Star Trek: Aurora--"Mudd in Your I" conclusion now online

[Kelso]

I talked my wife into watching Aurora tonight. Her initial reaction was, "Ugggh... a CGI fan film?" But she relented.

Ten minutes into the first one I paused it and gave her the option to watch something else instead... but she was fine with continuing. By the end she was getting a little sniffly. Emotionally family stuff gets to her.

When it was done, I asked if she'd had enough or if she wanted to continue on to the second one. She wanted to go ahead and watch.

She adored the second one, as I suspected she would. It's exactly her brand of humor. She laughed out loud at several points, and- I'm not making this up- she literally applauded at the end.

Thank you very much for all of your work on Aurora. It's one of the absolute delights that have come out of the fan film community.

I understand your reasoning for moving on to another project, and I fully intend to support it. But I want to also point out that the strength of Aurora isn't that it's set in the Star Trek universe, it's the writing, performances... and engaging characters and situations that can not only elicit a belly laugh but also put a tear in your eye.

So while I'll certainly be eagerly following your next project, I do want to say that should Kara, T'Ling, and the Aurora get hit by another energy wave that propels them into a copyright infringement free universe, I can guarantee you at least one pre-order of the bluray.

EDIT: I just noticed that Aurora has been completed for months! Man, how did I miss that? Thanks to Bixby for bumping the thread!

 

[CorporalCaptain]

To view this content we will need your consent to set third party cookies.
For more detailed information, see our cookies page.

Accept third party cookies

This video suddenly turned up in my feed even though it's close to two years old...it does feature the two main characters from the Aurora series, and besides, ''if you've never seen it before, it's still new!''

Yeah, it's great. IIRC, I saw that linked from Barbara Reader's fan film site.

 

[Bixby]

This also just popped up today on my feed....very informative...

To view this content we will need your consent to set third party cookies.
For more detailed information, see our cookies page.

Accept third party cookies

 

[CorporalCaptain]

Thank you for posting that, @Bixby. Yes, very informative indeed.

 

[Auroratrek]

I talked my wife into watching Aurora tonight. Her initial reaction was, "Ugggh... a CGI fan film?" But she relented.

Ten minutes into the first one I paused it and gave her the option to watch something else instead... but she was fine with continuing. By the end she was getting a little sniffly. Emotionally family stuff gets to her.

When it was done, I asked if she'd had enough or if she wanted to continue on to the second one. She wanted to go ahead and watch.

She adored the second one, as I suspected she would. It's exactly her brand of humor. She laughed out loud at several points, and- I'm not making this up- she literally applauded at the end.

Thank you very much for all of your work on Aurora. It's one of the absolute delights that have come out of the fan film community.

I understand your reasoning for moving on to another project, and I fully intend to support it. But I want to also point out that the strength of Aurora isn't that it's set in the Star Trek universe, it's the writing, performances... and engaging characters and situations that can not only elicit a belly laugh but also put a tear in your eye.

So while I'll certainly be eagerly following your next project, I do want to say that should Kara, T'Ling, and the Aurora get hit by another energy wave that propels them into a copyright infringement free universe, I can guarantee you at least one pre-order of the bluray.

EDIT: I just noticed that Aurora has been completed for months! Man, how did I miss that? Thanks to Bixby for bumping the thread!

Thanks, Kelso! I'm glad your wife enjoyed Aurora after all. Fan films can be a tough sell, and I don't imagine the fact that Aurora was animated helped sell the idea, either. That said, I do get a fair amount of feedback where people say they were pleasantly surprised by Aurora after giving it a try despite initial misgivings, so thank you for talking your wife into it!

I'll admit that, even as I start up my new project, I am missing Kara & T'Ling--they were really fun characters to write for--and missing writing stories in the Star Trek universe--there is so much lore and still so much potential there. And, who knows, maybe CBS will ease up on fan films someday, or, maybe the energy wave you suggest could hit the Aurora--you never know!

BTW, I do have a little teaser for the new movie if you're interested. Very much not Star Trek, but hopefully some people here, like me, are fantasy nerds, too! ;-)

To view this content we will need your consent to set third party cookies.
For more detailed information, see our cookies page.

Accept third party cookies

 

[Auroratrek]

This also just popped up today on my feed....very informative...

To view this content we will need your consent to set third party cookies.
For more detailed information, see our cookies page.

Accept third party cookies

Thanks, Bixby! I have to admit I sat and watched the whole interview--I hadn't seen it in a long time. It was kind of interesting seeing the discussion about "will there be another TV show?" in light of where we are now.