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Star Wreck 6 Finally Complete

EvilNTUser writes "Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning can now be ordered on DVD, and will hopefully be shipped before 2005-09-06 unless you slashdot them (the link uses Coral). The independent movie is a 103 minute parody of Star Trek and Babylon 5, with all special effects rendered by the makers themselves. It looks like all the delays were worth it, so make sure you don't miss Captain Pirk's quest for world domination."

376 comments

  1. Surprise! Um. Not. Cool though! by AKAImBatman · · Score: 4, Informative

    This doesn't come as a surprise to anyone who's been following Star Wreck. They announced that the 20th would be the release date a while ago. It was even the first thing I blogged about.

    The english order page is here, but the darn thing is quite expensive. It's listed as 24 euros, which is $29.35 in American money.

    Also, the release date for Internet distribution is October 1st.

    1. Re:Surprise! Um. Not. Cool though! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Anybody have a torrent?

    2. Re:Surprise! Um. Not. Cool though! by EvilNTUser · · Score: 4, Informative

      "The english order page is here, but the darn thing is quite expensive. It's listed as 24 euros, which is $29.35 in American money."

      Note to everyone: Remember to edit the URL if you're ordering it.

      Also remember that there will be a free download later. Personally I'm going to pay for it, though, because they deserve all the support they can get.

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    3. Re:Surprise! Um. Not. Cool though! by Captain+Murdock · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      It was even the first thing I blogged about. Weblogging: Don't play that game.

    4. Re:Surprise! Um. Not. Cool though! by AKAImBatman · · Score: 1

      Shhh! Don't tell anyone that I'm not really "blogging" as much as publishing online articles. They might get wise on me. ;-)

    5. Re:Surprise! Um. Not. Cool though! by WWWWolf · · Score: 1

      Actually 24 euros would be a perfectly normal price here for a new DVD release... older DVDs tend to be cheaper. But I already ordered it, ready to pay whatever price they asked, because I just had to support them somehow more. =)

    6. Re:Surprise! Um. Not. Cool though! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      "Anybody have a torrent?"

      Yes, but it's hosted on port 8091!

    7. Re:Surprise! Um. Not. Cool though! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      It was even the first thing [blogspot.com] I blogged about.

      It was the first thing you blogged about? That's nice. Thanks for the 411.

    8. Re:Surprise! Um. Not. Cool though! by linzeal · · Score: 1

      Are the paperbacks any good? They are only like 2 dollars.

    9. Re:Surprise! Um. Not. Cool though! by AKAImBatman · · Score: 1

      No idea. They're actually unrelated to the movie series, so I've never taken the time to check them out. Many people claim they're quite funny, though.

  2. Shameless plug. by Magada · · Score: 1

    Why should anyone care about this? Hemos should be bashed around the head with a very large cluestick.

    The job of editors is to make good articles better, and bad articles go away, dig?

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    1. Re:Shameless plug. by EiZei · · Score: 5, Informative

      Yes a totally shameless plug of A FREE HOBBYIST MOVIE.

      RTFA.

    2. Re:Shameless plug. by onkelonkel · · Score: 1

      Congratulations, Sir! You are the first /. poster ever to spell the word hobbyist correctly.

      Well done indeed!

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    3. Re:Shameless plug. by ultranova · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Why should anyone care about this?

      Well, because this

      1. Involves computers (to render the special effects),
      2. Is scifi,
      3. Involves Star Trek,
      4. Involves Babylon 5,
      5. Is basically a story about amateurs using technology, intelligence and determination to product the kind of things normally thought to require a multi-million dollar budget (basically the same story as with too many open-source projects, case mods and homemade gadgets that have been mentioned in Slashdot to count).

      I find the idea of homemade space battle movie very much in line with "News for nerds, stuff that matters". Everyone is complaining about the (low) quality of stuff that Hollywood produces; suppose every hobbyist with a computer could make professional-looking special effects ? What would that mean about indie movies ability to compete with Hollywood ones ?

      Think about it - a virtual movie studio right in your own computer, complete with virtual actors (because, lets face it, keeping several people working on a project like an indie movie is propably going to be the hardest part - it's not nice if the main character walks away halfway through), costumes, sets, semi-automatic cameramen...

      What kind of movie would you want to write and direct today ?

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    4. Re:Shameless plug. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Good lord, man, you think he's something special!? If you're going to commemorate history in the making, at least do it right!

      A quick Google search gives us numerous examples of 'hobbyist' being spelled correctly, and although I haven't the time for an exhaustive analysis--that will come later, I assure you--I can direct your attention to a post circa 1998 that demonstrates appropriate spelling. So, there you have it. The first Slashdot poster ever to spell the word hobbyist correctly was Dean Olsen, and hopefully history will commemorate him appropriately!

      Kudos to you, Mr. Olsen! Bravo!

    5. Re:Shameless plug. by onkelonkel · · Score: 1

      You are, of course, correct. I am well rebuked. I simply got carried away with the wonder and excitement of the moment. What would you do if you saw Bigfoot and Elvis wakeboarding behind the Loch Ness Monster; would you run giddyly about to tell people or Google first?

      Sorry. It won't happen again.

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    6. Re:Shameless plug. by LurkerXXX · · Score: 1
      What kind of movie would you want to write and direct today ?

      A pr0n movie, of course!

    7. Re:Shameless plug. by damnfuct · · Score: 1

      Have some light balls.

    8. Re:Shameless plug. by dwayner79 · · Score: 1

      The Previous poster would probably Google it. That, of course is his prerogative.

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    9. Re:Shameless plug. by ultranova · · Score: 1

      What kind of movie would you want to write and direct today ?

      A pr0n movie, of course!

      There biggest problem with making porn movies with a computer is aiming. Porn requires close contact, which means that you need to be very carefull to place everything so that there won't be any interpenetrations except where they should be. Of course a proper movie studio will take care of this, but todays programs don't (or does someone know any that do ?).

      That said, you could always get Poser and start producing - it's just a matter of being patient when posing.

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    10. Re:Shameless plug. by Shotgun · · Score: 1

      Is basically a story about amateurs using technology,

      They're charging about $30 for the DVD, right? Doesn't that, by definition, disqualify them from amateur status?

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    11. Re:Shameless plug. by Urkki · · Score: 1

      If the price of the DVD is too much, then just download it for free... According to the site it'll be available 1st of October, so you'll have to wait a bit for a real legal download, but that's fair enough in my book. Just compare that to what MPAA&co think about putting Hollywood movies available for free about 1 month after the release...

    12. Re:Shameless plug. by b4k4_teh_1337 · · Score: 1

      I think it is quite interesting. I had never heard of this until this /. article and now I cant wait for the download

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    13. Re:Shameless plug. by ultranova · · Score: 2, Insightful

      They're charging about $30 for the DVD, right? Doesn't that, by definition, disqualify them from amateur status?

      No. An amateur, in this context, is someone who doesn't make his living from whatever it's he's amateur at. SW6 was 5 years in production and cost thousands of euros; there's no way they will turn a profit, much less cover their living expenses from the past 5 years. Besides, the movie is supposed to become a free download after a while. Check also Elfwood, and see how many people have mentioned that they're available for doing commissions.

      Amateurs sell their works all the time, they just don't make their living from it.

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  3. Finnish Engrish by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Some day I'll read that title and not laugh instantly. ; )

    1. Re:Finnish Engrish by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Hehe, well - the name is intentional, you know, not broken english ;)

  4. Pffft by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    What no link to the torrent?

  5. well..... by gerbalblaste · · Score: 0

    well, thats exciting...

  6. woot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    even

  7. Slashbroken by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I see no repies to any of the last 3 articles

  8. No thanks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    No thanks

  9. Since all of slashdot seems to have.. by neonenergy · · Score: 0

    ..suffered an existence failure... first post :yay:

    Why does it strike me as odd that all this happened right after that blue brain post hrmmm....

    that is if my post goes in....

  10. first post by richieb · · Score: 1

    can we post at all?

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  11. Cool! by gowen · · Score: 1

    Slashdot has found a way to sneak adverts past AdBlock... Disguise them as articles!

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    1. Re:Cool! by wootest · · Score: 1

      Yes, let's not point in the general direction of anything sold by anyone, ever.

    2. Re:Cool! by EvilNTUser · · Score: 1

      Not to mention that there will be a free download.

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  12. Free download will be available.. by LilWolf · · Score: 1

    Starting 1.10.2005(or 2005-10-01..which ever way you mark your dates) the entire thing should be available for download from their site.

    1. Re:Free download will be available.. by Gryphn · · Score: 1

      Or 01 Oct 2005 for those of us supporting less ambiguous date formats. ;-)

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    2. Re:Free download will be available.. by antdude · · Score: 1

      Sweet! I will be looking for it. Hopefully, it is a decent fanmade movie. :)

      Are there any good previous fanmade movies with Star Trek theme?

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    3. Re:Free download will be available.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0
      Are there any good previous fanmade movies with Star Trek theme?

      No.

    4. Re:Free download will be available.. by fbjon · · Score: 1
      2005-10-01

      ISO 8601, no less.

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  13. Do not slashdot by markild · · Score: 1

    Well.. Posting something containing both babylon 5 and star trek on a site like slashdot sure doesn't cause /.-ing...

    Good luck ;)

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  14. Fanpics by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Well, if it's like most fanpics out there, the tag line should probably read To Boldy Blow...

  15. Captains Log by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    stardate xxxxx.xx. Riker tried to put minoxidil in my earl grey tea and thus ruining my sex appeal.

  16. First Post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    the chick in the t-shirt is hot

  17. First: First comment by lglinde · · Score: 1

    Second: How can they sell this and not get eaten alive by MPAA?

    1. Re:First: First comment by sjwt · · Score: 1

      what dose the second A in MPAA stand for?

      now you have your answer.

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    2. Re:First: First comment by shrik3 · · Score: 2, Informative
      Second: How can they sell this and not get eaten alive by MPAA?

      Because the MPAA has nothing on them? It's 100% original stuff, except for the parodic/satiric references to Star Trek & Babylon 5.

    3. Re:First: First comment by bioglaze · · Score: 1

      Parody isn't illegal, to my knowledge, even in USA, where you guys probably have World's strictest copyright law.

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    4. Re:First: First comment by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

      Anus?

  18. I hope their website ... by Culture · · Score: 5, Funny

    is powered by at least a million tribbles because they're going to need it.

    Cap'n, I canna' give ya 'ny more pageloads, tha' tribbles are typin' 'a fast a they can!

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  19. Order the star wreck by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Order star wreck and end up on a watch list....
    http://www.tvsquad.com/2005/08/20/star-trek-and-pe dophilia/

  20. pikmin by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Sorry, where do the pikmin fit in?

  21. Looks very good by j1mmy · · Score: 1

    the acting in the trailer didn't look too bad, either. Though, compared to the actual Star Trek films or late, the acting is probably superb.

  22. Cool! by yfkar · · Score: 1

    Let's hope that their many years of hard work pay off!

  23. What's Coral? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Spoof -well- but coral, what's that?

    1. Re:What's Coral? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      http://www.coralcdn.org/

      Coral Content Distribution Network

  24. In Soviet Russia by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    In Soviet Russia, wreck FINALLYS YOU!!!

  25. Busted by Paperclip1 · · Score: 0

    Your link sucks.

  26. FP? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    FP? 10 minutes after the post? Wow!

  27. Lol by Quebec · · Score: 1

    It's not only a parody of Star Trek and Babylon 5, it's one fighting against the others.

  28. Hmmm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    "unless you slashdot them"

    Do I detect a slight hint of reverse psychology there?

  29. Good job by ph4te · · Score: 1

    Already slashdotted.
    Could you please host mirrors of these articles locally!?

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  30. Hot Hot Hot! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    http://www.starwreck.com.nyud.net:8090/tshirt/wome n_black_04.jpg

    wooooohooooooooooooooo! let me rearrange your quantum flux capacitor, little girl.

    wait. wrong movie.

  31. Whats a Pirkinning? by Adam+Avangelist · · Score: 1

    If this is painfully obvious, I *duck* in advance.

    1. Re:Whats a Pirkinning? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      "beginning"

    2. Re:Whats a Pirkinning? by jeff_schiller · · Score: 2, Interesting

      A horrible, horrible pun...

    3. Re:Whats a Pirkinning? by Misagon · · Score: 2, Informative

      "In The Beginning" - a Babylon 5 movie
      Captain Pirk - the hero in this movie

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  32. If you can't say anything nice... by mikeophile · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ummm...

    Hmmmm...

    It's got some really hot Finnish chicks in it.

    1. Re:If you can't say anything nice... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      note to self: add Finland to travel plans

  33. Seems awfully quiet this morning. by blcamp · · Score: 1, Interesting


    Is it just me, or does it seem that nobody has anything to say on /. this morning?

    Did /.'s DB get /.ed?

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    1. Re:Seems awfully quiet this morning. by Frastolator · · Score: 0

      Well, it does not help that the articles are uninteresting.

  34. Um by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Is /. broken? I've never seen THREE stories with no comments in them before. Is something really cool/disastrous happening in the real world? Or maybe is Slashdot being hacked? If so, I can only give respect to MAUS, gabe, p0nch, and AXJ (perhaps CCC, as well).

  35. Testing comment by AnuradhaRatnaweera · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    This is offtopic, but /. seem to have suddenly become read-only. Please mod me down if this is wrong.

    1. Re:Testing comment by StarvingSE · · Score: 1

      I agree, something definately seems screwed up on /. this morning....

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  36. I hope it isn't going to bomb. by wheany · · Score: 1

    Finnish media has been all over the film, calling it "The first Finnish Sci-fi movie." I just hope "normal" people are not going to see the film expecting to see good acting, because if you've seen the previous parts and the trailer, you can tell they are terrible actors.

    I'm sure people who have liked the previous parts will like the film however.

    1. Re:I hope it isn't going to bomb. by WormholeFiend · · Score: 2, Informative

      you can tell they are terrible actors

      Two words: William. Shatner.

  37. Maybe by SnoopJeDi · · Score: 1

    Looks like a good laugh and a half, but I don't know if I would spend any money on it.

  38. I, for one... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    welcome our trekkie overlords.

  39. Hmm.. promising by tuxnduke · · Score: 1

    Looks fairly promising, trailer made me laugh out loud twice.. though I understand that weird language they spoke too ;-)

  40. Caution by Brent_Litzer · · Score: 1

    I got an inappropriate site warning from my corporate firewall/proxy when visiting this link!!!

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  41. is slashdot broken or is the world asleep? by dominux · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I see no comments on the top 3 articles

  42. Great SFX! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    The slo-mo effect on the web site is neat. Hopefully I'll eventually be able to see other examples of Slashdot Time in action.

  43. i recomend the trailer by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    i just watched the trailer special effecs are great
    makeup could be better.

    almost pissed in my pants when i read infirior version of our planet

  44. Not So Fast by RealBothersome · · Score: 1

    I'm drooling at the mouth now! But as I understand it, the movie isn't finished yet. But from the screen shots and trailers, it looks to be quite entertaining. First Post?

    1. Re:Not So Fast by AKAImBatman · · Score: 1

      > But as I understand it, the movie isn't finished yet.

      You understand incorrectly. The movie is quite finished. They're now taking orders for the DVDs, and will begin sending them out by Sept. 6th.

      October 1st is probably the date you have in mind. That's when free Internet Distribution will begin.

    2. Re:Not So Fast by shrik3 · · Score: 1
      I'm drooling at the mouth now! But as I understand it, the movie isn't finished yet. But from the screen shots and trailers, it looks to be quite entertaining. First Post?

      It's finished, the premiere was 20.8. They'll start shipping the DVDs in a few weeks and release it for free on the internets on the first of october.

    3. Re:Not So Fast by arbitraryaardvark · · Score: 1

      It is so Finnish!

      It just took them a while to edit out Wil Wheaton's scenes.

      +1 stupid.

  45. FIRST! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Oh wait.....

  46. FP. by damacus · · Score: 1

    Never heard of this until now, even though it's been around for > 10 years. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wreck

  47. why? by WVDominick · · Score: 1

    Why is there always a dude with a ponytail in these "fan movies"?

    1. Re:why? by eno2001 · · Score: 4, Interesting

      A friend of mine always asks the same thing about Linux guys. Here is my theory:

      Once upon a time (any time within the 20th century before the 1960s in the United States), men only had short conservative hair cuts and women had hair like Donna Reed. During these times, all dissent on any front was not only frowned upon but wound up getting you investigated as a "dirty red". But, as is wont to happen, the conservatives became more and more corrupt and the average person began seeing through their illusion of morality. More and more of those "beatniks" and their kind started to become prevalent in society and the conservatives lost their grip.

      In the 60s, the counterculturalists morphed into hippies and one of the symbols of the males of their rebellion was to grow long hair as a reaction against the crew cut. This trend spread until not only hippies had long hair, but even college professors, detectives, doctors and even lawyers (by the 80s)! What was once a symbol of rebellion had become a weakened style statement with no real substance. By the 90s you were seeing a mixture of men sporting both crew cuts and pony tails.

      Finally, sometime between the 70s and now, geeks (who are woefully behind the times in terms of style and counterculture) caught onto the concept of the male pony tail. This seemed to spread throughout several of the geek subcultures such as the Linux community, gamers, sci-fi fans and the like. The meaning of the pony tail amongst these folk is somewhat of a mystery because it's likely to be both a symbol of some kind of rebellion (akin to, "I shake my fist at thee") and an awkward fashion statement. So it's safe to say that the reason these folks have pony tails is probably because they want them. But it's also safe to say that they probably haven't a clue in the world WHY they want them. Except maybe because "so and so has one and he's super cool". ;P

      Did that clear things up?

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    2. Re:why? by WVDominick · · Score: 1

      That was very well said. You make good points. I guess nobody really knows what makes people do the things they do. I believe it's widely underestimated how one's self esteem effects how you act, your style and the decisions you make. It all comes down to people wanting attention. There are three types of people in this world. There are the folks who like attention, but are afraid of it. The people who love attention and seek it out any way they can. Then there are the poor people who understand the first two and are amused by the whole process WHILE either being afraid of attention or seeking it.

    3. Re:why? by Shky · · Score: 1

      Or because it's the only haircut cooler than a mullet.

      Or not. It's hard to say.

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    4. Re:why? by IceAgeComing · · Score: 1


      I'm a confessed geek and used to have a ponytail, although people seemed to assume that I smoked pot because I had it, and that kind of pissed me off. I was a CS professor at the time. It was kind of a pain for me to take care of; I was too lazy to use good shampoo! :)

      But now I live where it's hot and humid, and I'm SOOO glad I don't have long hair. It would probably itch bad.

      Now people don't think I burn. Which is better.

    5. Re:why? by eno2001 · · Score: 1

      I'm not a geek, but an artist who uses computers. I had a pony tail between 1989 and 1992. This was because I grew up with crew cuts and buzz cuts. As soon as I moved out of my parent's house (I had a real bedroom, not the fabled basement) to seek fame and fortune as a techno pop musician I decided to try growing my hair long to see what I'd look like. It took me a little over a year to get to the point where I could have an actual pony tail. At that point I figured I'd put all that effort into it, I may as well live with it for a bit. But I used all kinds of product to keep it clean and healthy and shiny. A lot of my female friends said they envied my hair. :) But I got tired of people not noticing my hair after a while, so I decided to be bold and just have my stylist hack it all off and go to a Peter Murphy style short cut again. The coolest thing was that everyone noticed and I got comments for quite some time. But, I was never tempted to grow it out again so I haven't. And I'm not in my late teens/early twenties anymore so I sod anyone who doesn't notice my hair! :)

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    6. Re:why? by bani · · Score: 1

      they're all imitating steven segal.

    7. Re:why? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Why do I have a pony tail? Because, while looking at an old picture where I had long hair, she said, "I would have fucked you with hair like that." Now I look like Cousin It and I contracted VD.

    8. Re:why? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Why is there always a woman with a ponytail in these "fan movies"?

  48. If you don't slashdot them first... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    ...well that might have worked.

  49. Could it be? by slashflood · · Score: 1

    First post?

    What happened? The comment system isn't working anymore. Don't mod me down, it's really broken. No comments since the last three stories.

  50. Great! by Shakes268 · · Score: 0

    Another way for me to waste my time.

  51. Errr... no comments today? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Frist pots!

  52. sadfasd by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    fasdfasdf

  53. Oh, using the production server for testing again? by wheany · · Score: 1

    Slashdot staff is embarassing.

  54. Kahn!!!!! by gmac63 · · Score: 1

    Need I say more.

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    1. Re:Kahn!!!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      More? No, not more. Just this:

      Khan! (not Kahn!)

  55. It's time to warm up the twinkler banks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    That is my new sig.

  56. More relevantly: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    It will allegedly be available for legal download on 2005-10-01.

  57. Fanning the flames by Fr05t · · Score: 1

    Which is better, Star Trek or Babylon 5?

  58. Hello??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    no posts listed for the last 3 headlines

    "uptime: 196 days, 5:53, 0 users"

    Yeah, right!

  59. Wasn't this previously released? by DarthShader · · Score: 1

    Wasn't this previously released under the title Star Wars Episode 1?

  60. Looks good! by guice · · Score: 1

    I liked the trailor. Although I do wish it was in English. I had problems keeping up with the fast pase subtitles. :(

  61. Another page... by Snaller · · Score: 1

    ...where the scroll bar is set to the same color as the background (*) - hell no I'm not going to support them - I hope they go out of business.

    (* Some browsers, like Firefox are not able to render all stylesheet commands, such as scroll bar color)

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  62. Kudos by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Kudos on using a mirror link.

  63. I submitted this Saturday. WTF by va3atc · · Score: 2, Funny

    Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning finished! Saturday August 20, @08:38PM Rejected

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  64. where's Yoda? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    when you need him...

  65. I says pardon? by Geoff+NoNick · · Score: 1

    Can I take the collosal comment silence surrounding this entry to mean that no one else has heard of this movie either?

    1. Re:I says pardon? by Misagon · · Score: 1

      Well, I guess that's you.

      I have been looking forward to this movie for years, ever since I saw the first trailer. Then I watched the old movies (were on their site then). They are pretty good... by fanfilm standards, that is.

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      "We mustn't be caught by surprise by our own advancing technology" -- Aldous Huxley
  66. Wtf? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Omg slashdot pwnd?!? wtf

  67. wow by Menotti+M · · Score: 1

    Those have to be some of the best special effects I've ever seen in an independent film.

  68. test by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Slashcode is boned??

  69. FP? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    where is everybody?

  70. May the force be with you by saskboy · · Score: 1

    Err, live long and prosper Captain, I mean.

    Trek fans should check out http://www.newvoyages.com/ too if you like indie Trek TV.

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  71. Wow. by jwriney · · Score: 1

    After seven long years, the first Finnish science fiction comedy, Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning, is finally finished!

    Christ. With a description like that, I am positively overflowing with excitement.

    --riney

  72. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    fp

  73. What, no comments? by chudik · · Score: 1

    I guess everyone is busy slashdotting the server.

  74. Language problems by Kizor · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately this thing's effectiveness for native English speakers should be somewhat lower. In the past, quite a bit of Star Wreck humor has depended on the bare-faced overtranslation of Trek terms.

    "Tulta kaikilla tuikkusäteillä!"

  75. test by markov_chain · · Score: 1

    Do comments work yet?

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  76. downloads by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    This is no news before the download is available. According to their site that would be on the first of October.

  77. someone taunting the FPers? by hobotron · · Score: 2, Funny

    no comments yet?

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  78. O.o by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    O.o

  79. Redundant? by KDR_11k · · Score: 1

    Oh, wow, another Star Trek parody! I wonder what holds the record on the number of parodies made fromit, probably Star Wars but Star Trek's got to be damn close.

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  80. what the heck? by AaronBrethorst · · Score: 1

    This story's been up for 20 or 30 minutes and no one's bothered posting anything on it. Not even your usual first posting "1 am teh sux0rz types". How weird. Is it just that no one knows what to make of a Finnish comedy? A parody, no less, of Star Trek? I'm still a little stunned, honestly.

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  81. ...unless you slashdot them... by lbmouse · · Score: 1

    Wow! That was quick. Bittorrents or mirros please, anyone?

  82. Frist Psot! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Go Service error 500 go! Someone slashdotted slashdot!

  83. New world record by Brahgam · · Score: 1

    this one of the first (if not the first) comment of the article, and the link is already slashdotted!

  84. Used to be a fan... by PsiPsiStar · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I used to be a huge fan of ST TNG but the movies that they made after the series were sub par.

    The thing that pisses me off most, is that they turned the Borg into frigging vampires. This, in my opinion (as an American) is the standard American moral cop out. The Borg were evil because of their evil queen leader. Kill the evil leader and the people are cured. The Nazis were evil because of Hitler. The Chinese were Communists because of Mao. At least the series had members of the Borg Collective in thrall to a fascist leader (lore) after their destruction, so it wasn't like everything was a-okay.

    While I have my problems with The Matrix (I could believe in humans being enslaved in the Matrix in order to use their neural nets for the purpose of the Machines, but for energy? Too inefficient), it was one of the few films which didn't fall back on this cliched notion of evil. It showed people fighting because they were nations and because of economic reasons. It even had the guts to blame humans for the war. I wish Star Trek would have taken a similar tack, showing how the Borg were formed, not by some evil leader, but by economic conditions and competition, and by their own 'free' will.

    After all, eventually Borg style networking will be more efficient than going to school for 16 years to learn what you need to know. It'll be like an instant college degree. Economics and the race to the bottom as people compete tends to compell certain life choices and the use of certain technology. And those choices change us as humans and as a society.

    I suppose that's the theme of GATTACA, to a degree. I think Star Trek would have been better off using The Borg to the same effect.

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    1. Re:Used to be a fan... by MindStalker · · Score: 1

      After all, eventually Borg style networking will be more efficient than going to school for 16 years to learn what you need to know. It'll be like an instant college degree. Economics and the race to the bottom as people compete tends to compell certain life choices and the use of certain technology. And those choices change us as humans and as a society.

      True but scary, picture any extremist(left or right or up or down) you know, chances are their children have a slightly different view, sometimes even their children have the opposite view. This comes about because all their knowledge isn't just from one place. Now imagine your knowledge being implanted at one time without a chance to challenge and discover for yourself. Clones.. Scary..

    2. Re:Used to be a fan... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Hopefully when you said "inefficient" you meant, "major violation of the second law of thermodynamics."

    3. Re:Used to be a fan... by JoneK · · Score: 0

      So are the US of A ppl stupid cos george? =)

    4. Re:Used to be a fan... by Shotgun · · Score: 1

      Now imagine your knowledge being implanted at one time without a chance to challenge and discover for yourself. Clones.. Scary..

      You have a point, but there are some things I just don't want to discover for myself.

      -The proper way to configure an NIS+ domain. Who cares. I just want my desktop from any computer in the house.

      -The intricacies of filling out income tax return form. Just tell me how much I have to pay so that I don't have to go to jail. OK. I already concede that I'm going to lose, and the rules will change so that I lose even more next year. Studying the tax code enough to constantly stay on top of it and win would take more time than if I just got a second job and paid in everything I earned.

      -The proper way to do the Waltz, the Tango, and the Electric Slide. I just want the girls to think I'm way cool. I don't actually want to know how to dance.

      -The proper way to rebuild a Chevy short block. Hell, everyone wants to polute and make some useless noise sometimes.

      The point is, there is a lot of knowledge that would be cool to pick off of a shelf, use once and throw away. Self guided learning is slow and expensive in time and effort. The point of the Borg system was that you don't learn just from the extremist, you learn from everyone.

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    5. Re:Used to be a fan... by PsiPsiStar · · Score: 1

      Basically. I mean, technically it's not a violation. It's possible to use nuclear power to create foodlike products which could be fed to humans to create energy... but why not skip the whole human step, if you have nuclear power and you're already machines? These machines are obviously electrically based, or else an EM pulse wouldn't stop them. So why couldn't they use their energy directly?

      You COULD pump your energy from a nuclear generator into various systems that would sustain human beings and then recover some small fraction of it afterwards, but it seems stupid to try and run your world that way.

      For all the work they put into the series, why couldn't they come up with somthing more plausible?

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    6. Re:Used to be a fan... by PsiPsiStar · · Score: 1

      Perhaps you're confusing cause and effect? That was my argument. That people have some responsibility for the leaders that they follow.

      Or as Voltaire (?) said, "every nation has the government it deserves."

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  85. all credit to them... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    they are also know for having unslashdottable webserver, even when serving hundreds megabytes of data to all slashdotters...

  86. It's Finnish?!?!? by screwthemoderators · · Score: 1

    "Perkele" is a common Finnish swear that means something like "to the devil!" I'm sure the title is an oblique reference.

    1. Re:It's Finnish?!?!? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Yup, it's a Finnish movie.

    2. Re:It's Finnish?!?!? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      "Perkele" is a common Finnish swear that means something like "to the devil!" I'm sure the title is an oblique reference.

      No, Perkele does not mean "to the devil!". Perkele is a name of the old Finnish deity.

    3. Re:It's Finnish?!?!? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Your loss.

      Hehe, I guess the reaction of the "why don't y'all speak American" must be priceless when after five or six years Chinese rises as the most prominent language in the net.

    4. Re:It's Finnish?!?!? by rockola · · Score: 1
      Perkele is a name of the old Finnish deity.
      No, it's not. Perkele is simply a name for the Devil in Finnish, not a deity. In Lithuania, however, Perkunas was a deity:

      http://www2.helsinginsanomat.fi/english/archive/ne ws.asp?id=20001121IE9
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  87. Star Trek parody? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    In this world gone mad, we won't spank da monkey.. da monkey will spank US.

  88. A parody of what?? by docflan · · Score: 2, Funny

    a 103 minute parody of Star Trek and Babylon 5

    How Timely.

  89. test by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    test

  90. Deja-vu by tamnir · · Score: 1

    "(the link uses Coral)."

    Woah, really spooky... Just had a little deja-vu a few minutes ago, but never thought reality would have actually been altered. Obviously, I was wrong... What's next today, Hell freezes over or something?

    All jokes aside, big congrats to EvilNTUser!
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    1. Re:Deja-vu by JabberWokky · · Score: 1
      So this is a coral link. Great. Now, do I trust that the system does the right thing if I put my credit card number in to actually order the DVD?

      One of the few coral links in a writeup, and it is one of the few stories that should really be linked directly to the site.

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      "$30 for the One True Ring. $10 each additional ring!" -- JRR "Bob" Tolkien
    2. Re:Deja-vu by EvilNTUser · · Score: 1

      "So this is a coral link. Great. Now, do I trust that the system does the right thing if I put my credit card number in to actually order the DVD?"

      I thought it would be a good compromise to just warn about it, like I did. Now it won't be melted by everyone who just wants to see the website, and people who actually want to order it still have a functional form as soon as they edit the url.

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    3. Re:Deja-vu by JabberWokky · · Score: 1
      Oh, I know - I just find it amusing that one of the very very few coral links is to announce that something is for sale... a sale that can't be done through the coral link.

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  91. Anyone home? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0


    This story has been up for 50 minutes! Where is everybody?

  92. Is there a boycott going on? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Three new stories on /. and no comments on any of them?

    What gives?

  93. Red vs. Blue by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Is this in the same vein as the Red vs. blue stuff, or what? Looks interesting, but I'm not sure what to thin of it.

  94. Slashdotted! by confuted · · Score: 1

    Looks like the Coral Cache link is no good, and MirrorDot doesn't have it. So here's a Google cached version of the page. Anyway, after it comes out, where can I find the torrent?

  95. Torrent? by paulhar · · Score: 1

    Where is the torrent? I don't want to wait!

  96. Parody? by kderby2000 · · Score: 1

    Wasn't Trekkies enough of a parody to satisfy anyone's needs?

    Oh, wait, that wasn't a parody.

  97. Has Slashdot broken itself? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0


    Four stories stacked up with no comments on any of them? Is there some dreadful geek-eating virus on the loose? Think of the women and children!

    Oh, wait. This is Slashdot. We got no women, and therefore no children.

    THINK OF THE HARDWARE!

    Frizzle, biatches.

  98. Hope its good by adnausium · · Score: 1

    If its as good as that Star Wars: Revelations fan film, im gonna have to check it out.

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  99. ITs finally here! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    The wait was worth it, the movie's gonna ROCK.
    --kirk rundgel

  100. Let me be the first to say: Huh? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Pirkinning? WTF?

  101. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 1

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  102. Profit by sugar824 · · Score: 1

    1. Star Trek 2. Babylon 5 3. ??? 4. Nerds uniting profit

  103. Nice work by mauledbydogs · · Score: 1

    Shame I don't speak their crazy moon language :) It's really heartening to see projects such as this. The production quality of amateur (home brew?) film making, especially sci-fi, is really impressive. I'm not going to judge this on the strength of its trailer, but one parallel I've noticed recently is a lot of amateur film-making falls into the Hollywood-type style-over-substance trap. Guess we're all equals now.

  104. Spaceballs? by Mechcozmo · · Score: 1, Funny

    If you're livin' in a bubble and you haven't got a care Well, you're gonna be in trouble 'cause we're gonna steal your air 'Cause what you got is what we need and all we do is dirty deeds We're the Spaceballs! Watch out, 'cause we're the Spaceballs We're the masters of space Hey, don't mess around with the Spaceballs. Uh! Going cruisin' in a spaceship, we're so good at being bad We'll destroy your little planet if you ever get us mad We're mothers of the galaxy You better scatter when you see The Spaceballs! Watch out, we're the Spaceballs!

  105. Lawsuits waiting to happen? by samdu · · Score: 2, Interesting

    From the trailer, it looks like they're headed for some serious lawsuits for selling this on DVD. Paramount is not exactly known for playing nice with fan sites, much less fan flicks that use their IP. And I doubt WB is all too pleased, either.

    And where are all the comments? This is like the fourth /. story with NO comments. O.o

    1. Re:Lawsuits waiting to happen? by shrik3 · · Score: 1
      From the trailer, it looks like they're headed for some serious lawsuits for selling this on DVD. Paramount is not exactly known for playing nice with fan sites, much less fan flicks that use their IP. And I doubt WB is all too pleased, either.
      1. It's parody/satire, and thus free game.
      2. All the CGI is made by the crew, all models are licensed from their respective creators, the music is their own. So there's no grounds for suing anyone about anything.

      I bet you were another dimwit who thought the CGI space battles you see in the trailer were just snipped from old TNG/DS9/Voyager eps. Well they're not.

    2. Re:Lawsuits waiting to happen? by ZosX · · Score: 4, Informative

      In case you did not know, Satire is entirely protected by free speech in the United States. Since they changed the names of the charachters, they should be even more protected from the lawyers. For what it is worth, however, they could have used the USS Enterprise and everything else as long as it was satire. How do you think TV shows like Saturday Night Live and MAD TV get away with it all the time?

      Thanks to Jerry Falwell vs. Larry Flynt, satire has been protected by a landmark supreme court decision. A fan flick is not satire, in case you didn't know. Fan flicks are not protected free speech, though, personally I think anything you can create whether it be music, speech, or video should all be protected under our first amendment rights. Blatant plagurism is one thing, but creating something new based upon an existing concept should be protected, especially when there is no financial gain to be made, as in fan flicks.

      If the republic represented people instead of corporations, this would be the case. A good idea to see who your congressperson represents would be to look at their campaign donations. Too bad so much soft money gets unrecorded, not to mention people in congress who likely line their pockets for pushing through pro-corporate legislation. How do you think the Senators get to be the rich white men they are?

    3. Re:Lawsuits waiting to happen? by jandrese · · Score: 1

      What? You mean those weren't from the Voyager episode where they were attacked by a bunch of Starfuries?

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    4. Re:Lawsuits waiting to happen? by samdu · · Score: 1

      First, no, I wasn't a "dimwit" that thought for a second that the CGI was ripped from anything. However, it is up to the courts to decide if something is satire or not. Just because you SAY something is satire doesn't make it so. And second, regardless of whether the cgi was pulled from an episode of whatever or not, the CONTENT of the cgi is IP owned by WB/Paramount. And, as I said, Paramount especially, has a bad track record about letting fans do ANYthing with their IP. And did they license the models from Paramount/WB? Or the people that created the models that are based on Paramount/WB's IP? Which would actually open up the model creators themselves for action as they are making profit on IP that doesn't belong to them.

    5. Re:Lawsuits waiting to happen? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      However, it is up to the courts to decide if something is satire or not. Just because you SAY something is satire doesn't make it so.

      Almost certainly parody, not satire, but that's nitpicking. Sure, merely saying something is parody isn't what it takes to make it one. In this case, however, it's pretty obvious.

      And second, regardless of whether the cgi was pulled from an episode of whatever or not, the CONTENT of the cgi is IP owned by WB/Paramount.

      It is up to the courts to decide if something infringes Paramount/WB's "IP". Just because you SAY something is WB's "IP" doesn't make it so.

      Now, let's look at some actual history, shall we? Let's consider some other cases that involve Warner and possible plagiarism.

      First, "Tanya Grotter", the Russian Harry Potter ripoff. Serious plagiarism without any intention to produce parody or satire. Warner Brothers sue.

      Second, "Barry Trotter and the Shameless Parody". The title is a good hint as to what this is. Warner Brothers do not sue.

      Third, the movies "Star Wreck", "Star Wreck II", "Star Wreck III", "Star Wreck IV", "Star Wreck 4½", and "Star Wreck V", and seven "Star Wreck" novels. All are clearly parodies. Warner Brothers do not sue.

      Tell me, what does this imply will happen to "Star Wreck 6"? Hmm, I'm not sure I can really see any pattern, but maybe your superior intellect can spot it for me?

    6. Re:Lawsuits waiting to happen? by 99BottlesOfBeerInMyF · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      How do you think the Senators get to be the rich white men they are?

      I see, so they start off poor and black or hispanic, then get elected to an office, get bribes, get rich and get surgery to become white. I never knew about this facet of politics. You've really opened my eyes.

    7. Re:Lawsuits waiting to happen? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Your lack of faith in the Republic is disturbing.

      In all seriousness, I agree entirely with you that anything created should be protected.

      Though we're only 4 years into the downard spiral, I fear 'consumer' creativity with regard to corporate enterprise will someday take a nasty collision and turn into an all out battle.

      When that happens, hopefully the governing body will notice within that post 10~ years that Corporate greed in the 21st century should not be the norm.

    8. Re:Lawsuits waiting to happen? by Dtyst · · Score: 1

      Let me add that copyright laws are much looser in Finland than in USA. But even in USA parodies are protected by freedom of speech. I hate when US citizens think that their laws apply in every country in the world!

    9. Re:Lawsuits waiting to happen? by Depili · · Score: 3, Interesting

      Even more importantly, the film is made in Finland, where we have a nice and clean justice system aimed for punishing the criminals justly, not just the poor one that can't pay the legal fees. Even a confession isn't enough to get one conviced in here, you still need proof to go with it. And besides the same group has made several star wrek movies already, this is just the sixth and by far the best.

    10. Re:Lawsuits waiting to happen? by micromuncher · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Hey ... Count the number of hispanic or black senators. Start with the black ones, as they're easy to spot. How many do you see? I see one. One in a hundred. How many have there been total? Three?

      Compare that to the number of senators from "well to do" white families. You know, the type that mommy and daddy's wealth paid for their college education (in an ivy league school) after which they were put in charge of mommy and daddy's big company, holdings, etc.

      Want to make a bet its greater than 2/3?

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    11. Re:Lawsuits waiting to happen? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      In case you didn't know. Finland is not, and have never been, a part of the USA. Your comments are therefore completely off topic.

      (As for the question, yes, Finland isn't sold out to lawyers so satire is completely legal there too.)

      Pardon me, I'm just sick and tired of all americans telling other people how THEY do it. As if that was relevant to anymore else.

    12. Re:Lawsuits waiting to happen? by 99BottlesOfBeerInMyF · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      What does that have to do with anything? Sure rich, white people are more likely to become senators, or politicians in general. I think that is a far cry from saying politicians become rich and white and men because of bribes. Bribes can make you rich, but adding in white and men is ridiculous. It is simply an attempt to bring racism and sexism into the issue to try and evoke some sort of emotional response. It is also very funny due to the way it was phrased. To answer the question, I think they were mostly born white and men (maybe a few had surgery) and most were born rich. Bribes might make them more wealthy, but rarely does it make them wealthy in the first place. It never makes them white or men.

    13. Re:Lawsuits waiting to happen? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      have you bothered to let the following people know that they were rich white men?

      1 Daniel Akaka (D-HI) Native Hawaiinn
      2 Barbara Boxer (D-CA) Woman
      3 Maria Cantwell (D-WA) Woman
      4 Hillary Clinton (D-NY) Woman
      5 Susan Collins (R-ME) Woman
      6 Elizabeth Dole (R-NC) Woman
      7 Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) Woman
      8 Kay Hutchinson (R-TX) Woman
      9 Daniel Inouye (D-HI) Native Hawaiian
      10 Mary Landrieu (D-LA) Woman
      11 Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) Woman
      12 Mel Martinez (R-FL) Hispanic
      13 Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) Woman
      14 Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) Woman
      15 Patty Murray (D-WA) Woman
      16 Barak Obama (D-IL) African-American
      17 Olympia Snowe (R-ME) Woman
      18 Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) Woman

      Or perhaps you were just letting your own prejudices justify blaming all our current legislative woes on a convienant group you dislike. BTW 7 of the 18 up there have been in for atleast 4 years now so they have had plenty of time to fatten themselves at the special interest feedbag.

    14. Re:Lawsuits waiting to happen? by bugnuts · · Score: 1

      Satire is entirely protected by free speech in the United States. Since they changed the names of the charachters, they should be even more protected from the lawyers.

      Use of the original material for parody and satire is generally Fair Use. But not all satire is necessarily protected speech by the Bourne Convention (which, btw, Finland is almost certainly a participant). Specifically, non-parody Derivative Works are probably *not* protected.

      This particular implementation sounds very much like a parody, however, which is explicitly protected regarding derivative works, depending how much of the original ideas or scripts they copied.

      Fan flicks are not protected free speech, though, personally I think anything you can create whether it be music, speech, or video should all be protected under our first amendment rights.

      I am happy this is not allowed. Otherwise we'd have some great music being "stolen" by popular musicians, depriving the real authors (but not as popular performers). That type of thing *should* be licensed.

      Of course, ianal. But you can see here for some interesting info.

    15. Re:Lawsuits waiting to happen? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I am happy this is not allowed. Otherwise we'd have some great music being "stolen" by popular musicians, depriving the real authors (but not as popular performers).

      Yeah, that'd be pretty unfair. It's a good thing that our society has managed to avoid it.

    16. Re:Lawsuits waiting to happen? by micromuncher · · Score: 1

      Ah I see your point. I missed the semantic witticism.

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    17. Re:Lawsuits waiting to happen? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      corruption makes men white?

    18. Re:Lawsuits waiting to happen? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I wonder how this other fan series, Star Trek: Hidden Frontier, is still alive after many years of production?

      http://www.hiddenfrontier.org/cast/

      It directly violates the "Star Trek" trademark so one would think that Paramount had at least ordered them to drop the "Star Trek" -part from the name.

  106. Great Maker! by ChatWeazl · · Score: 1

    Darn those effects look good! Now if I could just understand ONE word they are saying ;) . In any event, I'll just have to read the subtitles...

  107. voodoo magic by pdamoc · · Score: 1

    no posts? hmmm... maybe is due to the Coral link... does it scares people away when is in the article?

  108. Pirkinning? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    WTF is that?

  109. Not another Star Treck parody! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0


    star wreck / star trek
    captian pirk / captain kirk

    gee.. I'm wetting myself already !

  110. What a load by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    of shite.

  111. Trailer looks grand! by rockclimber · · Score: 1

    GWB in Line with Hitler. Nice... What did he do to piss off the Finns?

    1. Re:Trailer looks grand! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      What did he do to piss of Conan O'Brien? I think it's the same thing, humor (sort of).

  112. yes, but.. by apostrophesemicolon · · Score: 1

    does it also feature the Continuum Transfunctioner? ..if not then I'm not buying.

  113. This is news? by thatedeguy · · Score: 1

    Since when does slashdot stoop this low? Where's the 'Stuff that matters."?

  114. First post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Im bad, bad, man.

  115. Swedish! by CaptDeuce · · Score: 1

    Eerste post! (O.k., zodat de bable vis doen geen Zweeds)

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    1. Re:Swedish! by ultramarweeni · · Score: 1

      In Swedish (spoken by approx. 6 % of finnish population): "Första posten!"

      In Finnish (spoken by some 91 %): "EKA!!111 lolol".

  116. first post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    first post

  117. But... by Bonzai426 · · Score: 1

    Why?

  118. More? by msblack · · Score: 1

    nothing to read here.
    Still waiting for the trailer to download.

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  119. "The first Finnish full-length scifi comedy" by Kazzahdrane · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I'm quite interested to see how the Finns pull of full-length sci-fi comedy, considering very few other countries seem to have even got close to making it funny.

  120. first first post by Spark00 · · Score: 1

    hmm i feel strangely unfulfilled.

  121. Where're the comments? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    No comments yet? OH My Goodness!

  122. Already? by Farce+Pest · · Score: 1

    No comments, and it's already slashdotted...

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  123. Looks good by mgv · · Score: 1

    Just wish it was in english -- Hearing Klingon in Finnish is interesting, even though you can still tell its Klingon ....

    Michael

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  124. About time. by norttipertti · · Score: 1

    And those cheap bastards, who prefer to get everything for free, downloadable version should be available in the beginning (no pun intented) of October.
    I pre-ordered mine weeks ago.

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  125. Finnish Parody by bubbaD · · Score: 1

    The Finns had an amusing export a few years back: a parody of a Russian rock band called the "Leningrad Cowboys" I'm sure they inspired this project. Unfortunately Finnish culture doesn't reach the US easily. Even "Moomintrolls," probably the most internationally recognizable Finnish product, never really caught on in the US. Better luck this time

  126. How about a language that we understand by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    It might be watche if it was in a language spoken by the rest of the world.

    1. Re:How about a language that we understand by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      They're American. You assume too much..

    2. Re:How about a language that we understand by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Guess what! There is a world outside the US! We actually have other languages! The rest of the world DOES NOT speak English. In Finland they speak Finnish, get over it.

    3. Re:How about a language that we understand by Explo · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Just read the subtitles? I've seen plenty of movies spoken in language that I do not understand and happily just read the subtitles.

      (This particular movie is not a problem, as I'm Finnish. :)

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    4. Re:How about a language that we understand by mcb · · Score: 1

      Please don't generalize, most Americans I know prefer subtitles over dubbed. I personally can't stand it when lips don't move according to what's being said. Plus I find it's more engrossing to hear the original language.

  127. Makers themselves? by Varka · · Score: 1

    Do they mean the makers of the movie, or of the original series?

  128. where are all the comments gone? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    someone broke slashdot

  129. wreck by doffles · · Score: 1

    does this boldly go where others have gone before to clean up the rubble ?

  130. Why is nobody posting??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    What's with the no posting on like 5 articles?

    LAMENESS FLITER BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH

  131. Figures by DGregory · · Score: 1

    Slashdotted already?? And to think I was all ready to fork over some money for an unseen movie, too!

  132. Commenting broken? (Off-topic) by shish · · Score: 1

    Several stories have gone past with no comments; it's a little spooky, so I'm just seeing if commenting is broken...

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  133. Internet release set at 1/10 by omeg · · Score: 1

    Ever since I saw the first trailers, I was amazed at the high quality of this movie.

    The internet release is unfortunately set at 1/10. Looks like we'll have to wait a while before we can freely download this movie.

    1. Re:Internet release set at 1/10 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      That is 1st October, just in case someone got it wrong.

  134. hey by qolinar · · Score: 0

    woot!!

  135. Another Parody? by XchristX · · Score: 1

    What is this, the 3rd one in recent years? Why can't people make fun of something else?

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  136. Where have all the comments gone? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    It appears that no-one can comment. What a pity.

  137. Homebrew SciFun by tuoppi · · Score: 1

    I ordered mine. These guys have done huge amount of work on this, and I hope them all the best.

  138. Wonderful! by aegisalpha · · Score: 1

    "The first Finnish full-length scifi comedy"

    Finally Finland has a film that can compete with this gem from Denmark.

  139. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    pf

    star trek sucks

  140. hmm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    what the hell?

  141. fp by covertlaw · · Score: 1

    first first post (or not)

  142. anybody here? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Where are all the comments?

  143. what by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Looks terrible

  144. I was thinking about the same thing by eadint · · Score: 1

    I was thinking about the same thing, i work with lightwave, and i recently downloaded the babylon 5 models, the amount of time and resources involved in doing this is imense, doing this for no money at all is increadible, i hope someone who has seen this will post on /. and let us know what they think about it. oh by the way FP.

  145. what's happening? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    has slashdot been slashdotted??

  146. Torrent anyone? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Boldly searching...

  147. Why no comments? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Are slashdot comments down?

  148. I'm the first!!! by computernut · · Score: 1

    Unbelievable....I'm the first to comment on this article!!!!

    What's up people? no one interested in a Star Trek Parody? or is this the way we geeks are supposed to pay tribute to the Star Trek series? by not posting any comments on an article /link that makes fun of one of the greatest TV series of all times? If that's so, then I'm with you..

  149. first by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    first!

  150. Slashdotted! by ventonegro · · Score: 1

    Even the Coral cache this time!

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  151. WTH is this? by bgarcia · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    I wait 20 minutes, and still there are no posts?

    I guess God wants me to get first post today.

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  152. I for one by CmdrMooCow · · Score: 1

    I, for one, will be preordering this.

    I might even order one for my parents.

  153. Not a chance by Sevnn · · Score: 1

    unless you slashdot them

    The chances of this happening are about the same as me getting the first comment on a /. article...

  154. My youth ^ 2 by dada21 · · Score: 1

    For years we filmed terrible fan films knocking off Star Trek with our inside jokes. Bad editing, horrible lighting and desperate acting, but more than 15 years later we'll still quote the movies and laugh.

    I'm buying this for sure, only because someone else put on DVD what we only dreamed of. I haven't gone to a movie theater in years but I'll happily support those who can do so much for so long.

    Also thanks to the article poster or editor who used Coral for the link. Is the /. effect soon to be history?

  155. I wish them well.... by marcosmota · · Score: 1

    Bab5 is a true epic and far above a lot of SciFi series. Yes, you had to go through crap eye-candy/bloat like Star Wars to get to B5, but B5 epitomizes the God vs. Evil saga a whole lot better. I'll give these guys a chance, but I'll split the cost of the DVD with my buddie, Heath. Out, Marcos PS: Have never had the patience for a full sit-down to a single SW episode. Booooring! Albeit, Triumpth the Comic Dog whipped some fans' asses on Late Night with Conan O'Brien.

  156. Slashdot them, we would not do that :-) by sir+lox+elroy · · Score: 1

    It does look pretty cool :-)

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  157. Hollywood Muyo! by hackwrench · · Score: 1

    That is to say "No need for Hollywood" or MPAA or DMCA for that matter....unfortunately their supporters won't see it that way. Wasn't "Thumb wars" similar to this though? What are other signs that the Hollywood-MPAA hedgemony are not currently necessary or perhaps useful, if they ever were.

  158. ...broken? by funny-jack · · Score: 1

    I get the distinct feeling that something about Slashdot is broken right now...

    But maybe it's just me.

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  159. Nice looking! by BigZaphod · · Score: 1

    I had never heard anything about this, but dang, those are some nice looking special effects! It's hard to tell if the acting is decent or not due to the language barrier, but it seems like a fun movie anyway. I might have to order it...

  160. frsit psot! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Or not...

  161. It cant be that bad? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I've seen this on for 5 minutes and no posts yet.

  162. Oh my ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Now I'm almost shamed to be Finnish. The acting is SO bad in the trailer. I understand that it's a comedy, but the actors aren't funny. They are just painful to watch.

    It's nothing new that the acting is usually bad in amateur movies, though I've seen some great exceptions. I just usually don't see stories of them on ./'s front page. Obviously somebody sees more humour in this movie than I do.

    Star Wreck's special effects are great for such a low budget flick. I just wish the director had a better taste for actors and acting.

  163. Downloadable? by antdude · · Score: 1

    Is this parody downloadable too? Or only on DVD?

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    1. Re:Downloadable? by Explo · · Score: 1

      AFAIK, it will be downloadable from the 1st of September also.

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  164. Release date by Gunny101 · · Score: 1

    That's all find and dandy, but when is the torrent release date? :D

  165. Sad by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Sadly, it might get more viewers than Enterprise's finale.

  166. The best Finnish movie ever. by msmikkol · · Score: 2, Funny

    Star Wreck series must be among the best movies ever come out of Finland. These guys have really worked hard on the latest. My hat is off to them.

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    1. Re:The best Finnish movie ever. by CrazyTalk · · Score: 1

      Don't you mean it's the ONLY movie to ever come out of Finland?

    2. Re:The best Finnish movie ever. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      For myopic Americans, perhaps :)

    3. Re:The best Finnish movie ever. by DiscoNova · · Score: 1

      Well... not the only one ... the ones that do are rarely recognized as "finnish movies" - mainly because the language isn't known and the movies don't really "ride" on the fact that they're made in Finland. First example that springs to mind is Raid (the series) as well as Raid (the movie) that have had multiple reruns on MHz Networks in Washington area.

  167. frist post by eddievalentine · · Score: 0

    w00h00 p.s. I am Commander Data, taking much offense to this Star Wreck

  168. I don't even have to see it to know... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    ...that, like all fan-based scifi stuff, it'll have probably pretty decent special effects (the result of far too many hours being geeky in front of a computer) and godawful acting and cast (the result of far too many hours being geeky in front of a computer).

    Oh well.

    1. Re:I don't even have to see it to know... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Well, acting is amateur level, but the cast doesn't consist of American-style 250lb scifi-nerds, if that's any consolation to you.

    2. Re:I don't even have to see it to know... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Shrug, the most consolation I get is the fact that most commercial scifi ventures these days suffer from exactly the same problems as the amateur ones. Obvious cite of the Star Wars prequels, all that...

  169. 103 minutes waiting time for a comment? by Ruvim · · Score: 1

    It looks like everyone is eager to see it... do we wait 103 minutes for a first comment? Wait... never mind!

  170. Curious question about translations by Shivetya · · Score: 2, Interesting

    A question for someone who speaks both languages.

    In the trailer there are a lot of seemingly bizarre translations. Twinkler Banks is a great example. Was that a translation made on the word or the meaning of the words? Or was it just wrong altogether? While I understand it is a parody, foreign humor can be difficult to understand at times. Fortunately special effects usually are not confusing.

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    1. Re:Curious question about translations by norttipertti · · Score: 2, Informative

      Twinkler from word 'twink' (or possibly 'blink').
      Anyway it refers to a lightsource that lights very briefly.
      Wrecks usually plays _a_lot_ with engrish.
      Like 'Täysi kieroutuminen', where 'kiero' can mean both 'warp' or 'deviant'.

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    2. Re:Curious question about translations by norttipertti · · Score: 1
      Twinkler from word 'twink' (or possibly 'blink').

      Never post before evening coffee.
      Word I was looking for was 'twinkle', not 'twink' :D

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    3. Re:Curious question about translations by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Twinkler from word 'twink'

      So "young-gay-porn-star banks"? If those fail do they use the fluffer banks?

    4. Re:Curious question about translations by WWWWolf · · Score: 1

      A lot of stuff comes from english-finnish-english translations. Think of Babelfishing.

      Of course, some jokes will probably stay completely weird to foreigners ("May the Jopoforce be with you!" in SW3) or even Finns of wrong age (not sure if Info bookstore chain still uses the "on ilo palvella" jingle used in SW4).

      Yet, you can always consider the fact that they will probably be bizarre in Finnish too. You get used to it. Just another set of weird names for weird scifi objects. Won't feel a thing. =)

  171. Six? by grahamdrew · · Score: 1

    I can't seem to access the website, so I can't get anything in the way of background data. Does the 6 in the article's title imply there are 5 others, or does it have some other significance? Andrew Beard

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    1. Re:Six? by belg4mit · · Score: 1

      Babylon 5 + 1

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    2. Re:Six? by EvilNTUser · · Score: 1

      "Does the 6 in the article's title imply there are 5 others, or does it have some other significance?"

      There are 5 more, but they're just something that a group of friends would film in high school. 1-4 use poorly drawn computer graphics that get progressively better, and the 5th one uses real people.

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    3. Re:Six? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      you can download the other 5 for free here:
      http://www.starwreck.com/oldies/

  172. does it work? by nick-less · · Score: 1

    hm...

  173. Self Realizing? by Flaming+Cowpie · · Score: 0

    Isn't the very act of posting it on /. going bring about that which they don't want? Or is it their way of being coy and meaning, instead, c'mon big boy - show me what you got. Perhaps I should drink my coffee first. This all way too much before coffee.

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  174. 2 in a row by DigitalReverend · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Mod this completely off topic, just wanted to be doing it since my Internet connection seems to be the only one still working. :)

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  175. Special effects... by spineboy · · Score: 3, Insightful
    I'm just really getting tired of special effects movies. I went and mistakenly saw "War of the Worlds" and it was just horrible!. Yes, I know you can make giant spaceships look real, but so what - I'm bored of that. As long as a special effect is about as good as the OLD Dr. Who, then that's all you really need, because it was the storyline, the plot and maybe the acting which made it good.

    If you spend $50 million on polishing up a piece of dog crap, you still have a piece of crap, nicely polished in the end.
    Let's hope that these guys (please, please) spent a lot of time on the script, story, etc, which will make a good movie/story. Independent films are often much better than those big over-produced films. These Hollywood monstrousities often have 10 producers, all adding their various formula of bells and whistles, that they think some standard audience will like. That's why there are so many sequels out there - it's a "safe" gamble for the studio, and usually BORING.

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    1. Re:Special effects... by EiZei · · Score: 1

      The ironic thing here is that the movie this post is about cost significantly less than 1 million euros being a volunteer-made finnish parody of Star Trek/Babylon 5 and all. ;)

    2. Re:Special effects... by EiZei · · Score: 1

      Ach, should read parent posts better.

    3. Re:Special effects... by SlayerofGods · · Score: 1

      You independent movie fans always come off as so conceited. Just because you didn't like the movie doesn't make it a bad movie.
      In fact lots of people think your wrong about 'War of the Worlds'.
      http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0407304/ratings
      If you really want to pick on a movie that is all flash and no substance try picking on a real bomb like 'Stealth'.

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    4. Re:Special effects... by moviepig.com · · Score: 2, Insightful
      I'm just really getting tired of special effects movies. ..."War of the Worlds"...was just horrible! ... As long as a special effect is about as good as the OLD Dr. Who, then that's all you really need...

      A movie that's only effects isn't much, true. But remember that, especially with something like War of the Worlds, the movie itself is already an "effect", i.e., an attempt to render a literary concept into a visually believable form. If one's willing to settle for the mere narrative adequacy of "placeholder" effects, then why not simply stick with reading the book?

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    5. Re:Special effects... by nuOpus · · Score: 1

      Because he may not know how to read well!

    6. Re:Special effects... by normal_guy · · Score: 1

      Like that crappy "seer" in that Star Wars fanfic movie. Shittier acting I've never seen!

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    7. Re:Special effects... by RexDart · · Score: 1
      Actually, the sad truth is that very often (at least in the sci-fi genre of fan films) special effects movies are all that's made. Independent SF films are for the most part derivative, poorly written and poorly acted vehicles to show off home-grown special effects.

      That said, they have three saving graces: 1) They're usually free, 2)They're short, which makes all of the above bearable and 3) Most of them show a lot of passion, if not a little originality.

      The ideal would for these untrained, passionate people to be linked with mentors who could teach them the craft of visual storytelling. This is what Lucas has suggested he'll do post-Star Wars.... it would be great if it really happens.

      Regardless, I think we'll see a similar progression as happened with publishing in the 80s. Once Desk Top Publishing became viable and approached the quality of traditional layout methods, there was an explosion of published content (newsletters, small-press books, etc.) from folks who bought a computer and thought they were designers. A lot of it was crap. But there are now many, many good, creative small pub shops, independent designers and even larger publishers (like O'Reilly's) who would not have a functional business model with the old way.

      I suspect we'll see the same progression with video media as well. The good ones will learn and thrive, the bad ones will get bored and leave (or persist, but that's the price of democracy.)

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    8. Re:Special effects... by boron+boy · · Score: 2, Insightful
      The ideal would for these untrained, passionate people to be linked with mentors who could teach them the craft of visual storytelling. This is what Lucas has suggested he'll do post-Star Wars

      About time. Lucas could really use a lessons or two.

  176. This is a COMEDY? More like tragedy. by Theovon · · Score: 1

    Mind you, the language barrier might have something to do with it, but even the English trailer makes it look much more tragic than comedic. I expected to be laughing. Instead, it all just seemed so sad to me. I guess I don't get it.

    The special effects are incredible, though.

  177. Star Trek 9 : First Post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Hey its the best trek film!

  178. torrent...?? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    So.. where's the torrent..

    and is it being released under the GPL???

  179. Reply Hazy - Try Again Later by Salus+Victus · · Score: 1

    Is this a news item, or an advertisement?

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  180. So.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    this is just a rehash of the Enterprise series?

  181. Slow posting by vico · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    30 minutes since posting and no comments. Interest for Star Wreck seems low...

  182. Yay for Coral Cache! by oberondarksoul · · Score: 1

    To whoever used a Coral link in the submission, nice one. If Slashdot could either automatically do that, or have the editors change links to point to a cache, the Slashdot effect could be minimised quite considerably.

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    1. Re:Yay for Coral Cache! by BigForbis · · Score: 1

      And if Coral actually used port 80 like a normal webserver, then it might be more useful for people who are behing proxies and firewalls.

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  183. Um... by rbanzai · · Score: 2, Interesting

    This appears to be the end result of an awful lots of work.... and absolutely no sense of humor.

    As usual, cheers to the CGI and OMGZ to everything else.

  184. First post ?! by totoanihilation · · Score: 1
    Well, it's been an hour and a half since the story has been posted, and there still isn't a single comment... So I might as well pitch in...

    This movie looks awesome. Production quality looks great for a no-budget fan film. From the article:
    "The truth is, however, that In the Pirkinning will be the first movie produced in Finland to contain lots of high quality special effects, space combat and no-holds-barred action in a science fiction environment."

    I also hope they'll be the first feature-length movie to be distributed legally using BitTorrent, as a burnable DVD image! It could serve as an example for online distribution, and perhaps encourage more independent filmmakers to make movies and show their work. I'm sick and tired of the remakes/formula-movies coming out of hollywood.
  185. Effects are actually pretty impressive by PierceLabs · · Score: 1

    I would have expected less from some independents but I guess maybe I need to start raising the bar for what I should start expecting from independent film makers in the effects arena. I have to check this out if only for the effects.

    Thankfully this is a parody or I could only imagine the pain and suffering that would come from all of the IP (ship designs) that they borrowed :)

    1. Re:Effects are actually pretty impressive by bani · · Score: 1

      Actually I wish they'd spend less time on the CG and more time on acting.

      Most independents have acting so bad you want to gouge your eyes out with a spoon. Acting so bad that it makes william shatner's TOS appearances look like shakespeare in comparison. :P

  186. Kestrel by the+phantom · · Score: 1

    Did anyone else notice the Kestrel from Ambrosia Software's Escape Velocity in the background in the trailer? No? Oh, well.

    1. Re:Kestrel by totoanihilation · · Score: 1

      I believe the ship in the trailer is one of the Destroyer-class starships, in Babylon 5. Check out "Babylon 5: Crusade" to see a picture. There is, though, a likeness between the Excalibur and the Kestrel (which came 3 years before the series). Mind you there are MANY similarities between EV and B5 that go the other way ;)

    2. Re:Kestrel by the+phantom · · Score: 1

      Ah. That makes sense. By the time Crusade came out, I had no cable, and was not able to see any of it.

  187. Language? by slapout · · Score: 0

    Will this one be in Russian too?

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    1. Re:Language? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      It's not in Russian - it's Finnish (Finland, Europe). Then again you don't really know the difference do you?

  188. hmmm by mike1086 · · Score: 1

    Boldy going where no slashdotter has gone before.

  189. Well... by rbanzai · · Score: 1

    ...at least I now know the Finnish word for 'fragfest.'

    Too bad there is no Finnish word for 'comedy.'

    1. Re:Well... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Too bad there is no Finnish word for 'comedy.'

      There definitely is a Finnish word for comedy. It's "komedia".

  190. In a race between Duke Nukem forever and Star Wrec by jameskojiro · · Score: 0

    Looks like Star Wreck won......

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  191. Going to have to wait by Alien54 · · Score: 1
    until later.

    the downloads are breaking up, captain.

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  192. Acting by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Let's just hope... The acting this... Time... Is better than Star Wars... Revelations ;)

  193. How is it? by Imidazole · · Score: 1

    Any reviews? Screenies? Anything?

  194. site is down by dunkleself · · Score: 1

    looks like the site has been slashdotted :-( I see no site, and i dare not let my web broswer boldly go to places where no web browser has gone before ^_^

  195. subtitles? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    So, is there an English version?
    It was hard just to watch the subtitled trailer, much less the entire movie. Am I missing something?

  196. Ugh by Nick+of+NSTime · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Stupid stupid stupid stupid.

  197. Wrecked stars by mrycar · · Score: 1

    Did they make 5 films before this one?

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    1. Re:Wrecked stars by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Six, actually. :) One is SW: 4½...

  198. 6 years and no decent lighting kit? by darrenf15e · · Score: 1

    It's too bad after 6 years of development and with such great CG, they didn't figure out how to light the set properly most of the time. Total lack of realization of the importance of lighting. No accent good accents, too dim. Frustrating to watch, seems pretty good otherwise.

  199. English version? by Blitzenn · · Score: 1

    What is the sense of titling the movie in english if if all of the script/speech inside is giberish(ie unknown foreign language)? Secondly, I personally love to watch foreign language movies so I can miss everything that is going on in the movie because I have to read subtitles, NOT! Even some lousy japanese voiceovers would have been better than that crap.

    1. Re:English version? by Conanymous+Award · · Score: 1

      Secondly, I personally love to watch foreign language movies so I can miss everything that is going on in the movie because I have to read subtitles, NOT!

      Every Nordic (Northern European) country has subtitles in movies (and TV) and we don't miss anything that goes on in the movie.

      Dubbing is for morons and pu$$ies (hello rest of Europe! ;) ).

    2. Re:English version? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Greece also uses subtitles.

    3. Re:English version? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Well that's a problem for you Americans - guess what - people outside the US actually have their own languages! FYI it's in Finnish as in Finland, Europe.

    4. Re:English version? by netean · · Score: 1

      subbing is definately for woosies, or Americans... Perfect example is the legendary Anime Classic Akira. when subbed the dialogue isn't jsut a little different its' totally and utter different. Good quality subtitles are the way to go.

    5. Re:English version? by Explo · · Score: 1

      If you would have seen subtitles since your childhood in most movies, you would not need to concentrate reading them. Even though I understand English, I often prefer to use the subtitles unless the translation appears to be lousy. (I even occasionally follow the subtitles in Finnish movies spoken in native language) The main thing the speech provides to me is the mood of the characters, the text gives me the abstract information. And for movies where characters talk French, Germany or other languages I do not understand, the subtitles are very nice and do not impact the experience at all.

      I guess it's a matter of what you're used to.

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    6. Re:English version? by Blitzenn · · Score: 1

      "Well that's a problem for you Americans"

      Echo, echo, echo. Isn't that what I said?

      "guess what - people outside the US actually have their own languages!"

      Perhaps if I hadn't made it past Kindergarden, I would not have realized that for myself. I am so glad you addressed that issue.

      "FYI it's in Finnish as in Finland"

      And I always thought that was a fish, not a country, gosh! ;)

  200. Comments were broken by Fr05t · · Score: 1

    Seemed like comments were broken.. I started to see comments for posts just moments ago.

  201. Dr. Who... the acting? You smokin' crack? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    As long as a special effect is about as good as the OLD Dr. Who, then that's all you really need, because it was the storyline, the plot and maybe the acting which made it good.

    WRT Dr. Who... I'll give you the storylines/plots, that was actually fairly decent sci-fi, perhaps a bit too soap-opera at times, but the acting good? No way, dude. All the acting, on every episode of Dr. Who that has ever been made, is really not that much better than ST:TOS/William Shatner quality.

  202. Re:The Paramount death flotilla by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Good. I hope they spend a lot of money while they are here and help the local economy.

  203. Re:The Paramount death flotilla by shrik3 · · Score: 1
    Why do I get the Distinct feeling that Paramount will go and beam about 40000 lawyers to finland to stop the distribution of this?

    What will the 40000 lawyers accuse them of?

  204. Why don't you fuk oov! by Aqua+OS+X · · Score: 1
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  205. Anti special-effects snobs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    War of the Worlds is not a movie about dialogue and character development. It is about the EXPERIENCE of the attack and flight from it. Therefore it is mostly a visual and sound driven storyline, not a dialogue based one. I am sick of pretentious snobs trying to sound more intelligent than everyone by decrying special effects and big budget movies. There are plenty of independent films with low budgets and no special effects. Go watch those if thats your thing, there are some really good independent films out there. However I also like a good piece of exciting and visual storytelling like War of the Worlds or Sin City. Just because you don't like good visuals doesn't mean that special effects are lowbrow and a sign of the decline of cinema.

  206. It would be nice if it was in English by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I spend so much effort reading subtitles that it losses it's appeal. How about making your movie in the language the rest of the world speaks!

    1. Re:It would be nice if it was in English by norttipertti · · Score: 1

      As native tongue?
      Sure!
      Would you prefer Mandarin or Spanish?

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  207. Hysta Vittu! by KnarfO · · Score: 1

    Love the 'splosions!

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    1. Re:Hysta Vittu! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      You know, if that is all you know about Finnish language, you might want to write it correctly.

      Fuck you too :)

  208. I guess it... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    ...sucks to be you!

  209. Or... by ReidMaynard · · Score: 1

    Or they want to be girls.

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    1. Re:Or... by karpenl · · Score: 1

      Or they're just too lazy to get haircuts, or couldn't be bothered.

    2. Re:Or... by Happy+Monkey · · Score: 1

      That is precisely it, at least for me. A ponytail is what happens if you leave your hair alone to do as it will.

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    3. Re:Or... by fbjon · · Score: 1

      No it isn't. Let that hair out if its jail! Make it flow in the wind in a way that would put a medieval fantasy knight standing on a high windy cliff put to shame.

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    4. Re:Or... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Who wouldn't want to be a girl? Imagine the luxury of wanting and actually being able to turn down sex. Thay can live in their parents' basement and still get as much as they want!

    5. Re:Or... by Nasarius · · Score: 1

      Well, I know I'm prettier with long hair :)

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    6. Re:Or... by 2008 · · Score: 1

      Yeah, that was good until I got my hair in the custard I was eating...

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  210. A nerdy wet dream fulfilled by pandaba · · Score: 1

    Maybe its just me, but I'll probably order this thing just to get the well-done scenes of the Agamemnon (err Amigo) and White Stars fighting Federation starships.

    I can only hope the Agamemnon et al kick the asses of those self-rightgeous, pretentious gits of the Federation. And if they can't, hopefully the shadows show up and slice them to bits.

    1. Re:A nerdy wet dream fulfilled by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      i hope 7 will have stargate universe things aswel
      a nice ha'tak ship exploding here and there
      where replicators take over an startrek ship
      yes verry nice

  211. Dutch! (kinda) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Dutch != Swedish

  212. Re:The Paramount death flotilla by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Finland aint yet as corrupted as US, we still have this thing called freedom of speech and we can do many different things without breaking any RIAA, YMCA, DMCA -things or software patents.

  213. Dubs are better for parody though! by plasmacutter · · Score: 1

    Crappy dubs tend to increase the comdedic affect of parodies.

    I am a hard core subs person when it comes to the serious flick, but a parody is just funnier when the dialogue sounds as if it's gone through 10 languages to make it to your ears.

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  214. It's subtitled, seen it. by ultramarweeni · · Score: 1

    I guess they do not want that arrogant viewers anyway. It has ENGLISH SUBTITLES, just stick in reading them and listening to our crazy moon language. I've seen the movie in the premiere, and hell it was good. Better than anything I've seen this year, at the very least.

  215. Choose your parody by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Surely they could have chosen a better genre? As independent film makers, to go to all that effort, and come up with a parody of one of the-most-parodied film/tvshows ever seems like a bit of a waste...

  216. Yeah, but is it any GOOD? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    If the story, writing, direction or acting is at the level of the real 'Star Trek' (or below it) then I'm not interested...

  217. Torrent? by bayers · · Score: 1

    What's the link to the torrent?

    If I like it, I'll buy it.

    I will. Really.

    No, really.

  218. too lazy, same with showering [nt] by 2008 · · Score: 1

    nt.

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  219. Re:The Paramount death flotilla by bev_tech_rob · · Score: 1

    EXACTLY! While the special effects are VERY impressive, too many elements identical to Star Trek.....i.e. Galaxy, Sovereign, Miranda class vessels shown prominently in the video. Almost looks like some Star Trek effects people might have collaborated on this video...even the hand phaser beams rendered looked just like in the series....

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  220. Mmmm....butter.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    ...oh, waitaminute... mmmmm... Finnish chicks...!

  221. Movie premiere was great by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Whoa, so the news have arrived here on slashdot too.

    I was at the movie premiere which was held in Tampere, Finland last Saturday.

    All I can say that the old movie theatre was full of Star Wreck fans and actors etc (around 300 people or so), many people barely fit in, it was very hot and sweaty for the last hour of the movie, the sound was better than in normal movie theatres (Yes I am biased about that) and the screen could have been a bit better, but it was the only widescreen projector with HDMI connector they could rent.

    After the movie people gave a standing ovation to the Star Wreck head honchos (Torssonen et al) and they were quite speechless :)

    Yeah, it was great! I am proud to be one of the first to see that movie.

  222. Berne by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    You probably meant the Berne Convention (not Bourne). And Finland is indeed part since 1928 - whilst the US only joined in 1989.

    1. Re:Berne by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      haha, too much shell programming! Yes, Berne.