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Summary: Crap!
Review: I should have known it was crap, but ever the optimist I decided to give it a try. It was not just bad; it stunk: `Star Trek: Envoy' was garbage from the word go. The CD had one (1) track, and my cars CD player only lets you skip tracks (no fast forward - but it does hold 6 CD's). Instead of reading the story, these morons added sound effects, background noise, and had different people reading different parts. I got through about 10 minutes before I went to the next CD. It was loud, pointless, annoying, and endlessly repetitive - pure crap! I didn't even get to any of George Takei's dialog.
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Summary: Star Trek Envoy - A fairly interesting premise!
Review: Some years ago, George Takei, a.k.a. Captain Hikaru Sulu took the opportunity to capitalize on his character becoming the captain of the USS Excelsior in "Star Trek VI The Undiscovered Country." Star Trek "Envoy" a Captain Sulu adventure is one of those ventures.Overall, the entire premise of the story and the all out production for this audio CD is well worth the price and the time. The only downside to the entire adventure is that in its attempt to create a realistic atmosphere, they use alien language in the background while Sulu listens to the universal translator. Thankfully, this isn't used too often in any of the episodes because it provides a major distraction to what's important, the story. While it has been the rare L.A. Graf story that I've been enthralled with over the years, this story is quite good for this writing team. The premise: Captain Sulu is ordered away from the Excelsior in a shuttle craft on a mission to act as the Federation's envoy between two warring races, the Krikiki and the Den-Kai. Captain Sulu finds himself in a grave moral dilemma as he is to deliver a young Krikiki prince over to Den-Kai as a peace offering, but that prince will have to undergo isolation and physical mutilation. What follows from there is a fairly interesting story that I would recommend to any and all fans of Star Trek fiction as it makes for a great hour or so while driving down the highway. {ssintrepid}
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Summary: Star Trek Envoy - A fairly interesting premise!
Review: Some years ago, George Takei, a.k.a. Captain Hikaru Sulu took the opportunity to capitalize on his character becoming the captain of the USS Excelsior in "Star Trek VI The Undiscovered Country." Star Trek "Envoy" a Captain Sulu adventure is one of those ventures. Overall, the entire premise of the story and the all out production for this audio CD is well worth the price and the time. The only downside to the entire adventure is that in its attempt to create a realistic atmosphere, they use alien language in the background while Sulu listens to the universal translator. Thankfully, this isn't used too often in any of the episodes because it provides a major distraction to what's important, the story. While it has been the rare L.A. Graf story that I've been enthralled with over the years, this story is quite good for this writing team. The premise: Captain Sulu is ordered away from the Excelsior in a shuttle craft on a mission to act as the Federation's envoy between two warring races, the Krikiki and the Den-Kai. Captain Sulu finds himself in a grave moral dilemma as he is to deliver a young Krikiki prince over to Den-Kai as a peace offering, but that prince will have to undergo isolation and physical mutilation. What follows from there is a fairly interesting story that I would recommend to any and all fans of Star Trek fiction as it makes for a great hour or so while driving down the highway. {ssintrepid}
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Summary: Not that bad
Review: The concept for this is good: give a 3d sound experience to the listener and try to immerse them in the story. Unfortunately, it has some trouble spots in the story. First of all, the story starts out incredibly slow and slightly confusing. Once you pick up on what's going on (basically, when Sulu comes in), it gets better. It IS a good story, and it's great to see Captain Sulu in action again...it's just too bad it takes some getting used to to really enjoy it.
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Summary: Star Trek Envoy- a Valiant Effort but Not As Good As Some
Review: The writers and producers of ST Envoy had a great story idea in mind. It does present a philosophical question, though in my opinion it is not explored nearly enough. The story takes a back seat to the sound and music, which I personally do not like. Not only is the story too little explored, the production itself is as corny as anything I've ever heard. The sound designers intended this to be a splended 3-Dimentional sound performance, which it was. However, the sound effects are in some cases a distraction, which prevents the listener from being able to hear some of the dialogue without blasting their eardrums in the process. The alien languages were created with good intention, and in some cases they're not bad, such as the singing of the Pod, but in most cases, especially where there are several of them talking at once, it sounds like a mental institution gone wrong. It sounds terrible, but it is also laughable. The acting is tolerable. The head Admiral reminds me of one of my elementary school teachers who I absolutely hated because she was exactly like a drill sargeant, but that's just my opinion. Sulu is the only truely great performer in this production. If you want a good laugh and can handle a little bit of childish, embarrassing acting it's a nice buy, but I would recommend buying another book in most cases because they are usually better than this.
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Summary: Not bad but......
Review: This is not a bad audio-book but it could have a little more character debt instead of a lot of the annoying background music witch also could have usee a little more work.
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Summary: Wasted Time
Review: While the story line works well for an audio book the sound effects are a problem. The sound effects are distracting and in many cases drown out the words completely. The artists reading the material did a nice job. Now the sound mixers need to get on the ball.
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