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Star Trek Continues: Lolani

The second episode of Star Trek Continues was released this weekend.

In the episode, titled Lolani , “A survivor from a distressed Tellarite vessel pulls Captain Kirk and his crew into a moral quandary over her sovereignty.”

Star Trek Continues: Lolan i stars Vic Mignogna as Captain Kirk, and features guest star Lou Ferrigno ( The Incredible Hulk ) as an Orion slave trader.

Other guest stars include Erin Gray ( Buck Rogers in the 25th Centur y), and Daniel Logan ( Star Wars: The Clone Wars ).

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I hear a Thunder rolling in…

that was actually really good!! they’re getting better at this

To this day, I don’t understand why Star Trek fans get so nasty with each other. Especially all of the time. Let alone fans who make fan films. One would think that fans who shared a common interest would find some common ground and relate to each other as fellow fans and human beings.

Sadly, that is not the case in this polarized 21st Century world we live in. In the case of Star Trek fandom, such polarization can lead to the verge of such fandom collapsing in on itself. Therefore giving new meaning to words moral and social decay.

Ever since J.J. Abrams brought new life back into Star Trek, fans have been polarized in their views. Views that certainly mirror the events depicted in the classic Star Trek episodes Space Seed(i.e. the genetic supermen fighting among themselves)and Let That Be Your Last Battlefield. Spock had pointed out to Commissioner Bele that at one point Vulcan was in danger of being destroyed by the same conditions and characteristics would eventually annihilate Cheron. Social conditions that consisted of factions that were wildly emotional and often committed to irrationally opposing points of view. Leading, of course, to death and destruction. While the discipline of logic saved Vulcan from extinction, it didn’t save Cheron in time.

It’s funny how life can imitate art. Especially when you have opposing factions not finding some common ground and bringing out the worst in each other. Something that often leads to making enemies out of those that certain factions wished they hadn’t.

What can I say? Freedom of choice has its pitfalls. Sometimes you can’t expect arrogant, close-minded, and rude people to act with self-discipline any more than you can expect a planet to stop orbiting its sun. That’s rabid animals for you. Even those with hard wired brains and the refusal to use them.

No wonder mankind can be such pernicious vermin when it comes ideology, politics, and other issues. Pierre Boulle and Aldous Huxley would have been literally shocked at such social fantasies becoming a haunting reality.

Anyway….

As I suspected, despite some positive feedback, I’ve come under criticism for my views and that’s not surprising. Criticisms laced with annoying words like ‘virtiol, troll, sandbox, dirty laundry’, and so on and so forth. look, Harlan Ellison once wrote an infamous review of the 1981 Warner Brothers sci-fi thriller ‘Outland’ that was utterly damning. Hey, my editorial reviews are no different.

What can I say? The human race has its share bleeding-hearts seeping into the system with their wishy-washy views and they don’t want to call a horse a horse and a sin a sin.

And that moral gray area certainly has spread from its source and turned the Earth into a disenfranchised world.One that has also made Star Trek fandom into a fetid pigmire and festering sewer.

Social media entertainment has regretfully become an impersonal vat of sulphuric acid over the years. If you stick your arm or leg in it, you would no doubt withdraw a burning stump.

Watching the latest episode of Star Trek Continues certainly feels that painful. Equally as painful as the job of both a night soil and flusher man during the ‘Great Stink of London’ in 1858. And the latter historical description is what the second episode of the Star Trek and Star Trek-New Voyages/Phase 2 rip-off Star Trek Continues reminds me off.

What can I say, Vic Mignogna’s vision of Star Trek is a mentally deranged one. Currently, there’s no evidence to suggest anything more than pure insanity and petty vengeance as the motives for this version.

Like the late Charlton Heston once said about the late Irish actor and hellraiser Richard Harris ‘He’s something of a *beep* up.’

There have been many who have thought that they had seen the worst display of fan film perversity they were ever likely to see. Paddy Chayfeski, if not Shakespeare, himself, would have been appalled by the true modis operandi and methodology behind such petty, vile, spiteful, and vindictive madness.

Unfortnately, those are the mentalities that seems to have plagued, if not corrupted the rational thinking processes of Farragut Films and its entire staff. The only difference is that the District Of Columbia is now that one big gray area. The home base of Farragut Films.

Boy, Jebidiah Atkinson would have loved writing a negative review of this depressing slush-piled monstrocity and its sad plot twist.

I’ll say this much about Vic Mignogna, Michele Specht, John Broughton, Michael Bednar, and the rest of the Farragut Films staff. It would be interesting to have a psychologist speak with them. Let alone certain posters at the Trek BBS and trekmovie.com. But, with such clashing schizophrenia, they would be charged double time for that doctor’s services. Let alone how a little locoweed had gotten mixed in with their feed.

This latest adventure has the crew of the Enterprise dealing with issues concerning an escaped Orion female slave named Lolani. Issues concerning slavery, physical abuse of women, and the conflicting laws and ideologies of both Federation Society and the neutral Orion colonies. Some of those issues uncomfortably manifest themselves in various scenes. Particularly, the mind meld scene where Spock uncovers vital information about Lolani’s past and how she had nearly been violated by Tellarite mercenaries. The outcome of which, and justifiably so, by her killing her attackers in self-defense. However, the situation takes a turn for the worst, when Lolani’s slave owner, a vicious Orion brute arrives to reclaim her as his property. What follows is not only shocking, but also very saddening in the same lines as such Star Trek classics as The City On The Edge Of Forever, A Private little War, The Paradise Syndrome, and All Our Yesterdays.

Star Trek has aways been a morality play that holds a mirror up to its audience, and forces us to take a very cold, hard look at certain conditions of the human equation. Conditions that have often been uncomfortable to watch. Dagger Of The Mind is an example of this. Granted there have been unhappy endings in various Star Trek adventures. And the one presented in here is an unexpected gutpuncher.

If anyone, including Leonard Nimoy, thought that ‘The Omega Glory’ was a heavy-handed and painful episode, the events in ‘Lolani’ make those of that second season episode seem like a few hymns ordered, followed by a church supper, with a choir.

While Paul Bianchi and Huston Huddleston do recapture what has given Star Trek such a huge longevity in addressing a serious social issue that has plagued mankind since the dawn of time, as well as another interesting insight into the social-political environment depicting the Orion race and their suicidal tendencies, it is a shame that this episode and their resources were not used on Star Trek-New Voyages/Phase 2.

Quite frankly, it would have made a better fit for P2 and been twice as powerful in conveying its socio-political message to its audiences. Once again, such misuse, misdirection, and mishandling of resources proves that it is certainly and definately not the greatest of Star Trek fan films. Not by a margin. The ideals that Roddenberry had for the original series have certainly NOT been upheld by Mignogna and the Washington D.C. based filmed company in the past. As I described before, in their viginettes and first episode, their portrayal of the lead characters is anything but accurate and utterly convincing.

As before, in ‘Pilgrim Of Eternity’, the acting is still the same and unconvincing, whether it is the main cast or supporting players.

This time, heavy-handedness can be added to the list consisting of the other negative descriptions of STC. Along with that of STC’s production being a marketplace that also sells greed, avarice, malice, and apathy. Or worse, a manifestation of both Vic Mignogna’s and Farragut Films’ ‘Id’.

It wouldn’t surprise me if the difference of opinion between Kirk and McKennah on the bridge and in the lounge were just Vic and Michelle Specht just playing themselves. Let alone the near seduction scene between Kirk and Lolani being just Vic trying to relive his youth.

Spock certainly hit the nail on the head in his description of the mirror universe counterparts. A description that also applies to the administration and production crew of Farragut Films and of their two haggard, ashen, corpse-like children known as Starship Farragut and Star Trek Continues(i.e. Ignorance and Want made into digital film reality).

Yeppers, this is a travesty to everything Gene Roddenberry stood for.

Kang The Unbalanced was right in his description of the Farragut Films production staff and business partners who make both Starship Farragut and Star Trek Continues. They are first class colon cleansers. As another trektoday posted stated last year. The way they do “business” or their ‘screwing off other peoples’ productions for their own benefit is no secret. Vic and FF have abused a lot of goodwill and burned a lot of bridges in the Star Trek community. The damage they had tried to inflict before is enough to merit the Farragut Films staff a thorough chastising. They clearly are backstabbing types with no respect for the work of others. Including the morals and ethics of society in general.

David Gerrold even summed it up best with his statement about Vic on the Trek BBS: “I will never work with Vic Mignogna again in any capacity, nor would I recommend him to any other producer. Vic Mignogna’s actions, both on the set and off, are the primary reason why we will have to junk everything we shot on the Origins episode. The script is a good one, we got an astonishing performance from Matthew Ewald, and it’s a story we want to tell. We should have been able to finish it and have it out by now, but much of Vic’s work was unusable and Vic has so alienated the production crew that none of us want to invest any energy into finishing an episode with him in it.”

David, I couldn’t have phrased that better myself. Frankly, I don’t think I can ever top that statement.

Vic Mignogna, is nothing more than the following descriptions: The Doomsday Machine/The Black Hole of Star Trek film fandom. If he were the Damien Thorn of Star Trek fan films, I would believe it!

The Farragut Films fraternity is nothing more but a stinkpot bubbling with vile corruption. Something that would suit them well, since they are based in the politically scandeled District Of Columbia. And have high school clique-like mentalities and viewpoints.

One could say this is expected from their attempt at trying to be the 4th season(which The Animated Series had already accomplished successfully in the 1973-1974 television season). Farragut Films’ perfidy, lies and betrayal have made them rotten hams among rotten hams and not a tenth as great as their business partner thinks that he is. Despite guest-starring an original series veteran, in their first episode and the surprising guest cast of two sci-fi veterans, the overall look and feel of this latest episode seems more like a high school drama department invaded the old Desilu studios.

Instead of making such an enlightened effort behind the scenes, they have made this latet entry a place for heavy drinking and hypocritical cynicism(both implicit and explicit). Let alone given new meaning to the old Star Trek joke about what the captain found in the toilet.

This second episode of Star Trek Continues is certainly an unbelievable example of walking fertilizer, left over from a deposit in the bank of ancient Rome’s commode. A sad, in your face situation, when people think they are above the law and try to play God with other lives. A situation with low regard for life and the rights and ideals of others. Ideals often silenced by the madness of the many and corrupted and sold in alleys by vendors of dementia.

In fact, the mishandling of Lolani (the episode)belittles and demeans the highest aspirations of the mind … devalues the integrity of Star Trek itself. Those of us who stood in our backyards on quiet summer nights, gazing up at the stars and wondering, hoping … the makers of Star Trek Continues have taken our dream girl and quite literally portrayed her as a prostitute.

On the behind the scenes front, the video where they had a Naval Officer re-enlist by taking his oath of service on the STC set was certainly in bad taste. All it was was an attempt by Farragut Films to make a media event out of it to boost STC’s popularity. If that Naval Officer knew of the controversial history of this farce of a production, he would have done an about face and held the ceremony somewhere else! The very idea, if not symbolism behind such a sacred event on sets that had been hijacked from another production, is certainly an insulting one! If not vile, disgusting, irrehensible, repugnant, and offensive to those in the U.S. Armed Forces who have sworn to protect and defend our way of life!

Maybe the founder and President of Farragut Films had a personal vendetta against someone during his tour of service in the Navy, and allowed this to happen. His own personal way of saying – ‘*bleep* you’. Not surprising.

Sadly, another Phase 2 veteran has been converted to ‘the dark side of Star Trek’. This time, it is Matthew Ewald. The same young actor that was going to be in P2’s ‘The Protracted Man’, until Mignogna sabotaged that episode’s production with his adolescent antics. Having met Ewald in person at a convention some three years past, I’m shocked by his involvement in this useless waste of digital film. Judas Iscariot doesn’t even begin to describe his shameful involvement in such a smoking refuse of a fan film.

His autographed picture certainly traveled through my office paper shredder right after viewing this. Glad I didn’t have to pay for it when I first got it.

Like her fellow Buck Rogers co-star Gil Gerard(as well as other Glen A. Larson production veterans like Richard Hatch and Herbert Jefferson, Jr), Erin Gray makes an appearance as Starfleet Commodore Grey. Miss Gray is a very remarkable actress and an inspiration to many women who watched her as the heroic and iron-willed Colonel Wilma Deering. At one point, she almost won the role of a certain strong-willed female starship captain in a certain Star Trek spin-off. One wishes that she had guest-starred on Star Trek-New Voyages/Phase II as the commodore instead of appearing in this sagging old rust bucket.

It is interesting to note that if what STC is asserting, concerning the character of Commodore Grey and her authority, then Janice Lester was a embittered soul and that women can indeed command a starship in the TOS era. Or a woman can rise to the rank of Commodore without ever having been allowed to command a Starship. It is hard to say, but it would make for an interesting topic to tackle. Just only in a different Star Trek series.

As to Daniel Logan’s appearance in this farce of Star Trek, I would like to point out that he is NOT the first native of New Zealand to appear on Star Trek, as Vic so egotistically and incorrectly pointed out in one youtube video. Clive Revill is, to the best of my knowledge, the first New Zealander to appear on Star Trek. Followed by Karl Urban, the second New Zealander. For someone who claims to have trivia knowledge about Star Trek, Mignogna certainly doesn’t display it well.

And what is it with Lou Ferrigno, himself, being a part of this junkpile? Star Trek, in general, has brought its share of respectable and renowned artists over the years. However, that is Star Trek that has been under the right and appropriate care. Not some bastardization or farce left over from the days of Rick Berman’s mishandling of the Star Trek franchise. Some actors may not care who they work with, but in all honesty they should. Even if it is for short or long periods – some actors don’t need to be ‘found guilty by association’.

I could not help but laugh at the fact that he was playing a brutal Orion slave master. And his fight scenes with Kirk reminded me of his days on The Incredible Hulk. If this was supposed to be a parody of that classic series, it certainly was executed in very poor taste. Even if Ferrigno was wearing a bald skull cap.

David Gerrold had stated some time past the following mental exercise regarding Star Trek Continues. He pretends that it does not exist. That’s not such a bad idea in my book. The same theory has been applied to Galactica: 1980, Highlander 2, and the second seasons of Space:1999, Buck Rogers, and SeaQuest DSV/2032. Plus other franchise-related entries over the years.

It certainly applies to this version of the Enterprise. A garbage scow that should be hauled away as garbage, instead of hauling garbage.

As always, don’t waste your time watching this gated community of the damned with segregationsit tendencies. If you want quality Star Trek, then you need not look any furthur than the original series, the animated series, the first six movies, the two prequel reboots, and more importantly, the Hugo award winning spectacular internet series Star Trek-New Voyages/Phase II. A fan series made by fans, for the fans, and whose professionalism, devotion, top-quality production values, upholding of the original series’ moral and ethical values, integrity, originality, and honesty will live on into the 23rd Century and beyond.

Mmm. Green chicks.

Come for the Trek news. Stay for the pure Crazy.

I got as far as the Great Stink of 1858 before I had to go; sorry.

Only watched the teaser, but I’m very impressed at how much this looks and feels like TOS in terms of the lighting, camerawork, and sets. The production values are excellent, very true to the show. Mignogna has Shatner down cold, he does the Kirk mannerisms and inflections very well; unfortunately his voice is much too high-pitched and it spoils the illusion.

Vic showed the episode at SciFi Expo Saturday night-what an incredible show. Well done everyone

Called it 🙂

Yea, it’s a genuine effort and they have the atmosphere down. Most of the other characters are way off in my opinion. Oh well. Still enjoyable!

tl;dr I CRY TEARS FROM HATING FREE FAN-PRODUCED STAR TREK AND MY TEARS TASTE LIKE AUTISM

You’re asking waaaaaaay too much of anyone to read all that.

Identity theft is a violation of federal law.

Maybe so. But I’m very thorough in what I review.

That doesn’t apply here…

Well, it should! Another problem that mankind is in dire need of resolving!

Right down to the “late in the season” equatorial bulge. There are some weak spots, and a couple of ARRGH!!s, but overall, well done. I maintain my assertion that Mignona is a cheap imitation. James Cawley plays Captain James T. Kirk; Vic Mignona plays William Shatner playing Kirk.

Not just for breakfast any more.

I certainly won’t read that litany.

Stop chasing the whale, Ahab.

Oh, by the way, screw J.J. Abrams and his stinking travesty.

Another Vic fan boy and purist leaves his mark.

When you think about it, Vic is just cheap, period. Probably why he hijacked those sets from that other production.

Poking fun at a disability such as that won’t win you any followers.

Oh indeed. Something else about him disturbs me greatly. All the New Voyages/Phase II stories I have watched (I confess I have no urge to watch ‘The Child’) have been quite well or at least competently directed– except one. Kitumba. Guess who’s got the directing credit. It’s very uneven, dipping from slightly-better-than-average-RTF-student quality all the way down to half-blind half-deaf halfwit level. In the opening scene you can barely hear Gil Gerard in shots from one angle, and hear him perfectly plainly in ones from another angle. In fact sound on the sets was overall poor. There are shots from angles that make no sense and look like ass. The lighting is good in some scenes and just wrong in others. I can’t see any director with half an eyeball and one tiny ear not seeing these problems. Since Vic has a discerning eye for his own productions it looks an awful lot like deliberate sabotage– an attempt to make ST:C’s first episode look better by making NV/P2’s latest look worse. That is pretty damn low. Some of this could probably have been fixed in post by a good editor, and redubbing lines is easier than reshooting, and given NV/P2’s years-long production schedules I’m not sure why it wasn’t fixed; perhaps shortage of funds, or availability of talent and crew, or perhaps they just reached their “fuck it” point. All in all it smells like the same sort things Mignona’s been accused of and even known to do in the past. I don’t know what else may have gone down between Cawley and Marshall, or anyone else involved; but Vic Mignona is working hard on his Nobel for contributions in the field of assholism.

I don’t care about JJ Abrams. I like this Trek, though.

Maybe it was just the out-of-the-blue start followed immediately by the never-get-to-a-point middle, but it seems your whining is more in the way than the “purists” you flatulate.

No one got to your review. Most gave up when you didn’t appear to be getting any closer to a point.

I won’t post a full review, just a few comments, and then a question about a potential hidden plot element.

Great directing. Eye movements at dinner. Wonderful. Impressive professionalism all around in the acting regard. I’m digging the relationship the Continues’ characters are evolving into. Speaking pedantically, the characters must change. Yet we want the original to continue. Some compromise has to be made. I think it is obvious that to enjoy the art that “Continues is, what has to go is any expectation of conforming to the original. These actors in these characterizations are great for me.

Now the plot question. Did Matthew send Lolani to a hiding place in Orion? When he transported Lolani and Zaminhon, could he not have sent Zamihon, and perhaps a bomb, to his ship, and Lolani to a distant Eden? He asked the captain for time off to … see family. Captain Kirk asked if the family might be in Orion, and accepted a simple yes as sufficient.

I don’t see how giving Matthew the voice recording fits in, though. Lolani aims to start a revolution to free women from their enslavement, but she is apparently accomplishing this as a martyr. So, how could Matthew use it?

Is is just to be Matthew’s physical token, ironically digital, of a long lost Lolani while he visits unrelated family (raining punsnow) in Orion?

32:00 Lolani: Can you make me disappear? Can you make Zaminhon disappear?

32:20 Lolani: I read once, “The only thing necessary for evil to triumph, is for good men to do nothing.”

32:35 Matthew: What can I do? I’m nobody. Lolani: If I’ve learned anything its everyone is someone. That’s the message that needs to reach others like me. I feel like I’m screaming and no one can hear me! Matthew: I hear you. I hear you.

Matthew appears to be Lolani’s first, true, equal love. With all being fair in love and war , anything is possible.

Interesting shonangreg…. 🙂

I think it may be more likely that Matthew intended to head to the Orion system to try to spread Lolani’s message of hope and freedom to her people.

And that’s why Kirk gave him the tape recording…to make sure the actual message, as delivered by the now-martyr’d Lolani, would be seen and heard by as many of her people as possible (to hopefully light the spark that sets in motion the changes she advocated for Orion).

If Matthew had actually been directly responsible for killing Zaminhon, there would be some pretty serious consequences for him and I’m not sure Kirk or StarFleet would have let him “off the hook” in that respect, even if they agreed with his actions in secret.

Anyway, that’s my 2 cents…loved this effort from the STC folks. Fantastic job all around!! I eagerly await more…so much better than a certain other recent big-budget-but-epic-fail-Trek-in-name-only effort (IMHO of course)…

In your opinion.

I totally agree with that description. 110%. I have a hunch that all the bullshit he caused on P2 is why his directing credit was hard to spot in the end credits. Frankly, if I had been in charge, he would NOT have gotten a credit whatsoever. It would have been listed as something either Alan Smithee or Thomas Lee-like(the latter in reference to MGM’s 2000 dud Supernova).

Vic certainly went out of his way to fuck things up. When you get right down to it, Vic Mignogna is ignorant, selfish, treacherous, savage-minded, self-centered, egotistical, apathetic, immoral, corrupted, toxic, narciccistic, unprincipled, unethical, pigheaded, lower than low, and every other negative quality that embodies the darker side of mankind. His antics certainly are both primitive and poisonous to anything Star Trek and sci-fi related.

Honestly, as to why others(fans and Star Trek fans – especially those ignorant fools at Starship Farragut) – are blind to this, is totally beyond me.

It still makes one wonder what Michele Specht happens to see in that maniac.

I quite enjoyed the episode especially the accent of the Orion slave trader..lol,

!!!!!!!!!!! Spoiler Alert !!!!!!!!!!!! I was left with a mystery – did Laloni survive? Somehow the transporter crewman saved her and was hiding her and is taking her home, or is he going to Orion to carry on her crusade. The first option I would believe but then I am a hopeless romantic since I lost my memory in the temple and was rescued by Indians

Well, no one is interested in your crappy opinion about Star Trek Continues nor in your verbal revenge crusades against the people of Star Trek Continues.

Like I said, in your opinion.

Some did and some didn’t. It still got the point the across.

If there was one single fact in this diatribe it would at least give it SOME credibility. OR maybe a fact or two, like one convention Vic has been banned from, or what sets he stole,

Additionally as far as David Gerrold is concerned, Vic would never work with him and has said so publicly. The interesting thing about your complete oral diarrhea is that there is not one word of truth in it. Gerrold has a great idea, why dont you just pretend it does not exist instead of continuing to spew your hate that no one is listening to.

PS: why the episode that David Gerrold DIRECTED was trashed and will never be released by phase II

Personally I think both Blue Thunder and Kang the Unbalanced(what a great nic btw) are the same sad person…….Christopher Brent.

If you want a definition of oral diarrhea, I can give you the following reference. Vic Mignogna’s lies.

I managed to read it, and my brain didn’t implode.

The movies may be INO to you and others here, but they’re making more money and fans, getting more people liking Star Trek , and (even if the next one fails) keeping the franchise alive. That’s a hell of a lot more important than Star Trek being ‘pure’ the way you want it to be.

I think I hear the kids on the lawn outside your house, ready for you to shout at them again…

Um, what’s the point of keeping the franchise alive if it’s not the Star Trek *I* like? To keep making the big bucks?? I’m sure that’s important to the people getting the money, but not to me.

You and people like you who love just to hate something because others like it, don’t matter to CBS Studios and Paramount Pictures. At least it will continue with fresh new blood to keep it alive.

I thoroughly enjoyed this episode. I was quite skeptical about the project but it is actually pretty good.

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Star Trek Continues: Lolani – A Slice of SciFi Review

February 19, 2014 By S. K. Sloan 5 Comments

This second episode is called “ Lolani ,” which is the name of a female Orion slave that comes into the custody of Kirk and crew aboard the Enterprise after coming upon her in a disabled Tellarite transport ship. Lolani is the only survivor and is brought onboard the Enterprise while Spock and Security Chief Drake (Steven Dengler) investigate how the crew of that ship came to their deaths.

The storyline fits quite nicely into the realm of TOS Trek as it uses the future to tackle such current topics as individual freedom and expression for oppressed peoples, something Star Trek has always excelled in and this new expression of the franchise under the guiding hand of Vic Mignogna appears to be following suit, quite successfully.

The actors in this second episode seem to have settled into their roles very comfortably giving the appearance that the original series is truly continuing on unabated by the passage of nearly five decades since it first aired.

Mignogna offers another convincing performance as Captain James T. Kirk, the most realistic since Mr. Shatner and the current big screen Kirk, Chris Pine. All the other actors from the first episode have returned as well with Larry Nemecek back in sickbay as Dr. McCoy, Todd Haberkorn remains at the science station as First Officer Spock, Chris Doohan continues on as Scotty, Grant Imahara returns as Mr. Sulu and Kim Stinger is at her communications console as Lt. Uhura. Also back is the new ship’s counselor Dr. McKenna convincingly played by actress Michele Specht.

In the first premiere episode they brought out the big guns by having stage and screen actor Michael Forest reprise his original Star Trek role of Apollo. For “ Lolani ” another set of big guns was brought on board with the appearance of The Hulk himself, Lou Ferrigno as the antagonist, an Orion Slave Trader named Zaminhon. Without any doubt this is probably the most dialogue Ferrigno has ever been given for a role and he was outstanding. The episode was really taken up a couple of notches once he entered stage left. Fiona Vroom was quite good as Lolani and supporting characters such as transporter tech Ensign Kenway (Matthew Ewald) gave the episode it’s heartfelt Kevin Riley moment.

“Lolani” was written by Paul Bianchi, Huston Huddleston and Vic Mignogna with Chris White (“Taken In”) sitting in the Director’s chair.

On a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being the best “ Lolani ” rates an easy 8.5. It was thoroughly watchable with rarely a boring moment. All the actors seem to be very much at home in their roles as these iconic characters and delivered them flawlessly without effort or the need to make it appear rushed, especially Mr. Mignogna as Kirk. Even Haberkorn, Imahara and Nemecek’s performances as Kirk, Sulu and McCoy were more fluid in this second outing and are really beginning to grow on me. The best in the ensemble cast continues to be Chris Doohan as Chief Engineer Montgomery Scott, the role made famous for four decades by his late father James Doohan. Chris was born to play Scotty.

I enjoyed this second episode of Star Trek Continues and eagerly await the next and hopefully many more down the road.

About S. K. Sloan

Samuel K. Sloan's love of Star Trek brought him to Slice of SciFi, where he was Managing Editor from 2005-2011, and returned from 2013-2014 before retiring once again from scifi news gathering.

February 21, 2014 at 4:34 pm

I agree with your very positive reviews of the Star Trek Continues episodes that have been released — the shows “feel” authentic and like an extension of TOS, from the costumes and set design, to the music and sound. The actors have done an excellent job of presenting the characters with a combination of classic persona and their own personal interpretation. The scripts have been good, not exceptional, but still good and quite enjoyable. I have really enjoyed these and I hope they can keep on producing new shows to enjoy!

May 5, 2014 at 5:50 am

Very well said, Sam. I am amazed at how good STC is. I had watched some of the New Voyages and liked them, but they never grabbed me. Even though I am not a Trekkie, I find myself hooked on STC and I can’t wait for the third episode. The guest stars are impressive and I agree that Lou Ferrigno was excellent. The man has a great deal of charisma as an actor.

September 23, 2014 at 3:55 am

I was surprised how good this episode was – the gal playing Lolani was probably the weakest link, weaving back and forth from out of control manipulator and murderer to noble freedom fighter.

Grant Imahara’s role in this episode was small and he did not attract undue attention to himself as in a previous episode. Acting lessons? Just settling in to a role?

I’m really tired of the “retro” fascination of both the commercial films (Khan again?) and the fan-produced shows (Apollo, Lolani, Chekhov, etc.). I would much prefer if the STTOS elements were more seamlessly woven into new and original plots, rather than the “what if the whole episode was about this [minor] [character, location, plot twist]”.

But bottom line, this was still the best of the fan episodes I’ve seen to date, and I’m ready for more.

September 7, 2015 at 12:08 am

The story and characters beats the crap out of anything J. J. Abrams is doing.

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Star Trek Continues releases second episode “Lolani”

| February 9, 2014 | By: Brian Drew 604 comments so far

A survivor from a distressed Tellarite vessel pulls Captain Kirk and his crew into a moral quandary over her sovereignty.

“Lolani” features appearances by two longtime genre favorites. Lou Ferrigno (yes, THE Lou Ferrigno), whom many fans remember fondly as The Incredible Hulk , will be playing an unspecified role. Erin Gray, known to many fans as Colonel Wilma Deering in the 1979 television revival of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century , will be playing Commodore Gray.

The series stars voice actor Vic Mignogna (who is also executive producer) as Captain Kirk, voice actor Todd Haberkorn as Mr. Spock, Trek author Larry Nemecek as Dr. McCoy, Chris Doohan as Scotty, Mythbuster Grant Imahara as Sulu, Kim Stinger as Uhura, Michele Specht as Dr. McKennah, and Steven Dengler as Drake.

After a successful run on Kickstarter, Star Trek Continues has been funded for another 3 episodes. More information about the production, which includes several short video vignettes, can be found at http://www.startrekcontinues.com

Shall we try again folks? Let’s be respectful this time…

I really enjoyed this episode. I’m not going to even attempt to nitpick. Great job Vic and crew!

Thanks Matt, it’s getting crazy around here. The episode was great. It was like watching one of the classic episodes from back in the day. Great casting and acting. They have the mannerisms down to a t. Didn’t realise the stand-in for Chekov is the same actor who played little Boba Fett in Star Wars Episode 2. I continue to be incredibly impressed by the team.

Honestly, personally, I prefer Phase II’s style; but I’m not going to complain about new ‘Trek!

In my head cannon “Star Trek Continues” takes place *between* TOS & NV/P2, and I’m just seeing it all out of order.

Unless the “Continues” people deliberately do something in their series to create an irreconcilable inconsistency between the two I don’t see any reason why not to view it that way…

This is a very well-crafted piece of work. Very watchable.

Love the guest starring roles… the inside baseball references… and love to see Trek shown respect.

I really enjoy both Phase II and Continues. I just wish that Continues would use the 16:9 ratio to film their shows. I understand their desire to keep to the 4:3 format used during the TOS era, I just prefer 16:9. I am always conscious of the difference while viewing Continues. It kind of takes me out of the show.

Best fan film yet!

Two thumbs up…WAY up!

I do have a problem watching all of these fan films at their respective sites, though—whether it be STC, Phase2, or Starship Farragut. I guess my computer processor isn’t good enough to keep up. When I watch them at YouTube, though, I have no problems at all.

Outstanding! The quality of “Lolani” equals that of many real TOS episodes in almost every respect.

Excellent episode. Dialogue and pace are remarkable for a 50 minutes, low budget fan film. This one holds more “Trek” value than recent movies and truly brings the spirit of Roddenberry to life.

I liked it. Did anyone else notice that the audio is in mono, as the episodes of the original series were? Nice performances by all actors/actresses but Erin Gray’s performance really stood out, she clearly still has what it takes to be a pro and Chris Doohan gave a performance that I think his father would be very proud of.

I’m just about to sit down and watch the episode now. As far as the comments about the aspect ratio, I don’t care either way but if their goal is to remain faithful to the original show then 4:3 is the logical road to take. It’s an artistic choice and really, in 16:9 it can’t feel the same as the original because it gives the show a different scope due to the framing of the shots. I’m very happy with Continues as is.

I loved it, and I want to be respectful to those who love what JJ Abrams has done. So don’t take it personally if I like this character of Kirk much better. The small details of having Kirk read a book and need glasses was a nice touch. Also this Kirk is a scholar and is reading Gibbons’ Rise and Fall of Roman Empire was more of the Kirk that I respect. JJ’s Kirk was not “a stack of books with legs” or was he the type of serious Hornblower like Captain from the original series. You don’t need to crash a starship into a building to get me to watch, just tell a great story in the morality play format with a touch of action and adventure and you have a great show. So far New Voyages World Enough and Time is my favorite fan film but this one is a very close second! Great work to all those involved, or as we say in the US Navy, Bravo Zulu!

Vic is Kirk! Best Kirk performance in a fan production yet!

Story was mediocre though — seemed like an excuse to show a very attractive half-naked green woman. Kind of sexist as well.

I think I’m now a fan of Star Trek Continues!

Acting has improved. Todd Haberkorn has got Spock’s dialogue pacing down, and brings much of the gravitas Nimoy had.

Mignogna was even better in this episode than in the first, and has a nice energy/tension with ‘Dr McKenna”. The other cast members did great work as well, especially young Ens Kenway and Lolani. Ferrigno, I had difficulty understanding, but his acting was good.

I liked the funny moments and the solemn ones; in these respects they really capture the spirit of TOS. I’ll be watching this one again.

My quibbles are mostly makeup related. I’ll go into these later in another post. There was a sound glitch early on the Bridge [Kirk speaking with Sulu and the new navigator – whom I liked quite well btw], a continuity error with Uhura’s hair, and perhaps other things I didn’t notice.

Overall the the music was well employed, production looked like Trek TOS, and the cast and crew caught the spirit of TOS. I am very happy with this episode.

One MAJOR item, though. The creators of TOS’s original musical scoring, which adds so much to the authentic and emotional feel of the episode[s] SHOULD BE CREDITED. It is very wrong not to do so. Jeffries’ original set designs, prop styles, &c. should be credited also.

I do hope another hour is on its way to us soon. Thanks for making this happen, Vic Mignogna, cast and crew!

@1. You’re not holding your breath, are you? Keep your finger on the insta-ban button, my friend….

This episode was great!

As I’ve stated, my one gripe would be that Courtney Stodden was not cast as the Orion slave woman.

My other comment would be, I am pretty sure that Crewman Kenway had Lolani beamed right to his quarters. Seemed to me like he was still trying to do Lolani’s bidding. Especially with his request for time off at the end.

Thanks everyone! This hit all the correct original series chords witht he great writing! And the sets were fantastic, too.

Didn’t you just describe a quarter of TOS episodes?

18 Vultan, maybe more than a quarter ;-)

AND DON’T GET ME WRONG I LOVE TOS.

That was remarkable, and a very good moral tale. It speaks out against the sex trade, which is still a very real thing. I disagree that it was sexist given the overall message of the story. I enjoy Vic’s Kirk a great deal.

Remarkable job by Vic and his team, the lighting, sound and atmosphere was perfect. Like others here, Vic plays a very convincing Kirk.

My only gripe, which is small, was the performance of Lou Ferrigno. I found it hard to understand him and he seemed to have an odd accent.

Other than that, the best fan production episode yet in terms of Roddenberry’s vision and the stories of the original series.

Really enjoying this fan film. Great work guys!!!!

Oh, me too. I love TOS. But I admit the show wasn’t without its bad writing and sexist moments. Maybe the new movies are a little TOO faithful to the original in that regard.

On first viewing “Lolani’s” treatment of slavery and human (Orion?) trafficking seemed to me to be simplistic and obvious. That of course is a bug, not a feature, of all too many TOS episodes, particularly in the second and third seasons. Much as we all love the old show, producers with the benefit of a half-century’s worth of hindsight should be under no obligation to slavishly copy what was always weakest about it, even as was noted at the time.

After watching the episode again, however, I can see that it presents a dilemma for Kirk and the Enterprise crew that’s more morally complex than I initially gave it credit for. Starfleet’s complicity in handing over Lolani, ostensibly for the greater good, is particularly effective, as is Kirk’s complete failure in salvaging the situation, realizing far too late that working within the parameters of the Orion trader’s culture by offering to buy the girl probably would have much more effective than lecturing him on his moral inferiority. That unlikely tactic worked for Kirk in far too many TOS episodes, and because the captain is at base a decent man, its failure here and the guilt he would feel in its aftermath could well have some interesting repercussions for the character.

Tech values once again were excellent. Much as I appreciate Tobias Richter’s feature quality work in Phase 2 I tend to prefer the scaled-back attempt to emulate the TOS visual FX style in STC. Many commenters on the previous thread felt the Enterprise sets were too dark, but I loved the look myself, seeing in it Jerry Finnerman’s atmospheric lighting set-ups that so distinguished TOS’ first season. With a few exceptions, blocking and direction were fine (I particularly liked the tracking shot in the corridor outside the hangar deck).

As to the acting, while I wish the role had been played as more ‘exotic’ I thought the wonderfully named Fiona Vroom did just fine in the title role. She certainly has the looks and the energy necessary for the part, and I especially appreciated that the character, while sympathetic, is portrayed as manipulative, selfish, and by no means altogether likable. And may I say that I thought Lou Ferrigno was pretty damned awesome in this show? His Zuminhon was exactly the right combination of physical menace with an overlay of not-quite-convincing charm that the role called for. Were it not for the speech impediment brought on by his deafness I’m guessing he might have had a more varied and interesting career than playing a ’70s-TV version of a Marvel superhero, and I’d bet good money that he had more fun with this role than all the episodes of “The Incredible Hulk” put together.

Though I ended up thinking quite highly of “Lolani” I still wouldn’t put it in the same class as Phase 2’s “World Enough and Time,” another story featuring a doomed heroine whose stay on the Enterprise turns out to be all too brief. But that the producers got as close as they did on only their second try bodes very well, in this fan’s opinion, for Star Trek Continues . My sincere congratulations to everyone involved.

@ 13. MJ – February 10, 2014

“Story was mediocre though — seemed like an excuse to show a very attractive half-naked green woman. Kind of sexist as well.”

As Vultan pointed out, this was the case with most of TOS episodes. Also one recent nuTrek movie:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTmXQHjpODA

Good second work. But the story dragged at times. And you are not developing the other main characters. There is no need for a new doctor/counselor when you could develop Uhura and have her work with Lolani.

Wow these guys have nailed it again,

teleplay, check first class lighting, check good to excellent acting, check sets, check scoring with original music, check

The attention to detail is ectraordinary, and Vic’s Kirk seems exceptionally good. This McKenna character fits right in. Chris Doohan, gives me goosebumps as Scotty. It’s got a few warts but on the whole I’m extremely impressed. I honestly think this is one of the best TOS Treks ever, despite the obvious differences.

I love the use of previously unused music scoring, very effective

I enjoyed this episode. The acting and production was excellent, for the most part. Vic is a great Kirk. The story seemed a bit too preachy and sexist, though. Also, I noticed the green make-up rub off of the actress’ skin during the kissing scene.

I still think they should be filming in the 16×9 format.

Ugh, anyone complaining about sexism is an idiot.

Ahmed and Vultan,

I don’t dispute your points about TOS or STID concerning sexism. And my point is not contrary to your points, other then to comment that “we should know better” now here in the 21st century…and that goes for STID as well.

I get that this is suppose to be like it was made in the 60’s, but that can be taken too literally.

i believe lou ferrigno is either deaf or has a severe hearing deficiency….he has always spoken being a little bit difficult to understand because of it…heck if everyone got past arnold s. unique dialect lou shouldnt be a prob heheh

Another decent episode from STC, no doubt about that. On technical aspects, they are top notch.

I liked the acting as well for the most part, I just thought that Kirks flykick was way over the top, as was the overacting of the actor playing Kenway.

The story, as many have already pointed out, wasn´t very original or gripping – and it was another bottle-show. With the huge amount of money they have available through their Kickstarter I was hoping for something more exciting. I would have loved to see the

interior of the Tellarite ship for example. The constant discussion and talk with Starfleet was more TNG then TOS. It feels like Kirk isn´t the old Kirk yet.

I was never able to get an emotional bond to the slave girl. The solution to just buy the girl was so obvious that it made me wonder why any of the main characters didn´t find that solution earlier.

What sets STC apart from other series like P2 is their focus on the old “style”, the – by todays standards – strange aspect ratio, the old school looking effects. But on the other hand they try to bring in new elements that do not quite seem to fit in there – like the holodeck or the counselor. I hope this will even out with the next episodes.

Of our main characters, McCoy and especially Uhura didn´t get much to do because of the addition of the overmakeuped counselor. She seems to take most of the lines off these two and has a much too close relation to Kirk. So, less counselor in the future, please.

The sets and lights looked great, although the lighting was extremly dark, like it all played at night. But that might be a youtube-issue. The VFX were solid, with the slight exception of the intro – the planet looked very strange.

So, despite the critic – a watchable episode – with lots of room for improvement…

I thought this episode was absolutely outstanding! I would hesitate to use the word “fan” when describing it as the production and acting are totally professional IMHO.

I realised after a while that I was mentally making notes on how it compared to TOS rather than a fan film. My thought was that it seemed a bit “talky”, but then I realised that it was a bottle show by necessity and that it actually had something meaningful to say. I liked that sometimes the prime directive is NOT the human thing to do.

There’s so much I could single out for praise here but I’m at work and tapping away on my iphone, so I’ll address my comment to Vic and his whe crew – congratulations! And thank you.

“Continues” on a whole has so far been absolutely extraordinary. As others have stated here, it captures the essence of TOS perfectly! This is first and only fan series, Trek related or otherwise, where I’ve actually sat through entire episodes in one go.

Keep up the great work guys, and I hope to see more episodes coming in as a faster rate ;)

33. Dr Beckett

Continues is doing a great job. So much so that I think these new episodes are giving the big budget movies a run for thier money, or at least, attention. This struck me as an episode between one of the second or third season episodes. But seriously, this was a very enjoyable episode!!

And with these productions, I am beginning to think that we do NOT need the over bloated messes that appear on the big screen every so many years!

Now tell me, exactly which production is hurting and who is helping the Star Trek brand these days? These can only help Star Trek. And it would be nice to see Lou turn up in the next big screen Trek.

@ 1. I have a feeling I missed something, lol

35 TrekGirl

Be grateful that you did.

Excellent! I could see this being done on Enterprise as well. Good job :-)

Ha, all the bad kids got sent home! Once again I will say I thought this was an excellent episode. I totally enjoyed it and am looking forward to more STC.

It seems that I missed some sort of fracas over this. Again.

There should be no friction between ‘camps’. Each and every fan production is worthy of consideration and respect. For each endeavor is a manifestation of a deep and abiding love for Star Trek. Production values vary but the fandom should not. Each of these productions do their part to keep to keep the 47 year legacy alive.

With that said…

Like other productions, namely Phase II, Continues, Secret Voyages, there will always be glitches, continuity errors, critiques on story, costuming, makeup, sound, et al. I’m a firm believer that respectful and constructive criticisms only serve to make these productions even better.

Our organization strives to support every fan production, be they live action, cgi, animated or in some cases fan fiction.

We’re Trekkies/Trekkers. It’s who we are and what we do.

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My two cents as I know cast/crew of Continues read these comments:

Stinger – Hair continuity issues

Haberkorn – eyebrow issues. Understanding that these episodes are filmed over a span of days and makeup may not always be perfectly the same as the day before, Spock’s eyebrows in a few scenes were harshly drawn on. As a woman who paints her face every work day and draws on eyebrows I couldn’t help but wince. It was glaring to me how amateurish his eyebrows and ears looked in some scenes. The line of demarcation between prosthetic and his skin was quite visible at times. Small things like this can take a viewer out of a story.

Vroom – even if it isn’t caught on set, the makeup problem on her neck during the ‘romantic’ scene could’ve been address in post production

The Bridge- footsteps were very loud on the bridge. Having been on that set I’ve felt and heard my steps during a time with many other folk milling around. In soundstage mode it was very distracting. Never hear it anywhere else on the set though.

Specht – someone mentioned her heavy makeup. She is a beautiful woman and perhaps her very glamorous makeup is part of her character’s back story not sure. But this episode was far better than Pilgrim as last time the under eye concealer was startlingly bright and very distracting, actually aging her. This time it was toned down and there was far better blending. It actually took years off of her face.

Kudos: Haberkorn – really getting the pacing and tenor of Spock’s voice down. Much better Vic – looks great, Shatner-esque while still making it his own Vroom – great job shifting between sympathetic to manipulative Specht – Makeup is much better Doohan – channels his father but it’s not a caricature. Great job. Gray & Ferrigno – SQUEEE!

LOVED this episode.

It’s a great time to be a Star Trek fan. These films/webisodes gives us a way to get ‘new’ stories while we continue to patiently wait for a CBS tv series.

Who else is excited for Phase II’s The Holiest Thing premiering this week? I know I am.

I have to say, this was the best-written, best-acted, best-filmed and best-edited fan production I have ever seen. The production values on this one rival (and in some cases surpass) those on today’s network television shows. I don’t have any real nits about sets, props or makeup (heck, Kirk’s phaser fell off during a take in the Botany Bay on “Space Seed,” but the take was allowed to continue). The story took an interesting twist (no spoilers if you haven’t seen it), basically rescuing Kirk from his failure (if “rescuing” could be used in this instance). I had no problem with Dr. McKenna – how many times has a military organization forced personnel onto a commander with no real reason or need for them? I think if each episode continues to improve as this one has, great things are in store for these folks.

The feel and look of this series is absolutely spot on to what we experienced in the Original Series. It was also refreshing to see a wholly-character driven episode, with no phaser fights or chase scenes. Not that those kinds of episodes can’t be good too, but some mature drama focus is part of what I miss about Star Trek, and I am glad this series has brought that back.

I loved this. I thought it was a very well made fan production, and think it’s one of the best “revival” Treks that’s ever been done.

I felt as if I was ACTUALLY watching Trek, and it gave you that Sixties sensibility that TOS actually gave you when you sat down and watched it back then.

I thought the episode “Lolani” was a huge up-tick in the acting. It was more than credible, it was substantial. The writing and directing were great. Great story line and all actors suberb. Even Vic pushed his acting skills up a huge amount in the second episode. Now here’s the but… Please, take this in the spirit in which I give it. First there needed to be better lighting. It appeared dark in many situations… secondly… there was an absence of significant drama to sustain the great story line. Mr. Ferrigno was so imposing and great for this role, that I felt there should have been more interaction with the crew and captain other than that short sequence. The ending was at first confusing.. the explosion with no reaction or verbage as to what happened. I almost felt this story line needed more time than the 50 minutes given to develop or a little more editing on Lolani and her effect on the ships males. I felt it was a good pick based on TOS and felt real comfortable. There should have been a alien ship scene with Mr. Ferrigno but I understand the set constraints. Having seen the first episode and this one, I feel we have seen enough of the briefing room for episode three. I can’t say enough on the acting.. which was superb!!!!

Just wanted to chime in that I thought STC’s latest effort was terrific! Praise all around to this fan production! And the guest stars were also really good…loved seeing Mr. Ferrigno and Ms. Gray again!. And Ms. Vroom did a great job as Lolani.

Even my non-Trekker parents like it. My mom (in her 70s) said…and I quote…”That was really good!” And again, this is coming from someone who only knows Trek through watching the occasional episode with me through the many years I have been a fan (since the early 1970s).

Infinitely better than a certain recent “Trek” outing that was “Trek” in name only, IMHO.

Paramount/CBS: Hire these guys for a TV series!

13. – What’s wrong with being sexy?

I loved it. Absolutely loved it. I realize that there is always going to be those who don’t like it as much as I, but I simply do not care. I loved it.

The 4:3 aspect ratio is perfect, as is the familiar “graininess” to the FX shots. The dark, atmospheric lighting is so iconically TOS I don’t know why it bothers anyone. But again, that’s their problem, not mine. The Hangar Deck sequence was a fine little treat, as was the drop kick (I actually raised my arms in triumph. That was such a Shatner/Kirk move-loved it!).

Vic’s Kirk as fantastic. Nether an impersonation nor a parody, it captures Shat/Kirk’s look and natural cadence. Doohan is gold and Haberkorn is really starting to capture the nuances of Nimoy’s TOS Spock. Heck, I was even impressed by the performances of the extras. I also agree that Big Lou did a great job. Yes, it was sometimes difficult to understand all of his dialogue but like any good Star Trek fan I chose to chalk that up to the way Orion male’s dialects sound. Problem solved.

Tellarites. They freaking had Tellarites.

One thing I want to know: The Orion Ship–that’s totally based on the Leif Ericksen model, is it not? If so, I am so totally doing a build up of that model as an Orion Slaver ship.

Again, I am in love. CBS, put some money behind this show and put it on the air. I would watch this every week. And again, if we happen to not share the same point of view, remember:

I simply do not care.

@35. You did. Just another pointless on-line flame out that was, thankfully, deleted.

I find I am drawn to this very well made and acted production far more than anything on network/cable television. I have been a die-hard Star Trek fan since the mid 70’s and this show is so close to the feel of classic trek that it is almost indistinguishable. I hope this effort has a long and successful run. Networks executives should take notice!

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Star trek continues with “lolani” and soars to warp eight, wednesday, april 2, 2014 managing editor howard andrew jones comments 11 comments.

And lo, it has come to pass. As a matter of fact, I somehow missed news of a Kickstarter (or Kirkstarter ) in October AND the release of a second episode, “Lolani,” in February. According to the Star Trek Continues web site, a third episode has been filmed and is already being edited. The Kickstarter raised enough money for three additional episodes (of which the “in edit” episode is the first) and — if I’m not mistaken — gained the funds to construct a replica of the Enterprise engine room to add to their existing sets.

If you’re a fan of the original Star Trek series, you MUST watch “Lolani.” Even moreso than “Pilgrim of Eternity,” it feels like a lost episode. It’s not just the sets and the effects, which are truly astonishing in their faithfulness, it’s the pacing, and the music cues, and the fadeouts, and the story beats, and the writing — and the actors. These people understand who the original characters were and inhabit them — and I swear that this script could stand shoulder to shoulder with some of the finest entries in the original run.

Spock got a little more on-screen time this episode, which enabled me to appreciate the fine way Todd Haberkorn evokes everyone’s favorite Vulcan with restrained intensity. The Vulcan mind meld he uses and the lingering effect it had upon his outlook really showcase Haberkorn’s talent.

Michele Specht returns as Dr. Elise MacKennah, blending seamlessly into the original crew as the ship’s counselor, a part she plays with great facility and charm. Her role contributes to the power of the episode (and, once or twice, the humor) and it’s wonderful to see another important female crew member.

We saw a little less of Scotty, McCoy, Uhura, and Sulu this time, but each of the actors seemed more comfortable in their roles, and Chris Doohan was given a few moments to shine.

As with many an original series episode, much of the weight had to be carried by the guest stars. And what guest stars they are! Lou Ferigno beams aboard as an Orion slave trader. Having never seen Ferigno do anything more than Hulk out, I had no idea what great acting chops the man has. He completely sells his character of a disarmingly courteous villain.

Likewise, Mathew Ewald as Ensign Kenway brings a great deal of pathos to a small but vital role. Without a professional in his part, there’s NO way many crucial plot points would have come close to working. (I should also single out some of the other crewman, like Steve Dengler’s properly military security chief and Stephanie Hall as an unnamed female security lieutenant, or Daniel Logan, perhaps best known as young Boba Fett, who has a small part as one of the Enterprise’s navigators.)

But the episode could not have worked at all without a commanding performance from the lead guest star, the titular “Lolani,” played with extraordinary capability by the talented Fiona Vroom.

Her part? Well, if you’re an old school Trek fan, you’ll know that the mostly highly sexualized character ever to appear in an episode was an Orion “slave girl.”

Even if you’re not a regular series watcher, you may have seen depictions of them. They’re green-skinned and scantily clad, said to be savage and possess the charms (pheromones) to drive any man wild. Until now, Orion slave girls were nothing but idealized male eye candy. With this episode, Trek directly confronts slave trafficking and sexuality — even its own ’60s sexualization. Vroom completely owns her role. She’s alternately dangerous, manipulative, sympathetic, and seductive. More than anything, she yearns for freedom and she may be willing to do anything to gain it.

The Enterprise finds her as the sole survivor aboard a failing space ship. But is she a murderer or a victim? And if she did kill the men aboard, were all of their deaths justified?

While Kirk’s trying to puzzle his way through to the answers, he has to contend with Star Fleet bureucracy (via a Commodore played by Buck Rogers ‘ Erin Gray), which doesn’t want an interstellar incident with the prominent Orion slaver who owns Lolani.

Like the Kirk I grew up watching and not the stereotype, the captain tries reason and diplomacy to achieve a solution and then, by the end, is willing to risk his all to see the right thing done. I dare say no more because, if you’re an original series fan like me, it will have been forever since you’ve seen a Star Trek episode without knowing how it would end (in my case, probably since I was 5).

And that last sentence above is an enduring testimonial — this feels SO much like a good original series episode that you can imagine you really are seeing another adventure of the Enterprise . I said it when I reviewed “Pilgrim of Eternity” and I’ll say it again: this is an amazing gift to all original Star Trek fans.

My wife hadn’t seen the first one, but watched them both this weekend with my son and about mid-way through “Lolani,” she had teared up. It wasn’t any particular scene that set her crying, it was that she was sincerely moved by such a loving recreation of one of her favorite childhood shows. She, too, was struck by how “they got Kirk right.” How much they got nearly everything right. (I happen to believe that it’s harder to get all these characters right than it seems and have written about it in perhaps over-exhaustive length over on my own web site. See Trek Week Part 4 and Part 5 .)

What I found fascinating is evidence that Star Trek Continues might find an audience beyond those of us who grew up on Trek reruns. My son saw the first part of “Lolani” at a convention this weekend, with fellow teenagers who’d never watched a single episode of Star Trek , and they were so caught up in the tale that they’re now interested in seeing the original show. That surely says something about the power of what the cast and crew have created with Star Trek Continues .

I can’t help wondering what the cast and crew of Star Trek Continues could do if they were being paid to do this full time by, say, the SyFy Channel or Netflix. Seeing as how no one bothered to pick up Firefly , it seems incredible to hope that someone could untangle the rights from CBS (which owns the Star Trek TV show rights) to film new Star Trek shows… but then again, if it could be proven that money might be made, who knows?

Imagine a world where there were new “old” Star Treks being made regularly! Do you know how many professional science fiction and fantasy writers working today grew up on the old show?

Just off the top of my head, I can name myself and E.E. Knight and Dave Gross and James Enge and Scott Lynch and John Scalzi. If I gave it a few more minutes, I’m sure I’d come up with scores more and I could almost guarantee we’d jump at the chance to write for a new Star Trek. It’d be a dream come true for a whole lot of us.

As unlikely as a fully-funded reboot seems, impossible things do happen. For instance, these two fine episodes of Star Trek Continues . Apparently, we can look forward to at least three more. If they can maintain this level of quality, I will wait with baited breath.

Go check it out . And don’t miss the donate button, which is actually fairly well-hidden at the bottom of their Contact Us page . They’re hoping to get the funds to build a planet set as well!

Howard Andrew Jones is the author of the historical fantasy novels The Desert of Souls , and the The Bones of the Old Ones , as well as the related short story collection The Waters of Eternity , and the Paizo Pathfinder novels Plague of Shadows and Stalking the Beast . You can keep up with him at his website, www.howardandrewjones.com , and follow him on Twitter or follow his occasional meanderings on Facebook .

Howard, I agree with everything you’ve written. I watched the new episode a couple of weeks ago and was blown away by it. Everything was perfect, as far as I’m concerned.

The thing that ticks me off is I keep hearing and reading these little quibbles from supposed fans about “oh, this wasn’t exactly right” or “that didn’t seem like such-and-such a character to me,” and all I can think is, “Are you kidding me?” Star Trek Continues is as close to TOS as we’re likely to ever get, and in some ways the “Lolani” episode stretches boundaries even TOS might not have touched, at least not so directly.

Oh, the chance to write Trek fanfic in a universe where I can pretend the Q Continuum doesn’t exist!

Ty, I agree completely. I guess there are always going to be nitpickers like that. This is SO close, and, as you said, this one stretched the boundaries of what the original ST could have done while staying completely true to its vision.

Eric — Q continuum. Blech.

But the Continuum does exist in TOS, more or less, as the whole concept is really just a slight elaboration on Trelane and his parents from The S q uire of Gothos …

Just watched both of these, wonderful stuff. Forget the silly shallow reboot, these are made with real love and rare competence.

I’m looking forward to watching these.

And while I understand the attraction of a network picking STC up, the thought gives me the hives. I’m afraid once the corporate suits get involved, the creators will soon find their vision being compromised. Remember what happened to Babylon 5.

Holy cow, Howard – were you right! I just watched the first episode and I spent the better part of an hour chortling with glee, I enjoyed it so much; I’m saving Lolani for tomorrow when I can watch it with another old-time TOS fan. These folks just GET Star Trek. Thanks for telling us about this!

Hospitaler, I suppose you’re right and that the whole Q thing is retconned in if you want. But if a writer does NOT want, he or she doesn’t yet have to deal with it. And I’m definitely in the NOT want camp.

Bill — how have you been? Yeah, aren’t these great?

Keith — I’m thinking ideally here. And, as long as I’m dreaming that CBS would greenlight these, I can dream that they’d leave it in the same hands.

emcgargle — sounds like you took as much pleasure in the viewing as I have. It truly is an astonishing love letter to Trek. I swear by the second one most of the time you don’t even notice it’s not the same actors. I think that has to do with how much they get a whole bunch of subtle things right, as well as a whole lot of big important ones.

Hospitaler, I suppose you’re right and that the whole Q thing is retconned in if you want. But if a writer does NOT want, he or she doesn’t yet have to deal with it.

No more so than any writer working in the TNG era necessarily has to write stories revolving around the Q Continuum.

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Star Trek Continues: Lolani

Over the last few months, I’ve been taking on some long series for our site. Roger and I decided long ago to cover The Twilight Zone , The Avengers and Buffy the Vampire Slayer . Those three series average 150 weeks of episodes: that’s a long haul when we do one a week. The Twilight Zone has left me a little glum having failed so often under close scrutiny, and The Avengers is a never-ending run of the same gimmicks with zero character development. That one has far more misses than successes and I’ve been dreading getting through the final season. Buffy has been a delight, but I decided to take on Angel along with it, creating a very long run of episodes. All this backstory is to point out that when I, admittedly reluctantly, started watching this, I had very little hope of it really comparing to that series that so influenced me in my childhood but it has reinvigorated my writing on our site!

I don’t think we need to go into the ways the cast shines; they’ve stepped into their roles effortlessly. What I wasn’t expecting was the two guest stars: Buck Rogers ‘ Colonel Wilma Deering, Erin Gray as a Starfleet Commodore and The Incredible Hulk himself, Lou Ferrigno as an Orion slave trader. The man still strikes an imposing figure! But the star of this episode is the aptly named Fiona Vroom as Lolani. (It’s so apt it should have been in an Austin Powers movie!)

“Why does anyone have to be a slave to anyone?” McCoy asks a valid question and it’s at the heart of this story. Lolani is found on a ship with 3 dead Tellarites and the obvious deduction is that she murdered them. Captain Kirk needs to find out what really happened while her former owner is coming to pick her up because Orion law says that the slave gets returned to the former owner. Spock performs a mind-meld to see what happened and the results even move Spock!

The mind-meld is handled very well, being dimly lit and in black and white. What we are seeing is best toned down since its clear the Tellarites intend to rape their latest purchase. She manages to free herself before the Enterprise found her, but that leads Kirk to the unenviable position of having to acknowledge that she may indeed be a murderer. The suspense takes up half the episode, but throughout the entirety of it, you can’t help but be in Lolani’s corner. By the time her owner (Ferrigno) shows up to collect her, no one wants her to be handed over but, as Kirk says, there are philosophical differences between the Federation and the Orions. Kirk invites the Orion captain to dinner and Scotty forgets decorum in favor of brutal honesty.

The entire episode holds on tight. Mignogna isn’t just good at playing James Kirk, he embodies it. Between the Kirk Fu double fisted punch and the drop-kick to Ferrigno’s chest, he dives right into it, adding to a great fight scene. And it wouldn’t be classic Trek if Kirk didn’t get a bright red bloody spot in the corner of his mouth! It also wouldn’t be classic Trek if we didn’t have at least one visual mistake. Lolani rises from her bed as transporter technician Matthew walks in the room. The camera then cuts to Lolani’s point of view seeing Matthew walking into the room, only to see Lolani stand up a second time. Well, gaffe or not, it was a nice touch to remind us that this is season 5 of Star Trek !

While this is not a lightweight episode by any means, it does feature some of the banter that we love. As Kirk and Spock leave the bridge, they simultaneously say “Mr. Scott, you have the bridge.” Jim turns to Spock and mumbles, “That was strange!” (Kirk then explains the use of the term “jinx” in those situations.) There’s also a comedy moment with Counselor McKennah who is caught bickering with Jim. When asked by Lolani if that’s a mating custom, Kirk is quick to say no, but McKennah is flustered. “Yes to the no…” There are even a few innuendos that may or may not have been intentional but with an Orion slave girl, one wonders if “old habits die hard” has more meaning than the typical one.

The bit we really wait for, however, is how did it hold up against the real series in terms of messages? There are no shortage of good messages in this one. Lolani claims to have read that evil triumphs when good men do nothing. She also states that she’s learned that everyone is someone. And she ends with a fantastic monologue about how the message of hope has to reach Orion somehow; she might not be the one to do it, but someone has to. Flash forward to Star Trek: Lower Decks and Tendi is an Orion girl serving on the USS Cerritos.

The episode doesn’t have the traditional happy ending we’re used to in Star Trek . (Again, let’s not let innuendo control too much here!) It has a much more introspective ending. There’s a time and a place I suppose, but I really wanted a better resolution despite this being the more realistic one. But that just goes to show: these people put the time and effort in and it shows every step of the way. If they can keep this up, this will be a very rewarding way to end the classic series. ML

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Lolani is the second episode of the fanfilm series Star Trek Continues .

Captain Kirk and his crew are torn by the moral dilemmas that arise when they rescue an Orion slave from a distressed Tellarite ship.

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This episode establishes that, while Orion women held dominion over men in the 22nd century and used the Orion slave girls as a pretense, ( ENT : " Bound ") a revolt and subsequent civil war towards the end of the century led to the females being overthrown and enslaved by the males.
This is the first appearance of Commodore Gray .

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Yes, that major character death in Star Trek: Discovery season 5, episode 7, "Erigah," really happened. Written by M. Raven Metzner and directed by Jon Dudkowski, Star Trek: Discovery season 5, episode 7 sees Moll (Eve Harlow) and L'ak (Elias Toufexis) apprehended by Starfleet, but the Breen arrive at the United Federation of Planets' doorstep to collect the nephew of Primarch Ruhn (Tony Nappo). Refusing to get caught between the Federation and the Breen, Moll and L'ak enact a desperate plan to escape that tragically backfires.

Moll and L'ak were introduced as Star Trek: Discovery season 5's villains racing the USS Discovery in the hunt for the ancient treasure of the Progenitors. But Moll and L'ak's backstory, revealed in Star Trek: Discovery season 5, episode 5, "Mirrors," shows them as troubled lovers on the run from the Breen, who placed an Erigah (blood bounty) on their heads. L'ak is a Breen and the nephew of Primarch Ruhn, one of the warlords competing to become the new emperor of the Breen Imperium. Star Trek: Discover y season 5, episode 7, "Erigah" clarified L'ak's true importance to Primarch Ruhn: L'ak is the Scion, a direct blood descendant of the late Breen Emperor. Controlling L'ak would bring validity to whoever becomes the next Emperor of the Breen.

L'ak was seriously injured in a fight with Captain Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) aboard the ISS Enterprise in Star Trek: Discovery season 5, episode 5.

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The scion of the breen imperium is dead.

L'ak dies in Star Trek: Discovery season 5, episode 7, "Erigah." Moll and L'ak were beamed into the USS Discovery's medical bay so that the grievously injured Breen could receive treatment from Dr. Hugh Culber (Wilson Cruz) . But Moll and L'ak, who only want freedom to be together, decide to escape instead of letting the Federation and the Breen decide their fates. The Breen Scion created a distraction so that Moll break out of sickbay and steal one of Discovery's shuttles, but L'ak accidentally gave himself a fatal overdose of tricordrizine.

L'ak's death is a tragedy, not just for Moll but for the Federation.

Moll didn't make it to the USS Discovery's sickbay, and Cleveland Booker (David Ajala) was able to convince her to lay down her phaser and return to the medical bay to see the dying L'ak. Captain Burnham persuaded Primarch Ruhn to allow a Breen physican to treat L'ak but there was no way to save the Scion. L'ak's death is a tragedy, not just for Moll but for the Federation. Because Moll doesn't trust the Federation, she told Primarch Ruhn about the Progenitors' treasure, which means the Breen has now entered the race for the greatest and possibly most destructive power in the galaxy.

The Breen capture the Progenitors' technology and destroy the Federation in a possible future Captain Burnham saw in Star Trek: Discovery season 5, episode 4, "Face the Strange."

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Moll has one desperate gamble to resurrect l'ak.

Moll had a surprise for Primarch Ruhn and the Breen: she and L'ak are married. Because she is the Scion's wife, Moll was allowed to leave with the Breen, promising to find the Progenitors' technology for Primarch Ruhn. Moll throwing her lot in with the Breen, who despise her, is her desperate gamble to save L'ak. The Progenitors' life-giving technology is said to have the power to bring back the dead, and Moll hopes she can resurrect L'ak and the Breen will allow them to leave together in exchange for the Progenitors' power to conquer the galaxy.

The Federation council led by President T'Rina (Tara Rosling) agreed to turn Moll over to the Breen rather than instigate an immediate war.

Moll is between a rock and a hard place since she has to lead the Breen to the Progenitors' treasure without the clues . The Breen's only gambit is to follow the USS Discovery to the treasure and then overpower them and take it. Then, Moll has to persuade Primarch Ruhn to both let her resurrect L'ak, which would give Primarch Ruhn legitimacy to become Emperor, and hope Ruhn allows them their freedom. However, if Moll stayed on the USS Discovery, the Breen would have attacked the Federation, and she has no way of persuading Starfleet to let her use the Progenitors' technology to bring back L'ak. The death of L'ak launches Star Trek: Discovery season 5 toward its endgame and the conclusion of the series.

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In the original "Star Trek," only three actors were credited at the start of the show: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, and DeForest Kelley. For many watching the series -- and for the actors especially -- those three were the leads, while the rest of the recurring ensemble were mere supporting players. Shatner, Nimoy, and Kelley certainly had the most screen time on "Star Trek," yet they often advocated for more. Eventually, Shatner and Nimoy became such whiny spotlight hogs that show creator Gene Roddenberry had to write an angry letter , demanding the actors stop whining and get back to work.

Trekkies, however, knew better than Shatner and Nimoy. "Star Trek" was always an ensemble piece about a core cast of multiple characters. In addition to the three "leads," the show also regularly featured chief engineer Scott/Scotty (James Doohan), communications officer Uhura (Nichelle Nichols), Ensign Chekov (Walter Koenig), Yeoman Rand (Grace Lee Whitney), and Nurse Chapel (Majel Barrett). Meanwhile, always sitting at the helm and flying the ship was Lieutenant Sulu (George Takei).

Takei, along with most "Star Trek" viewers, saw the above group as a whole and vitally important senior staff on board the U.S.S. Enterprise. Captain Kirk might have been commanding the ship, but everyone else was just as capable and professional. Indeed, the whole point of "Star Trek" was to depict a future wherein a diverse cross-section of humanity could gather together, work without bickering, and devote themselves collectively to a mission of peaceful exploration.

Back in 2010, Takei was interviewed by StarTrek.com , and the actor admitted that during his tenure playing Sulu, he never got to talk about his family. It wouldn't be until 1994's "Star Trek: Generation" (which Takei wasn't in) that Sulu's family was mentioned.

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Takei recalled his early days on "Star Trek" and the relief he felt in not playing a broad stereotype. Takei was born in Los Angeles to Japanese parents, but when he began acting professionally in the 1950s, roles for Asian and Asian-American men were limited. In his own words:

"From the very beginning I thought it was a breakthrough opportunity. Just to be able to play a member of the leadership team, without an accent, was hugely important. So many Asians back then were, first of all, stereotypes and spoke with a heavy accent. So I thought I could parlay that into something substantial for the character."

Sulu's backstory was never explored in "Star Trek," although the show's writers did think to give him a few iconoclastic hobbies. He was a botany enthusiast for one, and he kept his quarters filled with bizarre alien plants that he tended to closely. Sulu was also a fan of vintage firearms, knowing all about their models and functionality. In the episode "Shore Leave," Sulu fires a classic revolver across a lake, enjoying every shot.

We never learned, however, about Sulu's family, which irked Takei. It wasn't until Demora Sulu (Jacqueline Kim) appeared in "Generations" that Trekkies would learn anything on that front:

"I suggested Sulu having a family that he connects with. I suggested a lot of ideas to develop Sulu that never really happened. It was only after I turned down a role in ['Generations'] that they gave all my lines to a relative that I had lobbied for, my daughter. When the series ended and the films began, I was lobbying for parents, brothers, sisters, lovers, maybe a wife, all of that, but none of it ever happened. I wanted to see Sulu more dimensioned."

It was a missed opportunity.

Star Trek Beyond Introduced Sulu's Husband

Incidentally, Demora's mother wasn't named until the 1995 "Star Trek" novel "The Captain's Daughter" written by Peter David. That book named Demora's mother as a woman named Susan Ling. She was described as a "freelance adventurer" who had a one-time fling with Sulu while he was on shore leave ... and she was on the run from angry aliens. She had Demora nine months later.

Takei gave the above interview in 2010. It wouldn't be until 2016 that Sulu -- this time played by John Cho -- would be seen with additional family members. In Justin Lin's "Star Trek Beyond," Sulu discusses how worried he was about his marriage, seeing as he asked his spouse to relocate to a distant space station called Yorktown ( although that scene was cut ). Sulu's husband is a man named Ben (Doug Jung), and he is introduced holding a young Demora. There are no dialogue scenes between Ben and Sulu, but at least audiences saw that he had a family.

Takei, who came out in 2005 and married his longtime partner Brad Altman in 2008, famously objected to "Beyond" making Sulu a queer man. He told The Hollywood Reporter that Sulu was originally envisioned as a straight man and he played the character that way. "I'm delighted that there's a gay character," he explained. "Unfortunately, it's a twisting of Gene [Roddenberry]'s creation, to which he put in so much thought. I think it's really unfortunate."

Takei would have preferred the makers of "Beyond" merely create a new queer character to introduce into "Star Trek" canon, rather than repurposing Sulu's sexuality.

Since then, "Star Trek: Discovery" has introduced numerous queer, trans, and nonbinary characters to "Star Trek," which is more in line with what Takei wanted.

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Lolani. " Lolani " is a fan-produced Star Trek episode released in 2014, the second in the web series Star Trek Continues, which aims to continue the episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series while replicating their visual and storytelling style. [1] It was written by Paul Bianchi and Huston Huddleston from a story by Huston Huddleston and Vic ...
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Lolani: Directed by Chris White. With Vic Mignogna, Todd Haberkorn, Larry Nemecek, Christopher Doohan. A survivor from a distressed Tellarite vessel pulls Captain Kirk and his crew into a moral quandary over her sovereignty.
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https://www.startrekcontinues.comA survivor from a distressed Tellarite vessel pulls Captain Kirk and his crew into a moral quandary over her sovereignty.
Star Trek Continues: Lolani
The second episode of Star Trek Continues was released this weekend. In the episode, titled Lolani, "A survivor from a distressed Tellarite vessel pulls Captain Kirk and his crew into a moral ...
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A fan-made Star Trek episode featuring Lou Ferrigno as an Orion slave trader and Fiona Vroom as Lolani, a female Orion slave. Read the review of this TOS-style adventure and how it tackles current topics such as freedom and expression.
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Lolani is the first of the really focussed "issue" episodes of Star Trek Continues. It examines the theme of slavery, but even moreso, the theme of apathy in...
Star Trek Continues releases second episode "Lolani"
The second episode, "Lolani", which was crowd funded as part of a successful Kickstarter campaign last fall, debuted before a live audience Saturday night at the Dallas Sci-Fi Expo, and has ...
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Last year I gushed about a lovingly crafted fan-made original Star Trek episode, "Pilgrim of Eternity," and concluded by writing that I hoped the same team would make more.. And lo, it has come to pass. As a matter of fact, I somehow missed news of a Kickstarter (or Kirkstarter) in October AND the release of a second episode, "Lolani," in February.
"Star Trek Continues" Lolani (TV Episode 2014)
"Lolani", like all of Star Trek Continues thus far, emulates the look and feel of the original series with loving and quite frankly amazing fidelity. Just as importantly, this episode also continues the original series' exploration of morality and succeeds brilliantly.
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Star Trek Continues — 1 season, 2 series 2013 — 2017. 2. Lolani January 8, 2014 2 / 11 51 min. Sci-Fi; Action; Adventure; My TV Shows ; Based on Book; Based on Show; Description A survivor from a distressed Tellarite vessel pulls Captain Kirk and his crew into a moral quandary over her sovereignty. ...
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It also wouldn't be classic Trek if we didn't have at least one visual mistake. Lolani rises from her bed as transporter technician Matthew walks in the room. The camera then cuts to Lolani's point of view seeing Matthew walking into the room, only to see Lolani stand up a second time. Well, gaffe or not, it was a nice touch to remind us ...
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For the eponymous Orion, please see Lolani.The Enterprise crew is forced into a moral quandary after rescuing a distressed Orion slave."Lolani" is the second episode of Star Trek Continues, first airing digitally on February 8, 2014.
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The STAR TREK CONTINUES webseries boldly completes the original five-year mission. Below, you can find all of our episodes, vignettes, and other content — including behind-the-scenes videos, set walk-throughs, and much more. EPISODE 1 "PILGRIM OF ETERNITY" EPISODE 2 "LOLANI" EPISODE 3 "FAIREST OF THEM ALL" Apollo returns to wreak ...
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Cast Regular cast. Vic Mignogna, as James T. Kirk, is the captain and commanding officer of the USS Enterprise.Mignogna is best known for his voice-acting work and is a longtime Star Trek fan.; Todd Haberkorn, as Spock, is a human/Vulcan hybrid, commander, science officer, and first officer, and one of the captain's closest friends.Haberkorn is a voice actor and played Kevin the Teenaxian in ...
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The second episode of the highly-respected fan-series, Star Trek Continues, has been released. Guest starring Fiona Vroom, Lou Ferrigno, and Erin Gray, the episode premiered in-front of a live ...
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Kitumba, released on New Year's Eve, was a fantastic adaptation of an original script written for the scrapped Star Trek: Phase II television series in the 70s which was eventually re-spun into Star Trek: The Motion Picture. Tonight, killing time until the release of Lolani, I enjoyed Hidden Frontier: Security Counsel, a standalone episode of ...
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Captain Logan and Sarah thoroughly discuss the latest episode of "Star Trek Continues." Spoiler alert: here's the link if you'd like to watch the episode bef...
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Six Degrees of Star Trek. Search. Tips: use the search to find any actor, role, episode, series or movie using only a few letters of the part known. Click on any thumbnail picture to enlarge it. Lolani. Cast. Lou Ferrigno
Lolani (STC episode)
Lolani is the second episode of the fanfilm series Star Trek Continues.. Captain Kirk and his crew are torn by the moral dilemmas that arise when they rescue an Orion slave from a distressed Tellarite ship.. Background information [] Continuity []. This episode establishes that, while Orion women held dominion over men in the 22nd century and used the Orion slave girls as a pretense, (ENT ...
"Star Trek Continues" Lolani (TV Episode 2014)
Fiona Vroom has a cameo in Star Trek Beyond (2016). She can be seen as an Orion crew member during the "Captain's Log" scene. Lou Ferrigno previously played the Hulk, and voiced the character in the first two Avengers films. On the original television series, the creatures growl were provided by Charles Napier, who also appeared on Star Trek ...
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L'ak dies in Star Trek: Discovery season 5, episode 7, "Erigah." Moll and L'ak were beamed into the USS Discovery's medical bay so that the grievously injured Breen could receive treatment from Dr. Hugh Culber (Wilson Cruz). But Moll and L'ak, who only want freedom to be together, decide to escape instead of letting the Federation and the Breen ...
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Takei recalled his early days on "Star Trek" and the relief he felt in not playing a broad stereotype. Takei was born in Los Angeles to Japanese parents, but when he began acting professionally in ...

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