• Welcome! The TrekBBS is the number one place to chat about Star Trek with like-minded fans.
    If you are not already a member then please register an account and join in the discussion!

Antique Fan Films, Trek & Otherwise

Maurice

Maurice

Snagglepussed
Admiral
Seems like there ought to be one thread for these, so anyone interested in suffering through/enjoying them can find a lot of them easily.

THE IMPERIALS STRIKE BACK

For starters, here's a super early kid-made Star Wars fanfilm finished the year before The Empire Strikes Back was released (but clearly the title was known). TURN ON CC to see subtitles of the dialog since the original audio cassette with the sound was lost.

To view this content we will need your consent to set third party cookies.
For more detailed information, see our cookies page.

Made over two years, you can see costumes change and the kids get bigger. But you have to admire the effort made to do all the ship shots and cockpits and everything.
 
Last edited:
Next up...

Star Trix: The Flick
Art Binninger's epic claymation ST:TMP spoof. The video here is a bit murky given how it was transfered. I am hoping Art will send me the actual film so I can digitize it properly on the Lasergraphics Scanstation at the Internet Archive.

To view this content we will need your consent to set third party cookies.
For more detailed information, see our cookies page.

To view this content we will need your consent to set third party cookies.
For more detailed information, see our cookies page.
To view this content we will need your consent to set third party cookies.
For more detailed information, see our cookies page.
To view this content we will need your consent to set third party cookies.
For more detailed information, see our cookies page.
To view this content we will need your consent to set third party cookies.
For more detailed information, see our cookies page.
 
This Space: 1999 fan film by Yves Lapointe and Sylvain Labrosse is very impressive.

To view this content we will need your consent to set third party cookies.
For more detailed information, see our cookies page.

To view this content we will need your consent to set third party cookies.
For more detailed information, see our cookies page.

The thread on this from before, which you may recall: https://www.trekbbs.com/threads/cosmos-1999-1979-8mm-stop-motion.233372/
 
STAR TRIX the earlier years:

WARNING: Their Mr. Sulu character is designed to look like a racial stereotype. *sigh* Lazy "humor".

To view this content we will need your consent to set third party cookies.
For more detailed information, see our cookies page.
To view this content we will need your consent to set third party cookies.
For more detailed information, see our cookies page.
To view this content we will need your consent to set third party cookies.
For more detailed information, see our cookies page.

A blog about the making of these epics. ;)
 
Last edited:
Maurice said:
Seems like there ought to be one thread for these, so anyone interested in suffering through/enjoying them can find a lot of them easily.

THE IMPERIALS STRIKE BACK

For starters, here's a super early kid-made Star Wars fanfilm finished the year before The Empire Strikes Back was released (but clearly the title was known). TURN ON CC to see subtitles of the dialog since the original audio cassette with the sound was lost.
Click to expand...

Ambitious for the period and attention to detail. It must have been a blast to work on that film. I do like how their biggest Millennium Falcon model is the actual MPC model kit, and not the Kenner play vehicle. The model was as close to accurate as one could hope for in that era, and its lean shape lent itself to the sweeping moves you were not going to get with that Kenner toy.

CorporalCaptain said:
This Space: 1999 fan film by Yves Lapointe and Sylvain Labrosse is very impressive.
Click to expand...

Two interesting things about the Space: 1999 fan film: one, it reminds me of how the series was still popular in 1979, years after its cancellation, and they made the wise choice of using (what appear to be) the Palitoy 8-inch action figures, which were pretty accurate in the head sculpting and costumes. In any case, love it!
 
Garry J. Asseltine's Star Trash The Moving Picture.

WARNING: They "blackfaced" (minstrel show-like) someone to play their Uhura character. Ugh.

To view this content we will need your consent to set third party cookies.
For more detailed information, see our cookies page.
To view this content we will need your consent to set third party cookies.
For more detailed information, see our cookies page.
To view this content we will need your consent to set third party cookies.
For more detailed information, see our cookies page.
Adm. Quirk, Mr. Spook and the crew set off intercept the alien intruder "Mardeaux" in this 1980 TMP sendup. A Ryerson University 'studio production' by Radio/TV Arts students, Toronto, Canada.
 
Last edited:
jespah said:
Definitely a different time, eh?
Click to expand...
Yeah. I edited the posts to warn people about those. I am amazed at how often people would go to the well on such ethnic and racial stereotypes, as if they were automatic laugh getters. And blackface... even then you had to be a little thick to not understand how loaded that is/was. Hell, people complained about it over Birth Of A Nation!
 
Exactly. I took one glimpse and it was - oh my God WTF were you people thinking???
 
From Critter Kingsford Productions,
1986, Star Trek VI, Wrath of Boz, Remastered
To view this content we will need your consent to set third party cookies.
For more detailed information, see our cookies page.
(22:02)
Star Trek Robot Masters based on 1979 Peter Pan Record and Mego,
To view this content we will need your consent to set third party cookies.
For more detailed information, see our cookies page.
(13:49)
1986 Star Trek Shorts
To view this content we will need your consent to set third party cookies.
For more detailed information, see our cookies page.
(21:33)
 
Maurice said:
Yeah. I edited the posts to warn people about those. I am amazed at how often people would go to the well on such ethnic and racial stereotypes, as if they were automatic laugh getters. And blackface... even then you had to be a little thick to not understand how loaded that is/was. Hell, people complained about it over Birth Of A Nation!
Click to expand...

Holy moly, when you said "blackface," I assumed you just meant makeup, but that's full-on Al Jolson / prewar cartoon territory! Yikes!

Otherwise, these are gold.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

TommyR01D
Voyager and Red Dwarf in Comparison
Replies
7
Views
839
Richard S. Ta
Richard S. Ta
M
Fan Girl
Replies
2
Views
535
MikeJaffa
M
Tallguy
Star Trek: Generations at 30
8 9 10
Replies
187
Views
11K
Richard S. Ta
Richard S. Ta
Robert Bruce Scott
Jan/Feb Challenge Entry: Star Trek Hunter Episode 27.9 - T'May
Replies
4
Views
446
BohandiAnsoid
B
A
B5's Deconstruction of Falling Stars, Trek-ified (Part 2)
Replies
0
Views
209
Allah Gold
A
If you are not already a member then please register an account and join in the discussion!

Sign up / Register


Back
Top