Star Wreck 6 finally available for download!!!

Winston Blake · Post by **Winston Blake** » 2005-10-01 12:48am

That's right, seven years in the making, the finnish Trek vs B5 fanfilm 'Star Wreck 6: In The Pirkinning' is out.

It's time to warm up the twinkler banks!

...yet i won't be able to download it until i go back up to uni tomorrow. Grrrr!

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2005-10-01 12:54am

Sweet!

Oh man that torrent is blazing fast!

The Grim Squeaker · Post by **The Grim Squeaker** » 2005-10-01 01:30am

Out of curiosity isn't the "official" Verdict that Trek would wreck the humans or Minbari but would lose to the alliance?

Chris OFarrell · Post by **Chris OFarrell** » 2005-10-01 03:48am

DEATH wrote:Out of curiosity isn't the "official" Verdict that Trek would wreck the humans or Minbari but would lose to the alliance?

You can ask ten people and you'll never get the same answer.

IMO the UFP post dominoin war with a much more militeristic fleet would be able to win a defensive war against the ISA or take on any one of its major members. But it couldn't win an offensive war without resorting to simply blasting planets into slag, which is something they just won't do. And even then the price would be very heavy.

Faram · Post by **Faram** » 2005-10-01 05:25am

Better than many Star Trek episodes!

Chris OFarrell · Post by **Chris OFarrell** » 2005-10-01 05:37am

Faram wrote:Better than many Star Trek episodes!

Frankly I thought most of it sucked.
The production values were nice, the battle sequences very nice....but it just did nothing for me.

Karza · Post by **Karza** » 2005-10-01 06:19am

Saw this one when it premiered in a few finnish bars a bit under 2 months ago. I simply love it

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"We showed the Americans the true meaning of freedom!"

Bounty · Post by **Bounty** » 2005-10-01 07:58am

Oh, I've been waiting for this. It's not great cinema, but damn it's funny.

"Take a look at this !"
"...lesbian housewives get busy ?"

dragon · Post by **dragon** » 2005-10-01 09:26am

Kinda of topic but how do I use Bit torrent with correpting my system. I already had to reinstall my operating system once causeof it.

Bounty · Post by **Bounty** » 2005-10-01 09:36am

dragon wrote:Kinda of topic but how do I use Bit torrent with correpting my system. I already had to reinstall my operating system once causeof it.

You install a client - like BitComet - configure the connection settings, and open the torrent file.

I don't see how it can destroy your system, unless you start downloading viruses by the bucketload...

Big spoiler in the following question :

Info says they landed on Hawaii in 9000 BC, but the remains of the resurrected P-Fleet shipyards are still in orbit. Is this a goof, or are they actually in the future ?

dragon · Post by **dragon** » 2005-10-01 09:56am

I used a bit torrent to download a season 8 of SG-1. Next thing I knew I had a virus that caused dozens of new webbrowsers to open and no matter what I coulnd't remove the stupid thing.

Spetulhu · Post by **Spetulhu** » 2005-10-01 10:02am

Bounty wrote: Big spoiler in the following question :

Info says they landed on Hawaii in 9000 BC, but the remains of the resurrected P-Fleet shipyards are still in orbit. Is this a goof, or are they actually in the future ?

Hmmm...

Info may actually be lying. He looked like he saw a ghost while adjusting the scanners, before the ship went down. Perhaps he knows, but just doesn't wish to take away all hope from his long-time ship mates.

Luzifer's right hand · Post by **Luzifer's right hand** » 2005-10-01 10:33am

It was entertaining.
I enjoyed Star Wreck IV and V more though.

BloodAngel · Post by **BloodAngel** » 2005-10-01 11:20am

Stupid question, but where do I find the Star Wrecks before this one? The site doesn't contain any references/links.

Bounty · Post by **Bounty** » 2005-10-01 12:51pm

BloodAngel wrote:Stupid question, but where do I find the Star Wrecks before this one? The site doesn't contain any references/links.

http://oldies.starwreck.com/

Spetulhu · Post by **Spetulhu** » 2005-10-03 12:11am

Bounty wrote:
BloodAngel wrote:Stupid question, but where do I find the Star Wrecks before this one? The site doesn't contain any references/links.
http://oldies.starwreck.com/

Currently off-line. The Star Wreck team is in the process of producing original music scores for the earlier SW fillms. They don't have permission to use the Star Trek music even if that's just what they did.

Erik von Nein · Post by **Erik von Nein** » 2005-10-03 05:02am

Does anyone else have the problem of getting to a certain point in the download where it just stops and claims it's complete? It's happened to me twice now.

BloodAngel · Post by **BloodAngel** » 2005-10-03 10:48am

Erik von Nein wrote:Does anyone else have the problem of getting to a certain point in the download where it just stops and claims it's complete? It's happened to me twice now.

If you can use the torrent, then that'd be highly recommended. Downloading a big file in a browser is bad, normally because the connection can get reset in the middle (like what's happening to you) and thus, file gets corrupted. Could be a server problem too, with so many other people downloading the file.

Companion Cube · Post by **Companion Cube** » 2005-10-03 01:05pm

"Tactical is still missing a chair!"

"Now, we wouldn't want your powerful thigh muscles to atrophy."

"More entertaining than many Star Trek episodes" would seem to be a fair verdict.

The Silence and I · Post by **The Silence and I** » 2005-10-03 03:06pm

I loved it, I've waited a long time, and it was worth it

The plot was entertaining, it was funny, the production values were great (especially considering nearly everything was shot infront of one small blue screen--but great anyway), there was much fragfest

and they even managed to make more sense of Trek's tecknology than Trek did itself (case in point sweeping Twinkler beams over targets)!

Even the acting was surprisingly good, perhaps not understanding the language helps smooth it over, but it was never cring-inducing. Very, very good

Bounty · Post by **Bounty** » 2005-10-03 03:16pm

"More entertaining than many Star Trek episodes" would seem to be a fair verdict.

The endless speeches of the Babel guy were gold.

"...in the face of beatniks from another dimension..."
*notices his fleet getting shredded in the background*
"The hell ? Activate the defense grid, close the blast doors !"

Bounty · Post by **Bounty** » 2005-10-03 03:21pm

Blink and you'll miss it : the Excavator's BIOS screen

mr friendly guy · Post by **mr friendly guy** » 2005-10-03 11:46pm

I have to say it was worth watching. Entertaining, and better than some Trek episodes. However the fact that it was a parody gives it some advantage in terms of jokes, for example Mr GerryBrandy (Mr Garibaldi was an ex- alcoholic in B5), John Sherrpie with his propensity to make Sheriden like speeches at the most inappropriate times etc.

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2005-10-05 04:48am

What's with the Soviet national anthem in the background of the first teaser?

Oberleutnant · Post by **Oberleutnant** » 2005-10-05 05:19pm

The words in the anthem, however, praise Emperor Pirk and his accomplishments.

I had been waiting for this movie since 1999, but I had managed to keep my expectations at realistic level. It was an entertaining flick, although huge part of the humour is lost in translation. Many of the jokes, too, are related to local phenomenons and things.

Quality of acting varied quite a lot throughout the film. While not the best actor, Samuli Torssonen, the creator of Star Wreck, is very suited for Pirk's part. He was quite excellent in the beginning at the hamburger joint ("I'm from the future!"

).

However, I'd say that the easily the best performance was done by Babel 13's security chief ("Johnny! Take it easy!") and Kickstart's chief engineer, who speaks with a very thick and funny Southwest Finnish accent -- an awesome parody on Scotty.

All the bluescreen effects were quite an accomplishment, when you consider that this was their "studio": http://www-fi.starwreck.com/images/faq_ ... _thumb.jpg

Is the movie worth watching?

Hell yeah.

Star Wreck VI is among the best fanfilms I've ever seen, even though as an ordinary movie it's hardly award-winning stuff.

Some minor detail:

Ivanovitsa definitely ain't a virgin and voyeurism is one of Garybrandy's hobbies. (text on the monitor reads: "Ivanovitsa's quarters")