The More Things Change - A Dreadnought Dominion Film

A 300 year old spacecraft is picked up by the DOMINION containing a flash frozen Russian cosmonaut from the 1960's. After a glimpse of the 23rd century he begins to wonder if "the more things change", the more they stay the same.
Series: Dreadnought Dominion
Director: David R. Wrenn and Gary Davis
Screenwriter: David R. Wrenn

[@SpaceNazi62]

Got as far as “Dean Wormer”🤣, then I had to pause, is that an Animal House Easter egg?

[@dreadnoughtdominion8988]

Guilty as charged. I couldn't resist.

[@SpaceNazi62]

Dreadnought Dominion 🤣🤣🤣

[@sharonamkraut3282]

“Not airlock again!” Best line and scene!

[@dominonmedia298]

IT WAS.. Our resident Romulan Costumer plays that part.. Whenever asked to do a scene, he BRINGS IT!.. He will be playing the Squadron Commander in an upcoming WWII time travel episode of "Project Runabout". .We asked him to just pretend to give a briefing to a bunch of pilots, and when the cameras rolled, he had a WHOLE BIT ready for us.. It was TRULY impressive... Look for Thomas Dye again in the future in our 2022 Upcoming spin-off "Warbird Valadore". We'll be using him more instead of comic relief as he REALLY needs to be taken seriously sometimes as he's a SUPER guy and terrific actor for our productions!

[@JonathanEzor]

I always liked the Dreadnought design in the original Starfleet Technical Manual. Thanks for this!

[@dreadnoughtdominion8988]

You're very welcome. Thank you sir!

[@jkeister]

I love the treatment of the credits at the beginning. Very creative.

[@ianmitchell4231]

A mighty fine episode, fantastic effects and a great crew, you all should be proud.

[@dreadnoughtdominion8988]

Thank you sir!

[@beharford]

Very well done! I still remember when TOS was the only Star Trek, so these episodes are truly special....y'all at Dreadnought Dominion, thank you!

[@dreadnoughtdominion8988]

Thank you Cariboo!

[@davepitts4479]

Dean Wormer? NICE! A Delta House reference :-)

[@dominonmedia298]

Our writer, David R Wrenn, CANNOT help himself in regard to Easter Egg references in our shows.. I am just as guilty, as I enjoy the HECK out of them!

[@LittlePooky]

Can't tell you how much I enjoyed this (and other) episode. Thank you!

[@ChristinaMoore79]

Ah! Victoria Avalon from the Deimos does double duty in the fan film world! Great story. Oh, and I love how the communications officer's glasses interpreted her sign language for her. Great idea!

[@dreadnoughtdominion8988]

Thank you! Yes, we are thrilled to have Victoria Avalon on our team.

[@calanon534]

@@dreadnoughtdominion8988 I'd be thrilled with the 'mute' Comms Officer idea, too. That's Geordi LaForge-level thinking. I absolutely love it. THIS is what the spirit of Trek is about.

[@jameswalker3973]

I would ask to be assigned to this ship they all seem to eat very well.

[@franklinmills1756]

yes, some of them need to start running laps through the corridors. 🏃🏃🏽‍♀️

[@GoldenLion137]

Great episode, was like I was watching one of the originals

[@donaldkroth2579]

Add this to my original series watch list. As good as Starship Farragut.☺👍🖖

[@williamschultz8470]

Life is good keep them coming please

[@psx0005rr]

Awesome job, DD fam! Enjoyed the memories we made together doing this production and making MORE new friends! :D

[@dreadnoughtdominion8988]

Thanks Ryan!

[@JohnSavageComedy]

Awesome jobs Guy's and Gail's. Can't wait till the next one.

[@iowanforjustice5656]

Wow this is FIRE. GOOD JOB! Excellent acting and above average graphics for a fan film. I’m so impressed! Science Officer is cute. I love real life men and women next door actors and actresses. Just all around excellent. Just great people just great!

[@d.wayneharbison8691]

Good story. I'm really liking your crew. I especially like the fact that they are seasoned officers and not the "youngest" this or that in starfleet. Dr. Farrell, LCDR. Pyper, and CMDR Quincy. You've got what looks like a fun cast and crew.

[@Brewingbiker]

Love every minute! Really just can't get enough. Please keep up the great work! We need more!

[@dreadnoughtdominion8988]

Very kind words! Thank you!

[@Rocketsong]

I think the nurse in sickbay is going places. Might even get her own command. ;-)

[@balventray]

Ace thanks for keeping the dream alive

[@SpaceNazi62]

Great episode diffidently one of the best👍🏻🖖🏻

[@HairyHarrisFilm]

Excellent story and casting. I reported on Soviet Space Science in the 1980s, and the spacecraft is believable for 1968-69.

[@dreadnoughtdominion8988]

We did a good bit of research but you know how that goes? You never know when you can get hold of some bad data. I wish we could have modified the model to have an extra section to house the lunar lander.. but....

[@HairyHarrisFilm]

@@dreadnoughtdominion8988Actually, the only problem I had was the nav/comms antenna should have bent/broke off at the underside bow. Cosmonaut warning implied the lunar lander would have been discarded for re-entry, (where it burned up). Great work!

[@gdavisohio]

@@HairyHarrisFilm Ya. The craft was "set down" on the deck.. but the "grav-plate" may have been set lower as to avoid the undercarriage from experiencing too much weight... its what I love about Star Trek.. aside from "suspending belief" on a number of things such as faster than light travel, we can also come up with "technical" explanations for anything we need..

[@HairyHarrisFilm]

@@gdavisohio Absolutely!

[@hcliii]

Awesome episode! And Dean Wormer? Epic! Does that mean the Dominion crew is on Double-Secret probation?

[@dreadnoughtdominion8988]

100 points! Yes it does!

[@censortube3778]

Well, congratulations to anyone who makes a star trek fan film. Had to laugh at the idea of giving the 300 year old guy a tour of the ship, the original series was also navie like that, nice touch lol

[@dreadnoughtdominion8988]

Thanks! We figured if it ain't broke, don't fix it. LOL Giving time travelers a tour of your futuristic ship is a time honored tradition! :D

[@aiosquadron]

The Soviets DID make an attempt at moon landing, but the rockets all ended in a kaboom.

[@Raggedymannn]

Super story, super acting, super job all involved, thank you all for the visual magic you've created and shared

[@dreadnoughtdominion8988]

Thank you so much!

[@socalav]

Well done! But a detail of the Soyuz, in the story Cosmonaut Bogdanov states they were already reentering atmosphere, in which case, much like Apollo, the only part that would have been left would have been the crew capsule, the much smaller rounded cone shape module in the center section of the craft. All else would have already been jettisoned and discarded well before the actual reentry attempt and the center reentry capsule would return to Earth with a heat shield much like the Apollo (and other capsules). But fun anyway!

[@elizabethjansen2684]

Love that allusion at the end

[@gdavisohio]

THANKS.. I came up that on the fly!.. I did ensure it looked passable.. but was very pleased with how it turned on as well!. This teases the next production of "Project: Runabout" which is mid production currently!

[@barryon8706]

Nice job all around!

[@DanielVance]

Cosmonought Dominion!

[@marshallc3]

This is Fantastic work!

[@robertwheeler5125]

nicely done.

[@charonjr1701]

loved this!! More, Please!!!

[@cwtnc]

A cool story. Well done!

[@rahadyans199]

I love the 23rd century corticular stimulator.

[@rahadyans199]

I also just noticed that Dr. Farrell wears a long-sleeved undershirt beneath her uniform shirt. Very smart. If I were to cosplay a TOS-era medical officer , I'd do the same thing since I get cold easily.

[@gdavisohio]

YES. Great prop.. I ordered that from Triple-Fiction Productions. They did a RUSH job and got it to me within DAYS.. Was thrilled with their response .. got it to me before I departed for the set!

[@RacerX888]

Dean Wormer? I get it, LOL!

[@MarqusW1]

Yep...one of the writers is an "Animal House" fan!!!

[@Lyraa357]

An enjoyable entry in the series. I love cheeky Quincy. I am curious if the mission specialist will return as crew member or appear again as a different character. It would be nice to have more characters.

[@dreadnoughtdominion8988]

We are definitely considering having our young Russian friend rejoin the cast once he finishes at Starfleet Academy.

[@d.wayneharbison8691]

@@dreadnoughtdominion8988 I like that idea.

[@MacsWorldEntertainment]

This was a great film!! Very Well Done!!

[@FRACTUREDVISIONmusic]

Tres cool.

[@davec4274]

amazing, thank you for all the hard work.

[@timothyphipps8337]

I'm impressed!

[@NeverDoneEver]

Dean of Admissions Wormer of Starfleet Academy: no doubt a distant relation of Dean Vernon Wormer of Faber College, United States, circa 1960.

[@LuciusClevelandensis]

Bravo!

[@jamesavalos4555]

That was very entertaining!

[@mikefellows4879]

Awesome fan film. Well done.

[@RD9_Designs]

Great job! I enjoyed this! 🛸

[@smhhardy6580]

Keep up the great work cast n crew!

[@dreadnoughtdominion8988]

I am honored that you watched it! Thank you!

[@somedude5414]

"Dean Wormer"?!? OK, who is the Animal House fan?!?

[@dominonmedia298]

Our writer!.. He loves to drop "Easter Egg" mentions and throwbacks to other movies and TV shows..

[@wespenwald1297]

I wonder how these productions are supposed to improve if every comment on KZbin is just pure positivity? Nice visuals and an interesting script! The empty stare of the captain while listening to others was a bit confusing, as well as the super-aggro doctor during the transporter scene. I think you guys might benefit from a more fluid filming, using more cameras. Fun to watch, thx for making this :)

[@gdavisohio]

Ya. Are you referring to the opening? YA.. I agree.. We just "needed" a shot between the Science Officer talking.. So that fit the bill.. That shot wasn't even meant to be there, but it "worked" of sorts. Multiple cameras.. wow.. we WISH.. we have one Director of Photography and they bring a great camera for great footage. We're all amateurs as well.. We just have fun, and try to tell a story. However, we DO appreciate your input!.. I HAVE wondered if we could do multiple camera.. but finding TWO folks to bring nice toys to the set would be our difficulty..

[@wespenwald1297]

@@gdavisohio Yeah, I totally see the limits you might encounter with a volunteer projects and its equipment! You know, I think having 2 or more cheap cameras is actually better than only using one nice toy! Anyway, thanks a lot for making this! You can really see all the effort and love that went into this :)

[@gdavisohio]

@@wespenwald1297 .. We took your suggestion.. We used multiple cameras on our last few shoots.. Will never go back to just ONE CAMERA. Never thought we could make it happen!

[@sydneysmith1521]

Nice

[@jebkerman7199]

Ok that post credits scene seemed a little ominous. also I have a feeling that the entire crew is going to learn Quincy's true nature at some point in the future

[@jebkerman7199]

Also there is not much space in the soyuz decent module which I is the part of the spacecraft that I assume that the cosmonauts were in due to the fact that they were trying to reenter the earth's atmosphere so it would make more sense to have them beamed aboard in a semi fetal position as if they were still in their chairs.

[@jebkerman7199]

The spacecraft itself is believable however and it makes a lot of sense that it would have the ability to self destruct if it didn't land anywhere in russia as the soviets would not want the US to know that it had been working on a moon mission. I also assume that this launched after the N-1 program ended as a last ditch effort to beat the United States to the moon as the apollo 11 mission was a few months away at that point. It would also seem that the spacecraft itself could detect that it wasn't in space using whatever power it had left as it didn't self destruct for 300 years. The primitive computers on the Soyuz could tell that the spacecraft was not in Russia and not in space so the self destruct sequence that had not been cancelled 300 years prior started and the thing eventually exploded moments after being tractored out of the hangar deck

[@dreadnoughtdominion8988]

@@jebkerman7199 You've got a very good eye, sir! And a love of history! I appreciate that! Actually, we didn't know exactly how they would have been positioned, but I figured they would have been seated and their hands might have been floating out in front of them. So we positioned them with their knees bent and their hands outstretched. By the way, if you watch closely, you'll see one of their legs moving. (that's a tough position to hold!) LOL There are a few historical and logical problems, I freely admit it. For instance, the entire craft would not have tried to re-enter Earth's atmosphere. Only the Command module most likely,. So it should have been only the command module we found. Also, there (most likely) would have been 3 Cosmonauts aboard. Where was the 3rd? We said that there was an extra module to house the lunar lander , but the model we used was the standard model - as it was in the 60's (We hope) Almost all of those choices were made to keep the budget down. If we had a $20,000 budget instead of a fraction of that, we probably would have gotten all that stuff right. But we just had to do the best we could with what we had and hope the historians would understand and that the viewers would still enjoy the story. Thanks for watching! Hope the inaccuracies didn't keep you from enjoying the story entirely.

[@jebkerman7199]

@@dreadnoughtdominion8988 That was really the only issue that I had with this. As for the fact that the entire craft was there that might have been part of what went wrong as the explosive bolts that would have separated the rest of the craft from the decent stage might not have fired correctly or at all. In the end the fact that the Soyuz bounced off of the atmosphere instead of re entering might have saved the life of the surviving cosmonaut!

[@jebkerman7199]

As for the lunar module I just assumed that it was docked to the Soyuz and that the crew would do a small EVA to enter the lunar module as if I recall correctly there was no hatch that would have allowed the crew to enter the lunar module or another docked Soyuz without doing so on the original 7K-OK

[@snowwolvesproductions]

Wonderful job!!! I love the special effects too. I really need a good hanger scene for our fan film. The only thing I found a little odd was that the Lt. didn't get permission from the Captain to be transferred to the academy to finish her doctorate... It was a good script and the acting was very good! You guys really do a good job! I really want to learn. If you need an extra crewman, let me know when you shoot next and I'll drive down... I'm only 3 1/2 hours away. ( I can also make props if you need something) :-)

[@gdavisohio]

GLAD you liked it!.. Yes. we had fun with the Hangar Bay!.. As for the LT transferring.. aside from that this made the scene a "surprise".. its not completely out of the realm of possibility that the Captain wasn't aware of the transfer "at the time". It may have been in his morning staff update that he hadn't had the chance to read. We can't really know the exact administrative procedure that an officer in Starfleet goes through for transfers.. However, it is safe to assume that the LT's Department Head not only knew of the transfer, but approved it. We never specified her function, and she could been in a department overseen by Quincy himself.. He stated he was there to see Alexi off.. but he arrived with the LT.. so he could have been escorting her to her next assignment.

[@snowwolvesproductions]

@@gdavisohio makes good sense 👏

[@dreadnoughtdominion8988]

@@snowwolvesproductions By the way, Sam Cockings has the model for the hanger bay. He even did the green screen key for us. He does excellent work.

[@mterry4428]

Lol why is the doctor micro managing her staff lol

[@gdavisohio]

She's a good ole fashioned country doctor.. Set in her ways and ensuring that things are done, and in the proper order.. It does appear she's micromanaging.. or.. the way I looked at it.. she's like a conductor leading an orchestra. She has the best vantage point to direct the care. The Med Team was an Emergency Response Team, so they were like extensions of her hands and her medical experience.. Plus.. we just love us some Victoria being Doc Farrell!

[@mterry4428]

@@gdavisohio lol nuff said 🤣

[@charleselswick5404]

I love it, just corny enough!

[@michelledschwab]

The producers of this fanfic must be fans of Animal House. Dean Wormer??

[@dreadnoughtdominion8988]

I couldn’t resist.

[@Species5008]

Did Starfleet let go of the physical fitness requirements? And the doctor, is that a man or a woman? Sorry, having some trouble deciphering this dilemma

[@kettch777]

Learn a little more about ranks and rate of promotions in military organizations. That "ensign" would be the oldest ensign in Starfleet and would have had to be stalled in their career since leaving the Academy decades ago.

[@brentharney1838]

Very good,first time I‘ve seen your Dominan productions. The rendering of a dreadnought class was nice to see realized from 2D. The story was good, however it seems truncated from a “hour format”. Which would of allowed more story and character development,budgetary constraints are the Bain and CBS’s tantrum didn’t help,either!! Keep on telling those morality stories.

[@dominonmedia298]

YUP.. We do our best to do what we can in two 15 min parts.. It's the standard that we adhere to for the privilege of playing in CBS's sandbox...

[@lesliedavid1244]

Why would nationality matter after 300 years?

[@dominonmedia298]

Good question! I put to you the character in TOS, Ensign Pavel Chekhov. He had a lot of pride for his mother Russia in the series. The attitudes that connect us by geography are strong no matter what century we're in...

[@lesliedavid1244]

@@dominonmedia298 You didn’t answer the question. Your plot device has a 300 year old Russian cosmonaut being revived and they want to pass him off as another species. Why? Why can’t he be himself? Is it a temporal thing? After all in Star Trek: The VoyageHome Dr. Baskin comes along with the whales and there’s no attempt to pass her off as anything other than human.

[@gdavisohio]

​@@lesliedavid1244 OHHH.. I see.. The character had a great deal of pride in him and even though attitudes have changed since the 20th century, he was still worried that returning home would be construed as a "failure" of his countrymen from the time. It was the reason that they had the self destruct. If the mission was a failure, they destroy the craft and no one knew that the attempt had failed. The writer even put in a line stating that, attitudes may have changed, but our Russian LT remarked, " .. I could be wrong..".. PLUS, it was just a cool story device and a way for us to mention one of our favorite villains from an episode .. KATAKA!!

[@phillytvdirector]

mmmm commander hot chocolate at Spock's station

[@D.J.Trump2024MAGA]

is the dr a man or woman?

[@dreadnoughtdominion8988]

Yes

[@YorkshiremanInDorset]

Great video, nice effects, most of acting is first rate, the thing that keeps disappointing me is the number of actors that are overweight to the point of being obese. Sorry to comment especially as I was hovering around being morbidly obese until I lost weight.

[@dreadnoughtdominion8988]

We are not professionals. We are amateurs. We just got together around 6 years ago and started making Star Trek fan films. We have never went out and looked for the youngest, or thinnest, or best looking actors to be in our films. Which is not to say that we're not good looking! Some of us are quite attractive! Especially me!

[@YorkshiremanInDorset]

@@dreadnoughtdominion8988 I realise that you’re amateurs, fans, and what you do is great. My comment was just to point out the glaring difference between yours and the original Star Trek franchise (and even the other fan films). You just don’t see overweight people as senior officers and it spoils the illusion for me. Sorry…

[@centaur1a]

The story idea is great, but words to film is another matter. A rewrite is need, research is badly needed. Cast needs a replacement: badly.

[@dreadnoughtdominion8988]

I was a little upset when I first read this, but then I thought about it for a second and now I can’t stop laughing! It almost sounds like you think we would actually consider re-writing, re-casting, re-shooting, re-editing this film because you didn’t think it was good enough. That’s not how this works. That’s not how ANY of this works at all! I’ll tell you what. You go make your own version of it, and I’ll watch it and let you know what I think of it.

[@juliemunoz2762]

cheesy

[@D.J.Trump2024MAGA]

I have saw better acting in elementary school plays