Fullmetal Captain

Man, it feels like a long time since I last drew anything anime-related.

In case you weren't aware, Vic Mignona, who is perhaps best known as the voice of Edward Elric in Fullmetal Alchemist, is currently producing and starring as Captain Kirk in a new series of fan films under the title "Star Trek Continues"- hence this mashup.  "Continues" is actually the first live action fan series I've been able to sit through without cringing.*

I haven't seen many fan films, to be honest, so it would be unfair of me to pretend I know that all the rest are no good.  However, I've tried watching "Star Trek Phase II", née "New Voyages," which, by some accounts, has been considered to be the gold standard of fan series, but it didn't matter how impressive it looked- while I respect the time, effort and passion that goes into these amateur productions, I just could not get past the clunky acting.  Also, something about the actual stories gave me the sense they were trying too hard.

"Continues," on the other hand, not only stars people that can act, the scripts feel like they could be genuine episodes of the original series.  www.startrekcontinues.com



* There's also an animated one called "Star Trek Aurora" that I thought was quite good.