Greetings folks.

I've been following this thread for awhile and I cant wait to see how things come together.

Last night, I was thinking about the TOS prologue you are working on. With all of the Shatnerverse audio books out there, couldn't you piece together a "captain's log" to go with the video footage? I have "Ashes of Eden" in audiobook and the DC comic adaptation. I went through the comic (easier than listening to the entire audio) to find useful lines. I kept track of the scenes they originally came from so I could find the scenes in the audio rather quickly. Some audio would have to be edited, but I didn't think that would be too difficult. This is what I came up with:

TMP Overture begins on the Paramount Logo. (overture is heavily edited to have only the begining and the end. Just the light music)

Logo Fades, the circle of stars replaced by the Earth as main theme begins.

Kirk: "Home."

"(My) Enterprise will be gone soon." Show crew beaming away.*

"As all things must go" Show crew members lined up in hall.*

"Even Starship captains." Show Kirk packing.

"Empty like this, (she) seems so much smaller." Show various empty TOS sets, especially the ones that are upgraded in the movie like engineering, sickbay, etc.

"Filled with too many memories" Lights fading on empty corridor.

"I don't want to stay." Kirk alone on the bridge.

"To have the Enterprise back again. I fear I might do anything." Overture ends...scene fades to Black....BUM BUM Credits begin.

So I was getting pretty psyched. I pulled out the audio book and started hunting down the lines. GUESS WHAT?

Only TWO lines are in the audiobook (marked with *), and both of those have crowd soundeffects in the backgrounds. So THAT was a waste of time.

I still think the theory is sound. With all those Shatnerverse audios out there, it should be possible to come up with SOMETHING. I hope this failed attempt helps a little. Best of luck.