ShangLuda
Admirable film.
Gutsycurene
Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.
Siflutter
It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.
filippaberry84
I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.
machrf
To be fair to the company/group, whatever, created this I suffered through several episodes of these presentations. The first was just awful, but others have improved. I was surprised to see George T in one episode but it seemed to have a good affect on the other actors. Their acting improved a couple of notches.Many of the complaints are accurate. The acting is not up to par to take this seriously, although, I am happy to say I've seen improvement. Like others, I think if they got away from trying to copy the original actors and used fewer of the series clichés, they would come off a bit better.The special effects are fantastic and how ever they were able to get Paramounts cooperation is amazing. Once Paramount signed with Creations, they have become anti fan and a terror to deal with. Roddenberry supported and looked for fan participation.The worst criticism I can say about this series is that some Star Trek Fan plays with no props have come across much better. Again, seeing the improvement over time, gives me hope they may just pull this off. Until then I will have to keep this review at a 3 star.
BrianSewell
Here's the thing, insulting a fan made project is like telling a parent that their kid's painting on the fridge is crap.. The effects are very good but the acting... oh the acting !!! It is awful. I tried so hard to get into this. I like the Star Trek, old school stuff but this is not good.. The acting destroys any good that the effects bring. I am sorry, you get 10/10 for effort but it just isn't supposed to be.. Sorry. I would like to thank you for trying but please do not try anymore. I would like to see this picked up and redone, the idea is sound. Would love to know how this is funded, there must be some rich Trekkies out there.
ryancbritt
Every year it becomes harder and harder to say that you like Star Trek. These "New Voyages" dorks are putting the final nail in the coffin.The thing I don't understand about fan fiction or fan films is the desire people have to live in someone else's art. It's one thing to make homages. It's one thing to be inspired. But to outright copy something? It's just so intellectually backwards. The whole point of pulpy sci- fi like Star Trek is to entertain and make you think. Doing fan films and fan fiction is downright pointless.The fact that many Star Trek regulars are part of this joke just makes me lose respect for them. Are the people in Star Trek now as nerdy and directionless as the fans? All the production problems with this thing are obvious. But the writing is so generic. D.C. Fontana---WHY? I couldn't even watch the whole episode. Economic crisis with Federation Credits? Generic attacks from the Klingons? Chekov catches a disease he already had? I don't mind the Strange New World short stories that come out every year from pocket books, but this kind of trash is just pointless. Stop making Star Trek fans look bad! All of you!
Vuture (vuture)
This new series is quite remarkable. Of course, it probably won't seem that way to those too young to remember the original series when it was new and have only seen it in syndication. New Voyages attempts to pick up where the original series left off filling the the gap and completing the five-year mission of U.S.S. Enterprise from the time TOS was canceled to just before ST: The Movie. The cast are all new younger actors which I found a bit unsettling at first but quickly found myself doing double takes on James Cawley (Kirk) and Jeff Quinn (Spock) who (among others in the cast) have attempted to capture the gestures and mannerisms of Shatner and Nimoy. Some may find it a bit overdone but have to admit, I found the performances rather nostalgic. The episodes themselves were written by the mother of ST, D.C. Fontana. For those to young to remember, Ms. Fontana wrote many of the original episodes and, if I am not mistaken, these episodes are ones she wrote but were never produced or may have been screenplays made from stories she wrote after the series was canceled as there was a lot of demand for Star Trek stories at the time. She also wrote the screenplays for the animated series. The pilot and first two episodes are based in whole or in part on other episodes from TOS ("Doomsday Machine", "Menagerie", "Deadly Years" & "City at the Edge of Forever") and at times make reference to other ST entities. If one is not comfortably familiar with the story lines from TOS, these new stories could seem chaotic or confusingly written. I did find some of the time travel paradoxes a bit convoluted though. From what I understand these productions are "pro bono" and everyone involved donated their time and efforts to make the shows on a shoestring budget. They should be given credit for doing so remarkably well under such circumstances. It is evident that it is a labor of love even if the sets and acting are not quite up to 'network' standards. I didn't expect them to be.
