Four weeks ago, I wrote a very impassioned op-ed decrying that Trekkers should be fans and not lawyers. I am now going to turn myself into a complete hypocrite and become an armchair attorney myself…partly because of the shameless reason that it seems to boost readership of one’s blog but also because I think there’s … Continue reading “CBS/PARAMOUNT’s answer to AXANAR counter-claim may have given a “gift” to the AXANAR legal team”
Last time: Having raised $126,000 from their first Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign at the end of 2013, Star Trek Continues now had enough money to produce three new episodes. Indeed, by the time their Kickstarter ended in early November, they were about to start a seven-and-a-half day shoot at their 9,800 square foot studio in Kingsland, … Continue reading “STAR TREK CONTINUES (feature), Part 3”
Last time: Star Trek Continues burst out of the starting gate in 2012 and immediately delivered on the promise of its name: continuing Star Trek…quite literally starting from the last moment of the last episode of the original series. Before I go any further, though, I’d like to humbly issue a SPOLIER ALERT. If you’ve … Continue reading “STAR TREK CONTINUES (feature), Part 2”
“If only…” I always found it eerily appropriate that this two-word piece of dialog, spoken by Captain Kirk at the end of the final TOS episode “Turnabout Intruder” in 1969, was the last line uttered for the entire original Star Trek series run. “If only…” Kirk was referring to the tragic descent into hate-filled insanity … Continue reading “STAR TREK CONTINUES (feature), Part 1”
As I mentioned in a few of my previous articles, the dawn of the “modern age of Star Trek fan films” arrived in the year 2000 with the release onto the Internet of Star Trek: Hidden Frontier. It was the quintessential fan film: Trekkie actors with little or no formal training, cheap store-bought or home-made costumes, zero budget, … Continue reading “STAR TREK: HIDDEN FRONTIER (feature), part 1”
As I mentioned in a few of my previous articles, the dawn of the “modern age of Star Trek fan films” arrived in the year 2000 with the release onto the Internet of Star Trek: Hidden Frontier. It was the quintessential fan film: Trekkie actors with little or no formal training, cheap store-bought or home-made … Continue reading “STAR TREK: HIDDEN FRONTIER (feature), part 1”
Last time: we followed the history of Starship Exeter’s first episode, “The Savage Empire,” from its humble beginnings in 1995 to its release onto the Internet in 2002. Starship Exeter was a game-changer, helping to usher in the modern age of Star Trek fan films. Although the producers, Jimm and Josh Johnson, hadn’t initially planned … Continue reading “STARSHIP EXETER, part 2 – “The Tressaurian Intersection””
Articles and interviews spotlighting the fantastic world of fan films and the fascinating folks who make them. Viewing log entries: BY RATING Click to View: Newest First or Alphabetically NOTE: In cases where there are multiple episodes of a fan series in one feature article, the highest-rated episode determines the placement … Continue reading “List of Fan Films (highest to lowest rated)”
Articles and interviews spotlighting the fantastic world of fan films and the fascinating folks who make them. Viewing log entries: NEWEST FIRST Click to View: Alphabetically or By Rating STARSHIP FARRAGUT, Part 1 (2004 to 2007) STARSHIP FARRAGUT, Part 2 (2008 to 2010) STARSHIP FARRAGUT, Part 3 (2011 to 2016) STARSHIP FARRAGUT – “Homecoming” … Continue reading “List of Fan Films (newest blogs first)”
Articles and interviews spotlighting the fantastic world of fan films and the fascinating folks who make them. Viewing log entries: ALPHABETICALLY Click to View: Newest First or By Rating THE VERY BEST OF STAR TREK FAN FILMS (special video) Created by Fan Film Factor blogger JONATHAN LANE, this special video compilation features clips from … Continue reading “List of Fan Films (alphabetically)”
