Star Trek: Aurora Part 4 Available

[Auroratrek]

Just a quick note to let people know that Part 4 of Star Trek: Aurora is now online:

http://www.auroratrek.com/episodes.html

Also, even if you've already watched the earlier parts, I urge you to check them out again as I've added a few touches--including a small but significant clarification in Part 2--as well as theme music that was written for Aurora by musician John Catney, and that I think really enhances the story.

--Tim

 

[Kelso]

Yay!

 

[The Cutest of Borg]

Fantastic! I love your take on the franchise. Can't wait for the conclusion. I really hope you plan to continue with more stories!

 

[DestinyCaptain]

The only complaint I can think of is...wish there was a ship specific insignia for the Yorktown. Aside from that relatively small and insignificant nugget, it was very good.

 

[Barbreader]

Thank you so much for this wonderful, mid-winter sunshine! (OK, the Aussies, South Asians, and South Americans have to thank you for mid-summer sunshine...)

 

[USS Intrepid]

Haven't had a chance to watch this yet, but am very much looking forward to it.

 

[Hudson_uk]

Excellent work Tim. I'm really trying to give "critical" feedback but can't find anything to be critical about.
Nice to hear David Ault in there as well.

 

[Mallory]

I've been waiting on this, can't wait to see it.

 

[Ptrope]

Great work! You keep getting better and better - can't imagine what the next one will look like!

 

[Trekwatcher]

Fantastic work as usual! In fact, this may be the most interesting segment yet! I really, really appreciate all the hard work you put into this. It is incredible.

 

[muzzleflash]

SPOILERS?




I was a bit disappointed at the whole alternative universe twist, to be honest. Not every Star Trek story has to involve time travel/alternate universes, and it's starting to become very tired.

I also think you should drop the "Spock voice" for your T'VulcanGirl character. It's cliche and silly.

The cannibalism story was a pleasant surprise.

 

[Starhawk]

Aurora rocks! The fact that one of the main characters is a gorgeous redhead is icing on the cake.

Keep up the good work Tim et al!

 

[Professor Moriarty]

Oh now that's just cruel, giving us only the first half of part 4! But it looks great!!

Edited to add: I'm trying to figure out what you changed besides the new establishing F/X shot at the start of the second act (which looks great too!). Is the guitar theme extended longer at the start of act 1?

Edited to add #2: Whups, never mind... now I see it. Hrm... you know, I think I preferred the original version of Act 2. It's not that the new soundtrack is poorly done (it's actually quite nice), it's more of a personal preference--the lack of a background soundtrack in the first version makes the whole flashback sequence more starkly dramatic (to me, at least). Also (and again, strictly personal preference), I preferred not knowing the explicit details about you-know-what; in this particular case, less is more. I'm going to trust there's a specific reason that you didn't want the audience imagination to run amok (e.g., an as-yet-unrevealed plot point in the second half of Act 4 that ties into this new revelation).

 

[Auroratrek]

Thanks, all, for the feedback!

To your point, DestinyCaptain, I considered trying to find/create a Yorktown badge, but, where this is set in the 2270s, it was a little bit of a grey area as Starfleet was changing over to everyone having the Enterprise-style insignia, which allowed me to be lazy. ;-)

Professor Moriarty, the amount of changes kind of depends: I didn't change a lot in this last round beyond the music and some little tweaks, but I got an email the other day from somebody who hadn't seen Part 1 since its first iteration, and for him things had changed a lot.

I went back and forth on the you-know-what, but the reason is just as you suggest--I mean, we're Trek fans: our imaginations always run amok!

 

[Professor Moriarty]

It's a minor thing really; it certainly didn't detract from my enjoyment watching the whole episode again from the beginning. But now I really can't wait to see how it ends!

 

[Kelso]

To your point, DestinyCaptain, I considered trying to find/create a Yorktown badge, but, where this is set in the 2270s, it was a little bit of a grey area as Starfleet was changing over to everyone having the Enterprise-style insignia, which allowed me to be lazy. ;-)

Perhaps Aurora takes place in the same universe as Court Martial.

 

[Kail]

Awesome! I love this. I'd love a new animated Trek series like this.

 

[Kagan]

I went back and watched Parts 1-4 together. This is still one of the most impressive productions I've seen in a while. I really captures the spirit of Trek.

 

[RevDMV]

Cool deal I missed this.

Great stuff, totally enjoying each part.

 

[pymfan2000]

Good stuff! Amongst the best fan productions on the net right now.

In regards to part 4 and this is a minor thing but it might help the episode to cut back on the technobabble a tad.

An even more nitpicky thing, in an earlier episode (2 maybe?) you have next gen tricorder sounds in the flashback. It's a little thing really but it distracted me when viewing the scene.

In regards the revelation, I was hesitant about it when I watched your film the first time around. Now that you have added some detail I think I prefer the original less detailed explanation-it leaves more to the imagination.