I had downloaded this episode a while back when it first came out, and not watched the whole thing, but a new article on this fan based internet series is in the newest issue of wired, and it got me back into watching this show, and while the acting is not very impressive, the stories are great, and follow right as if this is the continuation of the original 4 year mission, and the effects are top notch, being done by a guy who has worked on trek for years, but goes by a psuedonym so as to save his job. Really it is just the acting that is problematic, and the fact that Walter Koenig joins episode 3 will certainly bring that up.

The New Voyages can be downloaded for free from the web, or at least the second episode can be, as the first episode if currently down, though I guess the first episode will be back up in early 2006 (must cost a lot to host this show). This show is set up just like the original show with 5 acts, an amazing bridge set, and great digital special effects. This is the pinacle of fan made films, especially when they are have even gotten writer D.C. Fontana to write the 3rd episode.