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."

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I hope their website ...

[Culture]

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!

Re:Shameless plug.

[EiZei]

Yes a totally shameless plug of A FREE HOBBYIST MOVIE.

RTFA.

Re:Shameless plug.

[ultranova]

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 ?