Tuesday, August 30, 2005
Online Movie Recommendation 4
I recommended a Star Wars fan film last week. This week’s recommendation is a pair of Star Trek fan episodes. Even if you are not a Trekkie, you should take a look at these movies just to marvel at how groups of science fiction fans can now get together and do for fun things that used to require the efforts of a large TV studio.
The first, from StarshipExeter is the teaser of the fan episode “The Tressaurian Intersection”:
http://homepage.mac.com/starshipexeter/Website/frame3/movies/TTI00.html
StarshipExeter already produced one fan-created Star Trek episode, called “The Savage Empire” (also available on their webpage), but the production quality of this 2nd episode looks much better. Their set looks absolutely terrific. According to the schedule on this webpage (which also has some interviews, deleted scenes, and a funny test clip), the next act of this episode should be released soon. The movies from StarshipExeter take place in the same fictional universe as the original Star Trek series, but the actors play new characters from a different starship called, obviously, the U.S.S. Exeter.
The second movie recommendation is the fan episode “In Harms Way” from Star Trek New Voyages:
http://www.newvoyages.com/page_files/ep2.html
Unlike the ones from StarshipExeter, the Star Trek New Voyages episodes are about the U.S.S. Enterprise and crew from the original Star Trek series. The original characters, like Kirk, Spock and Dr. McCoy, are all played by new actors. Well… all except for Chekov, who will be played by Walter Koenig in their next episode!
The first, from StarshipExeter is the teaser of the fan episode “The Tressaurian Intersection”:
http://homepage.mac.com/starshipexeter/Website/frame3/movies/TTI00.html
StarshipExeter already produced one fan-created Star Trek episode, called “The Savage Empire” (also available on their webpage), but the production quality of this 2nd episode looks much better. Their set looks absolutely terrific. According to the schedule on this webpage (which also has some interviews, deleted scenes, and a funny test clip), the next act of this episode should be released soon. The movies from StarshipExeter take place in the same fictional universe as the original Star Trek series, but the actors play new characters from a different starship called, obviously, the U.S.S. Exeter.
The second movie recommendation is the fan episode “In Harms Way” from Star Trek New Voyages:
http://www.newvoyages.com/page_files/ep2.html
Unlike the ones from StarshipExeter, the Star Trek New Voyages episodes are about the U.S.S. Enterprise and crew from the original Star Trek series. The original characters, like Kirk, Spock and Dr. McCoy, are all played by new actors. Well… all except for Chekov, who will be played by Walter Koenig in their next episode!
