This week in class we're talking about fan fiction and our screening this week is the movie Trekkies. When I was first told that we were reading about Trekkies and fan fiction my first thought was the movie "Galaxy Quest." "Galaxy Quest" is a movie that follows the cast of a fictional show called "Galaxy Quest" (a poor mans Star Trek). The movie opens with the cast of the show at the annual Galaxy Quest Convention where they are approached by some strange fans. It turns out that these fans are actual Aliens who have seen the show and the heroic things that the crew has done and thinks that it is real. The Aliens then kidnap them in hopes that they will help them save their planet from destruction. The reason though that it makes me think of Star Trek fans is because there is a scene in the beginning where is Galaxy Quest Super fan asks the captain of the ship (played by Tim Allen) a technical question about something on the show that only super fan like him would know. The captains response is something along the lines of "get a life kid!" Ironically later in the movie the Captain has contact this fan again to request help with navigating a maze of giant steel pistons, that only a super fan of the show would know the pattern for.
If you haven't seen Galaxy quest I do recommend it and it has an all-star cast. Tim Allen (Home Improvement, Toy Story) Sigourney Weaver (Alien, Aliens, Avatar) Allen Rickman (Harry Potter) Tony Shalhoub (Monk).
Heres the trailer for Galaxy Quest.
One other funny thing I thought of when I heard we were talking about fanatics of Star Trek was an old bit from late night with Conan O'Brien from several years ago. He sent out one of his legendary characters Triumph: The Insult Comic Dog to do some "reporting" at the premiere of Star Wars Episode 2 attack of the clones. Make sure you wait for the Star Trek fans appearance near the end.
In order to watch the actual video you have to copy and paste the link in a new window (a lot of work I know)
http://youtu.be/7zWNJHS9PBE
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