Monday, July 1, 2013

Headline News for June, 2013

June 30, 2013. Newly Released: Star Trek Invincible Mid-season finale of the live performance of "Towards Yesterday" https://vimeo.com/69406687 (2:59).  For links about this live action animation, and where to find out about their upcoming performances so that you can watch them live, see   http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/133.html

Newly Released.  In honor of the SCOTUS decision on DOMA and California's Proposition 8, Scotland's Star Trek Intrepid released a scene it had deleted from an episode:
The Wedding.   A cut scene released June 30, 2013 in honor of the U. S. Supreme Court decision in DOMA and on California's Proposition Eight :  https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10201453273521933 (1:50).  For everything Star Trek Intrepid has to offer, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/109.html

June 28, 2013.  Newly released, A documentary overview of Star Trek from the Smithsonian Institution, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDLU7T0U1NY (47:06).  It is being kept here http://startrekreviewed-tvandmovies.blogspot.com/2012/01/star-trek-on-television.html until I develop enough such materials to create a blog for overviews of the entire franchise.

Newly released, Ahoyager, a new parody series from
lilredhead studios.  It is a reworking of an older idea, which he was not satisfied with.  (Sexual situations, suggestive language, racial comments.  Adult fan animation, Silver Age.)
Episode 1: The Saggy Truth:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIl2X17Dmkk (4:29)
Episode 2: The Black Hole: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2yD6N8C31A (4:09)
For more information about this series, and the animator see: http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/135.html

June 26, 2013. Newly released, video on the restoration of the shuttlecraft, Galileo,  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWafM0BPYHU (12:50).  For more stories and features about Star Trek: The Original Series, see http://startrekreviewed-tvandmovies.blogspot.com/2012/01/star-trek-tos.html

STAR TREK REVIEWED, ANNUAL MISSION ESSAY: YEAR 4.
Four years ago I began laying out this website.  There are now four fan film groups which I would classify has ‘highly active’... that is they produce more than one episode per year. More may be on the way.

In addition, Star Trek Continues has released its first episode, the only fan film which can be said to compete with Phase II for recreating the original TOS feel. Another very high end fan film, Star Trek: Secret Voyage, is promising, but seems to have an unrealistic financial plan. There have been a number of other exceptional efforts this year, including the short, Star Trek: Deception.

Just introduced, I have started giving new Audio releases Headlines. Headlines have been expanded since it has gotten less and less realistic for fan film fans to scan the entire website to find new, minor releases. Headlines will still not include teasers, trailers, pre-announced release dates or incomplete releases. Headlines still mean something has been released in final form. For the most part, the release also tells a complete story or finishes one. However, I have accepted the fact that audio is generally done in the form of an ongoing serial, and as long as the episode is a full story of sorts, it will get a Headline.

This year Star Trek Reviewed has primarily just added new films as they are released, old ones as they are discovered,, and reviews and commentary as they are found, and continued projects begun in prior years. An exception: A list of fan films which are based on The Doomsday Machine and placed under my listing of the TOS episode, "The Doomsday Machine." I would like to expand the links in the subwebsite on Pro Trek beyond reviews, adding links to fan films that reference a that episode. I also made many links to reviews of Star Trek Into Darkness.

The only reorganizations have been the addition of an incomplete page for fan films made with ship animations only, no people (we only hear the people... or maybe not even that) and a slight re-ordering of the listings of Fan Filmmakers who have not released films. I have marked out two-letter listing starting with A (like (AC)) to hold fan films which say they are active when asked but which show little actual results for a long time. I define ‘a long time’ inconsistently.

As always, I hope this website will continue to serve folk who would rather spend time watching Star Trek Fan Films than hunting for them. I also want to thank the many fan film makers who were kind enough to contact me about their releases, ensuring I and hundreds of others who depend on Star Trek Reviewed would not miss their work. Finally, I want to thank the many fan film makers who have provided me with posters and photos to illustrate their work.  For WHY STAR TREK REVEIWED and the three annual essays that followed, as well as the permanent home of this essay, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/240.html

June 23, 2013.  Newly Released.  Buckingham Palace Guards play all the themes from Star Trek.  http://www.frequency.com/video/buckingham-palace-guards-playing-star/103351028/-/5-13691 (4:54) Permanent home: http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/207.html (BA)

Newly Released.  Short film from Star Trek Invincible.  The Ties That Bind is a video prequel to the episode, "Towards Tomorrow."  https://vimeo.com/68934166 (4:34).  For more information about this live action animation, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/133.html

June 21, 2013.  Spooftakular No. 31.  Honest Trailers Star Trek (2009).  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTfBH-XFdSc (4:13).  For more commentary about J.J. Abrams first Star Trek movie, see http://startrekreviewed-tvandmovies.blogspot.com/2012/01/movie-11.html

NEWLY RELEASED first episode of a new audio series, Star Trek: Ranger, from the producers of (The second listed) Star Trek Valkyrie. http://www.startrekvalkyrie.com/  You Tube Home: http://www.youtube.com/user/ValkyrieNCC2590/videos?flow=grid&view=0 .  Video Series Trailer:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZq9N59GkNM (0:52)
Episode 100: Prologue:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHynDI7EWwI (15:03)
For more audio drama and comedy, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/247.html
NOTE THIS IS A NEW FEATURE.  Going forward Star Trek Reviewed will give major audio releases Headlines.


June 15, 2013.  PEZ Trek Theater .  The Sprog.  Adobe Flash animation, adult fans.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iZSqodOGJg (16:47).  Animated PEZ dispensers make up the Enterprise crew.  It's permanent page is now here: http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/54.html

June 13, 2013   Spooftakular No. 30  Life Life In Space Space. Parody, live action Adult fans, obscene content, sets, costumes. For viewing instructions go to (D)   http://startrekrestricted.blogspot.com/2009/11/post-5.html (14:13) .

June 7, 2013. Star Trek Slow Jam!  Key of Awsome #72.  New Release from "Barely Political" (which also produced "Beam Me Up, Hottie) (Parody, Adult fans)  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjkVSneTjaA (3:58)  Sexual subject matter.  Also recently released,  For more short Comedy and Parody see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/208.html

Saturday, June 1, 2013

Headline News for May, 2013


May 31, 2013.  Red Shirts, the Series.  (Comedy, Slapstick, Adult Fans, Golden Age, costumes, sets, location shooting.)  Released first episode.   Part 1 of 2:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FklxksB4Jkw (5:43).  Part 2 of 2:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KhT2Pi6wWc (4:53)  For
more about Red Shirts, the Series, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/53.html



May 24, 2013.  NEWLY RELEASED FIRST EPISODE FROM NEW HIGHLY ANTICIPATED SERIES STAR TREK CONTINUES by the established fan group which produces Starship Farragut. (Golden Age, adult fans, drama, costumes, sets, CGI, cast members who are relatives of the original cast.)   Their first episode is entitled, "Pilgrim of Eternity,"  was first shown on 5/24 at the Phoenix Comicon.    It was then posted on the internet later that day.  Watch it here:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3G-ziTBAkbQ (51.18) or here:  https://vimeo.com/66784863  (51:17)  .
Reviews:  http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2013/06/07/_star_trek_continues_fan_made_episodes_carry_on_on_the_five_year_mission.html ,    http://escapepod.org/2013/06/03/fan-film-review-star-trek-continues-episode-1-pilgrim-of-eternity/ , http://www.examiner.com/article/star-trek-continues-with-apollo-sequel, http://ladygeekgirl.wordpress.com/2013/06/13/star-trek-continues-brings-new-tos-and-its-like-nerd-heaven-up-in-here/ , http://matthewdicks.com/2013/06/i-dont-love-star-trek-but-this-most-recent-star-trek-television-show-is-amazing.html  and http://subspacecommunique.com/content/2013/06/12/watch-star-trek-continues-webseries-available-now
Reactions (see comments for mini-reviews:) https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=580842235282630&id=333296680037188 also
http://www.trekbbs.com/showthread.php?t=214390&page=4  I watched this and found it to be enjoyable.  It is significantly better than the short films that were released prior to it.

For links to the short films and other information about Star Trek Continues, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/27.html
May 17, 2013.  NEW FAN FILM GROUP, NEW FIRST RELEASE,
(1)  Star Trek Deception.  (Adult fans, live action, sets, costumes, green screens, CGI, Silver Age, Cheshire, Northwich, UK) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALGLRd5RyA4 (8:30)  With Portuguese subtitles: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCMo9DcUOfI (8:30)  Exceptional short film. For more short films not classified elsewhere, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/207.html

(2)  Newly Released, Star Trek Commercial with tie-in to Star Trek Into Darkness.  https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10152811330545431 (0;31) .  For more professional comedy and commercials, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/218.html

May 16, 2013.  Newly Released, Short school project.  (live action, middle school students)   Star Trek: The Middle School Musical. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIkgcWtK_rQ    (3:39)  For more school and church projects see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/205.html .

May 10, 2013.  Short comedy/parody new release, (animated) Star Trek Into Duckness - Intergalactic Trailer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2yON3LAKyg   (2:19) .   For more short comedy and parody, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/208.html

May 9, 2013.  Star Trek Intrepid, MAJOR NEW RELEASE, (Adult fans, green screens costumes, location shooting, minimal sets, excellent writing and acting) "A Stone Unturned"   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wk8N0NgML80(30:19) is also available with Portuguese subtitles, here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zfTzYpGDXE (30:19)/ This story includes Jean Luc Picard, played by a different actor.  They have also released a version with commentary:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNguWyEJp5o  (30:20)
A review: http://www.examiner.com/article/star-trek-intrepid-releases-the-stone-unturned
Another review: http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/dundee/video-it-s-star-trek-but-not-as-we-know-it-1.93251
Television coverage of this release:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEotq0lxMfo (2:06)
For everything the fan film group which was my first love has to offer, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/109.html

May 7, 2013.  NEWLY RELEASED professional commercial from Audi, entitled "The Challenge"  pits Leonard Nimoy against Zachary Quinto in a match with multiple references to Mr. Spock in which Audi beats Mercedes Benz.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPkByAkAdZs (2:44).  For more professional commercials and spoofs see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/218.html

May 6, 2013. Find No. 18.  forestmedic posted "The Doomsday Machine."  (Live action, adult fans, CGI) It is listed here: http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/49.html or watch it directly on You Tube:
This fan remake was shot in three days 2001, and completed on a Mac G4 over the next year.
Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDyoi2iVF8A (9:41)
Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHqn2kJzS_s (9:31)
Part 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bdE56Fml0M (10:02)
Part 4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulEFa-I-1JQ (9:53)
Part 5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUjhQbkTgVQ (9:52)

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Headline News for April, 2013



April 28, 2013. MAJOR NEW RELEASE from Star Trek: Dark Armada
(Adult fans, live action, green screens, some sets and some location shooting, CGI, Silver Age, Netherlands.) presents, "Nightfall."  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uW0XKTysBBY (29:40).  For all of the films by Star Trek: Dark Armada, See  http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/80.html .

April 26, 2013.  The Star Trek: Invincible announcement has been moved to http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/133.html

April 22, 2013  TEMPORARY HEADLINE:  Project Potemkin has temporarily released a rough cut of a live action fan film made at Trek Trax Atlanta over the weekend of April 20-21, 2013.  "Closing Time."  People participated not only from Project Potemkin (Georgia, USA), but also from Starship Reliant (Newfoundland, Canada), Starship Farragut (Washington, D.C. region and Georgia) and the Audio drama, Starship Valkyrie, with makeup provided by a member of Phase II/New Voyages. (Upstate New York)  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=200p84H2aUo  (5:16).  I do not ordinarily give Headlines to films that are not in final form, but the very unusual way this film was made (at a Trek Convention) made me decide to make an exception.  I have not, however, watched it and will not watch it until it is released in final form.

ALSO Newly released: from Improvised Star Trek, an improv comedy group from Chicago,
Hlchop! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2bjc6U0tjI (3:11)  This is a love song in Klingon... with the appropriate attitude for Klingons.  For more Star Trek comedy from Improvised Star Trek, mostly audio, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/130.html

ALSO new comedy short release:  Star Trek - Bad Days Season 2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8s9aXRL95E (3:11)  It's from Stan Lee.  Yes, that Stan Lee!  (Spiderman et al.)

April 18, 2013.   Featured Go! Animators Nos. 48, 49, 50: 
TheDarrien21  http://startrekreviewed-goanimate.blogspot.com/2012/03/thedarrien21.html
Dark Wolph Studios  http://startrekreviewed-goanimate.blogspot.com/2012/03/dark-wolph-studios.html
claypot7  http://startrekreviewed-goanimate.blogspot.com/2012/03/claypot7.html

April 11, 2013.  NEW MAJOR RELEASE from Established Fan Filmmaker (Film School Fans, CGI, Green Screens, animation, costumes, Silver Age, exceptional writing, and one of the few Fan Films with consistent casting. Drama, UK.), The Further Adventures of Star Trek Unity, "The Oath"





Part 1 of 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9jB9bucjIY (12:51)
Part 2 of 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URYmIfih2EA (12:04)
The second longest Fan Film series in Star Trek Fan Film history continues. This episode is slower than most, focusing on crew morale in the middle of a retreat in a war after a losing battle.
For the other releases in The Further Adventures of Star Trek Unity, as well as the far less technically sophisticated (Kid or Teen Trek) Star Trek Unity, See http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/90.html

ALSO NEWLY RELEASED TODAY... Star Trek Nature's Hunger

(Adult fans, CGI, Green Screens, costumes, Comedy, Golden Age) has produced a self-contained parody which is not part of their usual ongoing stores, "Red Shirt Survival Guide" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PySMo4t-Ako  (11:12).  For the rest of the releases in this off-beat Star Trek Fan Film series, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/44.html

April 8, 2013   New FIRST Release from Star Trek: Valient,  (Adult fans, costumes, sets, greens screens, CGI) , Episode 1, The Artellian Gambit, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1d1bPNFWlqU (16:43).  For more about this Star Trek: Valient, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/52.html

Monday, April 1, 2013

Headline News for March, 2013




March 29, 2013   New Release fromProject Potemkin (Adult fans, live action, sets, green screens, location shooting, professional actors, CGI, Golden Age(movie era)).  The ninth film from this powerhouse fan film production group, S01-H  The Devil in the Details  You can watch it on You Tube,    (7:41) or Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/62944183  (7:40).  Hmmm... interesting, and worth your time, as are all Potemkin productions.  But I am left to wonder if there is something in that Georgia water demanding productions there mix Star Trek and the Wizard of Oz!  For all of their previous releases, and more links about Project Potemkin see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/31.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBH4iyR8qBk


March 28, 2013.  Spooftacular No. 29.      Internal Revenue Service of the United Stated created a Trek video in 2010.  With income tax season here, it seems an appropriate time to feature it.
Watch it here:  http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50143433n(5:22)
or here:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxU6n4pAnrU (5:22)

Read about it here:  http://www.forbes.com/sites/anthonynitti/2013/03/22/irs-employees-star-trek-parody-is-as-wonderfully-awful-as-it-sounds/?ss=personalfinance or here:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/robertwood/2013/03/21/congress-probes-irs-over-tax-dollars-spent-making-star-trek-video/ or  http://news.yahoo.com/irs-calls-star-trek-parody-video-mistake-231924664--politics.html or http://news.yahoo.com/lightbox/video-image-internal-revenue-video-shows-irs-employee-photo-000713223--politics.html .
For more Trek created by professionals for parody, tribute, sales or training, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/218.html

There seems to be some confusion with this much older short by fans.  I have no idea why "IRS" is in it's title, although it is called, "IRS Cutting Edge."  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M117yBKzalQ (0:57).  That video will be placed under "Other short videos".


March 24, 2013.    Find No. 17.   Star Trek - Mystery at Starbase M-3   (Animation, Golden Age, TOS Enterprise and crew, adult fan.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIjtaefxfhg  (15:08).  A clear 'thumbs up' for this film.  For more information and pictures from this film, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/51.html


March 17, 2013   New Release from Star Trek Reliant (Canadian Adult fans, live action, green screens, costumes, CGI, some sets and location shooting) Episode 7, "Missing in Action,"  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KFwONSwYSU (13:56).  For everything Star Trek Reliant has to offer, see    http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/128.html


March 15, 2013 (The Ides of March... ) Two New Releases!  First, release of the eighth fan film from established filmmaker, Project Potemkin, "Archway".  You can watch it on Vimeo,   https://vimeo.com/61917548  (6:46) or You Tube,  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4k7JwntuTFk  (6:47).  A very cool short film.  For all of their previous releases, and more links about Project Potemkin see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/31.html

Then, Star Trek: Nature's Hunger releases the first episode of Season 5, continuing the Star Trek Meets the Wizard of Oz saga:
Episode 1:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0L0EPOf9Z0 (10:10)  For everything Star Trek: Nature's Hunger has to offer see :  http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/44.html

March 7, 2013.    NEW release today of  A MAJOR FAN FILM from an established filmmaker!  Star Trek: Eagle, (Golden Age, Teen Fans with Adult backing, live action, sets, green screens).  It is their forth release and 3rd episode, "Past Regrets" (their last release was a short film).  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTxfjo7E4Js  (37:32).  The episode itself is over around 25:30, but has credits and a blooper reel attached.  It forms a crossover with Starship Saladin, which has not yet released it's own film, and includes old friends like the Orions and the Gorn.  Lots of action.

For EVERYTHING Star Trek: Eagle has to offer, see:  http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/36.html

March 1, 2013.   Featured Go! Animators Nos. 45, 46, 47: 
DS124  http://startrekreviewed-goanimate.blogspot.com/2012/03/ds124.html
Flatulatingmormoset    http://startrekreviewed-goanimate.blogspot.com/2012/03/flatulatingmarmoset.html

Friday, March 1, 2013

Headline News for February, 2013



February 23, 2013.   Spooftackular No. 28:   Tribbles  Episode 1:  "Tribble Truck'n To Comic-Con"  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XBq0kUtHoU  (6:28). (Adult fan, live action film about Trek fans in which Trek is real.)  A breeder of Tribbles for sale at Comic-con goes on the road.   For more films about Trek fans, see  http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/217.html

February 18, 2013.  NEWLY RELEASED by Star Trek Reliant, (Adult fans, green screens, costumes, CGI special effects, Newfoundland, Canada) Episode 6, "The Oath" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6n3zazy_0hM (4:44).  I have to say, as somebody who likes a story which examines an issue... this is a great and very short episode.  Wow.  For everything Star Trek Reliant has to offer, see    http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/128.html

February 14, 2013  Finds Nos. 15 and 16   In honor of Valentine's Day, today's two short Trek finds follow the honeymoon adventures of Trekkie couples:
Funny Wedding Universal Translator Video:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IML352Mg1DU (3:35)
Star Trek Honeymoon.  When two Trekkies get married, can the Gorn be far behind?  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gsimi1_jNqg&feature=related (3:04)
For more films about Trek fans, see  http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/217.html

February 10, 2013.   Featured Go! Animators Nos. 42, 43, 44: 
IlU1MV   http://startrekreviewed-goanimate.blogspot.com/2012/03/ilu1mv.html
Halokruel   http://startrekreviewed-goanimate.blogspot.com/2012/03/halokruel.html

freakazoidthatdoesntexist   http://startrekreviewed-goanimate.blogspot.com/2012/03/freakazoidthatdoesntexist.html


February 5, 2013.  Newly released, Star Trip: The ...What? Generation.   Placed in Star Trek Restricted for foul langague.  (12:12)  See   http://startrekrestricted.blogspot.com/2009/11/post-5.html  , under F. for viewing information.



February 4, 2013 NEWLY RELEASED FIRST FILM Star Trek: Rendezvous (Adult fans  from Utah, USA, live action, drama, costumes, green screens, CGI. Silver Age.)   has released their first episode, "The Game"      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tppHXPyP0_E  (11:14)   For the permanent home of Star Trek: Rendezvous see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/132.html

Friday, February 1, 2013

Headline News for January, 2013




January 30, 2013 NEWLY RELEASED MAJOR FILM Star Wreak 2pi Full Twist Now (Adult fans  from Switzerland, live action, Parody, sets, costumes, green screens, CGI.  Available with captions in Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, Swiss French, Swiss German and Italian) has released their film,       http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1fkMuMDqXI  (53:37)  This parody is based on the Finnish "Star Wreak," also a parody.  For more on this ambitious project, see  http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/129.html

January 29, 2013    Spooftakular No. 27 Star Trek XI Spoof  Sweded  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7jsEckaQ4c  (2:39)  Posted by: http://www.youtube.com/user/PUSHITFILMS#p/u .  The name says what it is.  For more short comedies and parodies see    http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/208.html

January 25, 2013  Find No. 14, Star Trek.  (High School Students, live action school project)

http://www.youtube.com/user/Raglawl has a 2 part Star Trek episode lasting over 10 minutes.  Live Action, Golden Era.  Parody.  Kid Trek.   A school project:
January 18, 2013 Star Trek Dark Armada (Adult fans, live action, costumes,  Netherlands) offers a NEWLY RELEASED short film made up of outtakes from other films, "It's Dark, Get Over It,"     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7pwz738cl0 (4:54).  Available with Dutch, English, German, Portuguese, and Spanish subtitles.  For their efforts which are planned as films and edited, see   http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/80.html .

January 17, 2013.  Fem Trekz NEWLY RELEASED BEST EFFORT TO DATE (and I missed) in October, and their first film that qualifies them as a fan film maker that has released a full film:
Fem Trekz: The Power of Life and Death
Part 1  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2HGwAitRhE (1:55)
Part 2  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snmZXVHtn1A   (5:17)
Part 3  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHCYDUj53ck   (5:47)
For more about Fem Trekz, go to  http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/117.html

January 12, 2013 Star Trek Eagle (Teen fans, live action, costumes, adult advisors) offers a NEWLY RELEASED short film, "Star Trek: Good Byes,"     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7t2kIAyywyo (2:42) which is a prequel to their existing releases, taking place one year before their first release, "Into the Mirror."  For all that Star Trek Eagle has to offer, see   http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/36.html

January 9, 2013.   Featured Go! Animators Nos. 39, 40, and 41: 
kpac   http://startrekreviewed-goanimate.blogspot.com/2012/03/kpac.html
kingbruce   http://startrekreviewed-goanimate.blogspot.com/2012/03/kingbruce.html
J Files Graphics     http://startrekreviewed-goanimate.blogspot.com/2012/03/j-file-graphics.html

January 2, 2013 .   Improvised Star Trek offers a  NEWLY RELEASED COMEDY, 
TriTricorder Again   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ioxDRlsXIo  (2:07)   Adult fans, live action, improvised.  This will be it's home page, which is a very preliminary work in progress.   http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/130.html

January 1, 2013    Spooftakular No. 26  From Professional Parodies of Star Trek, short scenes from
Family Guy (additional links)
Picard and Troy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_BX8UjVUvA (0:39)
Stewie Tells off Cast of Star Trek: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-hQlamsvKQ (0:43)
Stewie and Star Trek (You'll get nothing and like it): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FByMrCEpje4&feature=related (1:05)
Will Wheaton  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ze5GKVWYQAk (0:29)
Having Tea, TNG v. Star Wars  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbGaJCoPB4E (0:12)
Funeral Parody http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-j6gi4cY5KY (0:38)
Sulu Hello  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nij81pIWsGI (0:49)
For more professional comedies and parodies, including more from Family Guy See  http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/218.html   .

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Headline News for December, 2012

December 24, 2012.  New Release from the people who bring you Phase II.  Pony Horton and some voice talent give us, "Cookin with Gas" a Christmas Feast of CGI .  The Enterprise takes one more trip before her refit.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoZ5OqOyzAA (6:30).  For everything Phase II itself and members of the Phase II team have to offer, see  http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/20.html .

December 23, 2012.  New Series from Australia, Australia's first Star Trek Fan Drama  Star Trek Eternal Night.  Live Action, Adult fans.  Season 1 eps. 1 through 7 was Audio and Silver Age.  However, Eps. 8 is a news broadcast set in our own time but in the Star Trek Universe, and involves the man who become Col. Green.  Season 2 is a time travel story in which the characters from Season 1 travel back to our time, pre-Stone Age.  This series is, for now, being classified as Silver Age.

The 'news' broadcast about Col. Green has been released and is their first film.  You can view it here:
Part 1 of 5:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0a6E2VXeLU (10:59)
Part 2 of 5:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YV1y4hHemso (6:48)
Part 3 of 5:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLVZemh0ec0 (11:44)
Part 4 of 5:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkWaulHP5q0 (7:13)

For the story leading up to this news broadcast, and more about Star Trek Eternal Night, See   http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/131.html .

December 22, 2012.  MAJOR NEW RELEASE.   Starship Farragut,  "The Price of Anything"   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k34lM7ZszoA  (38:08) or Or  http://starshipfarragut.dreamhosters.com/play-episode-the-price-of-anything/#.UNWBfORZWRI (38:04).
A Review:   http://www.trekbbs.com/showpost.php?p=7439281&postcount=28 .
Download here:
"The Price of Anything", now available at:http://ncc1647.farragutnetwork.com/price.html -mjd

 For the rest of what Farragut Films has to offer, see  http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/22.html .

December 21, 2012.  NEW SERIES from the producers of Star Track... Damn Klingons Episode 1: Damn Christmas   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GevVQWwe5XY  (3:10).   For more from the producers of Star Track see  http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/96.html



December 20, 2012.  NEWLY RELEASED COMEDY -Christmas short, "It's A Wonderful Trek"   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrxeLR76FSg#!   (2:56).  From "Improvised Trek."  This looks like a group that deserves it's own page here, but doesn't have it.  It is a Silver Age Parody series with weekly, mostly audio releases.  Adult fans, live action, improvised.  This will be it's home page, which is a very preliminary work in progress.   http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/130.html


December 18, 2012. Find No. 13: For those of you who missed the preview showing of the new Starship Farragut film, "The Price of Anything" which included a cameo by Vic Mignogna as Captain Kirk, here are the films in which he first appeared in that role:
Vic's Vintage Voyages
1:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ8_26_Y1Ck   (0:42)
2:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STjZCeHWV_0  (0:59)
3:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0hHaNhKnIo   (2:40)
4:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4S7ujfwBCoc   (3:16)
5:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EI_sE8fl864   (3:04)

For more on Vic Mignogna and his background see:  http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/32.html

December 15, 2012.   Featured Go! Animators Nos. 36, 37, and 38
 Paky   http://startrekreviewed-goanimate.blogspot.com/2012/03/paky.html
 osoren   http://startrekreviewed-goanimate.blogspot.com/2012/03/osoren.html
misterparty  http://startrekreviewed-goanimate.blogspot.com/2012/03/misterparty.html

December 12, 2012    Spooftakular No. 27  From short parodies and comedies.   Ed the Duck Star Trek Christmas Spoof  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yM3gaELVMtQ (5:49)   For more short parodies and comedies go to:   http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/208.html

December 9, 2012. Find No. 12:   Star Trek/Star Wars Crossover Mechinima:    New Threat.  A series using Bridge Commander.  Subtitles, not voices.
You Tube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/ImperialProductions#p/u
Prologue: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wsKEwPJwGo (1:11)
[Blocked due to copyright violations] Episode 1:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EucfisUI-nw  (8:59)
Episode 2:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG2Lvgdga1s  (8:26)
Episode 3:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZHc3emW4gw  (9:10)
Episode 4:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-hNR-ebF6o  (8:47)
Episode 5:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWVYIfy8c-g  (6:59)
Episode 6:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szYHVc_3PeQ (10:55)
For more Crossover Fan Films, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/245.html

December 6, 2012.   Featured Go! Animators Nos. 33, 34, and 35: 
RockHopper  http://startrekreviewed-goanimate.blogspot.com/2012/03/rockhopper.html

December 2, 2012    Spooftakular No. 26   Stalled Trek: Amutt Time  is a puppet parody of Star Trek TOS with 3D animation by an adult fan.  It is currently available for purchase  on DVD, but not on the internet.
For information on purchasing this DVD click here:   Stalled Trek: Amutt Time
Discussion and Reviews: Discussion of Amutt Time  I took my 'reviewers copy' of the DVD to a Trek-loving friend's house who often tolerates (barely) my love of Star Trek fan films, but who has a taste for parodies.  He loved it.  He was stopping it to avoid missing the next part because he was laughing so hard.  He pronounced it the best Star Trek Fan parody I had shown him, better even than his prior favorite, Stone Trek.  In light of his enthusiasm, I have named Stalled Trek: Amutt Time a Quick Pick Treasure.

Review of Amutt Time


For more on this film series, see  http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/50.html

Saturday, December 1, 2012

Headline News for November, 2012

November 30, 2012.  Star Trek Continues has released a new short film, "Happy Birthday Scotty."  You can view it here:    https://vimeo.com/54562820 (2:42) . To view the two prior short films released by Star Trek Continues, and other information about this planned series, see:   http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/27.html   (2:42)


November 24, 2012.  NEWLY RELEASED  Star Trekz Empire presents the second episode in their series, (and the second of their first season)  Episode 102, "Changing Tides".   (This is part 2 of a multi-part story arc) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCEUdjKx3i0 (20:16) .  For more about Star Trekz Empire, including Part 1 of this multi-part story arc, see   http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/124.html

November 20, 2012. Find No. 11:    Star Trek Christmas.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1H7EY_Ba8o&feature=related (3:42).  Although arguably a parody, comedy, or crossover film with Dr. Seuss, I think the spirit of this short is in it's title, and therefore chose to place it as a misc. short film, rather than as a comedy. Under (AU), here:  http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/207.html

November 17, 2012.  Featured Go! Animators Nos. 30, 31, and 32:
Scarbs Productions     http://startrekreviewed-goanimate.blogspot.com/2012/03/scarbs-productions.html


November 10, 2012.  NEWLY RELEASED.  Star Trek Reliant, (Adult fans, live action, CGI, green screens, location shooting) Episode 5, "A Tale of Two Ships."http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEwhnVPo7J8" (11:17).  This show continues to be an enjoyable show marked by interesting ideas briefly and well presented.  This episode has better sound quality than Episode 4, although there is still room for improvement in that area.  For the first four episodes of Star Trek Reliant, and other information about this series, see  http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/128.html

November 8, 2012    Spooftakular No. 25   Cats in Space http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DnQLI1XDzI   (2:13).  The title says it all.  I thought after the election, hurricanes in the US and China, (they call them typhoons in the Pacific, but still...) and now a Noreaster here... we could do with something that was not merely light, but furry.   For more short parodies and comedies, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/208.html

November 5, 2012.     Find No. 10:     Listed under Misc. Short Films:    Star Trek Cartoon, "None the Wiser" (TNG era) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfjRoUmgEtg (4:46).    For more Miscellaneous Short Films see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/207.html

November 2, 2012.   Featured Go! Animators Nos. 27, 28, and 29:
strategyfan123    http://startrekreviewed-goanimate.blogspot.com/2012/03/strategyfan123.html 
Heymcfly82      http://startrekreviewed-goanimate.blogspot.com/2012/03/heymcfly82.html
Schismfilms     http://startrekreviewed-goanimate.blogspot.com/2012/03/schismfilms.html
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