Axanar is a full length feature film about the fouryear war with the klingons that takes place in the star trek established canons past. Holly bednar, michael bednar, john broughton, tonya broughton. There is a new star trek fan production that has just released their first episode and it is pretty impressive. It followed the voyages of the starship uss enterprise on its fiveyear mission, the purpose of which was to explore strange new. All three companion series are associated with star trek. For one week, i was part of the fanfilm crew discussed here. The prestigious sciencefiction saturn awards did not exist during broadcasting of the original series. The series was designed as a continuation of the original star trek aka st. Star trek is an american media franchise based on the science fiction television series created by gene roddenberry. Making fake star trek is a very good personal account of an episode of an excellent fan made recreation of a halfcenturyold tv program, featuring the return of one of its original actors. Convergence a star trek fan production, the largest fan film cross over event in history. Picard chateau picard vineyard logo womens triblend dolman tshirt is the perfect tee to wear while enjoying a delicious glass of red wine from chateau picard. On the television network nbc, 22 episodes of the animated series were aired between september 1973 and october 1974. Excepting the aftershow after trek, the other two also became associated with star trek.
The fan film community has received some coverage from the mainstream media. Every new star trek series in development screen rant. Star trek fan made is a collection of amateur and semiprofessional star trek content organised into playlists for easy consumption. The first episode was released in january 2004, with. Syfy 11 star trek fan films, ranked 11 star trek fan. These are the fanmade voyages of the starship enterprise and some other ships. The series was briefly revived as an animated series in 197374, and roddenberry began developing a new series, star. Paramount pictures, or any other star trek franchise, and is a noncommercial fanmade film series intended for recreational use. Even so, this massive body of work continues to exist and grow. New fan made star trek tv show brings back original cast. Paramount pictures and its licensees are the only organizations legally allowed to create commercial products with the star trek name and trademark.
Consequently, these fan productions are unauthorized and subject to legal issues. What are the best star trek fan films and series to watch. Apr 06, 2017 renegades is an independently fan funded scifi web series, executive produced by sky conway starring. No commercial exhibition or distribution is permitted. Theyve got the costumes, the hairdos, the props, and even the lighting right. New voyages is an online video series created by fans who donate their time and money to the show. I thought enterprise was a great series too bad it ended after 4 seasons. Produced by the nonprofit charity trek continues, inc.
Paramount pictures, cbs, and their licensees are the only organizations legally allowed to create commercial products with the star trek name and trademark. Probably the most exciting series in development for fans will feature the return of star trek. Star trek fan productions are productions made by fans using elements of the star trek. Saha applied the term trekkies when he saw a few fans of the first season of star trek. New voyages in early 2004, come what may, which featured doug drexler as visual effects artist under the pseudonym max rem while doug was also actively working doing the digital fx for star trek. In fact, thousands of fans attended the first star trek convention in 1972. This fan production is not endorsed by, sponsored by, nor affiliated with cbs, paramount pictures, or any other star trek franchise, and is a noncommercial fan made film intended for recreational use.
For one week, i was part of the fan film crew discussed here. Star trek fanmade film axanar eyes production in atlanta. This article deals with fan made productions or fan films using elements of the star trek franchise. Fan films cover all franchises and properties, with some of the most elaborate productions riffing on major properties like batman, xmen, transformers, and beyond.
The two best, who have both great budgets but also former cast and writers including walter koenig, george takai, james doonans son, david gerrald and the list goes on and two nearly perfect duplication of the original sets of tos are star trek continues and star trek new voyages. Star trek continues is an american fancreated web series set in the star trek universe. The star trek fan film universe is a little more complex than. But for some, the abbreviated original mission was a tribble in the quadrotriticale, nibbling away at them. This was written 2 years before the search for spock, and the solution for spocks rebirth was amazingly similar to the movieminus the idiot.
The series used almost all of the original casts voices minus walter koenig, and animation allowed for more aliens and fantastical plots and sets. This fan production is not endorsed by, sponsored by, nor affiliated with cbs, paramount pictures, or any other star trek franchise, and is a noncommercial fan made film series intended for recreational use. New voyages, known from 2008 until 2015 as star trek. All the star trek continues enterprise crew needs is. This project was started in 20 and created long before the fan film. Vfx software they made the space effects in voyagerenterpriseds9. Temporal anomaly a star trek fan production part 1 2019. The series was produced by the experienced animation house filmation and the episodes were scripted by professional science fiction and star trek writers, including larry niven, d. Cbs, paramount settle lawsuit over star trek fan film. There are so many great fan films of star trek it is impossible to pick a favorite. Discovery follows the voyages of starfleet on their missions to discover new worlds and new life forms, and one starfleet officer who must learn that to truly understand all things alien, you must first understand yourself. Star trek and all related marks, logos and characters are solely owned by cbs studios inc. You can watch our first star trek, tng era film chance encounter. So some fans got together and created a new web series, star trek.
Featuring the beautiful vineyards of chateau picard, this tee is almost as beautiful as the real thing. With walter koenig, adrienne wilkinson, manu intiraymi, corin nemec. I chose the 21stcentury bigbudget spectacle, star trek 2009, as tys first introduction to the 23rd century. At seven, ty came prepackaged with a collection of edgy, tv14 tastes. A star trek fan production based on the homers the odyssey telling the story of a spaceship trying to go home after getting lost in the andromeda galaxy. With brandon mcconnell, michelle laurent, julia morizawa, matthew montgomery. List of fan films highest to lowest rated fan film factor. Between the lines from space seed to the wrath of khan. During the first ever star trek fan event at paramount studios this evening, jj abrams made a surprise announcement which could have wide ranging impact for the fan productions based on pressure. Jul 12, 2018 in fact, thousands of fans attended the first star trek convention in 1972.
Tos or just tos, beginning in the fifth and final year of the starship enterprises fiveyear mission. Fan made machine learning clips give us hd star trek. I was terrified that if i chose the wrong series he might declare star trek lame, and by extension, his new stepdad. The bbc in 2006 called the series the most prominent star trek fan film following star trek. Thanks to the settlement, cbs and paramount wont be going to trial on stardate 47634. Star trek fan made film axanar eyes production in atlanta this october for more than 50 years, fans have wondered what really happened, but the story of that battle has never been told. Jan 20, 2017 cbs, paramount settle lawsuit over star trek fan film.
Saha used the term in an interview with pete hamill that hamill was conducting. Made by trek fan billy reichard and recently shared on rstartrek, these clips use gigapixel ai and topaz labs video ai to attempt to polish up the standard definition voyager footagetaken from. These are the fan made voyages of the starship enterprise and some other ships. Star trek phoenix, produced by the seattlebased temporal studios, is a new take on. Since 1966 there have been eleven televised star trek series, eight main series and three companion series.
Star trek fan productions are productions made by fans using elements of the star trek franchise. Hardcore fans hate star trek picard cosmic book news. Featuring the beautiful vineyards of chateau picard, this tee is. Patrick stewart himself made the emotional announcement he was returning to the role, with the show taking place 20 years after star trek. New fanmade star trek tv show brings back original cast. This fan production is not endorsed by, sponsored by, nor affiliated with cbs, paramount pictures, or any other star trek franchise, and is a noncommercial fan made film or. The first television series, called star trek and now known as the original series, debuted on september 8, 1966 and aired for three seasons on nbc. This fan production is not endorsed by, sponsored by, nor affiliated with cbs, paramount pictures, or any other star trek franchise, and is a noncommercial fan made film or audio production intended for recreational use. Renegades is an independently fan funded scifi web series, executive produced by sky conway starring. The original series wearing pointy ears at the 25th world science fiction convention, on the day series creator gene roddenberry showed a print of amok time to the convention. This fan made, non profit film complies with the cbs guidelines for star. Walter koenig, tim russ, adrienne wilkinson, nichelle nichols, terry farrell, robert beltran, gary graham, cirroc lofton, aron eisenberg, manu intiraymi, and many more. Jan 15, 2020 at seven, ty came prepackaged with a collection of edgy, tv14 tastes. Superauthentic star trek fan series warps into kickstarter.
Phase ii, was a fan created science fiction webseries set in the fictional star trek universe. S voyagers return to earth, a ragtag crew of renegades and outcasts must covertly work with admiral chekov and tuvok to stop forces threatening the federation from outside, and within. The spreadsheet includes everything from the obvious continues and horizon to the bizarrely obscure, like the french 1990 filmschool project the judge, and the simply terrible i wont name names there. This article deals with fanmade productions or fan films.
The first fan film to feature a known star trek professional in their credits was the debut episode of star trek. The greatest star trek series youre not watching full episode. The original series fanfiction archive with over 7,1 stories. The animated series follows the adventures of federation starship farragut and its crew and captain john thomas carter during the same era that the original star trek series is set in. The original series page 5 official star trek shop. Oct 10, 20 superauthentic star trek fan series warps into kickstarter. New voyages entitled world enough and time was nominated for the hugo for best short drama, where it competed with professional episodes from shows such as doctor who and battlestar galactica.
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