All Things Star Trek — Page 5

greenpenguino said:

SilverWook said:

I hope that's a joke.

Anyway, Elite Force remains one the best action oriented Trek games I've ever played. The expansion pack adds the ability to simply wander the decks of the U.S.S. Voyager and have some holodeck fun as well.

Some talented fans created amazing mods for the game. My favorite one let you explore a TOS era starbase, and the ships being serviced there. The levels were so large, you could spend a couple weeks exploring it all.

 

I have been playing Elite Force again and have been playing this very mod for the past couple of days. It's amazing.

Have you tried out the holodeck yet? ;)

I need to reinstall EF one of these days. I want to play the Captain Proton mod in glorious black and white again.

doubleofive said:

 

SilverWook said:

When I was a kid, and only knew of The Menagerie two parter, I really thought they had gone to the trouble of changing the sets and costumes to create the "past" scenes.

That's hilarious. I love how they used it for those episodes, fitting this unseen abandoned episode into continuity. I also like how thrifty it was. For the cost of sitting on one "courtroom" set for a day, they got two episodes out.

 

I think the Captain Pike chair and makeup probably cost a little bit too. They were incredibly lucky that they had a actor who looked a lot like Jefferey Hunter to play the radiation scarred Pike.

The framework story really defined Spock in terms of what he's willing to do out of loyalty and friendship.

The Enterprise fly by with the zoom into the bridge is still an amazing FX shot.

Most reviews have been positive, but these two aren't so. Beware heavy spoilers.

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/reviewsnews.php?id=103724

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/62238

I never got around to buying a copy, but I want to eventually. (There seems to be less custom skins and maps for it though.) The EF1 mod I refer to adds more Captain Proton missions, but I'm not sure it was ever finished beyond the demo.

I recall the author of it showed some tantalizing photos of other maps in progress, including Moonbase Alpha from Space 1999.

You haven't seen creepy till you've seen the actual episode with Child Actor Clint Howard. *shiver*

"Corbomite Manuever", it's actually one of my favorite episodes.

Yeah, Balok creeped me out when I was a kid. (The distortion on the viewscreen just made it more scary.) The "real" Balok turned up at Shatner's roast a few years back.

I can't help but think Balok's ship inspired a certain iconic battle station...

DuracellEnergizer said:

I know that I used to watch the original series back in the early 90's, back when I was in kindergarten, but I have no memories of any of the episodes I watched. The only thing I can recall are the end credits, and that's only due to this guy.



Sonovabitch creeped me out everytime his face popped up at the end.

That used to freak the hell out of me as a kid. I used to like to listen to the end credits music right to the very end, but I would close my eyes before he would appear as he would scare the shit out of me.

Going to echo those sentiments here.  Scared me as late as 12... but only the first time he popped up.  I'm pretty sure knowing this first prepared me, though:

SilverWook said:

greenpenguino said:

SilverWook said:

I hope that's a joke.

Anyway, Elite Force remains one the best action oriented Trek games I've ever played. The expansion pack adds the ability to simply wander the decks of the U.S.S. Voyager and have some holodeck fun as well.

Some talented fans created amazing mods for the game. My favorite one let you explore a TOS era starbase, and the ships being serviced there. The levels were so large, you could spend a couple weeks exploring it all.

 

I have been playing Elite Force again and have been playing this very mod for the past couple of days. It's amazing.

Have you tried out the holodeck yet? ;)

I need to reinstall EF one of these days. I want to play the Captain Proton mod in glorious black and white again.

I have indeed tried the holodeck, as well as found some familar Supermarionation easter eggs at the docks up in space. This whoel thing is huge! I've also installed some mods called Virtual Dreadnought and The Argus Effect. The virtual dreadnought mod is an off shoot of the Starbase 11 mod that we've been talking about, except that unlike there where the people stood like statues whilst you wandered around, they move around the ship and you can interact with them. There's also stuff to collect, and Harry Mudd is there to make a cameo!

The Argus Effect was meant to be part of a whole 'Season 4' mod based on the original series. Sadly only the Teaser and first Act were completed (there were meant to be four acts in the episode) so the story stops. You get to play as Captain Kirk (Shatner, not Pine) and discover to your horror that everyone on the ship is dead! You have to figure out what happened. It's great fun, even if it ends on a never to be completed cliffhanger. :(

The thing that bugs me about the Captain Proton mod is that the HUD is still in colour. There's probably a way for me to change it, but it still bugs me.

Elite Force 2 is no-where near as good as Elite Force 1, but it's still a fun game. Tuvok and Captain Picard are in it, which is cool, despite Patrick Stewart giving a very monotone line reading. There's no zing to his line reading when it's obvious there really should be. Had that been there, it would've elevated it higher.

bkev said:

Going to echo those sentiments here.  Scared me as late as 12... but only the first time he popped up.  I'm pretty sure knowing this first prepared me, though:

Best Futurama ever.

greenpenguino said:

SilverWook said:

greenpenguino said:

SilverWook said:

I hope that's a joke.

Anyway, Elite Force remains one the best action oriented Trek games I've ever played. The expansion pack adds the ability to simply wander the decks of the U.S.S. Voyager and have some holodeck fun as well.

Some talented fans created amazing mods for the game. My favorite one let you explore a TOS era starbase, and the ships being serviced there. The levels were so large, you could spend a couple weeks exploring it all.

 

I have been playing Elite Force again and have been playing this very mod for the past couple of days. It's amazing.

Have you tried out the holodeck yet? ;)

I need to reinstall EF one of these days. I want to play the Captain Proton mod in glorious black and white again.

I have indeed tried the holodeck, as well as found some familar Supermarionation easter eggs at the docks up in space. This whoel thing is huge! I've also installed some mods called Virtual Dreadnought and The Argus Effect. The virtual dreadnought mod is an off shoot of the Starbase 11 mod that we've been talking about, except that unlike there where the people stood like statues whilst you wandered around, they move around the ship and you can interact with them. There's also stuff to collect, and Harry Mudd is there to make a cameo!

The Argus Effect was meant to be part of a whole 'Season 4' mod based on the original series. Sadly only the Teaser and first Act were completed (there were meant to be four acts in the episode) so the story stops. You get to play as Captain Kirk (Shatner, not Pine) and discover to your horror that everyone on the ship is dead! You have to figure out what happened. It's great fun, even if it ends on a never to be completed cliffhanger. :(

 

The thing that bugs me about the Captain Proton mod is that the HUD is still in colour. There's probably a way for me to change it, but it still bugs me.

 

Elite Force 2 is no-where near as good as Elite Force 1, but it's still a fun game. Tuvok and Captain Picard are in it, which is cool, despite Patrick Stewart giving a very monotone line reading. There's no zing to his line reading when it's obvious there really should be. Had that been there, it would've elevated it higher.

The Doom holodeck "malfunction" cracked me up. The only downside is if you hanker to play the original EF, the game is kind of messed up with those mods left in place, (Gorns in place of Borg drones was funny though) and I kept getting put in the brig for no apparent reason.

Are there any major problems running EF1 under Windows 7?

He has played some normal people in his long career. You wouldn't want to piss off his old pal Ben. ;)

Balok on the Shatner roast...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2cdXv93cRY

Worth mentioning Clint appeared in an episode of DS9, and later played a Ferengi on Enterprise.

George Lucas was a fan, who knew?

(At 2:19)

http://youtu.be/6bkknlqb1Ts

But first, the Tranya.

I just remembered: My second-favorite Star Trek TNG episode is "The Inner Light".

georgec said:

But first, the Tranya.

I always felt Kirk was a bit too trusting with that drink.  I mean, Balok's glass was already pored when it came out of the thingamabob, but Kirk and company had to have theirs poured from the punch bowl.  Oh, and Baily was also a bit too quick to volunteer to be left alone with little Balok. And that pervert grin Baily had on his face when he jumped at the chance to stay, and also the way the camera zoomed in on him! Yep, that episode was a bit creepy.

Kind of a long way to go to kill someone, don't you think? All first contacts require a little leap of faith. I used to think Tranya tasted like Hawaiian Punch when I was a kid. The colors must have been slightly off in those old syndication prints. Or maybe it was the family tv?

I think Bailey was just relieved he had a new career path after cracking like an egg on the bridge in a crisis situation. It was either hang with Balok, or likely be reassigned to waste extraction on the lower decks. ;)

You have to put mini me Balok into perspective. Except for the nervous Mr. Bailey, seasoned Starfleet officers encounter a lot more frightening life forms than a short bald guy. Sometimes it's even a fellow crew member.