I saw this with a gaming group in the San Bruno - Millbrae area south of San Francisco, and I could not keep my eyes open this thing was so bad.I don't know how crap like this gets made. Produced by ostensibly fundamentalist christians, this film fishes around for fans of either Star Trek the Next Generation or Babylon-5 who are "into war", for lack of a better phrase.It's absolute junk. The acting is poor, the SFX are lifted and manipulated with a student version of Final Cut Pro, and the ethos of Trek itself is so bastardized that it's a wonder Paramount and its corporate parent CBS didn't lower the boom on these miscreants.Star Trek, even in its stupified "The Next Generation" form, is about using science, technology and understanding to overcome problems. Combat ensues as a last resort, and only to counter the force being projected against our favorite characters. It is not used for conquest for the sake of conquest.But in this film you get some basement living "satanic" nerd who decides to take over the Earth, and, get this, institute a fascist regime with the military elements of Star Trek the Next Generation.How does garbage like this get made? Just how? Who in their right mind came up with this pile biological excrement? Who?I was induced, and in this way, "forced" to watch most of this thing by some religious loser who, in retrospect, was probably under investigation himself for abusing medical practices, or being a party thereto (but that's another post for another time).Needless to say, for some strange, unknown, out-of-left-field, and just plain moronic reason, he thought I would like this. He, in particular, thought I would like "the big space battle".Uh, no. Action for action sake has its place. We call them professional fights, or violent sports like American or Australian rules football. Space ships fighting on the TV screen for no rhyme and purpose is just plain stupid (see my previous paragraphs on the ethos of Star Trek).The thing about this film is that for a parody it's not even funny, as apparently it's supposedly billed. Acting silly doesn't make a send up, particularly if you're really taking pot shots at a vision of the future made by some very talented people mocked by some very untalented people with a lot of resources under their belt.A real parody would have had a real nut case "out there" captain who would have flagrantly defied the prime directive against orders and the crew. It would not have had all the disgusting violence depicted in this thing, nor would it have equated poor Star Trek with nazism, but show how a strict military thinking and "saluting crew" didn't mesh well with forward thinking people of the future.That, and the backdrops look phony as hell. And when I watched this thing the dialogue (admittedly translated) didn't make a whole lot of sense, and the jokes were just awful. True comedy in film making transcends dialogue. True comedy can be read in a foreign film and still be funny when combined with the visuals. This crap has none of that.What it has is a lot of money behind it.If you're a Trek fan and need a good parody, then crack one of the classic "Best of Trek" novels, or watch the one where the cast of Frasier meets the cast of ST Voyager.Avoid like the plague. Handle only with sterile gloves.

Well, the final episode of the Star Wreck series is an impressive display of garage film making. Production quality is now on par with real feature films with real budgets and it's quite astonishing to watch. Babylon 5 is dragged kicking and screaming into the Star Trek universe for great comedic effect. Given, you really have to like this kind of humor to appreciate it. It was hard to be critical of this series while it was decidedly home made, but with this installment Samuli Torssonen has gone far enough to judge this as one judges "real" films. And it is quite bad on some levels, but on other levels it is far better than a lot of fantasy/sci fi films out there. I think any garage film maker with fantasy/sci fi aspirations should see this film as a sort of Holy Grail of zero budget film making. If you compare it to the Star Wars fanflick Revelations it is better on every level. The problem with Revelations is that they're serious. In Star Wreck the irreverent tone seems to beg for bad acting, and so it is self consistent, and it is this consistency first and foremost which makes it an enjoyable experience to watch. Captain Pirk out to shoot anything that moves, it's just funny.

If the title isn't a clue enough this movie is a parody! Everything is over the top! But the good thing is that these actors (obvious sci fi fans) are very serious! Even when they do ridiculous things they maintain a straight face! This is one of the reasons why the movie works as a parody! This being said this movie isn't for everyone because this movie is full of inside jokes about "Star Trek" and "Babylon 5"! So if you are not a fan, you will not understand and not appreciate the humor! For a movie made by fans the production value is very high! The CGI looks like the real thing,the music seems similar to the music used in the shows (slightly different but you know immediately when you hear the music if it is a scene about "Babylon 5" or "Star Trek")! Even the artwork and decor looks professional! I was pleasantly surprised and enjoyed this movie quite a lot!

I was visiting a site a while ago and happened to see the Title - Star Wreck: In the Pirkining. Name sounded funny but otherwise I'm no fan of such stuff, they outright are fatally boring for me. And I can't stand the feeling of being embarrassed by the low quality and class these movies provides. I admit I'm too picky or something like that - perhaps even worser than that. But now some folks told me to watch this crap, OK I do it for peace of mind. I knew it would be poor acting and all that goes with it. So down in the couch and start watching... OK acting was better than expected, young people and amateurs and all that. They did better than expected in fact. Then it began to be boring at times, but it was much better than anticipated. Seen professional actors do worse. And when the SFX come about... ouch! And ouch again! Damn it! Hollywood! I think you are a bunch of cheats and other ugly words I can come up with. The Quality here is - well let me put it in this way. You're asleep in your couch, then someone start doing a drum-roll with a frying-pan on your head. Stunning is perhaps the more correct word here. I can only say, SEE IT!. And do it a second and a third time. For me most movies are not that exiting to see a second time, all movies ends up being boring after too many views, but hey this one is worth seeing a fourth time for me, perhaps even a fifth :))