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By Faithful Reader (Ross Fertel)
 - Second Edition Playtest Manager
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Continuing Committee Member - Retired
#441805
Well, everyone said that Discovery would be better if it were set after Voyager. Well, this is the furthest ahead of any Trek series we've seen!

We've got to start with the great acting. Aldis Hodge blows it away as Craft. A bit of eye candy, but he went through gamut of emotions. They needed a versatile actor for this and he handled the physicality of the dancing along with the aloofness of waking up. It's essentially one guy alone on the ship for the entirety of this work. We've seen this before (Mark of Gideon, Distant Voices, projections) except here it's a stranger. The only Short Trek to not feature anyone we know, this would rise or fall on the shoulders of who was cast.

Craft wasn't totally alone. We also have the computer, Zora. While technically a voice role, the actress had some serious chops as well. She got to show off what she could do as well, just in a different manner. Plus, Osunsanmi did a great job of taking a cue from Futurama by showing her 'mouth' moving along with some great early shots from her perspective. You got the sense that she is very much a character. Her dedication to staying in wait for her crew made her develop a personality. Maybe she and Wall-E can get together one day.

Of course, this is a filmed feature, so they were never alone, they had a crew filming the entire thing! There are some great shots in this, from the aforementioned computer POV to the montage of Craft in the mess hall. That montage really helped sell the story and was an aspect of missing time that was noticed in a good way.

The crowning piece was the dance sequence. This is the highlight of the piece as a whole and however you felt about it would extend to the work as a whole. Everything worked from the practical acting to the added effects.

The converting of a classic will be another sore issue for some. Bet consider now that older films are being converted to HD. Before that, they were remastered for DVD. Before that, Laserdisc. This ain't new. Voyager showed that were still appreciation for the classic versions as an art form, but they can also be appreciated in holographic form.

Not worth the price of admission on its own, but worth a view when you come back in January.
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