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> "EvilBill" gmail.com> wrote...

>> Elvis Gump wrote:

>>>
>>> Please it's only a notch or two above an Ed Wood production!
>>>

>>
>> Ed Wood wasn't an amateur fan film-maker, though ;) They have to go with
>> what they can get.

>
> I tend to judge fanfilms by looser standards than the official
> releases. Even though they've managed to attract the participation
> of some original Trek talent, the bottom line is that these are
> amateurs playing in really big, elaborate Trek sim games, except
> that the objective is not to play Kirk, Spock, etc., but to play at
> being Shatner, Roddenberry and Jeffries. The standard for
> comparison is not an official Trek movie or episode, but the
> fan art displayed at cons and the videos people post of themselves ...

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>> "EvilBill" gmail.com> wrote...

>>> Elvis Gump wrote:

>>>> Please it's only a notch or two above an Ed Wood production!
>>>>

>>> Ed Wood wasn't an amateur fan film-maker, though ;) They have to go with
>>> what they can get.

>> I tend to judge fanfilms by looser standards than the official
>> releases. Even though they've managed to attract the participation
>> of some original Trek talent, the bottom line is that these are
>> amateurs playing in really big, elaborate Trek sim games, except
>> that the objective is not to play Kirk, Spock, etc., but to play at
>> being Shatner, Roddenberry and Jeffries. The standard for
>> comparison is not an official Trek movie or episode, but the
>> fan art displayed at cons and the videos people post of themselves
>> dressed as Klingons at the old Universal Studios tour.
>>
>> Even with their obvious faults, I'd still rather watch one of the ...