Revisiting Star Trek Continues...

[Bixby]

Yes, her demise was contrived to answer the question why Spock leaves Starfleet after the 5-year mission, something not really addressed in “official” canon.

The "romance" between Spock and McKenna was totally out of nowhere and very last minute. McKenna showed some signs of teasing Spock but to me that felt more like they were giving her lines that usually were reserved for McCoy (did McCoy during STC have any moments of his love/hate bromance with Spock?).

But Spock didn't show any interest in McKenna throughout all of the previous episodes, but we know he can feel human attraction when we see the episodes with Droxine and the Romulan Commander.

So this unexpected subplot felt very forced and unconvincing.

 

[Richard Baker]

STC reminds me of when I bought my first AMC Enterprise model in the sixties- I really love the thing and it was not until years later I found out how bad it was with all the experts and references showing inaccurate shapes and proportions.
I liked the STC series- it was a better production than most fan films, and it is a fan film instead of a professional endeavor. Most fan films have some good moments, some great ones but a lot of the time I kinda wince. STC really tried to be in the same style of the original, I understand all the points made in the prior posts and now I can see all the flaws and shortcomings which take away from from the authentic experience. IIRC they had planned to have additional shows and who knows how they may have addressed some of these problems, but Axanar and it's conflict with CBS pretty much killed those plans and they had to wrap thinks up quickly.
In all honesty I did not care much for the final two parter episode- however I did like how they tried to end the TOS era and set the stage for the TMP