Star Trek Sirius

[SteveNeill]

I have been meaning to start this thread for days now since Barb said go ahead. I have been so busy with my effects job in the day and Star Trek Sirius at night it's been hard to get to it.

Most of you already know from the previous posts in the submissions page.

I'll attempt to get back here tonight and add more info but for now here is a link to our web page:

http://makestarshipsnotwar.com/

Keep in mind it's still very much under construction and much will be added this weekend. Read the About section to get the full story.

A new trialer is on the way but a quick and dirty one is on the front page. Keep in mind the pilot has already been shot and cut. We are in post production effects currently and writing the first episode script.

Thanks so much,

Steve Neill

 

[USS Intrepid]

Nice looking ship!

 

[Barbreader]

I'd love to get your permission to copy that picture onto my website to illustrate your listing... (which is (F) here: http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/210.html )

 

[SteveNeill]

Thanks so much!

 

[SteveNeill]

Barb that's fine. Thank you.

Steve

 

[Namikaze]

Steve - great Bridge Set and Effects, but I am curious, what made you decide to helm the ship without a crew, just the computer?

 

[xortex]

Too much time and money on his hands.Who needs anybody else when you've got yourself and your dog. That's god spelled backwards.

 

[yehudi02]

Too much time and money on his hands.Who needs anybody else when you've got yourself and your dog. That's god spelled backwards.

thank you!!

 

[SteveNeill]

You guys need to a watch the trailer it explains why there's only the captain and his Dog. And the about section explains more because after the pilot the captain gets his own ship and a crew. In detail it is explained.

I wish i had too much money. Time I have but the studios don't pay much anymore and the work is far and between for me as I turn 60. In addition my wife is fighting a battle with cancer. This project is going a long way to keeping her spirits up. As we both love Star Trek very much.

thank you,

Steve Neill

 

[SteveNeill]

Steve - great Bridge Set and Effects, but I am curious, what made you decide to helm the ship without a crew, just the computer?

BTW thank you. The M-5 is used for a trial run through are local system after a refit. Things go wrong. but do if you have the time go to the site and read the About Page.

thanks again!

Steve

 

[Barbreader]

Thanks! I think it looks nice! (You are (F), here: http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/210.html )

 

[SteveNeill]

Thanks Barb for the help on this it's much appreciated!

Steve

 

[xortex]

I have to say, I wish I was you. But can you get another Captain? everything else is perfect. Why do you want to be the Captain other than the obvious answer? Do you have writers and composers yet 'cause I do both of those things better than anybody but they are my professions. Are you an actor and/or writer? 'Cause everything else is spot on and deserves alot of credit and is quite enough for one person to do, especially the Romulan guy's makeup and acting and the Romulan ship was beautiful, but putting yourself in the center seat is a little too self serving and gratuitous and could smack of glory seeking to some.

 

[Maurice]

I have to say, I wish I was you. But can you get another Captain? everything else is perfect. Why do you want to be the Captain other than the obvious answer? Do you have writers and composers yet 'cause I do both of those things better than anybody but they are my professions. Are you an actor and/or writer? 'Cause everything else is spot on and deserves alot of credit and is quite enough for one person to do, especially the Romulan guy's makeup and acting and the Romulan ship was beautiful, but putting yourself in the center seat is a little too self serving and gratuitous and could smack of glory seeking to some.

If you're pitching your services, effectively insulting the person you're appealing to is a pretty foolish way to do it.

You always tell us what a wonderful musician you are, so, where's your work?

 

[JimTheBuilder]

I have to say, I wish I was you. But can you get another Captain? everything else is perfect. Why do you want to be the Captain other than the obvious answer? Do you have writers and composers yet 'cause I do both of those things better than anybody but they are my professions. Are you an actor and/or writer? 'Cause everything else is spot on and deserves alot of credit and is quite enough for one person to do, especially the Romulan guy's makeup and acting and the Romulan ship was beautiful, but putting yourself in the center seat is a little too self serving and gratuitous and could smack of glory seeking to some.

Come on dude, seriously?

 

[T'Bonz]

OK, let's not get personal.

 

[xortex]

I will say, my first post was a little off setting and I apologize for being in a bad mood, but I'm just wondering if he thinks he's the best guy to play Captain is all. It's not a slight, just an observation as noone can see everything all the time which is only natural and the work that he has done thus far is exemplary so I was just wondering what his mindset on that was. I'm just lucky he didn't jump down my thoat as he had every right to do. Proves he's a nice guy as well.

Maurice, I wanted to try to write a main theme for Polaris, as I have CDs of the incredible amounts of sci-fi music that I write a la TOS, but fell short myself of even coming up with something satisfactorily, so there you are. Though if I may say without getting killed, that if he uses the same guy who did The Exeter music, that was pretty enjoyable though his main theme wasn't all that good either as it was a paraphrase of a TOS phrase. It's really hard to write a good sci-fi theme anywhere near as good as J Williams Star Wars and J Goldsmith's TMP. I was just noticing BTW how similar the Wars theme is to Brahms second piano concerto - almost interchangable and the end of Mahler's first symphony as well as other things especially the Holst 'Planets' rythmic chords that he uses in the extended version, so in a way it's very derivative of a lot of things and almost a pastiche like the movie itself was. How ironic. OTOH, the Goldsmith tune is very declamatory in an almost Beethoven fifth symphony kind of way - the same symphony Nasa launched into space aboard the voyager probe. Though that three eight notes and a quarter mean one thing in the first movement - fate knocking on the door - and another thing in the last movent - sort of like 'Where is the rent? You got to get out' verses 'Here is the rent. You f'n B'' Oh well.. We're sending that off to deep space to meet God - and maybe his landlady too. Who knows. They could be one and the same.

I said elsewhere that it will be listening and reading material for the aliens when they attack a la 'Independance Day'. It probably told them where and how to find us too and what we look like, etc, but not how we taste, though.

 

[USS Intrepid]

It's his project, he can do whatever he likes.

 

[DAYoung]

Brought a big smile to my face. Nicely done, Steve.

 

[The Trekster]

Exactly. When you self-produce, you get to do what you want. Fan films aren't about getting rich or famous, they are about having fun.

Every party has a pooper...

@Steve, I think it looks good. I'm at work so I watched your trailer without sound, but the visuals look nice. Good framing, lighting, seemed paced well, and the graphics were impressive. You say you do this kind of work professionally, but I'm curious how many hours went into the model building? Your set looks good, but the close-ups look CGI, how much of it was real? Just the chair?