Dilithium and You

This is a short video I produced back in 1995 with some associates. It is based on a fun little segment from a Star Trek novel entitled "How Much For Just The Planet" by John M. Ford. Mr. Ford recently passed away and I felt it was time for this video to finally see the light of day, as an homage to one of (I think) the best writers in the Star Trek expanded universe.

The video was created on an old Quadra 840AV Macintosh using Adobe PhotoShop for image generation, Macromedia Director for animation, Specular Infini-D for 3D generation and Adobe Premiere for assembling all the pieces. I know some of the animation will appear crude and unfinished by today's standards. Please keep in mind this was done 11 years ago in my spare time on some really old machines that were available.

I hope you all enjoy watching it as much as I enjoyed making it. Rest in peace, John. You will be missed.

Now for the legal bit:
Star Trek, Starfleet, The United Federation of Planets, and ALL related marks are trademarks of CBS, Paramount Pictures and ViaCom Productions. All rights reserved. No profit whatsoever was generated as a result of this work.

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[gebirg]

All: Thanks for the positive comments! Again, apologies for the crudeness of the CG, but this production was done back in 1995 with limited resources. I'm just proud of what we came up with with what we had. Thanks again!

[gebirg]

@Kargaroc286: Yeah, that was always one of the weirdnesses about the Trek universe. Money was done away with, and yet we see references to "credits" in TOS, and of course, the Ferengi's "Gold Pressed Latinum" in DS9.

[gebirg]

@Maskscraper: No, it's what we would consider "non-canon". The script was a revised version of what appeared in the Star Trek novel "How Much For Just The Planet?" by the late John M. Ford. By definition, novels, comic books and anything else that has not shown up in the movies or on TV has ever been recognized by Paramount as official. So, no, it is not an official part of the Star Trek universe. Wish it was. Thanks for the comment!

[minnescanada]

Yknow, the video footage is pretty good for the time it was made.

[maskscraper]

Please help bump this great video!

[maskscraper]

Is this information really true?

I mean in the star-trek universe.

[Kargaroc286]

In star trek (except for Enterprise), there's no money. that means there's no trademarks either.

[ShiinaYuyaSan]

This is really creative; loved it! I really want to go get the book now. :)

[TheUndertakerfan2002]

The narrator sounds like Scott Adams the creator of Dilbert

[lealaya]

I was giggling a little up until the 'decompression of your community' bit. By the time the pencil came around... I was on the floor. Really great video. Pesky Klingons and their hobbies! They should take up knitting instead. Knit one, kill two.