When Star Trek (original series) first began, the USS Enterprise set out on a five-year mission. However, NBC cut the mission short cancelling the series after only three years (seasons).
Now a crew of Star Trek evangelists ranging from an urologist to an Elvis Presley impersonator are resurrecting the original series and completing the mission by filming new episodes playing off the original timeline. Yep … these extreme Star Trek evangelists are filming new episodes under the name STAR TREK NEW VOYAGES. They've filmed two episodes and the third episode is to be released in the Summer of 2006.
For more …
Check-out the way worthy Wired magazine article titled, “To Boldly Go Where No Fan Has Gone Before.”
Wander over to www.newvoyages.com to learn more about these remarkable Star Trek evangelists and to download the first two episodes.
Modern brands are all about audience participation—brand managers are really managers of public perceptions, guiding them to (hopefully) something that resembles the corporate vision. This is a perfect example.
Posted by: Jack Yan | December 28, 2005 at 11:38 PM
Great post!
Why don’t the film industry always make movies together with there fans. If the original actors also was in this “fan movies” would they then been the original film? The fans can give the film industry passion and free marketing if they work as ONE.
PS I am a fan of Jonnie More and Jack Jan!
Posted by: Stefan Engeseth | December 29, 2005 at 02:49 AM