This Side of Morality - A Star Trek Fan Production (2023)

[@STho205]

That was a very unique, imaginative and original screenplay. I can't think of a major classic SF story or series episode anything like it...that is rare even in Paramount production today. No pointless Easter Eggs, no cousin/daughter/sister/descendent/ancestor of a series character...just a new story with a crew science officer.

[@chucka.3520]

Great Work Samuel. Your father was fantastic in this. Great TOS Era Fan Film.

[@SGUDistantHope]

Thanks so much Chuck! he did! And Marie too! Was there anything else about the film you particularly enjoyed?

[@chucka.3520]

@@SGUDistantHope How you incorporated the Tos Era graphics and style. I see Matt Boardman contributed to the graphics. He is fantastic. I've been on the 7th Rule Roundtable with him. He is so great doing this work. I see my name in the backers list. Thanks very much. Fantastic fan film, Samuel.

[@michaelaldredge-greenwell1692]

@@SGUDistantHope Such a cool episode!!!!

[@vortan634]

Outstanding story. It really could have been out of the Original Series. My compliments to Mr Cockings. Well done sir

[@tranzphaziktorpedo]

I am amazed at the quality, love and care that you and the crew have given to this documentary! Hats off to your Dad for flawlessly giving a performance that (to me) rang true! It wasn't... uhm, forced or cardboard-ish! And in my Tweet I mentioned the Grand Lady herself, but in this comment, I hafta mention the 'mini-crossover' of my newly found favorite Fan production: Dreadnought Dominion!! Lol! I about dropped my Laptop when I heard Capt. Brousseau and CDR Denson's cameos/voice-overs! It really made that time of (what my group - The Geek Cabal calls) "The 1st Lost Era" really come together and be more cohesive! You guys ROCK! Keep it up and I hope you will have the opportunity to make more of these! 😁 Be safe and healthy! Peace and Long Life! 🖖 😎

[@DanielVance]

- Absolutely love the view inside the bridge dome as the Enterprise passes. It's those little touches that help make the Enterprise feel more like a ship that's lived in and less a prop. - Enjoyed the line about noticing the humidity change upon beaming. It's such an off-hand remark, but gives more insights into what beaming might feel like to the human senses. - Dominion crossover! - Excellent job with the character models of the original actors.

[@GuitarsnCars]

Nice work! Anyone else getting echo’s of “Rimmer world”?😁

[@PhilDrury]

"Avert your eyes from her great beauty." Yeah, that was the first thing that popped into my mind.

[@bumblebee9337]

Can you imagine Arnold J. Rimmer in command of a starship?

[@PhilDrury]

@@bumblebee9337 Unfortunately I can imagine it 😂

[@donbedwell2322]

This is beautiful! Nicely done!!! Can't wait to see more.

[@SGUDistantHope]

Thanks so much Don! Was there anything else about the film you particularly enjoyed? Would love to hear more thoughts!

[@davidhamilton6612]

I love these fan made films. They show their love and dedication to Star Trek with each new fan film. Keep up the good work.

[@GoodOldGamer]

Seeing the bridge through the dome was a nice touch.

[@SGUDistantHope]

Indeed! We always love that detail! Was there anything else about the film you particularly enjoyed?

[@GoodOldGamer]

@@SGUDistantHope I like the reference to those Voyager episodes that did the same thing, copying the crew and the ship. And your dad looks great with hair, lol.

[@michaelaldredge-greenwell1692]

@@SGUDistantHope Having your cool dad in this neat episode was such a treat!! I’m not the only one who would like to see more of Lieutenant Galloway, Sam!! Think we could see more of his daily life & him on away missions??

[@SGUDistantHope]

@@michaelaldredge-greenwell1692 All depends how our 2023 indiegoog goes. I am still heavily in personal debt from these films and need to raise at least another $12,000 in 2023 then the final $10,000 in 2024 just to be able to finish what i have planned. I would like to see more but...fans need to keep us funded.

[@daveagreg]

Excellent work Samuel @SGUDistantHope ! The documentary-style, easy pacing, and use of TOS-era visuals were delightful. Marie and your dad were great, by the way! (added thanks for including the backers list!) ❤💛💙🤓🖖🏾

[@morlockmeat]

That was great! What a wonderful full episode that would have made.

[@raywood8187]

This is a very creative plot. And so cool to see my name in the credits as an Indegogo backer. I'm proud to have contributed!

[@Jack_Stafford]

Knowing your father's interest and vast knowledge of The Roman Era made this extra special! Well done! I did find the "film scratch" decision puzzling though; filmed in hi def with ulra wide aspect ratio.. .makes film scratch and pop seem even more like an anachronism. Great acting, love the backgrounds and sets , and it was great to see The Dominion !

[@SGUDistantHope]

Thanks and thanks! The grade with the added grain for more "old school" filmic look is just a choice. Part of what modern fil makers fight against is the ultra sharp/ultra crisp look of digital recordings. Digital grain is always added, especially in CGI since the natural perfect look...looks fake because it is. The amount of grain is just a personal preference to the artist :D

[@Jack_Stafford]

@@SGUDistantHope I hear you and probably most people wouldn't have noticed it, except for subliminally, but I am one of "those people" 😉 You are doing a great job and I look forward to the next project!

[@SGUDistantHope]

@@Jack_Stafford Thanks! and yeh...at a certain point its all personal preference. Cant please everyone. I had someone say i should do all these films in 16x9 because im waiting space in anamorphic and it looks worse to him. I replied saying I love the cinematic look, i love designing space shots to anamorphic and working in that ratio since i think it gives my films an extra flare. Thanks! Next film on Saturday! And a small go-fund me launching soon to help me continue until the large Indiegogo in July. We only raised just over 50% of our needed budget last year so.......need to raise the rest to keep going and finish what we started :D

[@Jack_Stafford]

@@SGUDistantHope thank you for the response! I prefer the picture to match my TV ratio, since very few of these great films will ever be shown on that cinema, ultra wide aspect ratio, so most of us are stuck with the annoying letterbox framing. In any case, you're doing great work and I encourage you to do more!

[@SGUDistantHope]

@@Jack_Stafford Yeh i get it! ^^ I just think it looks too much like a standard TV "fan film" vibe when its in 16:9...Anamorphic framing just gives it a flare and i LOVE framing CGI for it. I dont do widescreen and crop, i build it with the extra wide in mind. Thanks! What have been your favourite projects so far? and why if i can ask :D

[@voyagesfanfilm]

Hooray for Sam's dad's debut appearance! Love how you incorporated the TOS characters as well. A very 'of-the-era' style story :)

[@briankesterson4365]

Sam - You and your dad did a great job! Congratulations to everyone on the project for a job well done.

[@remaincalm2]

Imagine what the women of the ancient civilisation would have looked like, with their moustaches! LOL! Good story, so nicely made too. Well done everyone and thank you.

[@ah7910]

Well done Samuel and your dad is a fine actor. These short films are really bringing us a great deal of joy, thank you.

[@dominik8005]

Awesome video. Nice that this after Season 3

[@SGUDistantHope]

Thanks so much Dom! Indeed, really grounds it we thought! Was there anything else about the film you particularly enjoyed? Would love to hear more thoughts!

[@dominik8005]

@@SGUDistantHope i have enjoyed the stroy

[@michaelaldredge-greenwell1692]

Utterly brilliant, wonderful, amazing!! What a fun, fascinating, & fantastic episode!! It makes you wonder & think of the “What might have been” scenario…

[@MatthewCaunsfield]

Good premise. Hints of a certain Red Dwarf episode there for a while but you kept it fairly Trek by the end 👍😉

[@rufust.firefly6352]

Well done. I like the connection to Dr. Marcus showing how elements of what she learned here were obviously part of the Genesis Device later...

[@ozelhassan8576]

That was amazing, I’m a history buff so I really enjoyed this. Thank You all.

[@joshuairwin2016]

Congratulations and Bravo on your performance Steven! I’m excited to meet you soon!

[@davidhollingdale5408]

Greetings from England Well done to the caat and crew.A very unusual story,well told.👏👏👏👍

[@Alphasiera1701]

This is soooo TOS. Great work, well done. 👍🖖

[@Nomad77ca]

Thanks for this, enjoyed it immensely, well done!

[@DonDonP1]

Amazing work, Sam and Steve!

[@jlivewell]

The blue tos tunic looks wonderful on your father… kudos on the production.

[@daddystartrek]

More fun! You folks are doing a fantastic job!

[@printerman99]

It's nice to see good fan based films again. I miss Star Trek Outlaws, and the Swiftwind stories as well.

[@MarkRyan-u3u]

This video is proof that good Star Trek can still be made, so long as it is done by people who love it.

[@tonysusex1097]

Excellent. Great visuals and good story

[@SquadraCorse]

Great work Sam! Really ebjoyed this one.

[@SergioMartinez-rg6xr]

Thank you for this episode. The (possible) easter egg of officers resembling the 'Strange New Worlds' Number One and Dr. M'Benga around the briefing table was a nice touch.🖖

[@ShaneAcree]

Another fantastic film with a great Star Trek storyline.

[@pathfinderdiscovery9395]

Nicely done as always brings you in from the get go an the cgi Samuel was excellent as well as all the acting an scenes.

[@mveldt]

Nice story, very interesting.

[@SGUDistantHope]

Thanks so much Oh the Grey! (Or white depending!) Was there anything else about the film you particularly enjoyed? Would love to hear more thoughts! We had fun with the story!

[@thecopycat7153]

As Captain Kirk said in in episode twenty of the second season of TOS sires episode return to tomorrow risk is our business👍👍👍👍👍👍👍.

[@isfj1009]

Wonderful short! Remarkable. 😊

[@rupertfuller]

Lovely job all, I particularly loved the writing and the editing was also outstanding. Well done!

[@dramonmaster222]

This looks absolutely gorgeous!

[@markbernero9302]

AWESOME!

[@mrtrek2117]

Great work here and some epic shots of the original Enterprise. Did you create those shots and if so could I get your permission to use some of that footage in my next video, I'd be very happy to give your channel a shout out and link in my description :-)

[@SGUDistantHope]

Thanks! I did create all the custom space work for this film. I do custom commission CGI for others if you'd like something specific and unique for your channel?

[@mrtrek2117]

Ok, if you require payment it would be something I would consider in the future for sure. For now I was thinking more like a collaboration in which I could use some of your Enterprise footage in exchange for a shout out to your channel in my next video with a link to your channel.

[@Capt.Marco-Hawk-L.L.A.P]

Fantastic work love this idea, would be great to visit a world in the Roman era, love history of this time period.

[@semuhphor]

Good show, old chap. Quite entertaining and well written. Cheers!

[@bcclayta]

OMG.. the end credits where fantastic.. loved that music ❤️

[@davidbissig9216]

Nice work guys! Love the 3-D work!

[@johnthornberry]

I don’t know if your dad has previous performance experience or not but he was really good in this. Congratulations on another great short!

[@johnbrandon5493]

Very well done!!!

[@randynutt5660]

Excellent Precursor link to 'The Genesis Project'! The costumes, the musical score and the space scenes are all superb. Good pickup to 'Turnabout Intruder'. Carry on!

[@grantmiller6570]

Wonderful visuals of [to me] the best Star Ship Enterprise.

[@LangeloScuro]

A fun treat for sure. Well done one and all.

[@vinceburgess9012]

What a creative story! Very cool!

[@robjmck]

Very good and quite unique, well done, what an interesting take!

[@missdisa6352]

We loved it

[@byronbailey3311]

Very well done and a great story. Steve was very good in the role.

[@arcadiaberger9204]

An interesting mini-episode that might be slipped in between two regular ones in a DVD (yes, I did notice that it was placed immediately after the series finale).

[@BuildaMan]

i do enjoy watching these

[@gmmeier321]

Very nice. Definitely a cut above other fan films. Acting, with expression, verbal meter, emotion.

[@travelswithsi8932]

Another cracking production Sam. Loved it.

[@balventray]

Great work ace many thanks

[@cwtnc]

A cool story. If your dad's character had appeared in Alexandria, maybe he could have made an index of their library there 😀

[@docsavage8640]

@cwtnc it's actually a myth that the library at Alexandria was any big deal...historians have debunked it

[@mathewdefreitas4510]

My new favorite fan film.

[@SGUDistantHope]

Thank you very much!!! Can you please go into detail why as that's very high praise indeed!

[@mathewdefreitas4510]

@@SGUDistantHope the CG for the ships and the crew were incredible. Your dad’s acting was great. The way he told the story was a very believable interview for a documentary. And the work on the Roman city was great. And the deaging for different characters was great. It also felt like an extension of a great TOS episode. Also played on the nostalgia of the original very well.

[@olf42]

Great job Sam, and your father was great too!

[@46GarageUSA]

Love the lady narrator's voice in this, just fits so well.

[@ozziemederos]

Awesome video

[@SGUDistantHope]

Thanks Ozzie!! and first comment!! Was there anything else about the film you particularly enjoyed? Would love to hear more thoughts!

[@kylegreen3247]

When I see people my age in this productions, I tune out.

[@SGUDistantHope]

Oh? Starfleet officers are aloud to be older than young whipper snappers. I take it you aren't watching ST Picard because the TNG cast are in their 70's/80's?

[@docsavage8640]

That's some excellent hair and costume work on the lead actor in the various roles.

[@jamesmagill5433]

Excellent ST story. Please put subtitles when you get the chance. I’m hearing impaired 🖖

[@Taliesin-xd7ke]

That was fascinating.

[@morgan97475]

I clicked on this thinking it would be mediocre. I was pleasantly surprised. This was outstanding. I hope to see more Memory Alpha documentaries. Also, Galloway looked like he had commander stripes, not lieutenant.

[@scotttaylor5710]

A very enjoyable film

[@captainronphillips]

Very well done indeed.

[@SGUDistantHope]

Thanks! What did you enjoy specifically? We'd love to hear!

[@basilforth]

Nicely done! Star Trek story challenge: a story that does not mention time travel, Borg or named characters from any of the series. Can this world stand on its own? p.s. Loved the Dreadnought Dominion.

[@docsavage8640]

Interesting plot idea. I could see this being expanded into a lighthearted full-length episode like the Tribbles or Piece of the Action. The only question would be which character got stuck and duplicated. McCoy? He'd be comedic.

[@JourneysEnd]

Would you ever make tutorials how you make your ship 3D renders today? Also do you use Blender? I would love to see a video on your process, everything looks so good.

[@SGUDistantHope]

Honestly, with the very limited time i have, id rather spend it actually producing one of these films or working on something to help fund them. I'm using lightwave 3D 2015, same software they used to make Star Trek: Voyager, DS9, Enterprise, Babylon 5, Stargate, Firefly and more! Thanks though!

[@andytay5507]

A thought, did Galloway's life 'force' cause and provide the new civilization/society?

[@georgeflaxman]

Nice one Stephen. When in Rome.

[@bennettosasconx-1555]

Saudações , 💖 Love vídeo ⚓🔧🇧🇷🖖.

[@andytay5507]

If they were real life forms, I believe the decision to retrieve him would have been wrong.

[@theblackwidowchronicles]

Milkyway's and galaxy's?.... Milk chocolate only though, yes please.....

[@RESOURCECONTROLLER]

The word "proud" in your description I would change as that word actually means "stupid courage" -- but the video itself is good even tho I'm not for the g o v t military-style of ST (I would repurpose ships for an A n a r c h y Universe

[@kellyjeaularson5786]

Close to Red Dwarf episode "Rimmer World".

[@SGUDistantHope]

...was an inspiration :')

[@DavidJones-me7yr]

They wouldn't have learned anything by studying the planet as everything that was newly formed came out of his mind, so he already knew it!😂

[@terrywalters4917]

The short fan film showed some merit, but the Starfleet officer Galloway's rank stripes were decidedly that of a commander while he was addressed as Lieutenant. Glaring error diminished its impact.

[@SGUDistantHope]

The uniform came as it was and we were unable to modify it :) I'm sorry if that small thing worked to ruin the hard work put in by the team for this project.

[@CaptRobertApril]

One minor, irrelevant nitpick, in an otherwise outstanding production: The registry on the upper saucer seems a bit off....

[@lesliedavid1244]

CC please.

[@datmeme8967]

How come he didn't show any of the women on that planet?

[@janetbailey3804]

IT WAS LIKE THE FALL OF ROME, OR POMPEII ALL OVER AGAIN!!!GARY BAILEY KING OF DARKNESS SAD WHEN YOU COME TO THINK OF IT. IT IS A SHAME THEY COULDN'T SOMEHOW BEEN SAVED!!GARY

[@Calvaryscout]

hmmmm time travel and subjectivity..... ok

[@SGUDistantHope]

Howdie! There is no time travel in this film :D What do you mean?

[@jeffwalsh6015]

Trim your eyebrows. Please.

[@SGUDistantHope]

We call them one of Dads super powers ^^ He has never trimmed them in his life lol.