Sammelthread To The Journey: Looking back at Star Trek: Voyager Dokumentation

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Habe sie gestern Abend auch gleich geschaut und war sehr enttäuscht. Das hat jetzt solange gedauert ? Den Zero-G Flug von Garrett Wang empfand ich als Fremdkörper, das war absolutes Filler-Material.
Auch kam mir die Verbindung des gesamten Cast nicht gut rüber. Bei "What we left behind" waren gefühlt (aus meiner Erinnnerung) immer mehrere Leute des Casts zusammen vor der Kamera und hatten eine richhtig gute Chemie, die mochten sich. Das ist hier überhaupt nicht so, weil IMMER nur einzelne Personen vor der Kamera waren.

Selbst das "To the Voyage" am Ende, da war nur Kate Mulgrew dabei, aber kein einziges anderes Cast Mitglied.

Würde ich "What we left Behind" eine 9/10 geben (Naja, da bin ich halt überhaupt nicht Neutral weil ich DS9-Fanboy bin), würde ich hier maximal eine 5/10 geben. Es ist nett anzusehen, aber der Inhalt war so unpersönlich weil immer alle alleine vor der Kamera waren (bis auf Robert Picardo und Neelix, die waren zusammen da weil sie in Real Life wohl auch echte Freunde sind).

Blöd das man bei Vimeo als FreeUser nicht downloaden kann, jdownloader2 kann es auch nicht, 4k Video Downloader auch nicht.
Mal gucken wann die BluRay kommt, dauert bestimmt wieder 1-2 Jahre.

 

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Die Backer warten ja noch auf ihre physischen Medien. Gestern gabs ein Newsletter dazu.

Ich glaube nicht das Backer noch eine bekommen wofür sie schon bezahlt haben, jedenfalls liest es sich so.

Spoiler

Dear BACKER,


We’re well aware of the continued questions about the status of the Voyager Documentary DVD/Blu-rays and wanted to share an update. Up to now, we’ve been responding to questions individually and privately, as we’ve been in active and delicate negotiations with potential distributors. We didn’t want anything public to jeopardize those conversations.



That said, given the volume of inquiries, we felt it was important to provide a broader update — even though negotiations are still underway. Now that we’ve clearly seen where the market currently stands, based on both our direct experience and observations, we can share the context.

1. FULFILLMENT COSTS AND INFLATION HAVE HAD A MAJOR IMPACT


Before even reaching the physical media stage, hundreds of thousands of dollars were spent fulfilling the backer perks promised during the campaign — including manufacturing and shipping.



Since the campaign launched, production and fulfillment costs have risen significantly due to approximately 25% inflation, which affected nearly every line item involved in completing and delivering this project. These increases have had a substantial cumulative effect.


2. THE PHYSICAL MEDIA LANDSCAPE HAS CHANGED DRAMATICALLY — AND VERY FAST


For many years, we followed a model that worked reliably for our previous documentaries. But the physical media market has collapsed far more quickly than anyone anticipated.



There are now very few distributors who will produce physical media, particularly for niche or documentary projects, and this has created a major bottleneck. Even completed, high-quality films face steep challenges getting physical formats manufactured.




3. AN UNAUTHORIZED “VOYAGER DOCUMENTARY” HAS CREATED MARKETPLACE CONFUSION.



An unauthorized, all-archival Voyager video is circulating on YouTube — presented as “the Voyager Documentary you’ve been waiting for” — with more than 1.2 million views.



We have reported this to Paramount, but no action has been taken as of yet. Its visibility has added confusion at a very sensitive stage in distributor discussions.




4. PARAMOUNT PASSED ON DISTRIBUTING THE FILM.



Paramount ultimately chose not to take the documentary. They require a six-figure license fee before any wide release can move forward which has added complexity to the path toward producing DVDs/Blu-rays.






5. NEGOTIATIONS ARE ONGOING — AND WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK TOWARD A SOLUTION.



Despite these challenges, we remain committed to finding a path forward. We are actively exploring every viable option and believe we are getting closer to a workable solution, though nothing is finalized yet. Once we have a confirmed plan, we will share a detailed update.



We know this has been a long journey, and we truly appreciate your patience and passion. Your questions have not gone unheard — we’ve been responding one-on-one as they’ve come in, and we will continue to share updates whenever we have meaningful news to report. We want to avoid confusion with partial or premature information, but we will communicate promptly when there is confirmed progress.



Thank you for sticking with us and supporting the film and the Star Trek community that made it possible.



David Zappone

455 Films