Star Trek

[Geo]

"Report me, and I won't be gentle next time!"

"Spock has been missing for over a month" 

[Valka]

It was Kirk who was missing for over a month. I noticed that some of the actors didn't enunciate their words very clearly at times.

[Geo]

Just finished watching it.
I give it a 'sufficient' overall, with a 'moderately good' on the human side of things.
Kinda like the red-shirted helmsman most, especially when the audience has to hang on his words.

[Valka]

That's Ensign Walking Bear, who is a character from the Animated Series. The original story has Chekov and McCoy beaming down to find Kirk (the original author never noticed for a moment that she was having a Russian-accented character wandering around the U.S. in the 1950s).

I don't know why this production didn't use Chekov, but considering they eliminated that part of the plot anyway, I guess it doesn't really matter. And it's nice to see another character.

[Geo]

(the original author never noticed for a moment that she was having a Russian-accented character wandering around the U.S. in the 1950s).

I have the impression that, accent-wise, Polish and Russian-speaking people are indistinguisable from each other when speaking English. Weren't there a fair number of Polish immigrants living in the USA at the time?

[Buster's Uncle]

The story wasn't about how much crap Polish immigrants in the US in the 50s had to take, which I imagine was considerable.

[Valka]

The point about Chekov's accent is that during the 1950s, the U.S. tended to be distrustful of anyone or anything Russian. Want to wreck someone's career? Label him or her a communist or socialist and get them blacklisted. That's what happened to quite a lot of people in the 1950s.

The Cold War years were unbelievably paranoid in some places.


And it seems that the video won't work on CFC, either, now. 

[Valka]

Any other comments about the fan film? It's been generating a bit of controversy elsewhere.


On the topic of a different fan film series, Star Trek Continues, I've just read that the guest star of their fourth film is going to be Colin Baker (who played the Sixth Doctor in Doctor Who). I don't know if that's confirmed as official, though, or if it's just rumor.

[Buster's Uncle]

Things are hoping on the forum, but I'll try to break down and watch the episode tonight, and get back to you.

I really liked Baker in that silly thing Davidson directed last year - came as quite a surprise.

[Buster's Uncle]

...And they've kept me busy since.  A big project has broken out today, and I've gotta stay on top of it.  Tonight or tomorrow, though...

[Buster's Uncle]

...Poor choice of score in the teaser...

[Buster's Uncle]

...10 minutes in, I'm a bit bored.  The acting is not good...

[Buster's Uncle]

Nightmare at 30,000 Feet - playing in the 50s.  Cute.

[Buster's Uncle]

As if I hadn't been jarred out of the scene enough already, hating the Elvis guy.

[Buster's Uncle]

The Enterprise model work is mighty showy - not trying to look like Star Trek.  The model's fine, but the Enterprise should move with gravity...