Beyond the Sun: a Star Trek Fan Production
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ก.ย. 2024
- A routine rescue mission places Starfleet in a moral quandary between faith and science that is too difficult for one crewmember to ignore.
Starring Maximiliano Laffont, Karin Kowi, Kate Elder, Adam Poole and Jason Burch as “Ba’den”.
Co-Starring Dragonia, Imogene Di Giulio, Daniel Gray and Dan Tyrrell.
Based upon “Star Trek” created by Gene Roddenberry. Music: David Bell (From ‘OTS Star Trek Voyager Collection Volume 1 & 2 by La-La Land Records). Theme Music: Dennis McCarthy. Production Design: Aaron Chappell & Aaron Vanderkley. Costume Design: Gina Vanderkley. Visual Effects Producer: Samuel Cockings. Make-Up Artists: Erika Luck, Melissa Clarkson & Aaron Chappell. On-Set Assistance: Mason Allen & Ron Vanderkley. First Assistant Director: Steven Clarke. Gaffer/Camera Assistant: Blake Thomson. Director of Photography: Clayton Orgles.
Written and Directed by Aaron Vanderkley.
Running Time: 20 minutes
Copyright © 2021 Aaron Vanderkley
Star Trek and all related marks, logos and characters are solely owned by CBS Studios Inc. This fan production is not endorsed by, sponsored by, nor affiliated with CBS, Paramount Pictures, or any other Star Trek franchise, and is a non-commercial fan-made film intended for recreational use. No commercial exhibition or distribution is permitted. No alleged independent rights will be asserted against CBS or Paramount Pictures. - ภาพยนตร์และแอนิเมชัน
Delighted to have played the role of Captain. Thank you for casting me and creating such a fantastic story Aaron. :) 👏💫
You did an amazing job. Truly believable delivery. You nailed the poise and temperament of a military officer.
You did a great job of playing the captain very well.
Heavy is the collar that wears the pips, Skipper.
Brilliant acting. Brilliant Captain
You did a good job, I need your autograph..lol
Wow - you guys nailed the Star Trek spirit - cross cultural dilemmas, ethical nuances and all. Bravo!
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Outstanding production value. A fan film? This has some very good props, costumes and sets. Well done.
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That was actually pretty damned good!
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excellent!!! thank you
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EXCELLENT!!!
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To the heck with Prime Directive! I would make sure they know what stars are. And get them as close to a star as possible letting them to be burned a little so they would understand what is it.
Damn Skippy. Starfleet turned a regulation into a religion. Which is never good.
It's interesting to think about what we would all do differently (or the same) in these circumstances. Thanks for watching :)
The quality of this production is absolutely stellar! Glad to see a Nova Class being used, one of the smaller ships that seems to get forgotten :( The VOY era uniforms were a really great nostalgic treat, loved it! Hope to see more from the USS Explorer!
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Heh heh. Stellar.
@@MetaphorUB heh!
I have never seen a so high quality production fan movie so far. Congrats!
Thank you boss!! 🥰🥰🥰
Everything looks great and the acting was superior to most fan films bravo
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Nailed the Braga Era post TNG production aesthetic. Well done. The writing and acting are also very polished. Good enough to stand along side STC.
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DAYUM!!!!!!!!!!!!! That was great! As always, you do not disappoint my brother! Really enjoyed the Voyager-esque theme in the beginning
This was an awesome fan film! It was absolutely true to Star Trek and Voyager. I loved the sets! But also the uniforms were very accurate, I liked the EVA suits which I think were a lot of work. The acting was very good. I found especially the Captain to be very believable but I could also sense the anger in the voice of the spiritual leader. Samuel's CGI was stunning as always. The music fit perfectly, however strangely enough it seemed a little too close to the Voyager original. All in all the film was excellent and very enjoyable. A thousand thanks to the cast and crew of this film for putting so much effort into it. I hope we'll see more from you in the future. Keep on trekking! Best regards from the USS Atlas, a fan group in Germany.
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Brilliant, love how it turned out just that my name is spelt wrong in the credits
Oops! We'll correct it in future uploads :)
That was incredible for a fan production! Great choice of topic and a wonderful narrative to explore it. The set looks amazing and Ioved the camera and lighting work. When is the next episode? Can't wait to see more..
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in my opinion the captain could have launched a probe or some object into the sun to show them what would happen. no violation of prime directive and solve the dilemma.
Isn't that giving away knowledge to a less advanced culture, though? Natural development would have to mean everyone back on the home world watching them fry, basically? Even transporting them out at the last second would still be interfering, I think. It's a great question, is the Prime Directive really ethical or does it just prevent problems for Starfleet later on. Really an outstanding production here, writing, sets, all the background details; I hope there's more of these.
We've got people earth that go, "HAHA See the earth is not round, that's just a fish-eyed lense and there's holograms and stuff!!"
THIS is one of the best films YET from Star Trek. I'm glad I got to see it
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Damn well done! CBS are you learning anything ? I know your watching.
I'm sure the CBS lawyers are more than prepared to file their next lawsuit to thwart anyone else's success...
I'm really impressed with this fan production. CBS can learn from this on how to make an actual Star Trek series. Star Trek is at its best when there's not all phasers and photon torpedoes flying everywhere.
What about when the Captain (all 3 versions of Captain Pike; Jeffrey Hunter, Bruce Greenwood, and Anson Mount) is gorgeous and sexy?
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The best thing about all of Star Trek's conflicts with the Prime Directive is that everybody can have a valid opinion. We've come a long way from the rebellious heroics of Captain Kirk's quite serious exceptions for the Prime Directive. All these big issues were appropriately mellowed in The Next Generation. Beyond The Sun brings back some of the genuine realisms that we haven't seen in Star Trek shows for a long time. Thank you for your thoughtfully superb fan production. 🖖🏻🖖🏼🖖🏽🖖🏾🖖🏿
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@@voyagesfanfilm You’re welcome.
I'm going to go against the grain here because, as often happens with the network productions, it's forced. They're not sending anyone to their deaths. They're allowing them to do what they want. So, while I'm loving everything else about these, I'm standing firm here, against popular opinion.
Due to my background in social psychology, I know what's going on here. When "Daddy-Government" or anyone we view as representing it says A, the _VAST_ majority of people have an enormous desire to mentally curl into the fetal position & start lying to themselves.
The reason this breaks down so often in ST & can is that The Captain is only (nearly) unquestionable in combat situations. The discomfort of that makes people want to to cling to Unquestioning Authority. Morality though? _That_ is something people feel is more a decision of the group. While here on present-day Earth we don't get to play a part in that discussion, in this show, as well as all other versions of it, one can feel the hypocrisy of having a Single Authority Figure dictate what's right for all start to erode at how the captain is viewed.
This almost happened recently. Justin Trudeau made the huge mistake of meeting with the leaders of the Canadian Trucking convoy, in public.
From the distance of one's TV, politicians can say or do anything & even the most ardent opposition will crumble under the time it takes to act against policy. The Peer Pressure they'll feel every step of the way erodes at people's courage & learned helplessness takes over.
Ahh, but the leader of the convoy was not emotionally equipped to take advantage of the situation. 'Government' _is_ Daddy to adults in Western society & they instead used this meeting to emotionally spew about how disappointed they were in 'Daddy.'
*_Huge_* mistake.
This reinforced the totally false notions that _'politicians' _*_'ARE'_*_ somehow 'Government Itself.'_ If they are, & this _is_ a crisis or highly stressful situation, then people will automatically revert to pleading with Daddy to rescue them, forgetting immediately that the _Daddy_ they are pleading with are the very politicians they are against! Because they feared losing or upsetting Daddy through upsetting mere corrupt _politicians,_ they sought the comfort of believing again that their Daddies in office would Protect Them. & went right back to allowing them to do whatever they want with total impunity, just like the framers of our constitutions wanted, right?
Great work creating a legitimate eighteen minute Trek episode. I can see a big debate resulting over the central question.
I think although Starfleet has gotten it wrong more often than right when it comes to the Prime Directive in this instance it was correct. If Ba’den had the right to choose his own path then so too did everyone else on the ship and it wasn't Starfleet's place to interfere provided there was no coercion involved.
NOPE! Wrong decision, period!
That sort of thinking is exactly what led to the events in the TOS episode “Patterns of Force”.
If some "elder race" stepped in and "helped" every time humanity was about to do something stupid we never would learn anything. If they did it openly there wouldn't even be a "humanity" left there would only be a copy of that "elder race". Picard gave a speech on that very topic.
@@Vipre- not true. saying we're unteachable is an affront to our intelligence.
@@andytay5507 I didn't say we were unteachable I said if they did it in secret using sabotage as described every time we came close to making a "mistake" (as detemined by them) we'd never learn. It's not even some other "elder race's" place to dictate to us what the right and wrong thing to do as a species is in the first place.
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Very well done! A good retelling of an old dilemma in science fiction.
The skipper really was between the devil and the deep blue sea.
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Very good story!!! It makes me think about the other Federation ships, with temper crewmembers... Maybe that situation occurs more often than we thought...
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Brilliant just Brilliant! I loved the captain! Another strong and beautiful woman captain! You go in the ranks of Janeway. Wonderful performances by the cast. The only negative thing I can say is there needs to be more! I would love a whole season of this Opus! Talent just talent! Thank you for creating an upbeat installment of Star Trek. I hate what they have done to the brand. All negative. Needs to be like this and more people would watch. Great captain wow
I have to say that this was one fantastic story in the Star Trek universe. The special effects in the surroundings make it look like a real TV show but above and beyond that you actually told his story and there was a message behind that and congratulations to you guys for making one hell of an episode. Keep up the great job
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@@voyagesfanfilm I am a diehard Star Trek fan. Even if it was bad I still would watch it each week but thank goodness it isn’t. And Star Trek prodigy this week was fantastic. It answered the question of the past crew of the ProtoStar. I hope they figure out all those codes that are in Hologram Janeway programming. I also hope the crew is alive somewhere and they turn the ship around to find them all. Now this show is getting interesting to me much more than it was.
Excellent production! Thought provoking story. Really hope to see more!!! 💜🖖😸
It truly was thought provoking. I was actually wondering what I would do in that situation. Something that discovery and picard never illicited once.
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Nice, all in all. But Starfleet has tractor beams and could have pulled the ship off to the side first without beaming people aboard to deal with unfamiliar controls and technology and possibly risk their lives as well. I know the argument that might be made, but if the stars electromagnetic radiation was strong to interfere with the tractor bean it also would have interfered with the transporter beam as well.
Then we wouldn't have such a dramatic cold open! :P
So many ideas explored in such a short span of time!
Love the little details you included everywhere, like the TNG conference room wall
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The same way the concistadores respected the Aztec open heart sacrifices!! THEY WIPED THEM OUT !!!
Stunning in every way. It felt just like a real (pre-2009) episode of Star Trek. This is something to be proud of, and it's people like you who will save Star Trek from CBS, if it can be saved.
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This was an amazing, high-quality production with a moving story! Loved the look at how the different officers handled the restriction of the Prime Directive, and how the boy from the faith ship viewed it as an outsider. Well done!
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Nicely done! Quality production and acting actually not bad. Much better than lots of other attempts at ST universe with all due respect to those that gave an honest effort but didn’t turn out anywhere close. Up there with like ST Continues quality...
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First KUDOS for using real sets as much as possible.
The scale of this Episode May be small, but I think you achieved Something BIG Here! I really Like the acting and Music too 👍
PS. Damn there was an andorian!?
Why only a short "cameo" 😐
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There was indeed a blink and you'll miss it Andorian in the background. To cut a long story short, we had a bit of a delay in shooting that day so to boost our extras number, we made up our Production Designer as an Andorian. He'll be returning in our next film though!
Haha I was hoping he was reprogramming their ship to drive them to Risa.
Now that would be heaven... :P
Great stuff Aaron and team, getting better and better!
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That was really good, damn it was like having real trek back!.
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A great film. I could really see this as an episode of one of the series.
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So much talent! Dragonia was killer, more of her please!
Thank you queen!! 💕💕💕
Well done, was just like watching a Voyager episode. Bucket list item is to be on a Star Trek episode.
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This is really good...and I can be pretty over judgemental about fan productions. You obviously put a lot of work and a lot of thought into this. From the writing to the sets to the acting. I would love to see more. And I look forward to whatever you do next.
The sets look small and cramped...which is exactly what you would expect on a tiny ship like the Nova class!
I actually like the CBS Trek (imperfect as it is) and I enjoyed the last movie, Beyond. But I do really really miss the older episodic Trek, and it's exploration of complex moral and ethical themes. And this fanfilm reminded me of that. Anson Mount, who is playing Captain Pike in the new series, Strange New Worlds, will return to that more episodic style...while at the same time hopefully showing character growth and change (which sometimes the episodic style of Trek neglected...which is why Harry Kim stayed an Ensign for 7 years. WTF!?)
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Wow! The sets, costumes, production value, music, effects, really top notch for fan film! Wish they could all be this good!
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The Captain was WRONG! Morally, ethically and principally. I'd take a reduction in rank to save those people anyday! BTW, Capt. Kirk violated the Prime Directive in a similar incident in the Botany Bay.
The Botany Bay was from Earth.
And you'd be wrong in Starfleet. Luckily, they portrayed the Captain correctly, as they aren't a bunch of random civilians acting like Discard trek (Discovery/Picard). You'd never make it as a real life officer, let alone a fictional one, with that attitude. Impartial and respectful of unknown species, regardless of your personal beliefs. It's what pre-2009 Trek was all about.
Very well made British 🇬🇧 trek 🖖 love it. Although I'm worried this may be taken down by CBS for violating their fan film guidelines
Australia 🇦🇺 actually but 🤗🤗🤗
@@dragoniania oh fair dinkum. I spotted British accent and 1 aussie.?
CBS support fan films and this wont get touched :) They have not inforced the guidelines in about 3 years now...which is between 75-150 fan films which have come out.
@@surplusgavids ^-^ to be very honest with you, our director and crew are very inclusive. The entire cast and crew were very diverse. I; myself, am from Singapore ☺☺ Honestly the loveliest people to work with! Each and everyone has made a mark in my life and I am forever so grateful the opportunity to have met them! ♥♥
What a pleasure to be apart of this!!
We were so blessed!! 🥰🥰🥰
Thank you so much!! Spock was my role model growing up. I like to think God blessed me with the chance to know of Spock growing up. It's very uncommon and Singapore. Literally none of my peers know Star Trek, growing up our media was filled with more of anime and Asian productions. I was set apart to chance upon Star Trek and forever became a trekkie. 😁 Have a beautiful blessed Sunday. Christ keep you and your loved ones 🥰🥰🥰
Well done!.
Reduced in rank to ensign? That is quite a drop in rank. Hopefully confined to quarters and subject to a review board for *possible* demotion. I know that's not what happened here, but what would be done. This is not Voyager where they are 75 years from Federation space. I'm sure there are nearby outposts and Starbases where a proper court session can be held if the Captain believed the Lieutenant was in dereliction of duty.
Captain had one possible point of view, that the death of 12 people would signal to the others of their race that the destination was a deadly one. It is only a point of view however as she and that ship did not know this statement as fact, as I'll explain in a bit. Also if the ship did not return, wouldn't that tell the "fleet of ships" back home that they made it to the place of perfection? There were more steps they could have taken to know for sure.
Lieutenant's actions, granted maybe not thought this far out as he was focused on saving lives, was another alternate course of action. It is likely that in the 20 years the ship was traveling to the star that their technology back on their home planet would have also increased. What took that ship 20 years could be traveled in a much smaller time by their newer ships.
So the older ship would have more than likely met some of their other ships, seeking perfection, in the journey back. Those on the older ship would have gotten a much closer view of that destination as they narrowly missed it, and maybe had a few new thoughts on this "place of perfection" which they could have spread to the newer ships.
As the episode liked to flaunt, the Federation ship was a superior exploration vessel. With the crew on the other ship saved, why not trace the flight path back to their home world and learn more about them? Maybe make mention the Federation ship met the other ship after their 20 year trek through the stars so they can find their long lost brothers and sisters?
There is a lot about this episode that honestly in the end has me routing for the Lieutenant as he had two choices 1) follow the “our hands are tied we can do nothing” Captain’s orders and know he let 12 people die or 2) Follow his convictions and act to save 12 lives.
I think the Captain put the Lieutenant in a difficult spot through inaction. A lot that could have been done with what they had.
Explore the species home world as the ship continued to the star. With Warp technology they could have been there and back again by the time the species ship reached the star.
Or been with them as they reached the star to be there for rescue of others as they realized on their own that the destination was a fatal one. Give them one more chance to save them. Looks like they were in a trance before. Now awakened if they were traveling into the star while awake that might have been a different story.
I also liked the idea mentioned by someone else in the comments of Federation ship firing a probe into the star. They could have simply said "we are explorers, we just so happened to be checking out this star you are heading to, wanna watch?" And then the other species could have witnessed the probe be destroyed. People of faith might not be swayed seeing even that, but it might have gotten a few of them thinking. Others might have simply thought of the Federation as deceivers. But not important as they were "doing exploring work off to the side..."
Lots of things we could Monday morning quarterback here. But ultimately, this is why a unbiased review board would need to determine the actions of this Lieutenant, the Captain, and this ship in this situation of a possible Prime Directive breach. And while the Federation values other cultures and beliefs, the Federation also values life. We've seen time and time again where the Federation did what they could to avert planetary disasters, move primitive cultures to places of safety (even without their knowledge), and other acts of compassion.
Also kudos to the Lieutenant for following his convictions and owning up to them. I see a young Kirk or Picard in this guy! :D
Conversation with another Captain in a similar situation of dereliction of duty :
*Lt. Commander Data* : "Captain, I wish to submit myself for disciplinary action. I have disobeyed a direct order from a superior officer. Although the result of my actions proved positive, the ends cannot justify the means."
*Captain Jean-Luc Picard* : "No, they can't. However, the claim 'I was only following orders' has been used to justify too many tragedies in our history. Starfleet doesn't want officers who will blindly follow orders without analyzing the situation. Your actions were appropriate for the circumstances. And I have noted that in your record."
[Data acknowledges with a nod and turns to leave]
*Captain Jean-Luc Picard* : "Mr. Data... Nicely done!"
Thank you for your comment! You're right in that there is so much process and investigation as to what happens next that we could make a whole other film on. We were actually hoping to pick up where we left the Engineer character in a future film but unfortunately the pandemic has put a pin in that plan.
Thank you so much for making this. 1000 times better than Alex Kurtzman's 3 inconsistent seasons of ST:D! Excellent story! Qaplah to you and your house! :o)
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This one popped up again in my feed, and I decided to give it another watch. Just as good as I remembered! This film really is the essence of pure Star Trek, using Scifi as an allegorical setting to talk about relevant issues. Great characters facing genuine moral issues! I love everything about it!
Glad to hear it has re-watch value, Josh! Super pleased that you still enjoyed the story :)
That looks a little like a mini cylon resurrection ship
Pretty dope and high quality for fan made star trek episode ,could easily throw in a couple of bucks to se more episodes.
Ps. Would love to se @dragonia at more episodes ahead aswell (fun to se her get some conversation lines a bit more).
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We'd love to work with Dragonia again! :)
LLAP!
A thoughtful examination of the petard of the Prime Directive. No easy answers to it on this occasion, either. Which I guess is the point.
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This was a thoughtful well produced episode. The sets were impressive and the actors really hit the mark.
Considering all sides of the question, the possibilities for future animosity between these people and the Federation is certainly in play. When making such a momentous decision you would have to be able to accept the consequences, including being dishonorably dismissed. I am very curious about his fate.
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That was gppd. Like, really good! A small compelling, challenging adventure. Loved it!
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Now this feels like Star Trek. At least I can see the sets and visual effects! I take it the Lieutenant didn't save them in the end as he didn't upload the log? Anyhow I'd love to get this as a proper budgeted series instead of what fans are currently getting from CBS.
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Great video. I wish you all were in charge of writing and producing Nu-trek.
It wouldn't suck then.
High praise indeed! Thanks for watching :)
Probably one of the best trek fan films I've seen so far, keep em coming folks. Awesome stuff!
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This is really quite good considering Star Trek of past eras! Captain Kirk might have made love to all the women and beat the all men senseless with his fists and phasers set on "stun" (as per the American way). Captain Picard might have muddied the waters with his self righteous philosophical commentary and chose weak inaction. Captain Janeway as a complete bitch (and admittedly my personal favourite) might have made her point with a full spread of photon torpedoes! It is quite an accomplishment of storytelling that a junior officer chooses to sacrifice his career without regret for the nobler ethics of preserving sentient lives that are not of his own culture. Sometimes despite best efforts there is no right way, only lesser degrees of doing wrong. Kudos to the cast and crew that brought us this very fine production! Cheers! 😃
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Wonderful episode. One thought, the background noise is too quiet. Like the corridor scene needed ship background noise to mask the dry audio.
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Everyone and everything about this fan production far superior most I have seen. Although sets seem little cramped. But over all excellent.
Thanks for watching :) We certainly wish we had the space to build bigger sets, that's for sure!
Well done. Very true to the spirit of prior shows and writing of the 90s. There is hope for Star Trek nowadays, but only in fan films it seems...
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I love that we are at the place where fan films are legit good Star Trek. I feel like soon fan films will be taking over somehow for studio productions.
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Awesome film! One of the best Trek fan films out there. Great cast and acting plus the VFX were on point.
P.s. the engineer was sexy as hell!
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it :) And yes, that Engineer is a looker, alright :P
Very nicely done! Once again I am absolutely floored by how a fan made production with 90% less a budget than the fools who make Discovery with writers who make possibly six figures, and multimillion dollar budgets, and produce absolute CRAP! While fans who have shoestring budgets who write, produce, and direct better than what CBS has turned out! Shaking my head and applauding the fans who continue time and time again to produce REAL STAR TREK, and give us fans what we want and deserve! Alex Kurtzman, you need to watch all the fan made films to see how to make Star Trek!!
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I love that redone ds9 intro :) Oh and the fil was awesome . great work yall :)
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very reminiscent of the voyager episode with the water world where tom paris does a similar thing, acting was superb, graphics were class, i agree a fine example of fan series and would love to see more of the crew
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Only here for my Dragonia! 😘
😂😂😂 Cali!! I love you 😘😘😘
That was good. Any schedule of when new productions will appear?
Check out 'Outbreak' and 'Resistance' on our channel, as they carry on from this story. Otherwise, that is all for the moment :) Thanks for watching
I have to say. Im very impressed with this fan made episode its like watching an episode of st voyager.
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Damn son! Love it so much!! Would wanna see a continuation of this production:) wld also wanna see dragonia in more episodes!!
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This is so absolutely fantastic Fan film! Well done to everyone, involved in this Production! More please !
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I loved this! It was like watching another show on TV! Please tell me you have more episodes :)
One is already in the can, just waiting for some VFX shots to be completed. Hopefully we'll be releasing a third one later in the year.
@@voyagesfanfilm awesomeness! Thank you 😊
What up the region takes away
This is a amazing production
Great job everyone
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"Stars" not "suns" ... but good production quality.
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This is an awesome fan vid. One of the best I've seen so far.
This was a very good episode. The acting was spot on and believable. The plot? Superb! The Special FX were VERY good. BUT, your set designers need to spend a little more time working on the sets. It looked like it was just thrown together. Bad paint jobs, uneven cutting, jagged edges, etc. You all have a bright future ahead of you. I can see it. You're end result on set productions are directly related to how much time and attention to detail is used. Please keep improving. I want to see more of what your writers come up with.
Thanks for watching, but our sets were not 'just thrown together'. This is a fan film, made with a minimal crew, donated time and talents, and paid for out of the pocket of one person. We appreciate feedback and constructive criticism, but ignorant comments on the reality of what this project is - no.
@@voyagesfanfilm I think you need to re-read and, reinterpret my comment. I did not say you threw it together, I said it "looked like it was thrown together". It was NOT meant as an ignorant comment. It was written as constructive criticism. As creators, you need to understand that you will get criticisms you do not like. It doesn't mean you should be bashing the person making the comment. You should be thinking and learning from the criticism. That's how you perfect your craft. You can't expect everyone to be "Yes" people. I can tell by your comment that you are quite a bit younger than me. As you get older, you'll understand what I mean. Live long......
Nicely done ethical dilemma. I come down in favor of the captain's actions, but the engineer's actions were sympathetic.
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Great story! Thank you for this labor of love to Star Trek.
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Holy shit. This was a better story line, casting, acting and writing than any of the new CBS shows. Fantastic job guys. Truly. This was the first star trek episode I have actually enjoyed in years. Sincerely, a trekky since 1980
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This is really good .I enjoyed it very much
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Fantastic story andd acting. Well done.
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This is really beautiful and I love that it starts right away and the style is perfect.
One note, though, at 2:16 the line "you were too busy kumbayah" makes no sense. This is a 2020 thing and the word and its origin don't mean what you think. It's an African American spiritual song with its root in the suffering of slavery! It has nothing to do with people sitting in a circle meditating, that's a recent perversion into mockery and one that isn't going to stick around hundreds of years in the future in space. Because hopefully, the word of star trek isn't going to populated by a bunch of right wingers trying to score points mocking the left with a song they only know from a Disney cartoon.
I agree that one line seemed a bit demeaning and culturally insensitive for a Starfleet trained on-duty crewman; then again, he did end up demoted in the end, so clearly the Academy did not polish this one as well as others.
Thank you so much for taking the time to comment.
From a character perspective, the Engineer referencing 'Kumkayah' and a few other quips he throws out (like 'crispy bacon' etc) was put there to show just how tactless and insensitive he was towards the Pilgrims and their culture. He is just plain ignorant and that carries on throughout the film until he is reprimanded for his actions.
From a production perspective, we're trying to recreate the look and feel of the era in which Star Trek was produced and that often involved throwing modern colloquialisms and phrasing into a show that is set hundreds of years into the future where you would expect them to be long gone, so that's why it was included in the script.
However, thank you for taking the time to re-highlighting to us the history of the word, and your comment will certainly encourage us to think carefully about using 'modern phrasing' in future projects and how to better contextualize them if we place them in a story.
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Great job! Beautiful sets, high-quality CGI. And frankly the Explorer's Captain acted correctly. I would also recommend discharge. The Lieutenant has no place in Starfleet. Granted I personally happen to agree with him.
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Definitely like it.
Outstanding, I enjoyed this show, and as for the Captain, Kate Elder did well.
Thank you for watching :) Kate Elder is a gem and we're looking forward to working more with her!
nice acting, and one of the better fan made episodes! congrats!
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So great, like the A Story from a Trek episode. Wonder what the B Story would have been?
Also, love the writing, but starting on a great migration to meet god AND first contact with aliens... very busy week for this species. Classic Trek condensing stuff to make a good story. You all nailed it.
Thanks so much, really glad to hear you enjoyed it! :)
Perhaps we could've had the crew actually investigate to see if there really was a 'place of perfection' on the other side of the sun...?
An interesting twist on the Prime Directive. Very good!
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2:00 minutes in and already better than all 3 seasons of Discovery.
This is great keep up the good work.
Haters turn any Trek post into a Discovery bitch fest. Season 4 on it's way. Get over it please. 🙄
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A fantastic production by everyone involved. Thank you for providing a delightful episode that I so much missed seeing from they hey-day of Trek. I wish productions like this were commissioned for a whole series rather than, er, whatever that rubbish is that's carrying the ST label these days. I so hope you guys produce more episodes, although I know it takes so much time invested to get it planned, built, shot and edited. Thank you for the pleasure. 👏
Thanks for watching :) Hoping to bring you another 2 films in 2022.
What a very thought provoking eps.
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Nicely done. I'd like to see more from this crew. :)
Thank you for watching :) We hope to bring you more in 2022.
NOW...if only Network Television could do something THIS GOOD...
More Dragonia pls!
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Congratulations on your excellent thought-provoking story.
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I'd tell the son of the preacher the son of the great leader let me save yourself that's all I can do
Wow! That's a thinker.
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Thank god Samuel Cockings was only Visual Effects producer...
Okay wow, the production quality of this is really outstanding!! 😮 Incredible work to the team! I note a lot of Aussie’s in this too. Woo. Aus represent!
This is a beautiful homage to Voyager storytelling (and like everything about it ha ha. That Voyager music 😍). Subscribed! I’d love to know more about the background of what went into making this!
Great stuff!
Alright… seeing lots of behind the scenes vids on the channel. Gonna look. Also WA! Cool :)
Gotta love the Tom Paris rebel vibes happening here. Good stuff!
Alright… seeing lots of behind the scenes vids on the channel. Gonna look. Also WA! Cool :)
Gotta love the Tom Paris rebel vibes happening here. Good stuff!
Alright… seeing lots of behind the scenes vids on the channel. Gonna look. Also WA! Cool :)
Gotta love the Tom Paris rebel vibes happening here. Good stuff!
Thanks for watching! :) You can find loads of behind the scenes features on Fan Film Factor or Trekzone!
Well done - very impressive. Great acting, music, costumes - excellent production.
Thank you for watching :)