More good news I heard in an interview: They're planning to shoot most of Episode 5 in February, so there will be two episodes in the pipeline at the same time.
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It was Vic Mignogna in the Superhero Junkies interview on YouTube, either part 2 or part 3.
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They now say on Facebook there will be an announcement about production in about 2 weeks.
Could be an announcement that principal photography is in the can. They tend to get it done in 8 to 10 days.
Could be an announcement that principal photography is in the can. They tend to get it done in 8 to 10 days.
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Thanks. And Michele Specht basically said the same thing in a Trek Radio interview and confirmed it later on Facebook.
Their Kickstarter number 2 begins in a few days. They said it would finance more episodes of course, but also pay for set upgrades. They keep mentioning they arguably have the most screen accurate TOS sets, I imagine this means they may possibly want to expand with an engineering set, or a ''Planet Hell'' of some sort.
This will also benefit the crews over at Starship Farragut and sister productions. Good for them.
This will also benefit the crews over at Starship Farragut and sister productions. Good for them.
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A healthy competition if everyone keeps improving. 
Bixby, I have never seen them claim to have the most accurate sets. On the contrary, I saw a video where Vic pulled a lampshade off a corridor wall and say something like "it's not perfect, but it looks great." I am paraphrasing here.
Where did you see that claim?
I agree that their sets look very good. I know it is weird but one thing that has always bothered me about STC are the creases in the "leather" of the Captain's bridge chair. It wasn't there on TOS and neither on Phase 2. It attracts my attention in a strange way and pulls me out of the story.
I've enjoyed their previous attempts but it's time to stop filming unless we have a script worth filming.
Edit: Regarding the quality of the scripts, I did not mean to bash them. I would say the same to the Phase II group.
Where did you see that claim?
I agree that their sets look very good. I know it is weird but one thing that has always bothered me about STC are the creases in the "leather" of the Captain's bridge chair. It wasn't there on TOS and neither on Phase 2. It attracts my attention in a strange way and pulls me out of the story.
I've enjoyed their previous attempts but it's time to stop filming unless we have a script worth filming.
Edit: Regarding the quality of the scripts, I did not mean to bash them. I would say the same to the Phase II group.
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If anything, my recollection is that it has been New Voyages/Phase II that has sometimes lauded the fact that they have the most accurate sets. James Cawley in particular, when posting here sometimes mentions from time to time that his sets are based on the original blueprints from the actual show. I've never seen anything from the Vic Mignogna or the Continues crew like that.
Then again, the Continues sets are really the Farragut sets, and weren't the Farragut sets actually built using Cawley's plans? Or am I misremembering?
Then again, the Continues sets are really the Farragut sets, and weren't the Farragut sets actually built using Cawley's plans? Or am I misremembering?
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A healthy competition if everyone keeps improving.
I would say it is quite apparent that there's some healthy competitiveness between the two productions; that Continues has been so well-received certainly seems to have lit a fire under the New Voyages/Phase II production team. Excluding the debacle that was "Kitumba," their latest effort ("Mind-Sifter") was outstanding, and I've heard many good things about "The Holiest Thing" as well.
Competition to make better films is a wonderful thing. Despite the very public bad blood between the productions, Star Trek Continues may well have been the best thing to happen to New Voyages/Phase II as before "Pilgrim of Eternity" NV/P2 had become somewhat bogged down by the weight of it's own self-professed greatness and, yes, somewhat stagnant with some pretty mediocre efforts (lookin' at you, "Enemy: Starfleet.") But as I said, "Mind-Sifter" has been a glorious return to form, and I sincerely hope to see more films like it out of Ticonderoga and am quite looking forward to seeing what both productions do in the coming year.
http://video.wired.com/watch/obsess...prise-from-star-trek-continues-w-vic-mignogna
While the Cawley group strive with an admirable fervour to recreate each and every detail just as the original bridge sets were made, to me the word ''screen-accurate'' means that as seen on our screens, the re-created set will be just as familiar as the original.
If you listen to the Wired video, Vic Mignona goes on at length with how faithful the Farragut sets are with the original Desilu site.
While the Cawley group strive with an admirable fervour to recreate each and every detail just as the original bridge sets were made, to me the word ''screen-accurate'' means that as seen on our screens, the re-created set will be just as familiar as the original.
If you listen to the Wired video, Vic Mignona goes on at length with how faithful the Farragut sets are with the original Desilu site.
Bixby, get with the program ; )
At no point in this video do they claim to have the most accurate sets. They do claim that the sets are laid out exactly like they were at Desilu, and they also claim that they have strived to recreate the sets as accurately as possible.
When there is 3:10 left in the video is when Vic mentions that they have used a lampshade to replace what was originally a ceramic pot attached to a corridor wall.
At no point in this video do they claim to have the most accurate sets. They do claim that the sets are laid out exactly like they were at Desilu, and they also claim that they have strived to recreate the sets as accurately as possible.
When there is 3:10 left in the video is when Vic mentions that they have used a lampshade to replace what was originally a ceramic pot attached to a corridor wall.
According to the online interviews, the original Desilu top down set schematics were available online and DP Matt Bucy, having architectural experience, extrapolated these into 3D set designs. I'm sure there were obviously other references including show stills to get the details right. Vic has stated that the sets are accurate within inches to the original Desilu sets. Does that mean they are the most accurate? It sort of sounds like he's saying it.
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To be perfectly honest, I don't care which of the two is "most accurate." They both look close enough for me and that's why this issue has never been a problem for me and why I tend to tune out whenever Cawley or Mignogna start going on about it.
Frankly, I'd be much more interested in what both have to say if it leaned more toward why they make the story choices they do (Cawley in particular) as the scripts (and later the films) are never without their flaws.
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