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."

Comments

Surprise! Um. Not. Cool though!

[AKAImBatman]

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.

Re:Surprise! Um. Not. Cool though!

[EvilNTUser]

"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.

Re:Shameless plug.

[EiZei]

Yes a totally shameless plug of A FREE HOBBYIST MOVIE.

RTFA.

Re:Lawsuits waiting to happen?

[ZosX]

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?

Re:First: First comment

[shrik3]

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.

Re:I hope it isn't going to bomb.

[WormholeFiend]

you can tell they are terrible actors

Two words: William. Shatner.

Re:Curious question about translations

[norttipertti]

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'.

Re:Whats a Pirkinning?

[Misagon]

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