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Fan-Made Star Trek Episode Available for Download

Posted by chrisd on from the better-than-nemesis dept.

Minnesota trekker writes "Two Minnesota fans of the original "Star Trek" series spent seven years, off and on, creating an all-new episode in the 1960s style using their own actors, sets and props. Behold, the U.S.S. Exeter (www.starshipexeter.com). The episode's look and feel is amazingly authentic. The story is inventive and the acting surprisingly good. The damn thing, dubbed "The Savage Empire," is actually watchable. The site gives lots of details on how the episode was created, and even more background is available on the Pioneer Press site."

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  1. Re:something tells me... by unicron · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Not every woman, contrary to what the actions your mother would lead you to believe, runs a "hot-ass drivethrew" from their bedroom window.

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  2. Am I the only one?? by SuperDuG · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    ... who thinks this sucks? I mean jesus these aren't highschool kids with a little free time after school, these look to be grown adults running around a park and then probably their parents basement. I mean what would say, their co-workers or immediate family have to say about this? Are they going to be proud of it? I've done my share of crap movies (exact caliber as these) but they were for some type of theatre or acting type classes in which you had to create a script and film the damn thing.

    You want to know what I think really does it for me? The lack of music, that was the greatest thing of every single star trek, or any science fiction movie for that matter. I like star trek just as much as the next guy but I'm going to go back to my original thought here.

    There is a difference between a star trek fan and a weirdo ultraobsessive person. Fans go and see the movies, sometimes buy memorabillia (games, DVD's, etc.) ... ultraobsessive's they dress up in star trek uniforms and go to "conventions". You know the movie Space Quest ... exactly ... that wasn't meant to be a "parody" that was meant to make fun of every ultra obsessives wet dream.

    Plus to top it off, they used a mac with non-standard video codecs ... and they want to be called geeks?

    Am I the only one here who thinks this??

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