Story: Come Not Between the Dragons
It is almost hard to believe that this is a non-profit series made by fans for fun. It is so damned professional! I guess it helps when the fans who want to put on the show are actual industry professionals. And it also helps that these fans also happen to be voice actors who attend conventions regularly, and are meeting other professional actors who they can get to join in the fun. The celebrity guest star of this episode is Gigi Edgley who, quite frankly, I was unfamiliar with prior to this episode, but was a regular on "Farscape." I've not seen the show, but I do know that she was the blue lady that I saw on DVD covers and stuff. If she is as good on that show as she was here? I may have to check out "Farscape" some day!
The episode involves a rock monster that crashes into the Enterprise, and quickly meets Edgley's character, Eliza Taylor, who seems to be something of an introvert. The ship is repeatedly hit by some kind of space ray which makes the entire crew develop rage and paranoia and go a little nuts...both irritable with each other and wanting to seek out and attack the rock monster. Taylor, somehow, is not affected by the ray and befriends and attempts to protect the rock monster, who through a translation device she has discovered is called Usdi. Eventually, a way to block out the space rage ray is discovered, and it becomes apparent that the creature blasting them with the ray may be some kind of parent to the smaller rock monster on their ship. And they must somehow deal with it before it destroys them all!
It is another well written and well acted episode. Those are the big key elements that make "Star Trek Continues" so entertaining, and put it ahead of the game of all other Trek fan series. They could recreate the look of the the original show perfectly, but if they had just regular joes in the roles, it would be harder for me to sit through. If they had stories that felt just like hollow fan service? I'd be bored. They aren't just telling stories that wink and nod to the original show or any of it's successors...they are telling the kinds of tales that feel like they'd fit right in with the tone and style of that original show. Well written stories, it is the backbone of Trek.
This episode is another wholly original one. It isn't a sequel to an original episode, it doesn't make a bunch of references that make you roll your eyes. It doesn't even rely on aliens or races that we know already. It's a brand new kind of alien (one that looks really cool...a great costume by the way), created to tell a real story. And that story has an important message behind it. I like that kind of Trek, in some ways I miss that kind of Trek. This show fills that empty void, and this episode in particular is a really great effort.
I am looking forward to the new show that CBS is bringing us in 2017, but boy is "Star Trek Continues" a fine way to fill the void until that show finally hits online!
NEXT TIME: Sexism in Starfleet
Written By: Greg Dykstra and James Kerwin & Vic Mignogna
Series: Star Trek Continues
Year: 2016It is almost hard to believe that this is a non-profit series made by fans for fun. It is so damned professional! I guess it helps when the fans who want to put on the show are actual industry professionals. And it also helps that these fans also happen to be voice actors who attend conventions regularly, and are meeting other professional actors who they can get to join in the fun. The celebrity guest star of this episode is Gigi Edgley who, quite frankly, I was unfamiliar with prior to this episode, but was a regular on "Farscape." I've not seen the show, but I do know that she was the blue lady that I saw on DVD covers and stuff. If she is as good on that show as she was here? I may have to check out "Farscape" some day!
It is another well written and well acted episode. Those are the big key elements that make "Star Trek Continues" so entertaining, and put it ahead of the game of all other Trek fan series. They could recreate the look of the the original show perfectly, but if they had just regular joes in the roles, it would be harder for me to sit through. If they had stories that felt just like hollow fan service? I'd be bored. They aren't just telling stories that wink and nod to the original show or any of it's successors...they are telling the kinds of tales that feel like they'd fit right in with the tone and style of that original show. Well written stories, it is the backbone of Trek.
This episode is another wholly original one. It isn't a sequel to an original episode, it doesn't make a bunch of references that make you roll your eyes. It doesn't even rely on aliens or races that we know already. It's a brand new kind of alien (one that looks really cool...a great costume by the way), created to tell a real story. And that story has an important message behind it. I like that kind of Trek, in some ways I miss that kind of Trek. This show fills that empty void, and this episode in particular is a really great effort.
I am looking forward to the new show that CBS is bringing us in 2017, but boy is "Star Trek Continues" a fine way to fill the void until that show finally hits online!
NEXT TIME: Sexism in Starfleet