We're In a Golden Age of Star Trek Webseries Right Now

New submitter DakotaSmith writes: io9 has an article explaining why We're Living In The Golden Age Of Star Trek Webseries Right Now. If you're a true geek, you probably already know about Star Trek Continues and Star Trek: Phase II. (If you're a true geek and you don't know about them, run — do not walk, run — to watch "Lolani." Your brain— and more importantly, your heart — will love you for the rest of your life.)

But there's more to it than that. A lot more. How about the years'-long wait for Act IV of Starship Exeter : "The Tressaurian Intersection"? Or Yorktown: "A Time to Heal" — an attempt to resurrect an aborted fan film from 1978 starring George Takei? For fans of old-school Star Trek (the ones who pre-date "Trekker" and wear "Trekkie" as a badge of honor), not since 1969 has there been a better time to watch Star Trek: The Original Series.

(Oh, and there's plenty content out there for you "Trekkers" and NextGen-era fans. It all varies in quality, but it doesn't take much effort to find them. This is truly a Golden Age. Recognize it and enjoy it while it lasts.)

Comments

Good material, but dark

[Anonymous Coward]

There is some good material out there, but it tends to be darker and more action-y than the original Trek. For example, the Lolani episode the original post mentions has a plot which revolves around the Federation supporting slavery, which seems way out of line with the original series. In fact, all the Continues episodes have been dark, dealing a lot with death or dark parallel universe or slavery, etc.

Perhaps this is Trek for a modern age, a more cynical age, but it leaves me feeling cold. I liked the opitimism of the original series. They did some dark stuff, but on the whole it was a brighter vision of the future. I miss that.

Re:THIS is a "golden age"? Yikes.

[deodiaus2]

Shatner was a lousy actor, egotist, and greedy bastard who would steal smaller actors lines, according to Takei, Doohan, and others. I didn't realize this until I was 17. I re-watched my favorite episode, "City on the Edge of Forever" when I just realized how campy and overdone was his acting style. Stuff that appealed to me when I was 14 just fell out of favor later on in life.

The novel universe is even better

[The Good Reverend]

For the last decade or so, the Trek novel universe has been well-maintained, followed its own continuity, and has featured a lot of very good stories (and a few bad ones, but so it goes with all things Star Trek). If you're a fan that's looking to continue the stories and feel of Star Trek now that it's off the air, look at the novels (and check out http://www.thetrekcollective.c... for a guide to where to start).

Re:THIS is a "golden age"? Yikes.

[AmiMoJo]

The guy who plays Kirk in Continues is a better Shatner than Shatner is. He has all the mannerisms and speech patterns down perfectly. I could believe it was the same character, the same person. Only, he's actually slightly better, slightly less camp and with a more expressive face.