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Star Trek Continues Meets Kickstarter Goal, Aims For Stretch Goals
jdavidb writes: A couple of months ago on Slashdot, I learned about Star Trek Continues, a faithful continuation of the Star Trek original series five-year mission, lovingly recreated by Vic Mignogna and a dedicated cast and crew. The original Enterprise set from Desilu has been recreated, great scripts have been written, fantastic guest stars have been enlisted, including stars from the original series and other Star Trek voyages, and the three episodes filmed so far look like they genuinely came from the era that produced the original series. Continues has now turned my children on to original series Star Trek, and we eagerly await more episodes.
Continues has two more days to go in their Kickstarter campaign. They have already raised enough money to produce two more episodes and meet their first stretch goal: creating a set for Engineering. They're also bumping up against their next stretch goal: creating a planet set so the Continues Enterprise team can visit strange new worlds and experience the tragic loss of nameless redshirts.
Continues has two more days to go in their Kickstarter campaign. They have already raised enough money to produce two more episodes and meet their first stretch goal: creating a set for Engineering. They're also bumping up against their next stretch goal: creating a planet set so the Continues Enterprise team can visit strange new worlds and experience the tragic loss of nameless redshirts.
Don't skip The Emissary, Elementary, Dear Data, The Measure of a Man, Q Who, Contagion, or A Matter of Honor.
Even the much maligned first season had "don't miss" episodes. Some you have to watch for continuity (Encounter at Farpoint, The Neutral Zone, Datalore, and Skin of Evil), but a handful were actually decent standalone episodes (The Battle and 11001001).
Seasons 1 and 2 had a lot of hokey moments but they also have hidden gems. Seasons 3 and 4 contain the crown jewels of TNG, after that it was kind of a gradual decline as the writers ran out of ideas, albeit with some really amazing episodes (Chain of Command was Season 6 and is among the best of TNG) along the way. Even most of the mediocre episodes aren't unwatchable, of course there are exceptions to the rule (Sub Rosa, Genesis, and Masks come to mind).
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