TUGS - Rescue (Original AudioVisual Drama)

I listened to this with my grandpa and he loved it!!! =D Whenever we would watch tugs he would always hate watching Big Freeze because he always knows that it's the end of the show. Tugs have meant so much in his life that he made replicas of the star fleet and it's been his hobby since he retired from working in the navy, he's built almost the whole star fleet except for Hercules. Anyways I just wanted to say thank you so much for this. I watched this with him, and he said it was the closest thing to a Tugs episode! I thank you and your team for this, please keep up the amazing work!

It took me a while to connect the dots, but it's a stellar job - showing the passage of time by how the characters changed. Zip openly fraternizing with Ten Cents and being more aware of his surroundings, whilst also getting out of Zug's thumb, Zorran showing conscience and being shaken up by the idea of deliberately blowing up a ship, Bluenose being more reserved, and Warrior being over-all more mature...

“Y’know… I think you’re letting the past get the better of you Big Mac.” The fact that Warrior of all Tugs says it impresses me. It’s not the booming 20s anymore. This could be like the decline of ocean travel. Although, I believe near the end, the two dots that appear in the sky may be eyes, those of the Princess Alice’s. The way she’s crushed inward, completely wrecked around the bow… makes me feel like she was salvaged at the cost of her life. Backed up I think by the sounds of distant whistling, maybe just wind. But what are the two dots in the sky at the end? Are they those of the Princess Alice?

I like how despite warrior not being the brightest he knows that the rivalry needs to stop when it comes to certain situations

Oh my gosh! This is beautiful. Big Mac and Warrior's voices sound as if they've come straight from the show. And we start to see hints of the Z-Stacks and Star Tugs rivalry dissolving. I think this is the direction the show would have taken had more episodes come out.

11:18 in this image there is a very small detail, the majority of the life boats have been launched. A very small detail, but makes this much more realistic.

WOW, that was utterly mesmerizing. This story was truly brilliant; you took the reverence and love the tugs have for these majestic ocean liners, and you turned it on its head. Putting them in a position where they're forced to mutilate one of those beautiful floating giants; it's like amputating the Queen's arm or something, it just makes you shudder, even though it has to be done. I love the nuance in every character's reactions, especially at the end, how taken aback Ten Cents and Zip are... This is an emotionally charged story, done VERY well. Zorran, Warrior, and Big Mac are such a great trio; I love how respectfully Warrior is written in this. He really isn't all that dumb, and when it comes to people and relationships, he's actually way more mature than Big Mac is. Zorran's disgust and shock at what's happening is perfect. I love the "Uhs" and "wha?"s as he processes the horror. And the presentation... My GOD! The voice acting is so spot on, some characters are literally indistinguishable from their OG voice actors; Warrior and Hercules are especially close. Big Mac and Captain Starr impress me; while not exact, they NAIL the cadence of the OGs, which is a very hard thing to do. I love the emotion Zorran's VA conveys as well, lots of nuance. The visuals are STUNNING, I LOVE the heavy editing and superimposition of real photographic skies, makes this feel so REAL. And every image is so high definition, I can tell it took ages to produce these super crisp visuals! The sound design was phenomenal, and the music matched the story perfectly; I love the mixture of traditional TUGS themes with fresh music that still blends perfectly and conveys the story 10 times better than an existing piece would. If I had to describe this in one word, it's IMMERSIVE. And that's the same one word I always describe the show itself with, so you're right on the money! Bravo, I LOVED this!!

I hope you all enjoyed Rescue, as much as I did creating it! My goal with this video is to inspire more TUGS fans like myself who want to create their own fan content - stuff like this 𝐢𝐬 possible now with the plentiful resources available to us (Tugs Project was a huge help with the edits). If someone wants to remake this story, create a continuation, by all means - be my guest! Thank you to all, and here's to a prosperous future for the TUGS fandom! Edit - here's the video that inspired Rescue. It's a great watch - see how many similarities you can spot! https://youtu.be/r6TANp_xr2Q Next up: The Sunshine Analysi

This reminds me of the RMS Suevic. A Ship which under similar conditions. Struck Rock and had her bow cut off. Which is Nice. Made connection to a Ship which was built in the 1900.

Absolutely magnificent. Stellar job from everyone involved, Big Mac's VA in particular stands out imo. The tone was pitch-perfect throughout, with the visuals complementing beautifully, especially at the end. This right here signals the start of a new era of creativity for this fandom and I hope others are just as inspired by it as I am. It's been great watching this project take shape and I'm glad I could help out. <3

This, I really must say, catches the very spirit of what David Mitton and Bob Cardona had in mind when it came to TUGS. I really like how this links back to the events of Munitions in its undertones, such as with Bluenose being brief, clearly holding himself back from causing an argument. It only just occurred to me as I was editing this that Big Mac, Warrior and Zorran were at potential risk of being blown up or at least critically damaged if the slightest miscalculation occurred. I like also how it plays into Big Mac not being present for the dock fire in Munitions; must have dropped off when he returned to the Star Pier, and slept through the whole ordeal with everyone else being too preoccupied to wake him. He clearly only finds out how difficult it had really been on a mutual level for the tugs after facing a direct comparison. A cracking job! Regards, Samuel Farris.

A lot of things in this episode seem to point to some incident that happened at Lucky's Yard involving Zip, Zorran, Big Mac, and maybe Warrior. Nothing like that ever happens in the original show. Are you planning a future story to explain it?

This blew me away litterally! I didn't expect Princess Alice to have a tragic outcome though in hindsight I probably should have expected it being an enthusaist of ocean liners!

I'm utterly impressed... KEEP TUGS ALIVE

Interesting to see Warrior acting as the voice of reason.

For a while I was confused as to what happened, but when it clicked I fell in love with this it’s so good

I can’t give much praise that hasn’t already been said, but I really enjoyed how the episode is based on the Suevic’s grounding, and seeing how both official episodes and fan works are based on events that I know so well makes me even more appreciative of both the show’s crew and fan creators. It’s times like this that remind us why this seemingly-insignificant show had a lot going on.

Phenomenal work. It really felt right out of the show. Well done to all the actors as well!

On a rewatch I finally could tell that both Zorain and Warrior have a history with the navy and liner rescue, and that this is most definitely Big Mack's first. It's odd to see Warrior be the sensible one of the 3 but oddly fitting here as he has the most empathy of them. Brilliant work, keep it up.

I’m hyped Edit: Wow, Mason you’ve outdone yourself, I’m incredibly impressed at how this turned out! Honestly would love to see more installments to this arc