Starship Schematics Database:
dedicated to the sole purpose of archiving every single starship design ever conceived in the Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, Babylon 5, and Space Battleship Yamato (A.K.A. Star Blazers in the USA) Universes, both official and unofficial, interesting and mediocre.
posted by Joe Beese
on Feb 12, 2011 -
35 comments
"They're not out to make a quick buck, they're looking to protect the integrity of the franchise and its mythology." 1998's
Star Trek Insurrection went through a number of different plots before becoming the film we ultimately saw. Starting out as
Star Trek: Stardust, the first take on the idea involved Captain Picard going all
Heart of Darkness on a former friend from his Starfleet Academy days in a bid to find the Fountain of Youth. That treatment evolved into a remarkably
Avatarish story called simply
Star Trek IX in which Picard must go upriver to kill a malfunctioning Data as part of a Federation/Romulan alliance to displace strange alien natives from a planet teeming with a valuable and rare ore (spoiler: Picard actually kills Data in this treatment, and Tom Hanks was supposed to have a major role somewhere).
Let
the late Michael Piller guide you through the writing of
Insurrection in his unpublished book
Fade In: The Making of Star Trek: Insurrection (his "last great gift to the fans and to aspiring writers everywhere") in which he presents his original story treatments, story notes from his bosses at Paramount, surprisingly reasonable Trekker-type reactions from actors Patrick Stewart and Brent Spiner, and much more. First made freely available by
TrekCore.com, Piller's family has since asked that it be removed, but you'll still find the file roaming the Internet if you
boldly go looking for it.
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posted by Servo5678
on Dec 31, 2010 -
104 comments
Anyone can write Star Trek fan-fiction, but few can render it in 3-D. Since 2006, Brandon Bridges has been writing, directing and producing a work of full-length Star Trek fan fiction entitled
Star Trek: Specter of the Past.
ST:SOTP "follows the crew of the USS Fitzgerald, an Entente-class starship commanded by newly promoted Captain Gaius Reyf."
Last month, Bridges released his
Director's Edition to the web. It should be noted that Bridges plans to re-release the film with a full voice cast. Parts
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posted by grabbingsand
on Nov 30, 2010 -
45 comments
A one-hour dramatic television series.
Action - Adventure - Science Fiction.
The first such concept with strong central leas characters plus other continuing regulars.
Gene Roddenberry's original pitchfor Star Trek (.pdf) - featuring Robert M. April, captain of the S.S. Yorktown. (
via)
posted by Artw
on Mar 13, 2010 -
44 comments
