Tag Archives: Star Trek: New Voyages

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 [...]

DAVE School: The CGI Secret of Star Trek: Phase II

If you’ve ever watched an episode of the fan film series Star Trek: New Voyages/Phase II, there was probably a point where you used any one of Christian Bale’s favorite expletives, followed by “will ya look at those effects?” They’re impressive alright—and often, they’re courtesy of DAVE School: The Digital Animation and Visual Effects School [...]

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 Starts Buck Rogers Web Series

Star Trek: Phase II‘s James Cawley announced this week that he and his crew are tackling another Sci-Fi classic—Buck Rogers in the 25th Century—and it’s NOT a fan film! They’ve gotten a license from the copyright holder to create 20 40-minute web episodes, and will debut the series in the fall of 2010. TrekMovie.com has [...]

Star Trek Fan Film To Boldly Go Where No Man Can Go Anymore?

The relatively new podcast, Trek Cast, recently got into the topic of fan films, devoting much of Episode 7 to discussing Star Wreck: In The Pirkinning; Star Trek: Of Gods And Men; Star Trek: New Voyages/Phase II; Starship Farragut and other goodies. While the banter between the co-hosts was fun, the best part for fan [...]

The Entire Fan Film World in 4 Minutes!

Ever try to explain what a fan film is to someone? Ever watch them fall asleep in the process? Have I got a video for you! Few people can describe fan films in a way that’s entertaining; one outfit that recently got it right, however, is Australian radio station Triple J, whose Marc Fennell hosts [...]

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 [...]

Star Trek: Phase II’s ‘Blood & Fire’ To Debut

Just in time for the holidays, the wildly popular fan film series, Star Trek: Phase II (AKA Star Trek: New Voyages), is releasing “Blood and Fire: Part One” tomorrow, Saturday, December 20. The series’ first new episode since “World Enough And Time”—which featured George Takei reprising his trademark role as Sulu—the new episode features more [...]

FCT Roadtrip Report: New England Fan Experience

It’s almost midnight as I write this—I just got in from hours of driving and haven’t unpacked yet, so it’s short one today. I hit the New England Fan Experience in Cambridge, MA over the weekend to both show tons of fan films during two separate programs and introduce my brand-new masterpiece humble tome, Homemade [...]

Should Fan Films Go Pro? The Pros & Cons…

C.E. Dorsett over at Project Shadow brought up one of my favorite fan film debate topics recently in his fun essay, Dream of a Fandom Economy, arguing that studios, publishers, etc. should cherry-pick the best fan-made efforts and release them professionally. It boggles my mind how many companies want to hold to their existing business [...]

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