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Not necessarily to disagree — I’m as much a fan of the originals as anyone else — but this is also right around the time of the earlier Power Records audio stories, which kept the original characters but had them all voiced by different actors. Which suggests that such an approach could have been taken in TAS — it’s just that doing so would have been insulting to the original actors.

Wow! Thanks for namedropping; never heard of them so I had to go look 'em up:

https://warpfactortrek.com/power-records-star-trek-adventures/

Oh wow... how might have fans react to THAT back in the day as newbies via the comic and not the show wouldn't know any differences between the characters?


What's legible of the story authors us interesting. Artwork is interesting; Spock is overemotional and McCoy's never been that angry? That's not Scotty on the right... Kirk now looks like he's 12 years old but taller. As for vocals, Kirk sounds okay as far as imitations goes, but it's definitely not the same and as the series went on for some time, most fans were nonplussed or found ways to get around the difference. The other characters often seem a bit... wooden. Like the redwood forests in California after fertilizing them with turtle whiz.
 
What's legible of the story authors us interesting. Artwork is interesting; Spock is overemotional and McCoy's never been that angry? That's not Scotty on the right... Kirk now looks like he's 12 years old but taller. As for vocals, Kirk sounds okay as far as imitations goes, but it's definitely not the same and as the series went on for some time, most fans were nonplussed or found ways to get around the difference. The other characters often seem a bit... wooden. Like the redwood forests in California after fertilizing them with turtle whiz.
At a lowered volume this is kind of soothing in a 'I'm drifting in and out of sleep to TOS while having a fever' kind of way, though I have to say that the artwork is more than just interesting! It's the work of Neal Adams! It has so much dynamic action and amazing eye-popping detail! For the most part, even though I wonder if they cared enough about how exactly the characters were portrayed, especially with the errors in the interior itself with Sulu and Uhura's own race-swapping. Maybe everything would look better if Kirk was Batman or Cyclops or something for Neal to draw it easier.

Strange to think anyone could have their own power-records experience using voice AI tools and the like now.
 
Did we ever figure out who Al Vinci was or where he went?
It always seemed likely that it didn’t matter: my understanding was that was fans desperately trying to get someone at the studio to say that Berman was gone and managing to get someone on the phone. It wouldn’t have mattered what they said, because (a) whomever they got on the phone was probably just some guy, and (b) it’s not like the studio would have then been bound by anything the guy said anyway.
 
Wow! Thanks for namedropping; never heard of them so I had to go look 'em up:

https://warpfactortrek.com/power-records-star-trek-adventures/

Oh wow... how might have fans react to THAT back in the day as newbies via the comic and not the show wouldn't know any differences between the characters?


What's legible of the story authors us interesting. Artwork is interesting; Spock is overemotional and McCoy's never been that angry? That's not Scotty on the right... Kirk now looks like he's 12 years old but taller. As for vocals, Kirk sounds okay as far as imitations goes, but it's definitely not the same and as the series went on for some time, most fans were nonplussed or found ways to get around the difference. The other characters often seem a bit... wooden. Like the redwood forests in California after fertilizing them with turtle whiz.
I imagine the primary audience was kids (as I was) who didn’t care that much…
 
Not necessarily to disagree — I’m as much a fan of the originals as anyone else — but this is also right around the time of the earlier Power Records audio stories, which kept the original characters but had them all voiced by different actors. Which suggests that such an approach could have been taken in TAS — it’s just that doing so would have been insulting to the original actors.

Power Records…

The Star Trek rabbit hole goes *deep*.

I must have been a ‘serious’ fan for going on 20ish years now, but I dipped in and out of it casually for a good 15 years before that and I’m *still* learning new stuff about it.

Thanks for throwing that out there. I just listened to a few. They are awful, but that takes nothing away from how interesting they are.
 
They are awful, but that takes nothing away from how interesting they are.
That's a good way of putting it. IIRC the comics that went with them were pretty well done. (Didn't Neal Adams work on them?) Although I think there were a couple of secondary characters that they didn't bother to do anything resembling a likeness.

I haven't laid eyes on one of these since Star Wars was in the theaters. (And just called Star Wars.)
 
Power Records…

The Star Trek rabbit hole goes *deep*.

I must have been a ‘serious’ fan for going on 20ish years now, but I dipped in and out of it casually for a good 15 years before that and I’m *still* learning new stuff about it.

Thanks for throwing that out there. I just listened to a few. They are awful, but that takes nothing away from how interesting they are.
My pleasure!

I don’t remember if it was Power, but somebody did the equivalent for Space: 1999 too; but those were mainly direct adaptations of episodes (but still with other actors). The only exception I remember is one where they somehow end up going back in time to witness Noah building the Ark and the Deluge.
 
Although I think there were a couple of secondary characters that they didn't bother to do anything resembling a likeness
Iirc Sulu and Uhura look different in the Power Records because they didn't get the image rights for these actors. It's different in the Gold Key comics, where I think they simply had not seen the series. They drew Scotty blonde in some of the early issues until fixing it.
 
Calling the inclusion of Wesley Crusher "fan wank" is another example of people complaining that they're putting Star Trek in their Star Trek. There was a compelling story to tell for him that advanced both his character arc and the story arc and came to a satisfying conclusion. It wasn't like Admiral Shelby in Picard season 3.
 
Iirc Sulu and Uhura look different in the Power Records because they didn't get the image rights for these actors. It's different in the Gold Key comics, where I think they simply had not seen the series. They drew Scotty blonde in some of the early issues until fixing it.
I thought Sulu was black and Uhura was white and blonde?
 
All these years later, however dopey it is, “In Vino Veritas” feels a bit relevant.
A bit? When I contemplate the dull-as-molasses group on the TNG bridge, that non-canon episode could only improve things across the board.
I thought Sulu was black and Uhura was white and blonde?
They certainly were in ''Crier of Emptiness.'' They were also ROWWWWR meowing ROWWWWWR in ''Passage to Moauv.'' Always loved it when Uhura shot back ''Do it yourself, Captain!'''
 
I thought Sulu was black and Uhura was white and blonde?
Yeah, it was so in the Power Records comics. But I think it was just an issue with actors' image rights. The other characters looked pretty accurate.
The blond Scotty is in the early Gold Key comics, along with other things like the Enterprise shooting flames from the nacelles (like a rocket). They got better with time.
 
A bit? When I contemplate the dull-as-molasses group on the TNG bridge, that non-canon episode could only improve things across the board.

They certainly were in ''Crier of Emptiness.'' They were also ROWWWWR meowing ROWWWWWR in ''Passage to Moauv.'' Always loved it when Uhura shot back ''Do it yourself, Captain!'''
And that blaze of trumpet as Kirk reacts…
 
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