Star Trek Phase II Enemy: Starfleet! Now Released!

[Chaos Descending]

We NEED less crew because the June script is so contained, and our actors are facing the hardest, most intense work of their lives so LESS crew mean MORE ability for them to prepare, stay in the "zone", and work with the director.

Fewer crew, not less. ;-)

HEE!
*ducks* *runs away*

(She's gonna kick me next time she sees me.)

Fewer crew members, less crew.

[/nitpick]

Use "fewer" for numbered nouns, and "less" for numberless nouns.

DISCLAIMER: Feel free to kick me if I'm busting on an inside joke, or somehow smugly being wrong.

 

[DaveGalanter]

We NEED less crew because the June script is so contained, and our actors are facing the hardest, most intense work of their lives so LESS crew mean MORE ability for them to prepare, stay in the "zone", and work with the director.

Fewer crew, not less. ;-)

HEE!
*ducks* *runs away*

(She's gonna kick me next time she sees me.)

Fewer crew members, less crew.

[/nitpick]

Use "fewer" for numbered nouns, and "less" for numberless nouns.

DISCLAIMER: Feel free to kick me if I'm busting on an inside joke, or somehow smugly being wrong.

Nope, I was just being jerky to a friend. :-D Also, I still think it's fewer crew, but admit I could be wrong. (It happens. A lot.) ;-)

 

[DaveGalanter]

I really only have one point that hasn't been already mentioned: Spock. I absolutely see why you have to recast so often, and that's fine. But as a character, he's is totally underused and has absolutely no sign of the friendship he's supposed to have with Kirk and McCoy. It really feels like The Big Three has been cut down to the Big Two at Spock's expense. Maybe the recasting takes its toll on chemistry, and some of the Spactors don't quite have a handle on Spock (he is the hardest to nail, I'll grant). But there's really nothing to Spock in these films other than stoically imparting information. He's never in the personal scenes anymore. It's a shame, because McCoy and Kirk click very well. Spock is the odd man out.

I think they did awesome with him in "World Enough and Time" and it looks like "The Child" will also make good use of him. Not every episode focuses on every aspect of the characters.

 

[Ssosmcin]

I think they did awesome with him in "World Enough and Time" and it looks like "The Child" will also make good use of him. Not every episode focuses on every aspect of the characters.

I hear ya. Spock was prominent in Blood and Fire, too but I just don't see the "Big Three" connection. McCoy and Kirk are obviously friends in these films, but Spock just seems like another officer. It's not the amount of screen time, but the content. There's no Kirk / Spock banter anymore. It would just be nice to see that friendship a little more, is all I'm sayin'.

 

[MikeH92467]

^^^Part of that may be because of the long gaps between releases. If you watched one episode of TOS every six months a variance in the chemistry might be a lot more noticeable. I'm not saying that's the case, but I think it's worth considering.

 

[Ssosmcin]

I'd agree to that if I didn't see the chemistry between Kirk and McCoy. Their friendship is evident. Spock, however, seems to be little more than "the science officer." You could drop him from the episode completely and it doesn’t seem like it would make a difference. Again, I'm not talking about screen time, just his interaction with Kirk and McCoy. I'd love to see some Kirk-Spock-McCoy debates again.