Star Trek Continues: the Series That Honored the Original Legacy

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Today I wish to do a review on Star Trek Continues: Revisiting the Series That Honoured the Original Legacy
In this video, we dive into Star Trek Continues, a fan-made series that beautifully captures the essence of the original 1960s show. We'll explore how it extends the stories and characters while paying homage to the classic spirit that fans love. Join us as we discuss why Star Trek Continues stands as one of the best tributes to the original Enterprise crew.
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[@paulnicholson5997]

Ive seen every episode of Star Trek Continues. It's fantastic and the best fan film series I've ever seen. Well done...well done.😊

[@WorldT]

@@paulnicholson5997 for sure the best fan made star trek to date. thanks for watching

[@DMSProduktions]

DID you see St TNV/TNV Phase 2?

[@paulnicholson5997]

@@DMSProduktions No, I'll have to check it out. Thx.

[@paulnicholson5997]

@@DMSProduktions I tried looking it up. Didn't find anything.

[@paulnicholson5997]

@@DMSProduktions OK, found it, thx.

[@WessyD123]

This show was the best fan made thing i have EVER seen.

[@WorldT]

@@WessyD123 very in depth and well done. thanks for being here

[@morlockmeat]

Star Trek Continues is definitely the best of the fan-made Trek videos out there. I loved it! Wish they were allowed to make more.

[@goldenknight578]

I consider Star Trek Continues to be the best of the "fan-made" series out there. Watching it felt very much like watching the original series. I got the chance to visit the sets earlier this year and met Vic who is one of the nicest guys you'll ever meet. I shook his hand and thanked him for creating such an awesome series, and we chatted for quite a while. Walking through the sets felt very much like walking through the halls of the Enterprise. Something you neglected to mention is the video is that Scotty was played in the series by Chris Doohan who's the son of James Doohan. Also, Sulu was played by the Late Grant Imahara of MythBusters, and there's a dedication plaque for him on the STC set.

[@WorldT]

thanks for watching

[@RobertSeminarisBobby]

I enjoyed the series. Star Trek Continues was so faithful to TOS. I was sorry to see it end.

[@WorldT]

@@RobertSeminarisBobby yes would been nice if more episodes

[@humblemumble80]

It really felt like watching the fourth season of The Original Series. Fantastic series.

[@WorldT]

@@humblemumble80 it was amazing

[@silvereagle2061]

I've visited the studio in Kingsland Ga. Twice, and met Vic. He's the nicest person you'll ever meet.

[@WorldT]

@@silvereagle2061 sounds like a great time. thanks for watching

[@daniel_cook]

I've been there too several times, and also met Vic. You can tell when you talk to him how sincere his love for the original series is. Great guy.

[@silvereagle2061]

@@daniel_cook He's very humble, but I'm sure he knows

[@WorldT]

@@daniel_cook that is great when the actors actually like the franchise as well. thanks for sharing

[@Joe-cu4hi]

This is the best! Story and acting is superb

[@WorldT]

it was an eye opener the first time I discovered it. I was confused to watch.it or not, being fan made series, but I did and enjoyed it. thanks for stopping by.

[@SA-oz8ms]

OK, I felt sad when Spock died, the 1st time, I was saddened when Yar and Data died. BUT I straight BALLED CRIED when Dr McKenna died in the transporter. This series to me, IS the 5th year of that 5-year mission. I really liked how at the end we see the connection to TMP

[@WorldT]

@@SA-oz8ms yes McKenna was a good character and good charisma from the actor herself put good depth to get audience care about the character. thanks for watching

[@CuteLesbo69]

I cried like a baby when McKenna died.

[@chrischeshire6528]

The last two years of the five year Mission and should be Canon. The episodes where great and come full circle back to the first episode. Vic and his people built the entire Enterprise sets and didn't miss a detail. Great work on the part of all involved.

[@WorldT]

@@chrischeshire6528 for sure, it was a well researched and created story line for this series, thanks for watching

[@catcameron2495]

It's really well done. A must see for any Trekkie.

[@WorldT]

@@catcameron2495 agreed. any star trek fan will appreciate continues. thanks for watching

[@grahamrich3368]

Excellent review -- Star Trek Continues really is first class!! 👏👏

[@WorldT]

the best one can see

[@thatbudguy1328]

Star Trek Continues is, without question, the best fan-made version of TOS. I watch STC as though it's part of the original 79 episodes.

[@WorldT]

I consider it more of an independent studio production as the budget was quite. high for this series and yes it works very well with continuing the TOS series , thanks for watching

[@davidtallent9382]

Saw all of these a while back, so impressive and right on. Vic Mignogna impressed me SOOO much in the episode "Fairest of Them All" playing an evil version of himself! He is brilliant and definitely not a one-trick pony.

[@WorldT]

agreed he did a good version of Kirk for sure

[@scifiguy26]

This was the best 👍🏾 it was so good when I was watching it one day on my TV a friend of mine came over who's a casual Star Trek fan he said "I never seen this episode before" he thought it was the real thing I told him what was going on he was like WOW & this is how I get my Trek fix👌🏾 I don't watch any of the NuTrek

[@WorldT]

@@scifiguy26 ya nutreknnot the same first time inglance at continues i thought it was tos

[@vinceburgess9012]

This was such a great addition to the original show. I visited the studio and felt transported in time. It is a must for any fan.

[@WorldT]

@@vinceburgess9012 nice. be nice to walk around the sets of old enterprise. thanks for watching

[@silvereagle2061]

As far as canon goes, Vic mentioned that Eugene Roddenberry have STC his blessings and that he DOES consider the episodes as canon, and he believes his father would have as well.

[@WorldT]

@@silvereagle2061 they should too bad paramount and cbs dont.

[@gafaicheng]

This is an excellent fan series! Many of us consider it truly cannon! You can tell this was a labour of love by all those involved.

[@VitaeSignificatio]

I definitely do consider it canon.

[@Hammster69official]

When I watched Episode 9 "What Ships Are For", not only was I happy to see John DeLancie (Q from ST:TNG) and Anne Lockhart (Sheba from Battlestar Galactica (1978)), but I left the episode with the distinct impression that were Roddenberry still alive to see it, he might have said "Why didn't I think of that?". 🙂

[@WorldT]

that was my favourite episode

[@goldenknight578]

My favorite scene in the entire series is the "Who do you think you are?" speech from DeLancie. It was so well-written and performed.

[@WorldT]

@@goldenknight578 yes it was perfect to see "almost" Q to return to Star Trek for sure. thanks on watching

[@KatieF307]

I had only discovered Star Trek Continues a few days ago, and WOW! I love this show more than the original. I would pay to see this cast redo every original episode with this cast. The cast just seems right. As for McKenna dying, I cried too. But wait, this is Star Trek, maybe she is in the ship’s transporter buffer, like when Scotty put himself there, and was later released on ST the next generation

[@WorldT]

@@KatieF307 it was a good end that had an impact on the audience. thanks 👍

[@HAL-xy3om]

This show was excellent!

[@WorldT]

@@HAL-xy3om lots of fun thanks for watching

[@KarlWitsman]

I love this series. I thought I had seen them all, but you mentioned one that I missed, now I need to go back.

[@WorldT]

@@KarlWitsman for sure. ya i did thr same when i did a second take. thanks for watching

[@georgeplimpton9429]

I LOVED Star Trek Continues. Vic Mignogna NAILED Capt. Kirk, he did the best job out of all of them in that respect, but all of them were awesome. And I liked how they tied it in with the beginning of The Motion Picture. TOS just ended, then TMP began and we had no idea what had been going on in the mean-time. They tried in the first two movies to give SOME exposition as to what happened, but STC did it best. I will definitely watch it again.

[@WorldT]

@@georgeplimpton9429 the tie ins were perfect for sure. thanks for watching

[@zazaranger5]

Too bad Vic cannot play Kirk on strange new worlds. He’d be perfect.

[@georgeplimpton9429]

@@zazaranger5 ABSOLUTELY!

[@zazaranger5]

@@georgeplimpton9429 I mean, Vic does look like Shatner a little bit. I'm not a fan of Paul Wesley's Kirk interpretation

[@RedneckSpaceman]

STC is FANTASTIC!!!!!

[@WorldT]

@@RedneckSpaceman agreed 100 percent

[@bb1111116]

From the special effects, music, sets and acting; this fan series felt like Star Trek TOS. I highly recommend it to Trek fans.

[@WorldT]

@@bb1111116 they did best methods to recreate the entire experience. thanks for stopping by

[@BobAbc0815]

I've watched Star Trek Continues and it was realy good.

[@OneCatholicSpeaks]

I thought the first episode was the weakest. Then the second episode was massively more strong. The show continues as throng level of quality scripts. The last two parter was excitingly good.

[@WorldT]

thanks for watching and yes the series got better as it progressed

[@HistoryMovieCritic]

This series was so well made. It had meticulous attention to detail. You instantly felt like you were watching the real show again. Infinitely better than any of the modern Star Trek shows, especially Discovery.

[@Vulpine407]

Agreed. One of the best fan series out there. Loved the "Mirror" episode best as it answered all the questions we had from a half century ago about what happened to the I.S.S. Enterprise after the landing parties got switched back.

[@lurkerrekrul]

Long before this show, there was Star Trek: New Voyages. Maybe not as well done, but it did its best to continue the stories of the original crew. They managed to produce 11 episodes before CBS dropped the ban hammer on fan productions with a set of restriction that meant they couldn't finish the final three episodes that had already been filmed. Everyone give a big thank you to CBS for ensuring that we'll never see the last few episodes of that show.

[@WorldT]

@@lurkerrekrul i think the studio executives really dont like competition by anyone. even if the production is lower quality. whatever happened to the free market

[@ricknoe942]

@lurkerrekrul Funny you should mention this, because in just the last week or 2, two of those unfinished episodes have hit KZbin: Origins: The Protracted Man and Torment of Destiny. They are very rough cuts, but you get to see enough to get the stories. A shame they got caught in the CBS ban before they were finished...

[@VitaeSignificatio]

i do like both fan series. IMHO I tend to consider New Voyages as year 4 and Continues as year 5,

[@KingUltraMayne]

This series was extremely well done. It did indeed honor the spirit of TOS while also serving as a bridge between where TOS ended and the motion picture series began. It’s everything hardcore Trekkies could have wanted or asked for. Though it may not be considered canon…it should be.

[@mac5658]

Top notch show.

[@ChrisReise]

Star Trek continues IS a great fan series, but we should all remember that "Star Trek: New Voyages" (Later "Star Trek: Phase II" did it FIRST. And they should also be remembered.

[@WorldT]

@@ChrisReise STC is well done and should be promoted more. many fan made ones have good story ideas. thanks for watching

[@DMSProduktions]

GREAT show! Vic Mignonga did a GREAT job with it! ST NV by Jim Cawley was a great tribute as well! BOTH honoured it totally! (He added MODERN visuals tho & in 16:9 wide screen format!) 🖖

[@thomaskalbfus2005]

Star Trek The Next Generation Continues.

[@WorldT]

agreed, this is something that should been looked at in professional made content, thanks for watching

[@THE-michaelmyers]

I noted that the character "Elise McKenna," if I'm spelling the first name correctly, is also the name of a character in the movie "Somewhere in Time."

[@WorldT]

good observation for sure.

[@r.morris5589]

I never seen all of it but what I did see was far better than anything on Paramount STreaming.

[@Boa_Omega]

the entire series is on site. Free to watch.

[@JFPickus]

From the first few minutes of the first episode with the same actor as Apollo from TOS signaled this was going to be an excellent series!

[@WorldT]

@@JFPickus yes bringing in alumni actors was good move and strong indication of a well made series. thanks for watching

[@BNuts]

Vic and his crew did a great job, and they even let sons and daughters of some of the original cast play in it. It's a shame they had to shorten it, however at least they got the ending down.

[@akshaytrayner1960]

I love how it continued after season 3

[@WorldT]

@@akshaytrayner1960 the tie in was perfect. thanks for watching

[@capttheo1]

They considered themselves the unofficial fourth season.

[@WorldT]

exactly, imagine how this would have worked on a larger budget, it was a fun series, too bad they were not allowed to make more

[@paulnicholson5997]

​@@WorldTIt's really good. I suggest any real TOS fan watch these shows, asap.

[@WorldT]

@@paulnicholson5997 the quality was very well done and professional

[@paulnicholson5997]

@WorldT It really captured the feel of TOS. The actor that played Kirk did a great " Shatner." It's truly The Lost Season. I consider it season 4.

[@WorldT]

@@paulnicholson5997 yes continues filled the gap. of of tos had more seasons

[@michaelreed4744]

It is a nice, online series. This idea should be submitted to the CBS Network.

[@WorldT]

I agree, the main studios should do a professional version of these stories

[@Voodoomaria]

Scene at 03:44 I would have SWORD that somehow they had the original actress who played the female Romulan commander reprise her role. He face, her voise, her mannerisms, ALL exact. Imagine my delight when I read that it was the original actress's daughter taking up the mantle. When I saw they got the ORIGINAL actor who portrayed Apollo, that won me over completely. I have every episode of Star Trek Continues on DVD added to my Star Trek collection. The ONLY other fan film work worthy of a place in that extensive collection is Axanar. This series was a PERFECT homage to the original.

[@Boa_Omega]

Chris Doohan plays Scotty. Yes as in Jame's son. Notice the gentleman on screen when they mentioned John DeLancie? None other than Colin '6th Doctor' Baker from Classic Dr.Who. Some interesting ideas including one used in Stargate Atlantis. You just can not go wrong Ideas that if 1960s sfx allowed and they had been given the green light the writer's would have loved to tackle.

[@Voodoomaria]

@@Boa_Omega There was ALSO Nicola Bryant also of Doctor Who fame [Peri Brown], and Grant Imihara from Myth Busters.

[@goldenknight578]

A fun fact about the Romulan commander in the finale is that the role was played by Amy Rydell and happens to be the daughter of Joanne Linville who played the role in the Original Series.

[@Voodoomaria]

@@goldenknight578 As i said in my original comment. The effort that went into this production puts a few of the Paramount efforts to shame. From lighting to make-up to sets. It was near perfect.

[@gothamzknight0219]

I think Rod Roddenberry said that he believes STC is cannon and his dad would agree. I personally loved the shows.

[@oso_dubu]

Star trek New Voyages was doing the same thing also.

[@WorldT]

@@oso_dubu yes. the fan stuff tskes it close to what should be done with the franchise

[@MartinCHorowitz]

New Voyages had some of the leftover scripts that would have been in the next season, and a few Guest appearances by original cast members. I helped them out when they had h fundraiser to make the sickbay set.,by printing some posters. The Poster is the from windows of the now Star Trek Museum I printed is a larger version of the ones that were auctioned off.

[@Xenaboy-vt3hi]

Everybody I know who has seen this series considers it to be canon and to heck with what Paramount says. It is a sequel, not a prequel. But it proves that the people making this show should be in charge of all prequels. I like Strange New Worlds but I have to think of it as an alternate reality. But this show, ST Continues, I can fully accept as part of TOS canon. I would say it is 99% true to TOS and the 1% where it sneaks in something that could not have been done in the 1960s (like one of Kirk's ex's being black) just makes it even better. It doesn't even ignore anything that was canon. It acknowledges why, in that time, a woman could not be a starship captain. In the 1960s, it was considered "natural". By the time of STC, they have enough historical perspective to give a good reason for it: politics. It subtly pushes the ideas a little further but never in a way that ignores TOS canon like the official shows do. I don't know if it could work for a mass audience but then, the thimble audiences that sustain streaming couldn't make it with real network competition. Conclusion: better than any of the endless prequel shows we've gotten.

[@kirkdarling4120]

Watching this is as though the understudies and backup crew shot these episodes right after the shooting of the regular episodes.

[@WorldT]

@@kirkdarling4120 yes i think the storylines were originally written for TOS if it had continued. thanks on watching

[@trevormaurer3684]

Vastly Better than any trek Movie or series produced since 2009. I always make a point to recommend to people Who are Star trek fans but do not know about this series

[@MartinCHorowitz]

Michelle Specht who played Dr. McKenna is a real nice person IRL.

[@jeffreydavidconner]

There problem was that they were starting to get to good. The studio ( I think it was Paramount) pulled the plug and would not let them make anymore. The one that had George Takei in it was my favorite.

[@WorldT]

true enough, it would been good if they were able to carry on

[@jeffreydavidconner]

@@WorldT It would have saved us from Discovery if they made this instead..

[@WorldT]

@@jeffreydavidconner agreed

[@eichelbergergary]

I think it is unfair to refer to this as a fan film material. That sounds like a school play or weekend project. It is more accurate to refer to it as an independent studio production.

[@WorldT]

independent studio production.is what it is , as it was done that way , they even hired an orchestra to play the original music as well, thanks on watching

[@centaur1a]

Well done series from todays Star Trek. Many of episodes were well made and researched into making each episodes unique. Too bad no more episodes are going to be made, just hope they can make episodes on other crews in the Star Trek universe.

[@WorldT]

@@centaur1a for sure would been nice if more were allowed to be made. thanks for watching

[@leethomas2155]

This is the best Star Trek since Enterprise ended in 2005... And it isn't even official.

[@TheGeezerGeek]

Mister Horrible A.I. Voice, it is a shame that you didn't mention on of the other great casting choices, Chris Doohan played Scotty, just as his father James Doohan originated that role.

[@WorldT]

true enough, Chris did a good scotty for sure, and was good throwback to original actor , thanks for watching

[@macsnafu]

I was quite impressed by Star Trek Continues. I wish they had been able to do more episodes. it seems a little short for completing the 5 year mission. And while it was well done, I kind of feel they were really trying to push it too far with the introduction of a ship's counselor and an early version of the holodeck.

[@Carol120454]

I really loved this show, and I was sorry to see it end, due to Paramount's revamp of rules that killed it and other fan series. It was better than any of the shows THEY put out since. I refused to watch Discovery in protest, or any more Star Trek series. I did watch Strange New Worlds, part of it, but with the more modern set designs, etc. It seems like a prequel in name only. It doesn't really fit in a timeframe before TOS. They didn't even try to find a Shatner look alike for an episode with Kirk in it. Just not up to par, in my opinion.

[@WorldT]

@@Carol120454 i tried snw. and yes it should be a separate universe. it does not Star Trek even their version of spock doesn't aline with how the real spock behaved. thanks on watching

[@thearthound]

S. T. Continues is great! This video AI voice sucks

[@WorldT]

@@thearthound show is good. thanks on the tip. i plan to do more videos with my own voice soon thanks for watching

[@Chitchatjf2]

As much of s fsn of John Delance I am I never saw that episode Thery could had done one of two options a) A reimaging of City on the edge of Forever using Harland's ORIGINAL script b)A Q meets Kirk story

[@PaulHFleming]

Star Trek Continues was truly phenomenal in every aspect. However there always seems controversy with main Star Vic Mignogna (ie Captain Kirk) There were allogations that he been involved sexual scandals at Fan Conversations. Seem he channel Bill Shatner in more ways just acting

[@WorldT]

vic actually probably did a better version of Kirk then Chris Pine did in the 3 Abrams movies

[@JediRevanMunro]

The Best Star Trek fan series after the cancellation of Enterprise. New "star trek" series does not have it takes. For e this series IS canon, wrap it up nicely to fit TMP.

[@HessTruckBOOKS]

Such an incredible wonderful series tribute video to be tainted by a poor AI voice. Seriously. Deserves better

[@Browncoat66]

I love STC. Excellent review. However, in this review the AI commentary is really crap. It terms of content it is great, but the pacing is way off at times.

[@markstirton]

Not loving the AI voice. Although it does…pause…like Shatner.

[@WorldT]

doing my best, my latest video I have myself talking this time, although I admit my real voice is not as flattering, thanks for stopping by

[@jhnoakez]

Boooo AI voiceover

[@gorankimov9742]

Every episode is high standard, Kirk better acting than Shatner.

[@klbax63]

AI voiceover sucks