Great to see Walter defend Shatner's performance, he's spot on. Shatners funeral scene in Wrath of Kahn gets me in the feels every time - You believe Kirk has lost his best friend & you can feel his grief. That was an awesome performance.

So....why didnt Kirk see his one and only son David in the garden?? You would think that he would have been the main person to look for in the afterlife! I have a feeling the people who created Unification forgot to watch ST3!

wow, someone really needs to help Katie with her fruit selections... why was the apricot frozen?

I like Ryan and Charlynn more for the Tenacious D reference. The D will never die!

A lovely time in the Live Chat tonight fro STaC. Next week Katie will get to sample the persimmon, it will be interesting. Many things were said, some probably shouldn't have been, but then this is STaC and the weekend looms!! Hope all had a glorious festive time arounded their feast of choice AND dessert of choice, I did!! ONE LOVE to the #ChatPack, The Next Generation of #ChatFam!!

How were Jake & Nog not on the friendship list?

I loved the short, but would have asked how afterlife Kirk lost so much weight

My question is; is there more coming? Is this leading to something else? Something beyond just a short film? I certainly hope so. It deserves something more!

Can Paramount hire these people before they're poached by other studios?? You don't waste this opportunity

I'm still scared of the NDA lol

I for one cannot wait to see what Paul Giamatti has in store for un on Academy! Hopefully 2025 brings more Trek series news cause that's all we have after SNW S3, or it's a long wait til Academy in 2026.

Man, oh man!! The Live Chat was hopping tonight for The Main Viewer! We had @Leonidas Jaramillo in the chat tonight!! We had Carlos Baena come to STaC last week (Sedtion 31 and Unification director) and now we get the DP as well!! WE ARE DISTINGUISHED!! Ryan, Malissa, Jenny and Matt kept the flow rolling and we even got some Star Trek talk in there along with the LOTR, Friends and what not. You just never know what The Main Viewer is gonna show us. ONE LOVE #ChatPack, The Next Generation of #ChatFam!!

So when is this available to buy/stream?

Hey, in chat we got Carlos Baena, who directed the biggest thing in Star Trek in years, but we're now going to ignore him. I didn't catch this live, so I can't even see if he answered any questions directly. I think you guys took the "chill" part just a little too far. : -)

So what questions did he answer? 🤔

Linda = pretty. Beautiful = hermosa.

Makeup? Are you serious?

OTOY crew and production have been working in filming for a few years unfortunately their work is not always recognised by the major studios. They have done work for Disney and constantly evolving n improving. Can Lucas films take note of what’s achieved here?

The stills n photos we see is prosthetics no cgi or Ai. Would’ve loved to see Kirk’s son if indeed he passed over to the afterlife

On twtiter/x, someone asked Shatner if it was straight AI. He replied "No. That’s me in the beginning and @SamWitwer as young Kirk with a little AI thrown in." IMDB and the film's own credits list Shatner as playing 'Kirk' along with Sam yet Tarpley said in his 'My Experience' video that Sam played "all the versions of Captain Kirk you see in this are Sam Witwer"... Kind of confusing.

Giacchino is pronounced "jiakeeno"

That Kirk walk is weird and wrong, shame as parts of this are beyond amazing.

I think this was great but Shatner walks different than this guy did. Most people walk heel to toe. Shatner walks toe to heel. In the original Star Trek I noticed how he always walked different. I also think it would have been an added touch if we could have seen Spock and Kirk standing together walking toward the sun. But I am just being picky. It was great and I am so glad they made this film!

Unification, and the previous short films, were done in a very Kubrick-esque style. It was nice to see artistic filmmaking in Star Trek.

I dug the short film, but in this dream, old Kirk's been on a diet

I watched Unification and all I have to say is, "I don't get it." The effects might have been impressive 2 years ago, but now they're dated, and the narrative makes no sense.

Such a shame they left out the midwest people 😢

Not to stray too far off Topic.., but to educate Ryan on Sam Witwer. he has "Seasons of dialog" in The Clone Wars animated series at Darth Maul..., he IS ! Darth Maul, as far as most of us are concerned, lol but alas, indeed Ray Park didn't speak as Maul in The Phantom Menace. that was the voice of actor Peter Serafinowicz. :)

Michelle never ages !

Link to the article

I don't wish to be too fractious , but we do know how the current versions of Trek through Secret Hideout has very much polarized the fans. With that in mind, I do think that there is some communication here - beyond what we know happened in real life with the participation of Bill Shatner, Susan Nimoy and everyone "OT" Trek. A lot of us view current Trek as like V'Ger - lots of fantastic technology, immense amounts of knowledge and skill... but no heart. Lacking the spark of "human" that made Trek so special. So, what did they recreate here... that moment from TMP between Kirk and Spock. Clasping hands just like that - "This simple feeling is beyond V'ger's comprehension. No meaning. No Hope. Jim, no answers. V'Ger has knowledge that spans this universe. And yet V'Ger is empty, cold. It's asking questions. Is this all that I am? Is there nothing more?" Modern Trek has that impression much of the time. The simple feeling is just gone. No meaning, no hope, no answers. A vast pool of technology to draw on. Skilled actors, filmmakers. It is all there, but the spark of human is missing. That modern Trek is asking itself - is this technology all that I am? Is there nothing more? These creatives are saying YES, there is so much more. You can embrace the technology, you can embrace the old stories right along with the new. You can embrace it all... and the fans and new people will be right there. IF - if they will but write it. Write the simple feeling, the meaning, the hope. They did it in a 10 minute short about the end of life - but embracing all the technology, all the universes of Trek new and old and the spark of human is there without ever saying a word. All the fractured fandom is right there and will embrace the new if they will but write it with the feeling, with the human that made Trek so incredible. Will they? Who knows. But it can be done.

Jenny Johnson marry me

He was the same actor as discovery. He was on KZbin talking about it.

I don't understand the video and Kirk's return? After all! Is he in the Nexus or in the world of the dead? Can someone explain it to me?

Is there a place where you can look at all of the photos that you're showing here? Thank you!

How about more Star Trek-like music? This stuff at the end sounds too sad, wimp-like. Enough, already! The end of Wrath of Khan sounded solid. This sounded like, just curl up in a ball and cry. UGH.

I wonder why they couldn't have just de-aged Shatner himself? For that matter I have no idea why they didn't de-age Data in the Picard series.

I know Shatner said he was physically there in the beginning of the video. Has anyone seen any behind the scenes images of him in the uniform?

That's me at 3:06 !

3:01 Gordon Tarpley was Yor in this. His video on working on the project here kzbin.info/www/bejne/bYi4on5smZeWgJo

I doubt it's going to be fun. Looks like a terrible movie. Guaranteed to bomb

She may wants something that looks more typically Trek-like. She may have deduced that Kurtzman Trek isn't a huge success with a lot of fans a whole and this is HER legacy in her professional we are talking about here. The power she has on set, i.e. a Producer's gig might help. She might not want to be tied to ridiculously long hours at this stage in her life and might also want more of an ensemble to carry more of the weight. Strange that the creative leaders would not lean into something more conventional after that ending, but nevermind. Can we at least have some spin-off novels now they don't have to worry about contradicting a show that's clearly not going to happen?

Cool! I last watched _Generations_ on Paramount+ last Monday.

I wish they'd done more with Kern on DS9 than simply intentionally giving him amnesia so he wouldn't commit suicide. And yeah, "The Visitor" is still my favorite episode of DS9.

As long as its not like Discovery

Back in action with Star Trek and Chill ! Grab your drink, your fruit, and your Oxford commas ! So neat seeing @Eve England's posts and having @Aaron Waltke and @Carlo Baena in chat tonight! Thanks @VirtualTrekCon ❤💛💙🍹🖖🏾

Well, that was quite the STaC tonight! Far ranging and toddler traumatizing! So it goes with these wacky kids. We (all of us #ChatPack types) had a great time in the Live Chat with @Carlo Baena (director of the Unificaiton short) and @Aaron Waltke dropping in to hang out with us - that was so cool. Katie ate pears and managed to find the not ready ones, hopefully it'll be better with apricots next week. We all had M&M envy for the Voager Documentary London Premier goers and Caramel M&Ms are my favorite, followed by the almond ones, but you never go wrong with the good old chocolate ones for sure. ONE LOVE #ChatPack, The Next Generation of #ChatFam!!

Such fun. Thanks. 🖖

So good to have you back - never leave again! Can't wait for my copy of the Voyager documentary!

The popularity of T'Lyn reminds me of the positive fan reaction to Jett Reno.