At the end of this instalment I want more! I want more of this – the story is true Star Trek in its richest vein – the people and the ideals the were exactly what I’ve been missing since TNG left our ourwaves, and perhaps more honestly, since Gene Rodenberry left our universe and his influence on my favourite show reduced day by day.
In terms of drama, this episode equals the conflict of loss and gain provided by the excellent TNG Inner Light; and whilst acting from some cast (McCoy really sticks out in my mind as being ill fitted to the uniform!) wasn’t at a Hollywood par, it was far above and beyond what I was expecting – and I mean far above and beyond.

I found my eyes wet toward the end, immersed in Sulu’s personal journey and thankful to the entire production cast for reminding me, after many seasons of disappointment in DS9 and VOY, what it is I love so much about Star Trek.

Mr. Rodenberry is famous for saying that Star Trek is about people, and this episode was certainly all about that.

10/10 for all visual effects
9/10 for acting (George, but also particularly his ‘daughter’ are just incredible)
10/10 for soundtrack
10/10 for story (which I understand was a pre-production original ST:2)

Takei was excellent. This episode has done nothing short of convince many people that George really needs to get back in Star Trek uniform on the big screen or TV (hint, hint, Paramount).

Note to production: The appearance of seasoned actors reprising roles for which they are famous and loved has the undesirable effect of making the regulars seem *too* amateurish. It’s a signal-to-noise problem.

Having said that, the young Sulu needs to be a regular; he is one of the few ‘actors’ who can give a solid performance. To James: Ask John Kim to sign a mock contract and pay him with Monopoly dollars. Speaking of James Cawley…

James is growing into his role much better as he learns to control the spirit of William Shatner, which apparently is free to roam the earth even while Bill is alive. To be sure, James is compelled to bring some Shatner to the screen, so any talk that he should stop ‘doing’ Shatner is silly. Could *you* play Kirk without any facial posturing?

I am looking forward to the new Spock, and I think it’s time that Bones and Scotty also are re-cast, with all due respect. It is painful watching these three young men struggle to survive their own characters and plot situations. Acting is hard work (so I’ve heard), but it’s not supposed to appear like hard work.

Some folks were pretty critical of some acting done here and of fan films in general, and the thing you have to remember is the all the folks on these projects all have “day jobs” and are not professional actors. They do it for the love of trek. As for Chuck Root, I say bravo, you did a great job! I loved your Scottisms! Bravo to eveyone at STNV!

Imagine my surprise when I actually got a reply from the man himself, Thanking me for my kind words, glad I enjoyed the episode and that he appreciated my support.

Do you think that William Shatner would do this?

A class act that George fella, I can call him George see, as he has written to me…. :)

I’ve seen all the New Voyages episodes, and yes the acting falls across a broad range of abilities. But, Charles Root’s Scotty is one of my very favorite things in this episode. The brogue has improved immensely. Scotty had a lot more to do in this episode, and did a GREAT job. The bit where he refuses to be threatened by Sulu’s knives is priceless. As I watched this most impressive of the episodes, lots of things made me happy, but throughout I kept thinking “man, Root worked his ass off, beefing up the accent and hitting all the passion and comedic beats.”

Mr. Root, I salute you. Of everyone in World Enough And Time, you are definitely ‘Most Improved’ cast member. Your Scotty wasn’t on my map before this one – now it is. Big time.

The sign of success for me was that the tears were streaming down my face at the end. My only suggestion would be that after killing Chekov (temporarily) and now killing poor Alana, maybe NV need to lighten things up a bit :)

If this had been a real TOS episode it would be remembered as one of the best, I think. Remarkable.

The *story*, pacing, etc. of the fan film was much better than the last two ST films, and most of ST:Enterprise.

World Enough and Time is *real* Star Trek. The last two movies and ST:Enterprise were not.

I hope that Paramount and J.J. Abrams realize that the bar has been raised. ST was almost killed by executives who did not understand what Gene Roddenberry was really about.

George Takei was just fantastic as Sulu and his younger counterpart did a superb job also. Everybody did fantastic with this, but yes I do agree that the gentleman who plays Scotty needs to practice a bit more in my humble opinion, the accent wanders around a bit and sometimes his dialogue has too many ’scottishisms’ (not his fault). Don’t get me wrong I think it takes a lot of guts to put yourself out there to be picked apart, however I am trying to be constructive in my criticism.

The writing of the episode was absolutely top rate and the effects whilst not that many were done really well. At the end of this episode I had tears rolling down my cheeks. This story, as far as I am concerned rivals the TNG episode “The inner light” in terms of its emotional impact.

George Takei has shown to me that he is a excellent, versatile actor (which I thought anyway) and when given the material and the opportunity makes Sulu a wonderful three dimensional character. I thought it was a wonderful touch having the actress who played Demora to reprise her role.

Thanks to all at New Voyages for making Star Trek mean something again.