It has been a while since a post has been made in MTM, posts have been written but they didn’t feel right to publish, it is hard to decide what is too soft and too hard, too descriptive and not descriptive enough and confidence was lost.

So, we have a few fan films to look at, and somebody has nicked The Gathering Storm and made their own version of it and we discuss that further on down this edition.

Potemkin Pictures has released a new fan film and it is called ‘Speechless’, this new adventure features the crew of the Webster and a mission that to put simply is a Potemkin Pictures specialty, in other words it is not as straightforward as it seems.

While on the topic of Potemkin Pictures, take a quick tour of the bridge of the Starship Deimos, a nice, quick forty-two seconds, we love videos like these, it shows the amount of work that goes into a bridge.

Reminds us of the computer program (not really a game) Captain’s Chair where you could take a look at the bridge of all the main starships (plus a Klingon bridge if you knew the secret).

After quite some time watching its development, Episode 1 of Relentless Dawn is now available for viewing and it has solid business with 56,000+ views in just under eight days of being online and over a thousand thumbs up ratings too, take a look at the credits to see all those people whose work was needed to pull off such a fan production.

For those who love that classic Aurora fan films now have something else to look at ‘Scions of Empire’ and it is Act I so there is more to come in the future which is a good thing.

The Gathering Storm has been a rollercoaster/amusement park this year and a recent event has added something to the ride.

Fan film pinching is back once again, somebody has stolen The Gathering Storm and made their own version of it, lopping off a quarter of the fan film to give viewers their version of what it should have been.

The editor went into detail with the modifications

  • Re-paced documentary and interviews for improved narrative momentum.
  • Runtime kept strictly under 15 minutes in full compliance with CBS/Paramount fan film guidelines.
  • Removed Star Trek actors who were not part of Prelude to Axanar (aligning with settlement rules that barred new official Trek alumni from joining subsequent instalments).
  • Altered end credits so they do not mimic the credits from Picard (Season 3).
  • Zero close-ups of Andorian antennae and Vulcan ears.
  • Colour grading and audio adjustments for cinematic consistency.
  • Non-commercial fan project created purely out of appreciation for the Star Trek universe and lore.

    We’ve seen people nicking fan films before, Potemkin Pictures had a few taken and modified and it was not well received, and it is perfectly understandable because nobody wants their work taken without permission and then it is cut up and mucked around with which we’ve raised earlier when those edits happened.

    Even if a fan film cannot be given a copyrighted, it is somebody’s creation no matter who they are.

    That’s it for this edition of MTM Wrap, thank you for joining us in this edition.

    Until next time, be good to each other.