I do, however, find the fan-generated videos (“Star Trek Continues” and then the much-lower-production-value ones) addictive, for this reason: however deficient they are in acting, writing, sound, or lighting, or whatever else, they always score very, very high in special effects.
I find it gratifying, actually, to live in an age when any pimply high-school student with a laptop, passion, and a little time on his (or her?) hands can produce ten minutes of excellent Starship battle scenes without even breaking a sweat. The fact that the sound effects for Star Trek are apparently are in public domain is icing on the cake.
I recall an explanation about why latinum “can’t” be replicated. It actually can be, but there was some technobabble reason about how it was worth less than the energy it took to replicate, so replicating it was a net loss. Everything that does get replicated is worth more than the energy it takes to replicate, so it’s a net gain. Whether this explanation is canon or not I don’t recall. I don’t know where my Next Generation Technical Manual is in some box somewhere (still unpacking), so I can’t see if I read it in there or not.
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I do, however, find the fan-generated videos (“Star Trek Continues” and then the much-lower-production-value ones) addictive, for this reason: however deficient they are in acting, writing, sound, or lighting, or whatever else, they always score very, very high in special effects.
I find it gratifying, actually, to live in an age when any pimply high-school student with a laptop, passion, and a little time on his (or her?) hands can produce ten minutes of excellent Starship battle scenes without even breaking a sweat. The fact that the sound effects for Star Trek are apparently are in public domain is icing on the cake.
I recall an explanation about why latinum “can’t” be replicated. It actually can be, but there was some technobabble reason about how it was worth less than the energy it took to replicate, so replicating it was a net loss. Everything that does get replicated is worth more than the energy it takes to replicate, so it’s a net gain. Whether this explanation is canon or not I don’t recall. I don’t know where my Next Generation Technical Manual is in some box somewhere (still unpacking), so I can’t see if I read it in there or not.