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Post #168745

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blonde_devil
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Idea: Another Star Trek Phase 2 idea
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Date created
8-Jan-2006, 8:51 PM
You know, after thinking about this a bit and after seeing what someone else did, this might not be as tough as I thought. There is still a lot of work to do and the soundtrack will cause problems, but I think you could make a 90-minute pilot episode version of this. The one I downloaded was 15 minutes and went right up to the Enterprise passing Jupiter scene. They cut out Spock on Vulcan, the tram station, the trip from the space station to the Enterprise, and the crew briefing but I think you could cut more and the story would work. For example, when Kirk arrives on the Enterprise, when he enters the turbolift, have him go straight to Engineering and cut out the whole bridge scene. If you cut the crew briefing, then this has no reason to stay either. Also, once in Engineering you can cut straight from Decker saying "I don't think you're sorry. Not one damn bit" to Kirk ordering him to the bridge. It makes Kirk's character stronger then it appears now. Also, and this is a pure nerd thing, but you can cut out the line where he says "Ahead Warp .5" when they leave spacedock. Like I said, it is a nerd thing but full impulse is nowhere near warp .5(try warp .1 or so). These are just some simple cuts, but you could probably shrink it down to 90 minutes and have a story that works nicely. The soundtrack is another matter!! Just some second thoughts. If I ever get ambitious and get this second hard drive installed, I might try one someday.