"Slingshot" -- a Star Trek fan production

[@tomwaldenofficial]

Enjoyed watching. Thanks for filming and posting. -Tom

[@snakeplissken4552]

What a amazing journey in your fantastic series!!! Delighted to run across your channel and view such phenomenal work in the shows! The actors and crew and everyone involved are incredible! I salute each every one of you!!!

[@Xan3119Aizen]

These Potemkin videos the lighting and the sets look so good and I love how the actors absolutely love Star Trek and it really Really shows that's the real heart The core of these episodes is the love for the source material and the bravery to forge new directions while respecting the old universe I just wish Trek being made today professionally would follow your lead... You can always expect me to come here and like and share on every great work

[@DonDiesel885]

Right on Brother

[@michaelaldredge-greenwell1692]

What a wonderful, beautiful episode of trust, acceptance, & kindness!! We need more of these

[@Jack_Stafford]

A little hint from someone who has worked on stage plays with bright lights, everyone should wear thick tight tshirts or even Lycra swimshirts under their uniforms to smooth out the wrinkles in the clothes and.... other bumps for a smoother cleaner more tailored appearance to the uniforms. Even a regular well-fitting t-shirt does wonders in smoothing out bumps, nips, and helping hide lines from belts, pant waistbands Etc and can basically press other things into a tighter, fit looking shape. Even the most in shape actor looks better with this smoothing effect when there is this kind of harsh lighting that can cast Shadows off of nips Etc, it's more flattering for everyone.

[@rahadyans199]

Thanks to everyone involved for another awesome production!

[@glbm555]

Greetings from Ponce, Puerto Rico. The great power of Star Trek is in the fans. This is a whole new form of evolution, in which the imaginative capacity of the inner child, the ability to believe and persevere, and the will to achieve with wisdom, vision and heart continue to grow.

[@CavemanCBB]

This was a good one. Thank you and good work !

[@PhilDrury]

Always good to see these. Engaging smug mode for correctly guessing something before the dialogue was spoken.

[@markc7440]

Well done Mr Kryton 😁

[@kn558]

Nice job ... professional work as always. Thanks for all your time and hard work to give us some entertainment. Stay safe.

[@seskalarafey9285]

this episode is so TOS Kirk Diplomacy and i like it :)

[@fredflint5645]

Very well done. Good storyline. Looking forward to your next release.

[@freddybonilla2472]

Happy Star Trek Day

[@RickFruckberry]

Really good story. No spoilers, but a lot more thoughtful than "We come in peace. Shoot to kill."

[@ravenglennhomestead]

Thank you for another great episode... Star Trek at its finest...

[@mattnickles6371]

awesome work! I enjoyed that very much

[@robjmck]

Nice to see production return, well done!

[@jamestkirk1864]

Awesome show!

[@Xan3119Aizen]

one Last thing I'm sorry! But your SNW era monster maroon looks freaking awesome!!!!!!!!!!!

[@robertf3479]

A good story well played. First impressions by either party aren't always correct.

[@donaldhiles_k9sgz428]

Well done all. Thank you

[@MLOPEZSPQR]

Great fan film, you just earn in a fan.

[@male42nfree]

Given the strong southern accents of most of the actors, the organization that the U.S.S Deimos belongs to should be called "The United Confederation of Planets". lol A great film - thank you for making and sharing it!!

[@TheCopperbaron]

Very well made. Totally enjoyable

[@davemac2580]

It's great to see Keith back in action and looking well.

[@GeorgeKayaian]

Great episode guys! Felt very connected to core Trek ideals. Good acting and production values! Well done! Keep up the good work!

[@Potemkin1711]

@@GeorgeKayaian thanks, George!

[@davidponseigo8811]

Damn the captain looks great for his age, I'm impressed !

[@larrygrebler5054]

Thanks for this another great one! Paramount is trying to get me to buy their crap, why should I when there is such high quality stuff like this out there.

[@wernerlouderback6796]

Nice job on the script Fred 📖✍️🖖🤓 and great job all of you 😁

[@fredlassiter2385]

Thanks! Glad you liked it. I had lots of help.

[@markc7440]

Good quality uniforms, props, and set really help any fan film, but having the commitment and the passion for the show really shows through. You obviously don't just pay lip service to the official series, but a definite tribute and more. My only niggle is that the sound sounds a bit hollow ish, hard to describe, but you get plenty of Brownie points back for having subtitles for deaf old duffers like me.

[@ussarng4649]

Same here but without the niggles.

[@quoniam426]

The other Federation ship is the Celeborn? An Elvish name? Commandeered by Vulcans, aka space Elves? Nice touch.

[@Potemkin1711]

The other ship is the Starship Caliborn. The name Caliborn comes from Caliburn, another name for a sword called Caledfwlch in Welsh and better known as Excalibur.

[@ussarng4649]

​@@Potemkin1711but . . . Aren't most elves Welsh?

[@Potemkin1711]

@@ussarng4649 i always thought they were Scandinavian

[@ussarng4649]

@@Potemkin1711 hummm . . . well at least you're not alone in that thought. Whoever selected the elfin actors and actresses for Lords of the Ring appears to have chosen them with the Scandinavian origin in mind. Now that I think about it so does my sister. I though am more earthen, a forger of herbs and remedies, a gardener and keeper of chickens. I imagine that elves indulging in the same, which I would as well imagine of those occupying Wales to be partial too.

[@joetilman7227]

Volun-told 😉 some things never change, eh?

[@edmclaughlin4923]

Great Story. Very entertaining.

[@helenofirvine]

Nice. Please standardize your uniforms and hide the light switches. Otherwise, very good. Oh, and elevate the captain's chair. It sits too low to the ground.

[@Potemkin1711]

@@helenofirvine we really like these uniforms we moved to a few years ago. They look great on camera. And our captains have their own look these days. Captain Harper's bomber jacket is the same as Captain Kirk's from Star Trek V.

[@markc7440]

As well as any variation in the uniforms simply down to the individual ship captains having their preference, and I presume group / fleet commanders too, the role out of any new uniforms may start with the flag ship or diplomatic ships first and then introduced to others over time. Plus you often get some Chief Petty Officer or similar who is too attached to the old uniform and somehow avoids having to wear the new one.

[@thecopycat7153]

Sometimes first impressions may not be what they seem and those guys planted a mine there in the first place not exactly a brite idea because that's the kind of stupidity that could start a war,thumbs up to all of you 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍✌️✌️💚💚💚😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉

[@hanelyp1]

The Tholians would at least have the courtesy to make the radio call and tell you to get lost before opening fire.

[@doubleedgedfist1535]

How fun!!! Can I be a guest star?

[@Potemkin1711]

@doubleedgedfist1535 if you live in Lexington or Central Kentucky, you can always check out our Facebook Groups to see if we have roles available.

[@doubleedgedfist1535]

@@Potemkin1711 oh wow!!! I don’t live in that area but I will definitely check out the roles!! Thank you for the reply.

[@BruceForster-k9n]

Now, if the idiots in DC could learn this lesson!!!!!

[@gerhuneng]

Yea!

[@scottofengland]

Nice Production. i think it might be worth you adding closed captions. I struggled to hear somelines the first time so I had to rewind and listen again :) I like the story though

[@Potemkin1711]

@scottofengland it's my understanding that KZbin automatically generates closed captions. Am I wrong about that? We had some of our earlier episodes closed captioned, but it took a lot of work, and when we learned KZbin did it automatically, we were relieved.

[@scottofengland]

@Potemkin1711 Oh they might not have generated yet as the videos only just come out. For me at least the options greyed out.

[@Potemkin1711]

​@scottofengland Quite possibly. Let me know how it turns out, and we will take another look at this issue.

[@rspc6132]

YT closed captions are working here. Although it is about 8 hours later.

[@ussarng4649]

Closed caption is working for me.

[@Xan3119Aizen]

I'm trying to figure if you could make it work with your timeline but it would be cool if you did your own episode like in Picard season three where they were on the run from Starfleet and they had to break into Daystrom station... That would be so cool if you took a crew of fearless officers in there and instead of some of the stuff we saw you would see some of the older stuff like the garb from the mirror universe or maybe different iconic items from earlier in the series... And maybe see these officers use some of these cool items from the station!!!!!!! just an idea

[@ohiobrian8993]

Lighting and sets are not bad. You should put some of the money into standard uniforms that fit. Most importantly, close the ships galley earlier, open the ships gym, and work off the flat guys. Almost all of the crew look like they couldn't pass Star Fleet physicals, unless they are from that high gravity planet, Tubbyflubby.

[@MattDeckard]

Is the federation going to replace their ship?

[@Potemkin1711]

@@MattDeckard not sure what you mean...

[@jackieanderson9408]

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[@JB-ym4up]

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[@ussarng4649]

Great show!!!

[@DMSProduktions]

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