations from and discussions about Curt Danhauser's Guide to Animated Star Trek, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/23.html

October 13, 2015.  Major New Release from Star Trek Antyllus, Episode 7, "The Continuing..."  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ie_RT9GYIoU (33:12).  For prior releases of Star Trek: AntyllusThe Multiverse Crisis Trilogy, and select other work by George Kayaian, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/34.html .

October 12, 2015.  New Release from Comedy Series, The Red Shirt Diaries.  CGI, costumes, sets, professional actors.  Episode 15 (or Season 2 Episode 5), "Shore Leave."  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMxJwFAPH8M (2:45). For all prior releases and other information about The Red Shirt Diaries, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/57.html

October 9, 2015.  Find No. 75, while we are looking at Trek and the Big Bang Theory, we'll look at several clips from famous Trekkie and Trek alum Wil Wheaton.  He was a die-hard Trekkie who grew up playing that he was Kirk, only to really be cast in Star Trek: The Next Generation.  He remains one of the most enthusiastic Trekkies in the world.
Wheaton gives geek girl advice:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04WJEEb33CY (3:10)
Wheaton turns his negative experience with William Shatner into a comedy routine:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7cwz7DJ4N8 (24:38)

And to balance Wheaton's comments on Shatner, here Shatner parodies himself (although I'm not sure he's a Trekkie) Parody SEVEN  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVMLivHTXac (2:33)

For more clips about and from  Trekkers, Trekkies, and general Fandom see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/217.html


October 5, 2015  Two New Releases,

MAJOR NEW RELEASE from multiple award-winning series, Star Trek Outpost, Silver Age, Episode 69 which is Episode 4 of Season 7, "Charon's Obol."  Listen or download here:  http://giantgnome.com/2015/10/star-trek-outpost-episode-69-charons-obol/ (55:42).  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

New Release from Comedy Series, The Red Shirt Diaries.  CGI, costumes, sets, professional actors.  Episode 14 (or Season 2 Episode 4), "Balance of  Terror," https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaO69n5FjVw (3:12).   For all prior releases and other information about The Red Shirt Diaries, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/57.html

October 3, 2015Newly Released, a Commercial, From Vulcan, Canada, Vulcan: To Boldy Go, http://www.vulcantv.ca/en/channel/trek-e998c5d3/trek-e998c5d3-vulcan-to-boldly-go (1:37).  For more Professional Star Trek Parodies, Tributes, Commercials, and Foreign Imitators, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/218.html

October 2, 2015.
Newly Released Re-edit from  Dreadnought Dominion: Producer's cut of "Anchor's Away" and "Haunted"  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQt-5kjrYH4 (36:03).  Producer's cut with commentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrPmb_jqgCs (36:09)
Fundraiser for Dreadnought Dominionhttps://www.gofundme.com/missiondreadnought

Find No. 74, some take-outs from The Big Bang Theory about Star Trek: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTPlHPkmfBk (1:48:16).  For video about Trekkers, Trekkies and General Fandom, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/217.html.