Fan Edits

[Methuselah Flint]

Not sure if this is allowed, but I have several fan edits I have made and am working on, if anyone is interested in watching? I am a member over at fanedit.org

(I own the original DVDs, and this is non-profit obviously.)

 

[Kor]

It's probably not okay to post links to the videos themselves.
But what types of edits have you done?
I would be fascinated by the idea of having a couple episodes edited into a longer "movie" for hypothetical theatrical exhibition during the original run of the show, like what was done with "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." Of course, this would work better if there were more two-parters than just "The Menagerie." Maybe have the time travel at the end of "The Naked Time" segue into "Tomorrow is Yesterday."

Kor

 

[Methuselah Flint]

So far, over the years since we got TOS-R, I have done :

The Trouble with Time - 3 parter of Naked Time, Tomorrow is Yesterday and Assignment :Earth

Let The World Slip - extended episode combining For The World and Paradise Syndrome, with both asteroids now the same one

Eden Incident - extended episode combining Way to Eden and Requiem for Methuselah. Eden Planet is Flint's planet, minus the acid.

Where No Man Has Gone Re - cut using Court Martial, Menagerie and other episodes with Kirk now on trial for Mitchell's murder

Invitation to a Shoot-Out - Twilight Zone version of Spectre of the Gun

 

[Methuselah Flint]

Playing at God - extended episode combining Ultimate Computer and Omega Glory. Planet M5 orbits is now Omega planet.

 

[Push The Button]

Has anyone ever cut The Trouble with Tribbles and Trials and Tribbleations into one big episode?

 

[Danlav05]

Has anyone ever cut The Trouble with Tribbles and Trials and Tribbleations into one big episode?

Yes

https://ifdb.fanedit.org/star-trek-deep-space-nine-trails-and-tribble-ations-extended/

https://ifdb.fanedit.org/trials-and-tribble-ations-2nd-edition/

 

[Methuselah Flint]

I did a DS9 Tribbles one ages ago too, but it was a very rough attempt at the time.

 

[Kelso]

I'd like to watch them. How would I do that?

 

[Pauln6]

So far, over the years since we got TOS-R, I have done :

The Trouble with Time - 3 parter of Naked Time, Tomorrow is Yesterday and Assignment :Earth

Let The World Slip - extended episode combining For The World and Paradise Syndrome, with both asteroids now the same one

Eden Incident - extended episode combining Way to Eden and Requiem for Methuselah. Eden Planet is Flint's planet, minus the acid.

Where No Man Has Gone Re - cut using Court Martial, Menagerie and other episodes with Kirk now on trial for Mitchell's murder

Invitation to a Shoot-Out - Twilight Zone version of Spectre of the Gun

These do sound really cool but I've resisted as I don't own the TOS episodes yet. I just keep rewatching on the horror channel. Some fan edits are amazing.

I'm unconvinced that the Way to Eden and Requiem can be improved by splicing them together but at least the latter episode would feel like the rest of the crew were involved.

I can see some merit in squeezing the time travel episodes together too, presumably culminating with the return of Captain Christopher to his timeline.

The court martial re-cut sounds the most interesting though.

I'd quite like to edit stock footage of Yeoman Rand into some later episodes just to establish her presence on the bridge occasionally, rather than seeing her just disappear with no explanation. Something like a worried close up in Arena, a pained expression from the Naked Now in the Immunity Syndrome, a tearful close up, perhaps from Charlie X, at Kirk's memorial in the Tholian Web, and maybe even a vision of Kirk in her quarters using footage from the Enemy Within, just before he appears to Scotty or McCoy.

Another possibility is to Deepfake Grace onto the face of the extra who sits at the engineering console. Maybe I need to buy the episodes and have a crack.

 

[Methuselah Flint]

These do sound really cool but I've resisted as I don't own the TOS episodes yet. I just keep rewatching on the horror channel. Some fan edits are amazing.

I'm unconvinced that the Way to Eden and Requiem can be improved by splicing them together but at least the latter episode would feel like the rest of the crew were involved.

I can see some merit in squeezing the time travel episodes together too, presumably culminating with the return of Captain Christopher to his timeline.

The court martial re-cut sounds the most interesting though.

I'd quite like to edit stock footage of Yeoman Rand into some later episodes just to establish her presence on the bridge occasionally, rather than seeing her just disappear with no explanation. Something like a worried close up in Arena, a pained expression from the Naked Now in the Immunity Syndrome, a tearful close up, perhaps from Charlie X, at Kirk's memorial in the Tholian Web, and maybe even a vision of Kirk in her quarters using footage from the Enemy Within, just before he appears to Scotty or McCoy.

Another possibility is to Deepfake Grace onto the face of the extra who sits at the engineering console. Maybe I need to buy the episodes and have a crack.

The Rand idea sounds interesting for Tholian Web!

The Eden/Requiem cut was one I did while back, and have just finished working on an improved version. My aim in joining these together isn't to necessarily 'improve' them, rather to re-tell or simply experiment for fun

 

[Pauln6]

The Rand idea sounds interesting for Tholian Web!

The Eden/Requiem cut was one I did while back, and have just finished working on an improved version. My aim in joining these together isn't to necessarily 'improve' them, rather to re-tell or simply experiment for fun

No two people necessarily enjoy the same thing so the only reason to do it is for fun!

I trawled through Rand's dialogue for a fan edit to put her in the second half of TMP (in the TMP Deepfake thread in the movie section). She says very little in TOS, so it wasn't hard. For the Kirk vision scene, there are two possible off camera lines - "I don't belive this" from Charlie X from the card scene, or "Captain!" from when she's tied up in Miri.

The problem I'm having is that my basic audio editing software can't strip out the music track so it isn't easy to plop it in elsewhere. Eventually when I upgrade my equipment and software, I should be able to do something better.

I have loftier ambitions to splice Grace from one of her other appearances into the landing party at the end of a Piece of the Action, where she tells one of the goons to go chase an asteroid, and a scene between Rand and Lester-Kirk, where Lester calls her by the name of one of the replacement yeomen, and after Kirk leaves, Rand comments, "Suppose he's going space happy or something?"

I've thought about this far too much.

 

[Methuselah Flint]

I like all that! "Captain!" sounds more dramatic. Her mirror differs to Uhura's though...

The Turnabout scene is a communications officer, but I suppose it could work if Rand has been promoted by that point

Not sure if she could cry at Kirk’s service as she is wearing her nightie in Charlie X

 

[1001001]

Fan Productions, maybe?

 

[Pauln6]

I like all that! "Captain!" sounds more dramatic. Her mirror differs to Uhura's though...

The Turnabout scene is a communications officer, but I suppose it could work if Rand has been promoted by that point

Not sure if she could cry at Kirk’s service as she is wearing her nightie in Charlie X

I was thinking of repurposing the scene from Enemy Within where Kirk meets her in the corridor but sadly he is wearing the wrong outfit.

It would be possible to do a manual edit to put her in her uniform for the crying scene in TW. It would only be a couple of seconds of footage but it's trickier to put in a wide shot to establish her presence in the scene. I'd probably paste Kirk in the quarters rather than the mirror.

 

[Methuselah Flint]

Ah yes, when she reacts to the imposter's presence, you could put spacesuit Kirk there.

 

[johnnybear]

I tried something like this back as a teenager with my audio recordings of Space 1999 and Hammer's space western Moon Zero Two!
JB

 

[Pauln6]

I tried something like this back as a teenager with my audio recordings of Space 1999 and Hammer's space western Moon Zero Two!
JB

Putting some Barry Morse into season two would be great, although weirdly, they changed the uniforms.

 

[johnnybear]

It helped also that Catherine Schell was in both so I was able to use her more than the other characters!
JB

 

[JonnyQuest037]

Maybe have the time travel at the end of "The Naked Time" segue into "Tomorrow is Yesterday."

Well, that's how those two episodes were originally intended to tie together.

 

[Danlav05]

I'm duboius about talkign about fan edits in certain places because peopel are concerned about coppyright - I do it for my own entertainment I don't mean infringement; but I've done some:


To The Stars – Using the 09 film and Into Darkness, this attempts to create a canonical origin story for Kirk and Spock. Uses Gabe Koerner’s better Enterprise design

Flight of the Franklin – yes the Enterprise is destroyed but this is the most Star Trek of all three movies, so naturally I turned it into an episode

Star Trek: Phase III – 16 episodes showing the complete adventures of Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Sulu, Uhura and Chekov post-TMP – using footage from movies 1-7, 11-12, TNG, Voyager, Starfleet Academy videogame, Of Gods and Men, New Voyages and Renegades (including Requiem 26B style). Literally the whole story. Every scrap. I’ve edited Excelsior footage from Voyager’s Flashback into Undiscovered Country to expand that adventure.

Of Gods and Men – extended movie edition with the Generations prologue and Sulu on the Excelsior from ‘World Enough and Time’ to show more of the crew post-ST6

Days of Future Past – I’ve blogged about it in the past, but this is the TNG episode Yesterday’s Enterprise using Undiscovered Country/Generations footage to give Kirk a better sendoff. The closest I’ll get to my ideal Star Trek movie MORE: https://dannylavery9.wordpress.com/2017/10/24/star-trek-days-of-future-past-fan-editors-notes/

Legacies – the Bring Back Kirk trailer coupled with Trek 09 and Renegades to create a new TOS finale, set post-Nemesis for the whole crew except Sulu.

Emissary – the DS9 pilot mixed with The Chase and Birthright I to create a full-blown TNG/DS9 crossover - Emissary plays then when the Enterprise goes off we cut to Teh chase footage to show the Enteprirse on another mission nearby. The end shows Data and Bashir's story and Worf on DS9 from Birthright, he doesn't go to find his father. Ends with Sisko and Picard talking. Inspired by the DC/Malibu crossover

The Dominion War – showing the Enterprise-E during the war fighting Jem’Hadar and rescuing Sisko and the Defiant crew

Voyager: The Movie – using footage of the Voyager characters post-Endgame to show their future lives

Inferno – combining the Borg War fan film starring Patrick Stewart with all Good Things and others to give TNG a better send off. Little did I know of course Picard was plotting a comeback! Might remake when we have flashbacks and the Short Trek, make a canon version bridging Nemesis and Picard

Also from Enterprise, DS9 and Voyager I’ve turned several multi part arcs into movies.

My friend has also combined Pegasus and These Are The Voyages footage to make it one story: https://ifdb.fanedit.org/star-trek-the-next-generation-the-pegasus/