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"Yorktown: A Time to Heal" - Official thread for the Sulu fan film!

I didn't say thatYorktown should look like a 1970 show or use models; I said we chose to do Exeter to look like that. I was saying that we all make creative choices and that in a situation like Yorktown I personally would have gone whole hog with a look that hewed to the vintage of the source material. :)
 
I thought this was great! I really liked the editing, just getting straight into scenes without a lot of lingering like a lot of fan films do. I liked the tone and story and it made the universe feel a bit more gritty and rough which is how I always imagined the TOS film era. I really liked the music around the 9 minute mark. The kids acting was fun and kinda cheesy but that's what made it cool, and I loved seeing them doing TOS fight moves in the forest. And seeing both George Takei and James Shigeta was a blast. Overall it was like seeing a lost 80s scifi film and just really nice.
 
Maurice said:
I didn't say thatYorktown should look like a 1970 show or use models; I said we chose to do Exeter to look like that. I was saying that we all make creative choices and that in a situation like Yorktown I personally would have gone whole hog with a look that hewed to the vintage of the source material. :)
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I was happy with the way the VFX turned out for 'Yorktown'. Yes, they are CGI models, but the 8mm film grain and blurring of the footage helped blend it in well with the live action footage. The TMP Director's Cut also used a CGI Enterprise in a few scenes, and I felt the film grain used there helped blend it in with the rest of the film.

All that said, Yorktown is on the web now (which is the important thing), and there is always the possibility that a second version with "old school" model VFX could appear online one day. Henry Gibbens has talked about going back in with physical models filmed in front of a green screen, so it's always possible that the film could be revisited in a few years.
 
Beam Me Up, Sulu | Official Trailer

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In 1985, George Takei joined a group of dedicated Star Trek fans to create a student film deep in the California forest—only for the footage to mysteriously vanish. Nearly 40 years later, Beam Me Up, Sulu unearths this forgotten moment, revealing not just a piece of fan history but a gateway into a broader story of representation, resilience, and the ongoing fight for inclusion in media and society.

Directed by Timour Gregory & Sasha Schneider
Executive Producer: Eugene Roddenberry Jr.
Produced by Sasha Schneider, Timour Gregory, Ashu Rai, Matthew Drake, Robert J. Sawyer
 
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