I let this download over night with Getright, which gave me speeds over 20kb/s (I downloaded the Large version). I've watched it now and all I can say is...
WOW! I can't believe it this episode was brilliant!! This coming from someone who didn't even really like the last episode and so I was completely surprised to find I absolutely loved it!
I don't know where to begin. The biggest annoyance I've had so far with the series is the acting. But somehow it seemed so much better. Up until now I haven't been able to accept the actors as replacements for Shatner and Co but this time I did find it believable. I actually managed to forget that they weren’t the original actors which is something I thought was impossible.
But it wasn't just the acting that took me by surprise the script was excellent too. On the last episode it seemed to me that it tried to be more than a TOS episode. With all that talking about the Federation economy and then Chekov getting old and thinking about his life. It didn't seem to work and the ending just left me thinking WTF rather than getting upset. However this episode seemed to me to try and be a regular episode and yet managed to be something special. It was a lot more focused and with a problem to solve and yet it managed to be more than that. It had me close to tears at the end this time (and I never cry so that's the best you'll get out of me).
The music was excellent as well as was the special effects. They certainly gave the Re-mastered episodes a run for their money.
I'm so happy at the moment. Normally I wouldn't compare this to the professional episodes but this time I can gladly say it not only compares with them it stands above many. If this was an episode part of a regular series I'd still be very impressed.
Ok I'm gushing but I can't help it.
Charlie
I suppose I will get one of them downloaded eventually!
