[8/10] What a treat this is! I love how this one starts as a spoof of the Star Trek: Enterprise finale and then takes things to ever more ludicrous extremes from there. The recursive glory of the holoprogram-in-a-holoprogram-in-a-holoprogram telescoping out further and further is such a blast.
I like how the short also recognizes the big holodeck moments from so many shows, whether it’s Deep Space Nine’s holo-fakes, going all the way back to the “rec room” from an episode of The Animated Series entitled “Practical Joker”. Even Neelix watching a holonovel is in keeping with him seeming fascinated with Earth television in an episode. The folks in charge did their homework on this one.
I especially love how it spins out into ever more absurd directions, eventually flipping things on their head with a “human malfunction” rather than a holodeck malfunction, and the computer seeming to be the one at the outer edge of these nesting dolls. It’s an appropriately loony turn.
Not for nothing, it’s also nice to have a single piece of media, however brief, that connects practically all of the Star Trek series to date. It doesn’t necessarily fit together seamlessly. (They could have tried a little harder with the Star Trek: Prodigy characters.) But it’s still cool to have everyone from George Takei to Angus Imrie represented vocally here. Plus I think this is the first time Conor Trinneer has reprised the role of Trip in the nearly two decades since Enterprise went off the air.
All in all, this is silly fanservice at its finest, and a real gem of a short.
Review by Andrew BloomVIP 9BlockedParentSpoilers2023-11-04T05:22:55Z
[8/10] What a treat this is! I love how this one starts as a spoof of the Star Trek: Enterprise finale and then takes things to ever more ludicrous extremes from there. The recursive glory of the holoprogram-in-a-holoprogram-in-a-holoprogram telescoping out further and further is such a blast.
I like how the short also recognizes the big holodeck moments from so many shows, whether it’s Deep Space Nine’s holo-fakes, going all the way back to the “rec room” from an episode of The Animated Series entitled “Practical Joker”. Even Neelix watching a holonovel is in keeping with him seeming fascinated with Earth television in an episode. The folks in charge did their homework on this one.
I especially love how it spins out into ever more absurd directions, eventually flipping things on their head with a “human malfunction” rather than a holodeck malfunction, and the computer seeming to be the one at the outer edge of these nesting dolls. It’s an appropriately loony turn.
Not for nothing, it’s also nice to have a single piece of media, however brief, that connects practically all of the Star Trek series to date. It doesn’t necessarily fit together seamlessly. (They could have tried a little harder with the Star Trek: Prodigy characters.) But it’s still cool to have everyone from George Takei to Angus Imrie represented vocally here. Plus I think this is the first time Conor Trinneer has reprised the role of Trip in the nearly two decades since Enterprise went off the air.
All in all, this is silly fanservice at its finest, and a real gem of a short.