Friday, April 24, 2026

Scott Barrett: Using Modern CGI to Realize a New Old Star Trek

Star Trek had a two-year run as an animated network series from 1973 to 1975. One of the episodes, Yesteryear, dealt with an alternative future without Mr. Spock. Scott Barrett, who watched the show as a kid and is now in the gaming industry, has been using CGI to reimagine the episode as live-action. Here's a detailed account of his efforts. 


1 comment:

DBenson said...

Impressive creative and heroic technical effort. But found myself thinking, wouldn't it be at least as interesting to make it a better conventionally animated show? More movement, more in-betweens, more ambitious staging than was possible with 60s budget and resources. Maybe even a modern studio simply taking the soundtrack and animating anew.