Star Trek

[Buster's Uncle]

I was catching up with the Star Trek: Phase II episodes the other night while I had too much of a headache to work.  They've replaced the little cutie playing Chekov  :'( but have a new Spock who doesn't look like a pixie    They also have a new Kirk  who doesn't look like an Elvis impersonator.

Here's a commercial for their upcoming season:  [Spoiler to Make You Watch This Clip - They have Arex at the end  ] Star Trek Phase II - 04xV4 - Going Boldly - Subtitles

This is a new season of what they called The New Voyages before?  I don't like the name change, as Phase II was something else.

The recasts are pure improvement, as far as looks, and they tried to get the hair right on this Kirk, and the actor, while not doing a Shatner impression, is playing Kirk, not someone much younger pretending to be Kirk very badly.  It's a pity his voice is 15-20 years too young; if he never spoke he'd definitely be a full lock for the part.

Captain Garth?  Really?  I can't see him ever back in Starfleet, given the givens.

It's hilarious that Garth and the admiral were wearing granny broaches as insignia; partly hilarious because they looked so right, if only they'd made sure we didn't see one in a close-up.  Big phail to letting that detail slip by.

CG Arex was impressively well-done.

The blending in of TMP elements at the end was revolting, IMAO.  I wish they hadn't done that.

It ought to be an even better season with what looks to be a much more fitting lead - I really do hate movie music, nacelles and warp effects on the formerly-real Enterprize, though.

[sisko]

Hooray! I have a fan! I have a fan!

you have many more. they're just too shy to make a post in this thread.

also, today is your birthday, so: Happy  Star Trek Birthday,  Mylochka!

[Buster's Uncle]

  It is only logical to extend congratulations on your birthday; always the best of times. 

[Mylochka]

thanks for the sweet, Trek-appropriate birthday wishes!

Here's the last of the alternate universe T'Pol pictures.  I'm thinking about T'Pol as T'Pau... I've got the hair, but don't have all the pieces to the costume... Will have to study on this one a while...

[Buster's Uncle]

Mirror T'pol is always a treat to look at, in any time period...

[Mylochka]

I agree with you about the Phase II stuff --

Captain Garth-- Yes, once you go homicidal maniac... well, actually twice in his case... then you need to not be trusted with planet-destroying-grade weapons anymore. 

CG Arex was a treat, wasn't he?  I'm looking forward to that.

I kind of like that they're going full-out Phase II, because I'd like to see some of those scripts... although we did see versions of those scripts in TNG and TMP... They did "The Child" which is a Phase II script

Star Trek Phase II - 4x07 - The Child - Subtitles

It's watchable... even  interesting in spots.  I'd be happy for them to go in this direction.

[Mylochka]

Oh, and I wanted to post this picture before I forgot about it.  This is just a morph that I downloaded, but I thought it turned out to be a good likeness and made for some crossover fun...

[Buster's Uncle]

Took me ten-fifteen seconds to register Skully, so not a perfect likeness.
 
I did a Borg leaderhead once that I think began life as Gillian Anderson in an evening gown - hold on, and I'll find something and post.

[Mylochka]

She's not in her Scully clothes with her usual Scully hair, so a few seconds delay is reasonable. 

Borg-Queen Scully sounds interesting.  She does have a haughty, imperial look sometimes. 

Now if you ever want a transparent .png file of any of these models (with or without hair and costume) that you can modify and put on top of a background, just ask.  It's pretty easy to do.   Making a morph from scratch that has to perfectly resemble a real actor is much more of a chore...

[Buster's Uncle]

It's a helpful tip for getting SMAC(X) leaders into the ballpark - I think I told you for Aki to think sorta Michelle Pfifer with some Helen Mirren...

For the attachment, I wish I had the pic I worked from, that I found on an AC forum - it was very badly done and without any background, while below is my first-ever major redraw to make a leaderhead.  What I worked from barely looked alien at all, just bald.  I drew that borgy background, and figured out how to get the argle-bargle effect without using an advanced graphics program.

I think those are her (GA's) facial features left, though.

[Buster's Uncle]

I kind of like that they're going full-out Phase II, because I'd like to see some of those scripts... although we did see versions of those scripts in TNG and TMP... They did "The Child" which is a Phase II script


It's watchable... even  interesting in spots.  I'd be happy for them to go in this direction.

Eh.  I'd sorta rather see them do their own stuff - although they've shown that their own stories aren't a lot better than you'd expect from a fan production...

I mentioned that about The Child upthread, specifically.

I'm rather fond of TMP - ST lost something when they changed styles so drastically for Wrath of Khan, something that didn't register as muich as it should because WoK was soo good - but I never much liked any of the movies that followed, cast in the WoK mode, which wasn't quite really ST.  TMP is a LOT closer in the right style, despite its enormous flaws, and it really was a mistake to go all military-actiony to the degree they did with and post WoK.

I'd still rather see them trying to do series-style ST.  I feel very strongly about it.  TMP style doesn't measure up.

[Mylochka]

It's a helpful tip for getting SMAC(X) leaders into the ballpark - I think I told you for Aki to think sorta Michelle Pfifer with some Helen Mirren...

For the attachment, I wish I had the pic I worked from, that I found on an AC forum - it was very badly done and without any background, while below is my first-ever major redraw to make a leaderhead.  What I worked from barely looked alien at all, just bald.  I drew that borgy background, and figured out how to get the argle-bargle effect without using an advanced graphics program.

I think those are her (GA's) facial features left, though.

Oh, she's niiiice!  Very Borg-y.  Really has a genuine SMAC game graphics look too.  Love that background. I would have never known she started life as an runway picture.  If you ever need to re-do this one, though, let me know, and I'll give you a lovely GA headshot .png with no background or hair to slow you down with... I'd love to see what you could do with that.

I've got a Faith morph that I downloaded that pretty much looks like her... Let me see if I did a render....

[Buster's Uncle]

If I did CCM over, I'd make her green or something - it's not clear enough that she's supposed to be an assimilated alien as I intended, not badly drawn in porportions.  Took a lot of work to lengthen her skull and neck, actually, and I hate that anyone might think I was drawing a "human actor" alien badly.  I'm pretty sure that that's why the other version of the borg I did, with someone else's excellent leaderhead,  has gotten so many more downl0oads over the years.

If I wasted my time on fake Star Track factions, I want to have wasted it well.



-Also?  FAITH!

[Mylochka]

I thought I'd done a "Faith as a Redshirt" picture, but I guess I didn't.  Here's a couple of quick renders without any postwork, but, yeah, Faith...

[Buster's Uncle]

Hmm.  The second is better Faith than the other angle.

BTW, your Aki needs a longe nose, IMAO.