Another strong STAR entry 

Technical aspects were great, your sets were particularly impressive.  The best part of this film I thought though, was the story and script.  Out of all the time travelling films made, this one was the most clear and well thought out.  The only problem I had was with the pacing.  Pacing is hard for any film, but especially one that is a significant length like this one.  It felt pretty slow at some points.

But I think this is one of the most well rounded of all the entries.  BTW I loved the sound design for the ship exploding

Yes the pace was a bit drawn out, but try watching 2001. Very enjoyable from the opening titles to the great sets.
I didn't like the trailer much for this (it was good but not my taste) but the film was terrific.
Special mention to the awesome mouth made sound fx.
I really liked this one. Great work people, well played!

Other:  DOTBW      Take Out      Crime Stories      Cyclic     YouTube

The Time machine had an awesome design . And the thirsty crewmans pretzel bag had no reflection of the camera. Pretty much everything was great. Another great STAR entry.

I love it...that was awesome...good job...

Thanks everyone for the kind comments.  I'm glad to hear people are enjoying it.

The slow pacing was a conscious choice, to make it feel more like an old fashioned TV sci-fi show, like a Twilight Zone or Alfred Hitchcock.  I often feel that many brickfilms, given the challenges of stop-mo, often fly by too quickly.  I was going for the opposite effect, very relaxed pacing, let you sit in there and soak up their world a bit, enjoy being there for a while.   

I also wanted to make a film with a storyline and plot you could sink your teeth into, and with plenty of dialog to allow a little character development.  So I'm pleased to hear that some found the story and the script some of the film's best points.  Obviously, the visual effects are pretty simple, so as we were making the film, we were hoping the strength of the story would carry it.  And hopefully the animation was just good enough not to detract from the telling of the story.  Our 13 pages of script turned into a 15 minute films (almost exactly 1 page per minute, isn't that like a rule-of-thumb?)

Glad to hear someone liked the explosion sounds, I was hoping they wouldn't sound too obviously "mouth made". 

I've never read any Heinlein, may have to take a break from the Foundation Series and give him a try.  I must admit that I prefer Asimov's Robot series to Foundation.  And I loved the campiness of iRobot. 

Ah, you recognized some of the names on the list then?    Cool.

My friend Chuck D decided to share the following ideas with me about where CR went wrong and where it could go for a sequel or prequel.  I thought it was pretty genius and hilarious:

That's exactly what we were going for pacing-wise.  Glad you liked it.

I admit that animating the long dialog scenes was quite challenging.  Some of the dialog really suggested some movements, but much of it didn't, and I didn't want to err in the direction of too much arm waving during dialog that can show up in brickfilms.  I'm still undecided about the "small shaking" approach to dialog in a brickfilm, where the minifig sort of wiggles around a tiny bit while he's talking, whether I prefer that approach to dialog over a still minifig.

As for the light flicker, don't forget there was a gyrating warp core on the other side of the room that was bound to flash and flicker constantly.  That's a plausible excuse, right?   Perhaps animators who really struggle with light flicker should just have all their films set around warp cores or bonfires so the flicker actually works FOR them, not against them.

Are you asking for signed comedy records by my friend?  I'm afraid you lost me.

CRAP, I forgot to post how awesome this film is!
I loved it so much, the voice acting was great. I loved the special effects. The animation was great, too.
This has a good chance of winning.
Awesome job. (BTW, I loved the trailer.)

Saw this flick today. It absolutely blew me away! I thought everything was stunning. The script was brilliant, I thought it was one of the best Sci-fi brickfilmstories I've ever seen. The animation was smooth and the set design was great! I also loved the opening and ending titles.
Amazing job! I think this one should've won!