Overall STC isn’t horrible. It’s definitely an above average fan production in many respects. But your enjoyment of it is likely to be coloured by your expectations.
It’s obvious Vic Mignogna wanted it to fit as seamlessly as possible into the greater Trek continuity as it later played out. Thats part of why they inserted so many references and callouts to later productions, and particularly the setup to TMP. And if you’re into that then you’ll likely really enjoy STC.
However, it’s easy to see that later productions, including TMP, didn’t feel wedded to TOS in terms of look and strict continuity. Roddenberry himself directed the writers of TNG shouldn’t feel obligated to TOS in terms on continuity. And every production since has basically done what they wanted to do regardless of whether it contradicted what might have been established in TOS.
With that in mind I wouldn’t feel obligated to tying my stories to whatever later productions might have established.
To that end if you’re hoping for something that feels like it could have been made right after TOS’ third season then you might be disappointed because you will encounter all sorts of things that didn’t yet exist in 1969/70 and the creators of TOS couldn’t possibly have foreseen. Anyone going through this thread can see I fall into this camp. I hoped for something that felt as authentic as possible, but thats not what we got even considering things STC did that I enjoyed.
It’s obvious Vic Mignogna wanted it to fit as seamlessly as possible into the greater Trek continuity as it later played out. Thats part of why they inserted so many references and callouts to later productions, and particularly the setup to TMP. And if you’re into that then you’ll likely really enjoy STC.
However, it’s easy to see that later productions, including TMP, didn’t feel wedded to TOS in terms of look and strict continuity. Roddenberry himself directed the writers of TNG shouldn’t feel obligated to TOS in terms on continuity. And every production since has basically done what they wanted to do regardless of whether it contradicted what might have been established in TOS.
With that in mind I wouldn’t feel obligated to tying my stories to whatever later productions might have established.
To that end if you’re hoping for something that feels like it could have been made right after TOS’ third season then you might be disappointed because you will encounter all sorts of things that didn’t yet exist in 1969/70 and the creators of TOS couldn’t possibly have foreseen. Anyone going through this thread can see I fall into this camp. I hoped for something that felt as authentic as possible, but thats not what we got even considering things STC did that I enjoyed.
