Synopsis:

After watching Pauley79?s “Trials And Tribble-ations – The Extended Edition”, I wondered just how far I could take what movie editing software I have on my home PC, so that I might start doing some Fanedits of my own.

Intentions:

Using Pauley79?s version as a rough guide to my edit, I have made the following changes/additions: (The CBS & Paramount DVD intros are the only 2 pieces of video I ripped directly from Pauley79?s DVD. All remaining work: edits, blends, etc are entirely ALL my own work.) The DS9 main title has been moved back to it’s original intended position – the episode still starts with the briefing on the old Enterprise, then jumps forward 95 years to the arrival of Dulmur & Lucsly on DS9, and the subsequent story of how the Defiant was thrown back in time. Then followed by the DS9 titles in the same position that they were originally intended. I felt this was an important change to make – all Star Trek episodes have the episode title immediately following the main title (I think the only exception was Next Generation’s “Descent, Part 1? that had the episode title before the main title). I did feel on Pauley79?s edit that there was too long of an interval between the main title and the episode title & credits, and it needed to be changed. Further into the episode when the Klingons arrive, I felt that Pauley79?ss edit somewhat confused continuity a little. In that cut Kirk & Spock find out that the Klingon ship is approaching K7, the red alert is called, we then cut to Sisco & Dax reacting to the alert and entering the turbo lift. You then cut to the bridge scene were Kirk & crew find out the Klingons have already beamed over, during which Chekov exclaims that the Klingon ship is already just sitting there. Then there is Kirk’s Captain’s log, Kirk & Spock beam into the station manager’s office to speak to the Klingons, and then after all that you cut back to Sisco & Dax in the turbo lift with Kira telling them that the Klingons are just arriving and beaming over. I my cut, after Sisco & Dax enter the turbo lift we stay with them while Kira informs them of the situation and they have their little banter about Koloth. Cut to the bridge, Kirk finds out and beams over, and no captain’s log (this is an episode of DS9, so I felt that it shouldn’t contain any of Kirk’s logs), then the meeting with the Klingons. Then cut back to Sisco & Dax leaving the turbo lift, and on with the episode. Next; when Darvin is revealed as a Klingon near the end of the episode, I have extended this scene a little. After Darvin is revealed, I then cut back to the original episode to the end of that scene so we can see Baris’s reaction to Darvin and then Kirk telling the Klingons to leave. Then right on to the end of the original episode (the only part of my cut where I have used ‘original series’ FX footage – A as an homage, & B it’s about the only piece of FX from the original that can compare to the new FX) and the scene on the bridge, then back to Kira using the orb to get the Defiant back to DS9. Finally, and as previously mentioned, this is an extended edition of the DS9 episode. That being the case I have left the original DS9 end credits in place. So those are the main changes that I have made. There are also several other smaller cuts, edits, changes, etc to Pauley79?ss version that are too small to mention. At this point, I wish to make comments on two items that were pointed out to me on my first attempt to post this: My edit contains several black-screen transitions. These are commonly used in TV shows (like Star Trek) to denote a change of scene. It has been pointed out to me that the ones I have edited in sometimes make the episode look disjointed. I have only inserted these in places where I tried a blend transition, and it absolutely did not look right. Secondly. When Odo enters the bar, sits down, and starts scanning, you will notice there is a small skip in picture and sound. This was unavoidable, and in fact was also in Pauley79?s version. I’ll explain: After Kirk & Spock leave the bar area, Chekov & Uhura walk over to the bar. We then cut to Odo entering the room, sitting down, and starts scanning. At this point in the original DS9 footage we see Chekov & Uhura walk past Odo to the bar, which is why he quickly hides his tricorder. But Chekov & Uhura have already walked over to the bar before Odo came in, so this would be an error in continuity. I tried doing it as a blend, but it looked awful. I’m guessing Pauley79 had the same problem. With this small “cut/skip”, it just looks like Odo is hiding his tricorder from a Starfleet officer who walks past him. In addition, I have edited together a longer trailer for the extended edition; it uses some of the same scenes as Pauley79?s trailer at the start, but a lot of other stuff besides.

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Additional Notes:

These changes etc I have made are in no way meant to put down the work that Pauley79 has done on the episode, nor would I expect it to be classed as an improvement of it (perhaps with the exception of some of the main editorial changes I’ve mentioned above). I just wanted to see what I was capable of achieving with the software that I have. It did turn out a lot better than I had expected. I would still be eager to see what Pauley79 does on another edit of this episode, perhaps using footage from the recent enhanced Star Trek episodes. If not for what he has already done, I would never have thought of having ago myself. So many thanks to him for that. As previously mentioned, this, and future DVD releases from me may not be up to usual FE standards. I do also understand that my initial releases may not even make it onto the site itself. Additionally, I know there’ll be people who like this, and those who don’t. So I would ask that you watch this, my firstling FE DVD in full first. Then if you must criticise, I’d appreciate constructive criticism that would explain how to correct any mistakes I've made. Please don’t shoot me down before I’ve had a chance. This is early days for me doing FEs, so it’s a learning process.

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