At first, it was hard to see beloved characters like Kirk, Spock, Scotty and McCoy played by other actors. It slowly became easier and by this episode, I am comfortable with the "new" faces. As another poster said, it appears that the actors are a lot more comfortable. Although there is growth by Cawley as Kirk, it is the growth of Charles Root (Scotty) and Jeff Quinn (Spock) that was the most surprising. Both appeared to be much more comfortable and actually did quite good.
Their comfort level was most evident in the casual byplay and the bits of humor each character had a chance to do. Perhaps the best example (and not a spoiler) was when Kirk asks Spock to work on Plan B. Spock replies that he was not aware that there was a Plan B and Kirk tells him that he needs to start coming up with it. With a great raise of his eyebrows, Spock asks what Kirk did without him. Kirk does not hesitate and says that he just always made sure Plan A worked.
As for the story, it was excellent. The use of George Takei was both wonderful and completely in line with the story. Christina Moses as Alana Sulu was outstanding. I cannot believe she has not been in more things yet and I will be stunned if she does not go very far. Wonderful acting and she really sold her part.
The special effects were in keeping with the original show but very updated to modern technology. They were "movie quality" basically. I have no idea how they keep producing these episodes with no income because this episode looked like it would have cost a ton to make, even ignoring actor salaries.
This episode was what Star Trek was all about and is a very fine addition to the story. Sulu deserved to have his story told more and now he has certainly had it. I will be very anxious to see the next episode and I can only hope that TPTB are taking notice of episodes like this as they develop the new Star Trek movie.
Their comfort level was most evident in the casual byplay and the bits of humor each character had a chance to do. Perhaps the best example (and not a spoiler) was when Kirk asks Spock to work on Plan B. Spock replies that he was not aware that there was a Plan B and Kirk tells him that he needs to start coming up with it. With a great raise of his eyebrows, Spock asks what Kirk did without him. Kirk does not hesitate and says that he just always made sure Plan A worked.
As for the story, it was excellent. The use of George Takei was both wonderful and completely in line with the story. Christina Moses as Alana Sulu was outstanding. I cannot believe she has not been in more things yet and I will be stunned if she does not go very far. Wonderful acting and she really sold her part.
The special effects were in keeping with the original show but very updated to modern technology. They were "movie quality" basically. I have no idea how they keep producing these episodes with no income because this episode looked like it would have cost a ton to make, even ignoring actor salaries.
This episode was what Star Trek was all about and is a very fine addition to the story. Sulu deserved to have his story told more and now he has certainly had it. I will be very anxious to see the next episode and I can only hope that TPTB are taking notice of episodes like this as they develop the new Star Trek movie.