Star Trek: Bugs

I haven't watched this for some time, and I can't find my copy anywhere, so this review is from memory only.

I'm a massive Star Trek TOS fan and so I was very excited to be able to get my hands on what is essentially a new episode!

Yes there are a few small bones I could pick (such as Hedford in the shuttle from Metamorphosis), but the editor did an exceptional job selecting and weaving together various visual and audio moments from the original series, and the plot really works. I especially liked the end-of-act when Kirk talks of destroying the planet, using footage from Operation: Annihilate in the lab, but with different dialogue.

I can't comment on the non-Trek footage as I haven't seen the original. Whilst it's clearly made in a different era, it does blend nicely. The planet from Trek's 'Arena' does resemble the non-Trek planet.

All-in-all, a lovely little edit. Yes, as others have said, I'd love to see a TOS-R version, but equally a new edit blending something else with TOS!

Please do more!

Review by tranzor — April 2, 2008 @ 10:44 pm

I thought this edit was mind blowing, just for the sole reason that everying blended together so damn well.

Hats off to you Nick!

Sure some of the outfits change, but you could take this as time passing by (it works that way as well). In all honesty who cares? I did not even notice any of it. I was having way too much fun enjoying this edit

Sure some of the bug shots are repeated. So what? A ton of shows back in the 60′s would do similar acts to save on the budget cost. If anything it makes this even more 60′s authentic

If i had to pick one downside it was this: Towards the end, one of the bug shots still apears in a letterboxed format rather than full frame (dvd version)

I am giving this 4 1/2 fan edit stars–

Even if you are not a star trek fan (of which some of the people I showed this to are not) you can still have a good time watching this on a friday or Saturday night with friends–

Review by Uncanny Antman — June 26, 2010 @ 5:24 am

I have three minor gripes. Repeated shots, costume/prop discontinuity, edge cropping.

And that’s all I’ll say for the negative, because none of that really matters. The edit is just flat-out fun, and you really just have to let go and enjoy it. I knew I would when Mollo used the one of my favorite little moments from TOS…Kirk’s sore back.

So what are you waiting for? Download and have a breezy half hour with the Trek episode you never knew existed. Don’t wait as long as I did.

Review by miketava — August 27, 2008 @ 9:59 pm

I was quite surprised by this. Although I thought the Star Trek footage would have been pulled from some out of nowhere episode (too much to ask for obviously), the pacing works great for this one. The only things that nagged me is in comparison with the 40 year Star Trek clips, the Starship Troopers clips were far too clean, maybe aging the clips would’ve added to the authenticity. Also the extensive bug scene reuse was glaring, maybe sampling from all 3 Starship Trooper films would remedy this issue. (though the SFX in the 2 sequels are terrible in comparison, which might work better with ST:TOS – oh well).

EXTRAS SPOILERS BELOW!!

But seriously what was up with the extras? I was completely baffled by the Space Nazis clip

END SPOILERS ABOVE!!

Review by Istvan6 — May 24, 2009 @ 3:12 pm

*This rating was given before reviews were required*