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ray gower · 15th October 2005, 01:34 AM

There are quite a number of Trek fan film shorts floating around the net, some are even quite good. Try Hidden Frontier as one of the better ones.

But there is now a full feature length film at www.starwreck.com available for download. Entitled Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning, it is a Star Trek/Babylon universe film cross over and apart from the minor irritation they are all speaking Klingon, Finnish or Double Greek, as far as film making is concerned it does stack up well against the later official Trek offerings

Dave · 15th October 2005, 11:43 AM

I've also heard good things about this 'starwreck' one, but also that it takes an hour and a half to download, even with broadband.

You can get subtitiles, but that they aren't very close - phasers become 'twinklers' apparently - but maybe that is also a joke too.

I'd still like to see it sometime though.

athena28 · 15th October 2005, 08:38 PM

I agree w/Dave. I checked out that 'starwreck' one but as I have dial up at home knew it was impossible to download it. However, even at work [where we have broadband] it's just too long.

ray gower · 17th October 2005, 01:44 AM

It is a 550Mb download and does take a good 45 mins to download on a 2Meg ADSL.

Biggest problem is having to watch the subtitles. Not being fluent in Finnish I don't know how good the translation is, but there is a fair amount of slapstick in the film.

Dave · 26th November 2005, 07:12 AM

According to 'Hailing Frequencies #319' this is the most-viewed movie is in Finland.

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Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning, [is] a Finnish farce with English subtitles. According to Magentasites Oy (a Finnish Internet hoster), 2.92 million copies have been downloaded since Oct. 1, and 600,000 something copies have been picked up via mirror sites. The movie's also a hoot.

15th October 2005, 01:34 AM	#1 (permalink)
ray gower Registered User Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Gwynedd Posts: 3,592	Fan Films There are quite a number of Trek fan film shorts floating around the net, some are even quite good. Try Hidden Frontier as one of the better ones. But there is now a full feature length film at www.starwreck.com available for download. Entitled Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning, it is a Star Trek/Babylon universe film cross over and apart from the minor irritation they are all speaking Klingon, Finnish or Double Greek, as far as film making is concerned it does stack up well against the later official Trek offerings

15th October 2005, 11:43 AM	#2 (permalink)
Dave Wherever I Am, I'm There Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Greater London Posts: 11,443	I've also heard good things about this 'starwreck' one, but also that it takes an hour and a half to download, even with broadband. You can get subtitiles, but that they aren't very close - phasers become 'twinklers' apparently - but maybe that is also a joke too. I'd still like to see it sometime though.

15th October 2005, 08:38 PM	#3 (permalink)
athena28 Sports Goddess Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: New York Posts: 42	I agree w/Dave. I checked out that 'starwreck' one but as I have dial up at home knew it was impossible to download it. However, even at work [where we have broadband] it's just too long.

17th October 2005, 01:44 AM	#4 (permalink)
ray gower Registered User Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Gwynedd Posts: 3,592	It is a 550Mb download and does take a good 45 mins to download on a 2Meg ADSL. Biggest problem is having to watch the subtitles. Not being fluent in Finnish I don't know how good the translation is, but there is a fair amount of slapstick in the film.