[CoLoCo] Very Off-Topic but Probably of Great Interest

[Michael "TheZorch" Haney]

This is very off-topic but since most of you live in Colorado I'd 
thought I had share this with you and it might be of great interest to 
you also.

"Star Trek: Phase II" will be featured at the 66th World Science Fiction 
Convention on August 6th - 10th in Denver, Colorado.  Phase II is the 
renamed fan-made "Star Trek: New Voyages" series which continues the 
adventures of Kirk and company on the Enterprise.  The fan series has 
attracted a lot of attention as well as the supporting collaboration of 
original Star Trek alumni such as D.C. Fontana (writer of many original 
series episodes and novels), George Takei (reprising his role as Sulu), 
Walter Koenig (reprising his role as Chekov), Barbara Luna 
(http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0526008/), Malachi 
Throne.(http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0861943/) and William Windom 
(reprising his role as Commodore Matthew Decker).

The 4th and 5th episodes will be out this year.

Production values are surprisingly high in this fan series which employs 
faithful recreations of the bridge and ship interiors as well as 
extensive use of CG effects, green screen, and digital mat paintings.  
Everything you'd see in a commercial production but all done using 
equipment and software available to the average consumer.  The added 
assistance they received from famous original series alumni adds 
credibility to their efforts.  The only downside is that the episodes, 
which can be downloaded for free, are in WMV and MOV format.  There are 
DVD images that can be downloaded via Bittorrent you can burn and watch 
on any DVD player with menus.

If you are a Trek fan I recommend you give a few of these episodes a try.

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