Beyond the Sun: a Star Trek Fan Production
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- Опубликовано: 14 май 2021
- A routine rescue mission places Starfleet in a moral quandary between faith and science that is too difficult for one crewmember to ignore.
Starring Maximiliano Laffont, Karin Kowi, Kate Elder, Adam Poole and Jason Burch as “Ba’den”.
Co-Starring Dragonia, Imogene Di Giulio, Daniel Gray and Dan Tyrrell.
Based upon “Star Trek” created by Gene Roddenberry. Music: David Bell (From ‘OTS Star Trek Voyager Collection Volume 1 & 2 by La-La Land Records). Theme Music: Dennis McCarthy. Production Design: Aaron Chappell & Aaron Vanderkley. Costume Design: Gina Vanderkley. Visual Effects Producer: Samuel Cockings. Make-Up Artists: Erika Luck, Melissa Clarkson & Aaron Chappell. On-Set Assistance: Mason Allen & Ron Vanderkley. First Assistant Director: Steven Clarke. Gaffer/Camera Assistant: Blake Thomson. Director of Photography: Clayton Orgles.
Written and Directed by Aaron Vanderkley.
Running Time: 20 minutes
Copyright © 2021 Aaron Vanderkley
Star Trek and all related marks, logos and characters are solely owned by CBS Studios Inc. This fan production is not endorsed by, sponsored by, nor affiliated with CBS, Paramount Pictures, or any other Star Trek franchise, and is a non-commercial fan-made film intended for recreational use. No commercial exhibition or distribution is permitted. No alleged independent rights will be asserted against CBS or Paramount Pictures. 
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Delighted to have played the role of Captain. Thank you for casting me and creating such a fantastic story Aaron. :) 👏💫
You did an amazing job. Truly believable delivery. You nailed the poise and temperament of a military officer.
You did a great job of playing the captain very well.
Heavy is the collar that wears the pips, Skipper.
Brilliant acting. Brilliant Captain
You did a good job, I need your autograph..lol
The quality of this production is absolutely stellar! Glad to see a Nova Class being used, one of the smaller ships that seems to get forgotten :( The VOY era uniforms were a really great nostalgic treat, loved it! Hope to see more from the USS Explorer!
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Heh heh. Stellar.
@@MetaphorUB heh!
I have never seen a so high quality production fan movie so far. Congrats!
Thank you boss!! 🥰🥰🥰
Everything looks great and the acting was superior to most fan films bravo
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Nailed the Braga Era post TNG production aesthetic. Well done. The writing and acting are also very polished. Good enough to stand along side STC.
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THIS is one of the best films YET from Star Trek. I'm glad I got to see it
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DAYUM!!!!!!!!!!!!! That was great! As always, you do not disappoint my brother! Really enjoyed the Voyager-esque theme in the beginning
This was an awesome fan film! It was absolutely true to Star Trek and Voyager. I loved the sets! But also the uniforms were very accurate, I liked the EVA suits which I think were a lot of work. The acting was very good. I found especially the Captain to be very believable but I could also sense the anger in the voice of the spiritual leader. Samuel's CGI was stunning as always. The music fit perfectly, however strangely enough it seemed a little too close to the Voyager original. All in all the film was excellent and very enjoyable. A thousand thanks to the cast and crew of this film for putting so much effort into it. I hope we'll see more from you in the future. Keep on trekking! Best regards from the USS Atlas, a fan group in Germany.
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I have to say that this was one fantastic story in the Star Trek universe. The special effects in the surroundings make it look like a real TV show but above and beyond that you actually told his story and there was a message behind that and congratulations to you guys for making one hell of an episode. Keep up the great job
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@@voyagesfanfilm I am a diehard Star Trek fan. Even if it was bad I still would watch it each week but thank goodness it isn’t. And Star Trek prodigy this week was fantastic. It answered the question of the past crew of the ProtoStar. I hope they figure out all those codes that are in Hologram Janeway programming. I also hope the crew is alive somewhere and they turn the ship around to find them all. Now this show is getting interesting to me much more than it was.
Brilliant, love how it turned out just that my name is spelt wrong in the credits
Oops! We'll correct it in future uploads :)
So many ideas explored in such a short span of time!
Love the little details you included everywhere, like the TNG conference room wall
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The best thing about all of Star Trek's conflicts with the Prime Directive is that everybody can have a valid opinion. We've come a long way from the rebellious heroics of Captain Kirk's quite serious exceptions for the Prime Directive. All these big issues were appropriately mellowed in The Next Generation. Beyond The Sun brings back some of the genuine realisms that we haven't seen in Star Trek shows for a long time. Thank you for your thoughtfully superb fan production. 🖖🏻🖖🏼🖖🏽🖖🏾🖖🏿
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@@voyagesfanfilm You’re welcome.
I'm going to go against the grain here because, as often happens with the network productions, it's forced. They're not sending anyone to their deaths. They're allowing them to do what they want. So, while I'm loving everything else about these, I'm standing firm here, against popular opinion.
Due to my background in social psychology, I know what's going on here. When "Daddy-Government" or anyone we view as representing it says A, the _VAST_ majority of people have an enormous desire to mentally curl into the fetal position & start lying to themselves.
The reason this breaks down so often in ST & can is that The Captain is only (nearly) unquestionable in combat situations. The discomfort of that makes people want to to cling to Unquestioning Authority. Morality though? _That_ is something people feel is more a decision of the group. While here on present-day Earth we don't get to play a part in that discussion, in this show, as well as all other versions of it, one can feel the hypocrisy of having a Single Authority Figure dictate what's right for all start to erode at how the captain is viewed.
This almost happened recently. Justin Trudeau made the huge mistake of meeting with the leaders of the Canadian Trucking convoy, in public.
From the distance of one's TV, politicians can say or do anything & even the most ardent opposition will crumble under the time it takes to act against policy. The Peer Pressure they'll feel every step of the way erodes at people's courage & learned helplessness takes over.
Ahh, but the leader of the convoy was not emotionally equipped to take advantage of the situation. 'Government' _is_ Daddy to adults in Western society & they instead used this meeting to emotionally spew about how disappointed they were in 'Daddy.'
*_Huge_* mistake.
This reinforced the totally false notions that _'politicians' _*_'ARE'_*_ somehow 'Government Itself.'_ If they are, & this _is_ a crisis or highly stressful situation, then people will automatically revert to pleading with Daddy to rescue them, forgetting immediately that the _Daddy_ they are pleading with are the very politicians they are against! Because they feared losing or upsetting Daddy through upsetting mere corrupt _politicians,_ they sought the comfort of believing again that their Daddies in office would Protect Them. & went right back to allowing them to do whatever they want with total impunity, just like the framers of our constitutions wanted, right?
Excellent production! Thought provoking story. Really hope to see more!!! 💜🖖😸
It truly was thought provoking. I was actually wondering what I would do in that situation. Something that discovery and picard never illicited once.
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I'm really impressed with this fan production. CBS can learn from this on how to make an actual Star Trek series. Star Trek is at its best when there's not all phasers and photon torpedoes flying everywhere.
What about when the Captain (all 3 versions of Captain Pike; Jeffrey Hunter, Bruce Greenwood, and Anson Mount) is gorgeous and sexy?
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This was an amazing, high-quality production with a moving story! Loved the look at how the different officers handled the restriction of the Prime Directive, and how the boy from the faith ship viewed it as an outsider. Well done!
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That was incredible for a fan production! Great choice of topic and a wonderful narrative to explore it. The set looks amazing and Ioved the camera and lighting work. When is the next episode? Can't wait to see more..
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Stunning in every way. It felt just like a real (pre-2009) episode of Star Trek. This is something to be proud of, and it's people like you who will save Star Trek from CBS, if it can be saved.
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Very well done! A good retelling of an old dilemma in science fiction.
The skipper really was between the devil and the deep blue sea.
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Very good story!!! It makes me think about the other Federation ships, with temper crewmembers... Maybe that situation occurs more often than we thought...
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Brilliant just Brilliant! I loved the captain! Another strong and beautiful woman captain! You go in the ranks of Janeway. Wonderful performances by the cast. The only negative thing I can say is there needs to be more! I would love a whole season of this Opus! Talent just talent! Thank you for creating an upbeat installment of Star Trek. I hate what they have done to the brand. All negative. Needs to be like this and more people would watch. Great captain wow
It is SO WONDERFUL (and appreciated) that many talented fans (like y'all!) are keeping the spirit and vision of the canon Star Trek alive! Thanks for producing BEYOND THE SUN for our enjoyment! Your actors are likable and gifted. And these story ideas have a nice feel of pushing the previous boundaries just a bit farther than before. FUN!
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Wow! The sets, costumes, production value, music, effects, really top notch for fan film! Wish they could all be this good!
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I love that we are at the place where fan films are legit good Star Trek. I feel like soon fan films will be taking over somehow for studio productions.
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So much talent! Dragonia was killer, more of her please!
Thank you queen!! 💕💕💕
That was really good, damn it was like having real trek back!.
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Wow - you guys nailed the Star Trek spirit - cross cultural dilemmas, ethical nuances and all. Bravo!
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What a pleasure to be apart of this!!
We were so blessed!! 🥰🥰🥰
Thank you so much!! Spock was my role model growing up. I like to think God blessed me with the chance to know of Spock growing up. It's very uncommon and Singapore. Literally none of my peers know Star Trek, growing up our media was filled with more of anime and Asian productions. I was set apart to chance upon Star Trek and forever became a trekkie. 😁 Have a beautiful blessed Sunday. Christ keep you and your loved ones 🥰🥰🥰
Well done!.
This one popped up again in my feed, and I decided to give it another watch. Just as good as I remembered! This film really is the essence of pure Star Trek, using Scifi as an allegorical setting to talk about relevant issues. Great characters facing genuine moral issues! I love everything about it!
Glad to hear it has re-watch value, Josh! Super pleased that you still enjoyed the story :)
Great work creating a legitimate eighteen minute Trek episode. I can see a big debate resulting over the central question.
I think although Starfleet has gotten it wrong more often than right when it comes to the Prime Directive in this instance it was correct. If Ba’den had the right to choose his own path then so too did everyone else on the ship and it wasn't Starfleet's place to interfere provided there was no coercion involved.
NOPE! Wrong decision, period!
That sort of thinking is exactly what led to the events in the TOS episode “Patterns of Force”.
If some "elder race" stepped in and "helped" every time humanity was about to do something stupid we never would learn anything. If they did it openly there wouldn't even be a "humanity" left there would only be a copy of that "elder race". Picard gave a speech on that very topic.
@@Vipre- not true. saying we're unteachable is an affront to our intelligence.
@@andytay5507 I didn't say we were unteachable I said if they did it in secret using sabotage as described every time we came close to making a "mistake" (as detemined by them) we'd never learn. It's not even some other "elder race's" place to dictate to us what the right and wrong thing to do as a species is in the first place.
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This is an awesome fan vid. One of the best I've seen so far.
Probably one of the best trek fan films I've seen so far, keep em coming folks. Awesome stuff!
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A great film. I could really see this as an episode of one of the series.
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The same way the concistadores respected the Aztec open heart sacrifices!! THEY WIPED THEM OUT !!!
Great stuff Aaron and team, getting better and better!
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Alright, absolutely one of the best fan productions I've seen so far, outstanding job. It was really pleasurable to watch.
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This is so absolutely fantastic Fan film! Well done to everyone, involved in this Production! More please !
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another great piece of fan work, everyone involved should be super proud
This showed up on my recommendations and I'm glad I checked it out. A lovely short story set in the universe.
Fantastic Fan film! Another great example as to why I love Star Trek. Congrats to all involved in the making of this story.
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That was gppd. Like, really good! A small compelling, challenging adventure. Loved it!
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Haha I was hoping he was reprogramming their ship to drive them to Risa.
Now that would be heaven... :P
Well done. Very true to the spirit of prior shows and writing of the 90s. There is hope for Star Trek nowadays, but only in fan films it seems...
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Thank you Aaron, this was fantastic.
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Great story! Thank you for this labor of love to Star Trek.
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Superb acting and a great story. Wow, THIS is the Trek I miss. Thank you all who created this wonderful film.
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Well done alll of you! One of the BEST fan productions I've seen yet! I hope to see more of your work everyone! LL&P!
Exceptional work!!! Everyone involved should be proud.
Great job! This felt more like proper Star Trek than any of the recent official shows.Gene Roddenberry would be proud.
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The best one I've seen so far. Amazing job. The captain and the doctor were so good!
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Very nicely done! Once again I am absolutely floored by how a fan made production with 90% less a budget than the fools who make Discovery with writers who make possibly six figures, and multimillion dollar budgets, and produce absolute CRAP! While fans who have shoestring budgets who write, produce, and direct better than what CBS has turned out! Shaking my head and applauding the fans who continue time and time again to produce REAL STAR TREK, and give us fans what we want and deserve! Alex Kurtzman, you need to watch all the fan made films to see how to make Star Trek!!
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in my opinion the captain could have launched a probe or some object into the sun to show them what would happen. no violation of prime directive and solve the dilemma.
Isn't that giving away knowledge to a less advanced culture, though? Natural development would have to mean everyone back on the home world watching them fry, basically? Even transporting them out at the last second would still be interfering, I think. It's a great question, is the Prime Directive really ethical or does it just prevent problems for Starfleet later on. Really an outstanding production here, writing, sets, all the background details; I hope there's more of these.
We've got people earth that go, "HAHA See the earth is not round, that's just a fish-eyed lense and there's holograms and stuff!!"
This was great! The whole These Are The Voyages project has made some great content.
Even got the footsteps with the magboots right. This is up to par with the 90s era Trek and that's a very good thing. Well done.
awesome you hit a home run.. one of the better fan films..
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Great work crew of the Explorer! Live long and prosper!
Wow, now this is what I call Star Trek, give the fans a shoestring budget, and they can get it right, give Hollywood millions and they miss the mark by a light year, well done everyone involved, I'm looking forward to seeing more
Absolutely brilliant. A must see! And I have watched a large number of Star Trek fan-generated films in the last year. I hope you do more!
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Good Trek. Thank you for this!
These are great, hopefully many more to come.
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The production values on this are great! Y'all really put some hard work into this, and it shows.
Very nicely done. The "Lieutennant" did a pretty good job delivering his character !
Wow this was amazing. Thank you for putting this on.
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Holy shit. This was a better story line, casting, acting and writing than any of the new CBS shows. Fantastic job guys. Truly. This was the first star trek episode I have actually enjoyed in years. Sincerely, a trekky since 1980
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NOW...if only Network Television could do something THIS GOOD...
Beautifully done all around. I hope there will be more.
This was really good. Lots of fun. Very well-done and true to Star Trek.
Well done! Special shout out to the sound designer. Only a few fan films have truly gotten the sfx right. You're batting 1000!
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Well done, was just like watching a Voyager episode. Bucket list item is to be on a Star Trek episode.
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You should all be very proud of this , the acting , the sets and the effects are all just sublime ! 🖖🏻
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Damn son! Love it so much!! Would wanna see a continuation of this production:) wld also wanna see dragonia in more episodes!!
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Nice, all in all. But Starfleet has tractor beams and could have pulled the ship off to the side first without beaming people aboard to deal with unfamiliar controls and technology and possibly risk their lives as well. I know the argument that might be made, but if the stars electromagnetic radiation was strong to interfere with the tractor bean it also would have interfered with the transporter beam as well.
Then we wouldn't have such a dramatic cold open! :P
A great and complete story was told in only 19 minutes. Awesome job.
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This is a fantastic story! So happy to have come across this episode! Keep it up!
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Thank You for a very refreshing star trek storyline, I enjoyed it very much and cannot wait to see more episodes Thank you very much for that Aaron
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Excellent. Wonderful work, as always.
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Fantastic!! Need to see more of Dragonia!!!
🥺 Thank you babe! 💕🥰🤗
Amazing. This Trek took me to the place of perfection. Congrats.
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Well done! The sets, script, performances, special effects and even the use of music were all terrific! I would love to see more.
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this is so excellent!!! I can't wait to see more of your work! :)
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Bravo!!! Good story with solid acting. The production values are outstanding!!! The sound design, the lighting, costumes, the sets, the FX... again, BRAVO!!!
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Well done - very impressive. Great acting, music, costumes - excellent production.
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Nicely done! Quality production and acting actually not bad. Much better than lots of other attempts at ST universe with all due respect to those that gave an honest effort but didn’t turn out anywhere close. Up there with like ST Continues quality...
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very reminiscent of the voyager episode with the water world where tom paris does a similar thing, acting was superb, graphics were class, i agree a fine example of fan series and would love to see more of the crew
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Beautiful episode. Cheers to a superlative team!
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This was a very enjoyable fan production, the doctor and Captain were very good in their roles!
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This is an amazing job and already making me smile a few minutes in. Bravo!
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This is really amazing! So well done!
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Very good, I highly enjoyed it! can't wait for the next!
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Very very good! Thank you.
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Very well done. Bravo. A solid story arc.
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Very good and well contained episode. Thanks !
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I love that redone ds9 intro :) Oh and the fil was awesome . great work yall :)
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Another great fan film. The acting here was on par with an actual Trek series. Hope to see more. Thanks for this.
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Very well done! Down to the details.
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THIS HAS TO BE THE BEST FAN BASED PRODUCTION SINCE STAR TREK CONTINUES, AND NEW VOYAGES. ALTHOUGH I HAVE LOVED THEM ALL, THIS ONE IS ONE OF THE CREAM OF THE CROP!!!GARY BAILEY KING OF DARKNESS
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Amazing work by all involved. A real pleasure to watch. May this be a stepping stone to big things.
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Nicely done. I'd like to see more from this crew. :)
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Fantastic story andd acting. Well done.
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OMG DO MORE MORE do not let them stifle this type of creativity . They would do well to embrace and support to even further their own ideas . NO ONE OWN A HUMAN THOUGHT!!!!!!!
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This is a amazing production
Great job everyone
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