Star Trek: The New Voyages

Bryan Moore · Post by **Bryan Moore** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 1:44 am

Has anyone watched this online fan series? Great premise, continuing with the Original Series, and pretty awesome of Denise Crosby, George Takei, etc to show up and help. I actually appreciate the whole idea of a fan series and what it's doing. The budget is low, but who cares. But my GOD, that may be some of the worst acting I have EVER watched. I swear, our high school drama club could do better. I hate to criticize, because I LOVE the idea of this, but my enjoyment of the series goes out the window witht he acting.

Post by **Teaos** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 11:57 am

Yeah bad acting can kill just about anything.

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 5:32 pm

Is this the one where the Captain has the Elvis hair cut?

Bryan Moore · Post by **Bryan Moore** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 6:12 pm

Yeah pretty much. Worst wig ever.

RK_Striker_JK_5 · Post by **RK_Striker_JK_5** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 1:46 am

Seen one episode. Liked it. Didn't notice the acting that much.

Bryan Moore · Post by **Bryan Moore** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 11:36 am

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:Seen one episode. Liked it. Didn't notice the acting that much.

Then you, sir, are a better man than I. The only thing that could have made it worse is if they delivered a good line, then looked right at the camera.

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 4:45 pm

My former brother in law bought the DVD of their first episode and showed it at a family gathering. For some reason he thought because it was ST that I would like it. I thought it was pretty cheesy. I don't plan on watching any more of the episodes. They did a pretty decent job of recreating the sets though.

Bryan Moore · Post by **Bryan Moore** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 5:50 pm

Yeah there's definitely some positives. And the concept is great. I just wish there was more on screen talent.

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 7:26 pm

I thought it was okay, like others have said, the acting could do with serious improvement.

RK_Striker_JK_5 · Post by **RK_Striker_JK_5** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 3:38 am

Hmm. I didn't know they were selling DVDs of it, Kendall.

I'm not sure if I'm a better man than you are, Brian. :p I just don't remember the acting too much. If I see another episode, my opinion will probably change.

DSG2k · Post by **DSG2k** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 7:07 am

The acting among the main cast isn't supergood, but in the last installment ("World Enough and Time") it wasn't ultra-terrible. The guests generally make up for it.

In any case, it's still a good show, especially for what it is. The aforementioned last installment was extremely good, ranking well above much of the 'rest of' TOS story-wise. The production values were very high, and the effects were generally better than CBS Digital's . . . occasionally on par, occasionally much better.

It's definitely something not to miss, just on principle.