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Star Trek: New Voyages, Downloadable Video

tm2b writes "What if you could make new episodes of the original Star Trek, with the same characters, worse acting (believe it or not), better special effects, and lower resolution? It seems that some fans secured the Roddenberry family's support for doing just that. They call it Star Trek: New Voyages and they've completed one full episode and and working on another to be released in August. They plan to pick up with the fourth year of the "five year mission," and the first episode can be downloaded in zipped WMV format. It's worth checking out if you can ignore acting that actually makes you yearn for the quality of the original cast. Personally, I love seeing what they can do rendering the old ST tech with modern CGI."

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  1. What's next? by Limburgher · · Score: 5, Funny
    Star Trek Fan Fiction Fan Fiction?

    WARNING:Approaching Nerd Factor 9. . .

    Seriously, though, I salute their courage and hard work. This can't have been simple to put together.

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    1. Re:What's next? by kfg · · Score: 5, Funny

      WARNING:Approaching Nerd Factor 9. . .

      Cap'n, I canna giv' ye Nerd Factor 9. The lassie weel only go 11 and up.

      KFG

  2. Are they trying to... by dotslashconfig · · Score: 5, Funny

    Make the Star Trek name absolute mud? Honestly, it has all been downhill since TNG...

    Star Trek DS9: "To boldly go... no where. We're on a freaking space station people. We stay stationary, people... that's our job - to be dull!"

    Star Trek Voyager: "To boldly promote the worst captain ever! Yeah, Janeway - you go, girl. Magically know stuff that no one else does. Cool, baby!!!"

    Star Trek Enterprise: "To boldly go and fuck up the entire timeline."

    Give it up, already... this is just getting pathetic. Leave us with the good stuff and get rid of this marketing money-driven drivel.

  3. Ob. quotes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Scotty, beam me down a zipped WMV file!
    Sir, I just doanna 'ave the power!

    Bones, what the hell happend to those mirrors?
    They're dead, Jim.
    Can't you bring them back up?
    Dammit, Jim, I'm a doctor not a .torrent!

  4. Captain's Log, Stardate 2004.48 by Bob(TM) · · Score: 5, Funny

    The beginning of our fourth mission year brought a new challenge ... perhaps beyond our capabilities. Upon entry into Cyberian space, the efficiency of the Enterprise warp engines was reduced to nearly 1% of their rated capacity. Working together, Science Office Spock and Chief Engineer Scott have determined the physics of the region of space we currently occupy is somehow different from normal space - rapid movement, at least in the conventional sense, is impossible. Originally observed and reported by a member of the Engineering staff, the phenomena has been unofficially named for him.

    Recommend commendation for Ensign Sleesh Doot for identification and communication of this phenomena. Let us all hope we are all able to make it out to be able to see he actually gets it.

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    The little guy just ain't getting it, is he?
  5. Re:The mirrors, they're all dead, Jim. by ziggy_zero · · Score: 5, Funny

    All of the mirrors must have all been wearing red shirts.

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