for a fan series and i must admit that hidden frontier be not at all that bad . but and review this series can not be base on whether it be a fan series or not . the initiative in itself be commendable . the creativity as well . i reckon these be people with ordinary job and and a big enthusiastic heart for star trek . but and do all this work . pull all these resource . take all this time and and still all those flaw . first of all the acting and and the line be awful . for most . the dialogs belongs in a 70 military show and not in star trek . the captain ( mr squinty ) look like he be about to burst into laughter anytime . and most character be just read their line . the director should be aware of the fact that retake be not just a word in the dictionary . but i also guess that the series be make in the manner of two take frakes and who direct many of the tng episode and movie also and i could not help but think that most of the actor be typical trekkies . without go any deep into that assumption . my big concern regard the whole project and be the quality of the release . when they first decide to spend so much time and and resource on this series why do not they make it available in decent quality . use the quick time format and with low low resolution be a waste of talent . even the higres episodes be consider bad quality compare to the standard quality series be release in . use xvid codec and with a large resolution and file size would have improve the experience massively . if band with problem be the issue and set up a torrent tracker would have solve that . let hope the crew decide to brush the series up and and perhaps release it on dvd and give it the quality the project deserve .