Written by Chris Snellgrove | Published
As a franchise, Star Trek is at a crossroads, with Paramount canceling shows such as discovery and Basement floors And it seems like everything in an upcoming origin movie threatens to rewrite some of the franchise’s most important lore out of existence. I worried that I might lose my decades-long passion for the wonderful world of Gene Roddenberry, but then something amazing happened: I discovered… 765874 Monotheismthe latest fan film from OTOY. It is designed to celebrate its 30th anniversary Star Trek: GenerationsAnd since it made me cry, I realized that this is the best travel content I’ve ever seen Years.
As the most ardent OTOY fans already know, calling this a “fan film” is severely undervaluing it. After all, sci-fi movies usually devolve into a collection of bad computer graphics and alien planetary explorations that always look like someone’s backyard. Fortunately, 765874 Monotheism It has the highest production quality possible, and was produced in collaboration with the estate of William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy. Thanks to this collaboration and some digital wizardry, the film is able to depict Captain Kirk’s (Sam Witter) encounter with Spock (Lawrence Selick) before the famous Vulcan’s death in the Kelvinverse.
The de-aging process isn’t as seamless as you’d see in a Marvel movie, but it’s still almost perfect; In this regard, it’s amazing to see a small company’s digital production able to keep up with the group of companies that regularly produce billion-dollar films. But what struck me most about the de-aged Kirk was that the computer effects did nothing to dull the essential humanity of Shatner’s classic performance. The characters in this film do not speak (although we do get brief audio from… Anger Khan), but the Captain’s expressions help sell the full emotional impact of his final meeting with Spock.
If you are a strict adherent to Sharia law, you should know that this premise does not really make sense. There would be no logical way for a dead Captain Kirk to visit Spock on his deathbed, let alone his deathbed in a different universe. Of course, this is it Star Trek: Generations Greetings, so what I’m interested in is that we see the version of Kirk still around in the Nexus long after his actual death. Plus, as we mentioned, Spock himself The undiscovered countryLogic is only the beginning of wisdom, not its end.
With any luck, Paramount will have the wisdom to realize that this free fan film is everything audiences really want from a Star Trek movie. It’s a pure love letter to the series that focuses on the relationship between characters whose friendship crosses time and space. It is the final realization of Spock’s poignant declaration to Kirk when he died for the first time Anger Khan“I have been and will always be your friend.”
Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like we’ll be getting much of this type of content from Paramount in the near future. while Strange new worlds All kinds of great trips coming film From Paramount it will be an original film focusing on the birth of the Federation and humanity’s early contact with aliens. For those keeping track at home, we’ve already seen humanity’s first contact with aliens (in the appropriate title Star Trek: First Contact) We have already witnessed the birth of the Union (at the end of… project). In other words, the new film will be a creative revamp that threatens to rewrite beloved traditions out of existence.
Star Trek may never be this good again
The inevitable failure of this original film makes me unbearably sad for my favorite franchise, but OTOY 765874 Monotheism It gives me hope. With or without Paramount, there will always be passionate fans willing to carry the torch even in the franchise’s darkest hours. And if the franchise dies completely, well, Spock himself is proof that death is not the end and that there are always possibilities, both for Star Trek and its most loyal fans.