Star Trek: Phase II - "Kitumba" Officially Released!

[GSchnitzer]

Re: Star Trek: Phase II - Kitumba

Yes, you can scroll down to the very bottom of the front page of the "Fan Productions" forum screen (well, all of the individual forum screens, for that matter), to find out who the TrekBBS moderation staff is for that forum.

In this case, there is just one moderator--Yours Truly. I regret and apologize that I haven't been able to help to squelch any forum craziness more promptly.

Folks obviously notice the logical incongruity between the goofy claim that "Phase II will never post here again" and the competing notion that "the Moderator is the Co-Executive Producer of Star Trek Phase II." I'm always mindful of the two different hats I wear, and I try to do justice to both of my two types of constituencies. Other than the obvious "please respond more promptly," I welcome feedback on my performance.

just out of curiosity, are there no moderators on this forum anymore? i feel a lot of "drama / off topic" posts that have been happening would be solved by this, and not chase fan films away...


on topic. I am so excited to see Kitumbra, i saw the two parts that were posted a few months back and drooling to see the rest. it'll be worth the wait, even more so in 2k HD!

 

[GSchnitzer]

Re: Star Trek: Phase II - Kitumba

Oh look! My screen name comes up in green instead of white like everybody else's! I wonder why!

I don't know whether it's a good thing or a bad thing that my posts are unrecognizable as moderation.

and again I ask are there no longer mods on this forum?

 

[batboy853]

Re: Star Trek: Phase II - Kitumba

oh duh, can't believe i missed that. I'm going to send you a PM rather than derail this topic.

 

[The Lensman]

Re: Star Trek: Phase II - Kitumba

And Doubleoh is now the reason why Phase II will no longer be posting here. His constant attacks and need to hijack every single thread for his own lengthy and boring attacks and explanations make this forum not worth the effort for those of us who actually DO something in this hobby. James Cawley has said no more posting here because of the nonsense and he is the boss.

So congrats Doubleoh, you have screwed everyone here by chasing off the people who readers actually want to hear from. Not you and your attacks and constant need to prove how smart you think you are, but people with real information who actually make fan films.

So folks, if you want to find out about what is happening in Phase II you will need to go to the forums there. Here is our website. We have a new website coming in the next few months as well, or follow us on Facebook.

Phase II is done with these forums.

 

[PattyW]

Re: Star Trek: Phase II - Kitumba

Bixby (et al):

To offer a bit more perspective….

Half of “Mind-Sifter” takes place in “regular” TOS Trek-time on the Enterprise, while the other half of the episode takes place in the 1950s—largely in a mental hospital. The Enterprise scenes were “easy” to get; the 1950s scenes are more challenging and still need to be secured.

Although James had a busy schedule, we did manage to grab a quick “Kirk is tortured with the Klingon mind-sifter” scene that helps get our story rolling, as well as a “nice to have you home” scene with the (quickly becoming ubiquitous) “Admiral Withrow” at the close of the story.

The plan is to re-do those scenes with our new Captain Kirk, Mr. Brian Gross. He, of course, also would still need to do all the Kirk scenes in the 1950s that we have yet to shoot.

Lastly, another challenge we might need to face is possibly having to re-do many of the already-done Enterprise scenes involving Dr. McCoy. When John Kelley became unavailable for the episode shortly before the shoot, the role was filled on short notice by Mr. David Sherin. Many of the scenes on the Enterprise involve the dynamics between Mister Spock and Dr. McCoy. If there is hope to include John Kelley back into the episode now that he has become available, the amount of David Sherin footage that would need to be redone is not insignificant. David did a commendable job in the role under difficult circumstances—not only difficult as a production shoot, but difficult for Dr. McCoy as a character in light of what’s happening onboard the ship. After David’s hard work, it would be a shame to lose his performance. (Personally, I think our fans would just roll with the punches—like they have with a Lieutenant Saavik played by two different actresses--or our own series of three Mister Spocks. I don’t really think it’s a bug; it’s a feature.)

“Mind-Sifter” seems to have achieved some level of popularity with fans familiar with Shirley Maiewski’s short story from when it appeared in the old Star Trek: The New Voyages anthology book by Bantam Books. But I think seeing the story play out more closely to what the author intended, rather than how the story ended up after being revised by the book’s editors, will also be a treat. Teleplay writer Patty Wright also injected some (necessary) scenes on her own that make the story even more interesting and compelling. (Candidly, further subtle script tweaking might be necessary if roles are now to be assumed by different actors.) But I think just about everyone at Phase II is proud (and eager!) to get the episode finished and out the door for people to enjoy. We just have lots of competing organizational priorities, and we can’t do everything all at once—which is actually not all the horrible a position to be in.

A tweak to your clarifications - the Admiral Withrow scene is actually "they tell me you are well enough to go back to work, prove it to me". It includes some of a very long talky scene with Spock and McCoy from Shirley's original. I wrote it with Kirk being so flippant he was almost insubordinate "just let me get back to my ship already". James played it so heavy, however, I was shaking and crying by the time they yelled cut.

Which bears to what Greg also mentioned. I wrote this script to showcase James' incredible range as an actor - tailoring it specifically to him. So, with Brian taking over the role, I am rewriting the Kirk scenes to better fit Brian.

I only added two scenes to Shirley's story...the Admiral scene and one other, required to shorten the timeline to less than the 2 1/2 years Shirley originally wrote. I also included an element Shirley forgot about, and was rather annoyed she did when I pointed it out to her. Other than that, folks should recognize Shirley's story as intact...James' promise to her, and my promise to her family. (her grandson was slated to appear in the episode)

Here are the two scenes already released. One McCoy/Spock scene (which illustrates what Greg said) and a piece of the torture scene (with big chunks missing to remove extra spoilers)

[FONT=Arial]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzwNXLzu5Hw[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALLQL_dz2Gk


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[Bixby]

Re: Star Trek: Phase II - Kitumba

Thank you both for the insight, Loken and GSchnitzer...back on topic: hope the concluding action to Kitumba is , as the kids say, off the hook... Lots of hand-to-hand human/klingon brawling, not to mention oodles of pretty starship battles...

The only thing I don't want is, no, repeat, NO submarine periscope attachments!!

 

[alchemist]

Re: Star Trek: Phase II - Kitumba

Oh look! My screen name comes up in green instead of white like everybody else's! I wonder why!

I don't know whether it's a good thing or a bad thing that my posts are unrecognizable as moderation.

and again I ask are there no longer mods on this forum?

I've found GSchnitzer to be one of the most knowledgeable, thoughtful, and even-handed moderators on TrekBBS. And in this forum, given the relatively small circle of folks who are producing Trek fan films, it must be especially difficult for him to have to moderate both his friends and his fellow Phase II teammates. I think he sets a nice, high bar.

 

[Ronald Held]

Re: Star Trek: Phase II - Kitumba

It would be unfortunate for most of us, if there were no new Phase II information posted on this forum.

 

[batboy853]

Re: Star Trek: Phase II - Kitumba

I fully agree!

and not to derail the topic again. he has a difficult job to do, but it seems lately, this forum has become flame war after flame war in every thread. This type of activity could potentially chase off new films from coming to the forum, or even getting off the ground. I think back to the topic from a month or two ago when a thread was started saying that James Cawley was going to do a new film with him as kirk, and then two people took out their torches, and then a few posts later the project was scrapped due to fire. And the people that started the fire continue to do so in every thread. from the "puppies and kittens" thread to the "this thread is fire proof" thread.

Its funny because on an unrelated to star trek forum, about sprint and their LTE updates, the mods there warn and ban people when any one says anything along the lines of "im frustrated with sprint and their slow speeds"

MY POINT is this forum needs to stop getting set on fire, and as he is a mod its time for him to start grabbing an extinguisher and possibly banning the people who consistently derail / troll here if they cannot behave.

 

[Barbreader]

Re: Star Trek: Phase II - Kitumba

I fully agree!

and not to derail the topic again. he has a difficult job to do, but it seems lately, this forum has become flame war after flame war in every thread. This type of activity could potentially chase off new films from coming to the forum, or even getting off the ground. I think back to the topic from a month or two ago when a thread was started saying that James Cawley was going to do a new film with him as kirk, and then two people took out their torches, and then a few posts later the project was scrapped due to fire. And the people that started the fire continue to do so in every thread. from the "puppies and kittens" thread to the "this thread is fire proof" thread.

Its funny because on an unrelated to star trek forum, about sprint and their LTE updates, the mods there warn and ban people when any one says anything along the lines of "im frustrated with sprint and their slow speeds"

MY POINT is this forum needs to stop getting set on fire, and as he is a mod its time for him to start grabbing an extinguisher and possibly banning the people who consistently derail / troll here if they cannot behave.

Amen.

 

[PattyW]

Re: Star Trek: Phase II - Kitumba

Thank you both for the insight, Loken and GSchnitzer...back on topic: hope the concluding action to Kitumba is , as the kids say, off the hook... Lots of hand-to-hand human/klingon brawling, not to mention oodles of pretty starship battles...

The only thing I don't want is, no, repeat, NO submarine periscope attachments!!

hehe....you are in for a treat! Except, of course, there is only ONE "starship" in the Klingon Empire....so you'll be seeing a lot of OTHER pretty ships!

 

[Akira8]

Re: Star Trek: Phase II - Kitumba

Thank you for the updates Alec. I hope you'll reconsider adding additional Phase 2 updates in the future. There is a definitely a lot of hype surrounding Kitumba and everything else Phase 2 has in store!

 

[Cinema Geekly]

Re: Star Trek: Phase II - Kitumba

It is with Great Happiness that we announce on January 1, 2014 we will release the complete episode "KITUMBA"! which will mark James Cawley's last appearance as James Kirk for STAR TREK:PHASE II! and then, on February 14, 2014 Celebrate Valentines Day with a remarkable story that brings Dr. Carol Marcus aboard The Enterprise as Brian Gross takes over the title role and carries Phase II into the future!
The Human Adventure Continues with STAR TREK:PHASE II!!

Anyone know what happened to The Protracted Man which looked like it was suppose to be the Phase II version of the Kirk origin story? Or Bread and Savagery (which I thought was the first Brian Gross episode).

As much as I enjoy Phase II they aren't particularly good at keeping fans up-to-date on what the show is doing.

 

[MikeH92467]

Re: Star Trek: Phase II - Kitumba

The Phase II crew does as much as time and circumstances allow when it comes to keeping everyone updated on their release dates. Sadly their attempts to issue interim updates or just interesting tidbits tend to somehow degenerate into nasty flame wars. Also production schedules and plans can change drastically because of the availability of cast and key production staff. Given that, it's a pleasant surprise to me that we get any information at all.

 

[GSchnitzer]

Re: Star Trek: Phase II - Kitumba

A number of production problems have arisen with "Origins" aka "Origins: The Protracted Man" aka "The Protracted Man." The "easiest" solution might be to reshoot just about all of the principal photography--which is what Director (and now also our Showrunner) David Gerrorld wants to do. We have a lot of plans on our agenda, with only limited windows of opportunity each year to accomplish them all. We'll see what old, outstanding and new, exciting things take priority.

"Bread and Savagery" still needs some complex exterior shots that we need to grab--something we didn't need for "The Holiest Thing." So we might (probably) will be able to actually finish "The Holiest Thing" before we get another opportunity to get the "Bread and Savagery" exteriors. (It will start getting pretty cold and snowy in Upstate New York soon.)

I will have renewed vigor in making sure the fan production forum doesn't degenerate into nasty flame wars. Anticipate polite, informative professionalism.

It is with Great Happiness that we announce on January 1, 2014 we will release the complete episode "KITUMBA"! which will mark James Cawley's last appearance as James Kirk for STAR TREK:PHASE II! and then, on February 14, 2014 Celebrate Valentines Day with a remarkable story that brings Dr. Carol Marcus aboard The Enterprise as Brian Gross takes over the title role and carries Phase II into the future!
The Human Adventure Continues with STAR TREK:PHASE II!!

Anyone know what happened to The Protracted Man which looked like it was suppose to be the Phase II version of the Kirk origin story? Or Bread and Savagery (which I thought was the first Brian Gross episode).

As much as I enjoy Phase II they aren't particularly good at keeping fans up-to-date on what the show is doing.

 

[Maurice]

Re: Star Trek: Phase II - Kitumba

The Phase II crew does as much as time and circumstances allow when it comes to keeping everyone updated on their release dates. Sadly their attempts to issue interim updates or just interesting tidbits tend to somehow degenerate into nasty flame wars. Also production schedules and plans can change drastically because of the availability of cast and key production staff. Given that, it's a pleasant surprise to me that we get any information at all.

This is somewhat true for the Exeter crew as well, which is one reason we've basically stopped giving status updates.

 

[Ronald Held]

Re: Star Trek: Phase II - Kitumba

It is quite cold already in upstate NY

 

[Cinema Geekly]

Re: Star Trek: Phase II - Kitumba

A number of production problems have arisen with "Origins" aka "Origins: The Protracted Man" aka "The Protracted Man." The "easiest" solution might be to reshoot just about all of the principal photography--which is what Director (and now also our Showrunner) David Gerrorld wants to do. We have a lot of plans on our agenda, with only limited windows of opportunity each year to accomplish them all. We'll see what old, outstanding and new, exciting things take priority.

"Bread and Savagery" still needs some complex exterior shots that we need to grab--something we didn't need for "The Holiest Thing." So we might (probably) will be able to actually finish "The Holiest Thing" before we get another opportunity to get the "Bread and Savagery" exteriors. (It will start getting pretty cold and snowy in Upstate New York soon.)

I will have renewed vigor in making sure the fan production forum doesn't degenerate into nasty flame wars. Anticipate polite, informative professionalism.

It is with Great Happiness that we announce on January 1, 2014 we will release the complete episode "KITUMBA"! which will mark James Cawley's last appearance as James Kirk for STAR TREK:PHASE II! and then, on February 14, 2014 Celebrate Valentines Day with a remarkable story that brings Dr. Carol Marcus aboard The Enterprise as Brian Gross takes over the title role and carries Phase II into the future!
The Human Adventure Continues with STAR TREK:PHASE II!!

Anyone know what happened to The Protracted Man which looked like it was suppose to be the Phase II version of the Kirk origin story? Or Bread and Savagery (which I thought was the first Brian Gross episode).

As much as I enjoy Phase II they aren't particularly good at keeping fans up-to-date on what the show is doing.

BOOM! Thanks for that Greg.

I think I am just getting spoiled with Vic's series as they are constantly flooding my timeline with updates and the like.

Sorry to hear about the technical issues with Origins, what I was seeing looked really great. Can't wait for the first of the year!

 

[Maurice]

Re: Star Trek: Phase II - Kitumba

I think I am just getting spoiled with Vic's series as they are constantly flooding my timeline with updates and the like.

I think that this is a good example of "you can't please everyone", because some people find such "flooding" an irritation and others can't get enough.

 

[DCR]

Re: Star Trek: Phase II - Kitumba

I think I am just getting spoiled with Vic's series as they are constantly flooding my timeline with updates and the like.

I think that this is a good example of "you can't please everyone", because some people find such "flooding" an irritation and others can't get enough.

I also think that aspects such as tone also have an effect. I know I'm always looking for more information on projects like Phase II, Exeter, and Ajax; while others may sometimes over-share.