Tag Archives: Star Trek

Intrepid To Intercept J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek?

Although it’s been a while since Star Trek: Intrepid debuted a new episode, that doesn’t mean the fan series has been abandoned; in fact, the show has three episodes in various stages of production, and four more on deck, waiting to get underway. Right now, the filmmakers’ focus is squarely on finishing post-production for its [...]

New News for Star Ranger 7 and Star Trix

Just because a fan film comes out doesn’t mean that it’s all said and done; here’s the latest on some flicks we’ve covered previously: • Star Ranger 7, the original Sci-Fi short by the creator of Superman: The Super 8 Movie–Special Edition (the legendary fan film shut down by DC Comics, as covered in my [...]

Star Trek Fan Series Sets Course For Georgia

Starship Farragut, the on-going Star Trek series based around Baltimore, MD, has found a new home. While the show has shot all over the place in the past—everywhere from Cincinnati, OH to the sets of Star Trek: Phase II in upstate New York—the Starship has found a new berth for its permanent sets in historic [...]

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 [...]

Quantum Leap Fan Film Lands This Month!

RASCO Motion Pictures stunned fandom a few years ago with Star Trek Vs. Batman, a seemingly terrible idea that was far more enjoyable than anyone would have suspected (see my old review for more). Now the RASCO crew is putting the finishing touches on a new effort that honors yet another cult TV series: Quantum [...]

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: The Next Generation Gets Its Own Fan Film

Most Star Trek fan films either follow Captain Kirk and the gang, or they take place on entirely new starships—all of which makes a new flick from Vancouver, Star Trek: Chains of Betrayal all the more unusual, because it’s a Next Generation story. While the ultra low-budget flick has some great laughs, the movie actually [...]

Podcast Picks Top Trek, Star Wars Fan Films

Fan Film Feeder is a new video podcast and accompanying blog by Donald D. Dienst (I’m sure there’s a joke to be made there about 3D, but I’m too tired to find it). The gist is simple enough: Dienst chooses a fan film he likes, makes it available as a downloadable podcast, and announces on [...]

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: [...]

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