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Star Trek 2009 Feature Film Review

Since the new Star Trek feature film that comes out this week is arguably a mega-budget fan film, Fan Cinema Today turned to longtime Trek author Glenn Greenberg (at right) to review it. This marks the first time FCT has had a guest blogger, and boy, we couldn’t ask for someone more qualified when it [...]

Sci-Fi Legend John Varley: “Fan Films Suck!”

Republibot, a sci-fi fan site that describes itself as “the Science Fiction Site for people who aren’t Drooling Kneejerk Liberals,” recently interviewed sci-fi legend John Varley, one of the most accomplished authors in the genre. How accomplished? He’s the proud owner of two Nebulas, three Hugos, and 10 Locus awards. However, he’s also the owner [...]

Star Trek Gets A Little Animated

There’s a lot to be said for the high-profile Star Trek fan films of recent years; between Star Trek: New Voyages/Phase II, Starship Farragut, Star Trek: Of Gods and Men and the others, there’s a lot of interesting stuff to see. As an increasing number of ex-Trek professionals have gotten involved on both sides of [...]

Star Trek Fan Film News: Hidden Frontier, More

Star Trek is a massive universe (even if it’s supposed to be our own) and the legions of fans that support it are just as huge. As a result, there’s always enough going on within Trek fandom that any given week, there’s bound to be a few fan film news stories to tell. To whit: [...]

Star Trek: Phase II’s Controversial Gay Episode

The most recent episode of Star Trek: Phase II, “Blood & Fire: Part One,” has been making waves for its portrayal of gay crew members on the U.S.S. Enterprise. Since its release on December 20, the show has been eliciting reactions online ranging from kudos to cries of exploitation to declarations that it’s an affront [...]

Homemade Hollywood Arrives In Stores TODAY!

Well, today’s October 15—the big day when Homemade Hollywood: Fans Behind The Camera hits the shelves! A full 10 years after I first had the idea for this baby, it’s finally out of my head and into the real world. Here’s a goofy idea: If you see a copy of the book out in the [...]

Punk Rock Star Trek Fan Film?

Few franchises would appear rail harder against the values of early Punk than Star Trek, and not just ’cause Spock gave the mohawk dude a Vulcan neck pinch in Star Trek 4 (the one where they save the whales in 1980s San Francisco). There’s a basic disconnect all along the line: Order (military life in [...]

Review: Batman Vs. Star Trek

The most memorable scene in Stand By Me, at least for me, is the one where the kids argue as to who would win in a fight: Superman or Mighty Mouse? We’ve all had that kind of conversation at some point or another. Once you get a bit older, the questions change to “Ginger or [...]

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