Review Detail
8.9 25 10
(Updated: September 15, 2012)
Overall rating
7.5
Audio/Video Quality
7.0
Audio Editing
8.0
Visual Editing
8.0
Enjoyment
7.0
Review by Captain Khajiit — June 12, 2010 @ 2:07 pm
Star Trek: The V’ger Incident by bionicbob
Review by Captain Khajiit
This review contains mild spoilers.
The beginning – in the style of the Original Series – is thoroughly entertaining. There are many clever cuts that help the pace greatly, and the added music helps to give the edit a different feel to that of the original film. As others have noted, the issue of the Enterprise refit needs to be better addressed, and the Kirk-Decker antagonism is incompletely removed. One cannot help feeling that the editor has overlooked some fairly obvious deletions that would have helped the edit greatly.
While the edit starts at a terrific pace, it seems to falter towards the end. It is testament to the truly awful pacing of much of the original material that sections of it still seem to drag when part of an eighty-minute edit. This is not the fault of the faneditor, but as the end approached I would have welcomed more of the clever editing that was shown earlier on. As it stands, the latter part of the edit feels like watching The Motion Picture, which is a little bit of a let down after the exceptional beginning.
The ending was intriguing, but it does seem rather hard to follow even for Star Trek fans. It could certainly be made clearer.
Editing: 8 out of 10 The editing itself was done well, but some of the editing choices were questionable.
Entertainment: 7 out of 10 (theatrical - 6 out of 10; director's cut – 7out of 10)
Image and video quality: The video is non-anamorphic widescreen, which is not good. Otherwise, the picture quality is acceptable, and the new effects were generally very well done. 7 out of 10
Audio editing and audio quality: A variety of Star Trek music was implemented successfully, and it was great to hear many original sound effects in The Motion Picture. I did find that the audio level fluctuated throughout the edit though, which was somewhat irritating. 8 out of 10
Presentation: I do not care for menus, but Bionicbob's screens look like the work of a highly accomplished editor. Those who like cover art might have expected the fan editor to make some to complement the rest of the presentation. 8 out of 10
Overall: 7 out of 10 This is the most promising firstling I have seen in a long time. I hope for a second version, and look forward to more edits from bionicbob.
Star Trek: The V’ger Incident by bionicbob
Review by Captain Khajiit
This review contains mild spoilers.
The beginning – in the style of the Original Series – is thoroughly entertaining. There are many clever cuts that help the pace greatly, and the added music helps to give the edit a different feel to that of the original film. As others have noted, the issue of the Enterprise refit needs to be better addressed, and the Kirk-Decker antagonism is incompletely removed. One cannot help feeling that the editor has overlooked some fairly obvious deletions that would have helped the edit greatly.
While the edit starts at a terrific pace, it seems to falter towards the end. It is testament to the truly awful pacing of much of the original material that sections of it still seem to drag when part of an eighty-minute edit. This is not the fault of the faneditor, but as the end approached I would have welcomed more of the clever editing that was shown earlier on. As it stands, the latter part of the edit feels like watching The Motion Picture, which is a little bit of a let down after the exceptional beginning.
The ending was intriguing, but it does seem rather hard to follow even for Star Trek fans. It could certainly be made clearer.
Editing: 8 out of 10 The editing itself was done well, but some of the editing choices were questionable.
Entertainment: 7 out of 10 (theatrical - 6 out of 10; director's cut – 7out of 10)
Image and video quality: The video is non-anamorphic widescreen, which is not good. Otherwise, the picture quality is acceptable, and the new effects were generally very well done. 7 out of 10
Audio editing and audio quality: A variety of Star Trek music was implemented successfully, and it was great to hear many original sound effects in The Motion Picture. I did find that the audio level fluctuated throughout the edit though, which was somewhat irritating. 8 out of 10
Presentation: I do not care for menus, but Bionicbob's screens look like the work of a highly accomplished editor. Those who like cover art might have expected the fan editor to make some to complement the rest of the presentation. 8 out of 10
Overall: 7 out of 10 This is the most promising firstling I have seen in a long time. I hope for a second version, and look forward to more edits from bionicbob.
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