*promote some fancy footwork, and a very young looking Cab Calloway.

Wow.. so.. a lot of good.. a lot of bad. Actor performances and writing were all over the board. The seasoned actors were all awesome, and sean young who at first seamed out of place turned out a wonderful performance as Dr Lucien and a hopeful character. The space sequences were numerous and well done with great ship models. Pyrotechnics were kept minimal as those are still hard to do in style in CG so its best to keep it good or keep it out.

The bad how ever. The klaxon mining facility was just all kinds of horribleness. The bad layering, the over the top and ridiculous amounts of shooting flames, and the cherry on the top is the introduction to the main bad guy race with their mask straight out of planet of the apes. I seriously can't believe someone though those were a go for filming. Also most of the planet intro scenes are more of a neo electro artistic style rather than something that looks real. This is a bit surprising since I would think the "animated paintings" from enterprise and voyager era would have been pretty low cost. The worst of the performances is by Crystal Conway, chekovs great great grand daughter.

Writing was also up and down. I think the story was ok with 2 general sins being committed. #1 a little to much backstory stuffed into the first 30 minutes. Icheb's borg roots were uncomfortably recited in a full scene in front of his own crew who would have already known this, and should have instead been a few lines to say he was a borg and then leaving his origin story for a later date. And #2, a lot of plot points like the doorway placed on earth ahead of time and being able to transport through the time distortion seem awfully convenient and tries to absolve the episode from going any farther in complexity. This is a pretty big sin when you consider these need to be %90 self contained episodes. Also it seems no matter how bad you are or how much of an outlaw you are, finding you in the star trek universe is one scene away. I do have to give props to Corin Nemec as the captain of the other ship. His crew is actually pretty bad but I liked him. I was sad to see his script called for more shooting and less investigating. Also I feel bad for the horrible looking bridge set they built him.

Still in the end, I am a big supporter for more star trek. I loved voyager and I think the renegade crew is actually in good shape. Lexxa, is not BAD but needs more work. Like another comment I read, she doesn't seem very smart about anything, no hidden talents. Her fighting is pretty horrible and scripted, and while she pulls the bad girl image off, she lacks the muscle or fancy footwork to look like she could actually hold her own physically.

Ronara was largely forgettable and suffered from the same origin scene stuffing scene sin as Icheb. Chekovs 2 girls on the other hand look like good additions and I think they pulled the female andorian well. Nothing dramatic in their acting but at this point, not sucking is a good thing.

Unfortunately who knows how many years till we see eps 2. I seem to recall this one finished its kickstarter long ago but delayed heavily.

Pretty fancy footwork.

1. Juicebox - The Strokes
2. Locked Out - Crowded House
3. Fancy Footwork (Crookers Remix) - Chromeo
4. Painkiller - Turin Brakes
5. Eternity One Night Only - Cut Copy
6. Pieces Of You - Islands
7. Tessellate (Field Music Remix) - Tokyo Police Club
8. Mr Pitiful - Otis Redding
9. Brainy - The National
10. An End Has A Start - Editors

Bright lights tv screens,
Feels like looking in a magazine,
You run on the floor,
Feels like dancing is the way to go,
But if you let her see that fancy footwork
Show her that you’re not that shy,
Let her see that fancy footwork
Show her you’re that type of guy.

Young boy don’t be late,
This girl ain’t really got time to wait,
You think its all for show,
But this is just the only way I know,
But if you let her see that fancy footwork
Show her that you’re not that shy,
Let her see that fancy footwork
Show her you’re that type of guy.

Hey
If you ever need a guy,
A partner for the week
You’re holding my direction
Then just come and follow me
We’ll meet up on the floor
And maybe do the twerk,
So show me what you got in terms,
Of fancy footwork.

Check out the last two seconds. "Oh, it was not fancy footwork at all, my shoelace was untied, and I was desperately trying not to trip."