New non-Go!Animate series is being added at the bottom of this page!
(Also by Solarbaby, Bermans Downfall An animation in twelve parts. Not yet reviewed. Here are additional links to the work of Solarbaby: http://section31.webnode.com/) including the TNG parody, Revenge of the Turds. This is also called Ztar Trek, The Next Constipation, and is a parody. As such, it will not be reviewed until all non-parodies have been reviewed. will be below the other links here but above the plot summaries and spoilers. But Non-Go!Animate, Battle of Wolf: http://goanimator.deviantart.com/art/BATTLE-OF-WOLF-359-171044254?q=&qo=
NEW AS OF DEC 2010!! Now you can watch Solarbaby's work on You Tube! Here's the home page:
http://www.youtube.com/user/STARTREKFANIMATED !! I'll be adding the You Tube links below over the next few months! As of Dec. 20, she has released the first part of her Season 3!
Also: City on the Edge of a Fishfinger: http://goanimate.com/movie/0lEh15IsdvDU (2:59)
Webpage as of Sept. 2, 2010: http://goanimate.com/user/0l294HlYqMfU
Solarbaby (formerly Section 31) and Kermit present Star Trek Armada! Rating: 3.5
NEW AS OF DEC 2010!! Now you can watch Solarbaby's work on You Tube! Here's the home page:
http://www.youtube.com/user/STARTREKFANIMATED !! I'll be adding the You Tube links below over the next few months! As of Dec. 20, she has released the first part of her Season 3!
Also: City on the Edge of a Fishfinger: http://goanimate.com/movie/0lEh15IsdvDU (2:59)
Webpage as of Sept. 2, 2010: http://goanimate.com/user/0l294HlYqMfU
Solarbaby (formerly Section 31) and Kermit present Star Trek Armada! Rating: 3.5
Here is Star Trek Armada at the new website: http://www.toonpub.com/star-trek-armada Season 1 has 9 Episodes, Season 2 has 10 Episodes, for a total running time of 2 hours 13 minutes 52 seconds. This series has voices, and also involves work by a person identified as "Kermit." All are Brits.
The series now also has a menu set out as "LCARS" whatever that means. But the menu is here: http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/240/c/8/lcars_menu_for_st_armada_by_goanimator-d485t9v.swf
On the whole, if you've watched some of RoTV's work, and can enjoy the stick-figure like animations, I can recommend this series. The quality of the backgrounds improves as the series goes on, and they start introducing more animation figures. The sound deteriorates in the second season, but not to the point you can't understand the course of the action.
The series runs like a soap opera, nothing is resolved, and things just keep getting more complicated, so there is no complete story here, so I am giving the entire series a single rating. At this point, I'm fully engaged, but a soap-like plot device was used to avoid a temporary resolution of the plot with the Phallusians and the Hydra, and that was a bit of a turn-off. It seemed clear that these species would be back without that forced device. The other events still unfolding are more than enough to keep our attention.
The format of limited 2D animation has natural limitations, but this series is stretching those limits. To the extent acting and directing apply to animation, the series is well done, and the editing cannot be faulted. They make great use of Trek canon, having introduced new species, but only from outside of the Galaxy. They make excellent and wider use of species we may have seen just once in a TOS show, keeping well within what we understood about that species from that show, but expanding on it in a believable way. The series is well edited, and exciting, and any turnarounds have been explained as individual lies told by characters. The only problem with that is that we saw some 'behind the scenes' footage early on that seems to show those characters are telling the truth. In spite of plenty of action to engage the watcher, the writer does not resolve any of her plots, and she keeps adding more. The quality of the sound at times makes it hard to hear what people are saying, particularly at the end of the second season, where it seems to deteriorate.
I hunted the internet and found the last line of the theme song, "Star Trekkin" which I could not determine by listening.
Star Trekkin' across the Universe
On the Starship Enterprise under Captain Kirk
Star Trekkin' across the Universe
Boldly going forward 'cause we can't find reverse...
This appears to the the source of the song: http://www.livevideo.com/video/davidcasey12345/B526418F92554419B689FEEAE88A1C37/star-trekking.aspx and these are the lyrics, http://www.lyricsdownload.com/firm-the-star-trekkin--lyrics.html
The series now also has a menu set out as "LCARS" whatever that means. But the menu is here: http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/240/c/8/lcars_menu_for_st_armada_by_goanimator-d485t9v.swf
On the whole, if you've watched some of RoTV's work, and can enjoy the stick-figure like animations, I can recommend this series. The quality of the backgrounds improves as the series goes on, and they start introducing more animation figures. The sound deteriorates in the second season, but not to the point you can't understand the course of the action.
The series runs like a soap opera, nothing is resolved, and things just keep getting more complicated, so there is no complete story here, so I am giving the entire series a single rating. At this point, I'm fully engaged, but a soap-like plot device was used to avoid a temporary resolution of the plot with the Phallusians and the Hydra, and that was a bit of a turn-off. It seemed clear that these species would be back without that forced device. The other events still unfolding are more than enough to keep our attention.
The format of limited 2D animation has natural limitations, but this series is stretching those limits. To the extent acting and directing apply to animation, the series is well done, and the editing cannot be faulted. They make great use of Trek canon, having introduced new species, but only from outside of the Galaxy. They make excellent and wider use of species we may have seen just once in a TOS show, keeping well within what we understood about that species from that show, but expanding on it in a believable way. The series is well edited, and exciting, and any turnarounds have been explained as individual lies told by characters. The only problem with that is that we saw some 'behind the scenes' footage early on that seems to show those characters are telling the truth. In spite of plenty of action to engage the watcher, the writer does not resolve any of her plots, and she keeps adding more. The quality of the sound at times makes it hard to hear what people are saying, particularly at the end of the second season, where it seems to deteriorate.
I hunted the internet and found the last line of the theme song, "Star Trekkin" which I could not determine by listening.
Star Trekkin' across the Universe
On the Starship Enterprise under Captain Kirk
Star Trekkin' across the Universe
Boldly going forward 'cause we can't find reverse...
This appears to the the source of the song: http://www.livevideo.com/video/davidcasey12345/B526418F92554419B689FEEAE88A1C37/star-trekking.aspx and these are the lyrics, http://www.lyricsdownload.com/firm-the-star-trekkin--lyrics.html
Here are links. More extensive discussions of each episode, with spoilers, follow below the list of links. However, the links will draw up each segment of the show separately, which, for my computer, at least, minimizes crashing.
Trailer for the entire 3 season series: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrzqOQ_J1jQ (3:07)
Season 1 (55:08)
Episode 1(5:18) Remastered: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoXS3_NfkGc (5:20)
Episode 2(9:20) by Butterfly.
Episode 3(5:32) Remastered: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fKVQeBwThg (5:58)
Episode 4(5:48)
Episode 5(7:19)
Episode 6(7:09)
Episode 7(9:39)
Episode 8(5:19)
Episode 9 (5:44) Remastered: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GYa8t8jToA (5:39)
A review of Season 1: Fan Film Friday: Star Trek: Armada
Season 2 (1:18:44)
Episode 1(8:19) http://goanimate.com/movie/04Dpfgz-_KQE?utm%255Fsource=embed
Episode 2 (7:01) http://goanimate.com/movie/0dm9AO3iUN-s/1
Episode 3(8:12) http://goanimate.com/movie/0UezHIry1nr8?utm%255Fsource=embed
Episode 4(8:13) http://goanimate.com/movie/0mhgZgnGc1yM?utm%255Fsource=embed
Episode 5(4:12) http://goanimate.com/movie/03D2pgR2sYBc?utm%255Fsource=embed
Episode 6 (7:09) http://goanimate.com/movie/05n54nYdRYLU?utm%255Fsource=embed
Episode 7(9:39) http://goanimate.com/movie/0SPOKYNAejP4?utm%255Fsource=embed
Episode 8(8:06) http://goanimate.com/movie/0AQ4BH_xrqbI?utm%255Fsource=embed
Episode 9 (5:44) http://goanimate.com/movie/0oWDCE29auxE/1
Episode 10(6:41) http://goanimate.com/movie/0HpzjACgHyq4?utm%255Fsource=embed Remastered: http://goanimate.com/movie/0HpzjACgHyq4 and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkGvk0lm7pA (6:02)
A review of Season 2:
Fan Film Friday: ‘Star Trek: Armada,’ Season 2
Teaser for Season 3: http://goanimate.com/movie/0KDMfGAM9Iko/1
Full trailer for Season 3: http://goanimate.com/movie/0ruFuCLtp2pE/1 (2:18)
3rd trailer for Season 3: http://goanimate.com/movie/0J3vm3fZirzQ/1 (2:15)
MOST POPULAR trailer for season 3: http://goanimate.com/movie/0ycDAbYM9zKA (1:54)
And NOW, Season 3!!!
You Tube Play List: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL22ECD66C74E88D16
Episode 1 of 14 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MownEABZ2mc&feature=player_embedded (7:14)
Episode 2 of 14 : at goanimae: http://goanimate.com/movie/0sXg17GGPCvw
at You Tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGyWBN6Colk&feature=player_embedded (7:43)
Episode 3 of 14: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsKZ5DSqESU&feature=player_embedded(6:23)
Episode 4 of 14: at goanimate: http://goanimate.com/movie/0udp_TmIaKAE (6:24) On You Tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU-sUbUItrI&feature=player_embedded (6:35)
Episode 5 of 14: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXbnJaA6oPg&feature=player_embedded (4:33)
Episode 6 of 14: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXbnJaA6oPg&feature=player_embedded (5:48)
Episode 7 of 14: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mt66b7cw2d4 (5:49)
Episode 8 of 14: (on Go!Animate) http://goanimate.com/movie/0hcXtIEKU_uY (7:01) on You Tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgZ-gp-lehs&list=PL22ECD66C74E88D16&index=8 (7:12)
Episode 10 of 14: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlTuDdIewHA (7:41)
Episode 11 of 14: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIRTptBlpxc (7:50)
or in HD flash format here: http://goanimate.com/movie/0GPyGxLO62vQ/1 (7:40)
Episode 12 of 14: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6CmRyaNySk (6:32)
or in HD Flash Format here: http://goanimate.com/movie/0zuvOUWbq-nw/1 (6:22)
Episode 13 of 14: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8qaubOrbbo (7:05)
or in HD Flash Format here: http://goanimate.com/movie/0rGwh2tFfgd0
Episode 14 of 14 Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14Cx1Nz_cPs (8:30)
or in HD Flash Format here: http://goanimate.com/movie/02RAhFOw1P68 (8:20)
Episode 14 of 14 Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40BLsmMKcME (8:30)
or in HD Flash Format: http://goanimate.com/videos/0_47zqWpzQOk (8:19)
Episode 14 of 14 Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9Ha4kdBEUw (8:05)
or in HD Flash Format: http://goanimate.com/videos/0SisyYm1MkOA (7:54)
After that, a conclusion: End of an Era :-(- http://goanimate.com/movie/02RAhFOw1P68 (8:20)
Fan Film Friday: Star Trek: Armada: Season 3, Part 1
The Story of the Hydra in their own galaxy continues in Origin, http://goanimate.com/videos/0Dfk9JWydiGo (1:18)
Ztar Trek, The Next Constipation
Revenge of the Turds
Episode 1 (8:10) http://goanimate.com/movie/0ILPrlZpEhOw/1
Berman's Downfall. DVD with titles: http://goanimate.com/movie/04aWVNdUgILc/1(2:36), must be played once for each time you play a Part
Part 1 http://goanimate.com/movie/0-00VPHu9mjo (9:45)
Part 2 http://goanimate.com/movie/0uoyEYyD-a-Y/1 (8:02)
Part 3 http://goanimate.com/movie/0QpcQfwp3RRc (7:20)
Part 4 http://goanimate.com/movie/0Y45vVj9m2oY (7:47)
Part 5 http://goanimate.com/movie/0y9hTqm7yMVs (6:34)
Part 6 http://goanimate.com/movie/0y9hTqm7yMVs (4:53)
Part 7 http://goanimate.com/movie/0J7jllV1E19g (4:21)
Part 8 http://goanimate.com/movie/0HITj832Rfyw (4:38)
Part 9 http://goanimate.com/movie/0ko39NOBATmo (4:24)
Part 10 http://goanimate.com/movie/0fjy8sFdgNRM (8:30)
Part 11 http://goanimate.com/movie/0Wrng-62Ozl8 (10:48)
Part 12 http://goanimate.com/movie/0uph9dOKGFoE (13:18)
Trailer for The Tantalus Device (Starship Excelsior, Captain Sulu) http://goanimate.com/movie/06eeIVEc0x-k/1 (2:59)
NEW (April 20, 2012) Go!Animate series from Solarbaby! Origins! See the first episode, here:
Part 1: http://goanimate.com/videos/0XGUm2l0fA7U/1 (14:33)
Part 1 on You Tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8R_z_nlDRs0 (14:44)
Test videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSxa1kUn2wo (0:17)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATB1XLI-TC0 (0:32)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5H4mK8ltrDw (0:26)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z70C6hkQbBA (0:36)
Solarbaby has learned Flash and is planning a non-Go!Animate series. When released, that will move this back BACK to Star Trek Reviewed, but probably in the no time line section, as the new series will be Silver Age or later. Her plans can be read here: http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/lcars/quantum-class-starship.php . That page will be indexed from Star Trek Reviewed-Go!Animate as well.
MattyG has interviewed Solarbaby and made it into an animation. You can watch it here: http://goanimate.com/movie/0bvSCZC0l_9I (10:33)
Plot summaries and spoilers follow:
