These are the Voyages of the Pompadour

Watched the first episode of New Voyages. A fan made continuation of the original Star Trek series.

First the good:

• The Effects: They are done in similar style to the original series but using a computer instead of models. While they are not as good as a professional series like Deep Space Nine but they are an improvement over the original series.
• The concept: New stories that take place after the canceling of the original series. Plus since they have a knowledge of the future (of the future?) they can drop hints like mentioning the Dominion.
• The Sets: They rebuilt many of the old sets and the ones they did not they used original footage and placed their actors on top of the originals.
  

And now the Bad:

• The Hair: The new actor playing Kirk has the most hideous Pompadour.
• The Acting: OK they are not professionals but they still sucked. The only one that I did not cringe every time they talked was Spock. But it is fairly easy to not have emotions. BTW Southern slang only works with a Southern accent.
  
• The Story: There is no excuse for this. If you are going to go to the time and expenses to make a 45 minute homage, you should at least have a decent script. In one part Kirk is bitching about seeing the Bad Guys three times but they had only appeared twice!!!
• The Hair: Wow it is so distracting