Star Trek: Revolutions - Part One

Here I am, kicking off the new year with yet another plug for my increasingly not-too-bad series of films. Back in the week just before Christmas, I released the long-awaited first part of Star Trek: Revolutions, a further adventure of Star Trek: Unity. Long awaited by fans, I might add. 

Yes, for the first time in seven years, I've had to seriously contend with users on YouTube and the rest of the fan film community actually taking notice of my little home movies. And they like it. It is quite weird, as I had always felt my series was just for friends, family and a handful of loyal viewers online with not very good effects and back-garden alien planets. And it was. My good friend Adam Best, who plays Jimb'a in the show, is always reminiscing about after-school filming next to lockers and fake whiskers made out of yellow pieces of paper. 

Yet now Unity is being reviewed very positively on professional websites and mentioned on 'Trek forums. Then again, maybe it is all down to the look... the sex-appeal factor. Our gorgeous, but no less capable female cast includes Emma Long as Eleanor, now the longest running girl in the crew, and the widescreen, vibrant format of 2011's episodes means that the visuals look the part more than ever. Getting better at chroma keying also results in the ability to truly visit alien worlds. 

This is why I've kept at it for so long. I wanted to get better at making what I feel is probably the hardest practical genre to attempt: science fiction.

Revolutions is the sort of epic story I used to write for big series finales when I kept trying (and failing) to stop making Star Trek fan films. Whilst it very much rounds off 2011's style of episodes, it lays the foundation for the year ahead and will definitely lead to long-term changes in the situations of the characters and the style of films. It isn't really the episode I'd encourage new viewers to start with, however, considering the very complicated story, which requires the knowledge of previous episodes and a lot of patience for non-linear narratives. A remastered edition of one of the earlier episodes will serve as a new pilot, being re-released later this year.


Captain Lewis, Jimb'a and Eleanor have together seen the wonders and dangers of the galaxy in their odyssey, but when a mysterious summons to the Guardian of Forever reveals the arrival of the Iconians - once noble, now deranged Time Lords - the crew take up arms and defend planet Kressgon for the final time from plasmid-wielding warriors and their so familiar leader...

And meanwhile, the Discontinuities grow... the Nightmare Child is rising...

Starring Luke Sutton, Adam Best, Emma Long and Beth Hobley. With Fred Milner and Ian Pidgley.

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