Trekkies 2
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Actor: Barbara Adams (II), Dave Downey (II), Denise Crosby, Mike Kellogg, Phil MorrisBrand: Paramount
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; Serbo-Croatian (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Surround Sound
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 93 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-08-31
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Paramount
Movie Reviews of Trekkies 2
Movie Review: Who's On This DVD?
Summary: 5 Stars
You may want to decide whether to buy this, or buy it used, or find it at some library or convention based on who is featured on this DVD.
Keep in mind that they taped or filmed twenty minutes to an hour or more of each of these people and used a few sound bytes scattered here and there to make their point, not our points. The really interesting things (to veteran Trekfen) got cut out. I know because I am one of those interviewees and I remember what I said.
trekkies2.com gives the lists of all the fen whose interviews were used, but here below I'm listing what that website calls "stars" because they're shown more than once. You should go look at the huge list of fen from around the world before deciding not to buy this.
STARRING
Vaughn Armstrong
Richard Arnold
Robert Meyer Burnett
Casey Biggs
John Billingsley
Brannon Braga
Lolita Fatjo
Leslie Fish
Michael Forest
David A. Goodman
Richard Herd
Dominic Keating
Jacqueline Lichtenberg
Cirroc Lofton
Phil Morris
Ethan Phillips
Tracey Scoggins
Connor Trinneer
Nana Visitor
Joanie Winston
Ben Yalow
Among the names you might not recognize are
Leslie Fish -- famed Trek fanzine author and even more famous for her filk singing. This is one absolutely amazing woman and you really have to see her on this DVD.
Jacqueline Lichtenberg -- (me) author of Star Trek Lives!, founder of the Star Trek Welcommittee and creator of the ST fanzine universe called Kraith (now online) as well as a prof. sf/f writer. Put my name into amazon search or google.
Joanie Winston was a contributor to Star Trek Lives! with a chapter on the first Star Trek Convention in New York that started all this. She went on to write a whole book -- The Making Of The Trek Conventions: Or, How To Throw A Party For 12,000 Of Your Most Intimate Friends by Joan Winston. And she edited Star Toons -- Trek cartoons -- and has some other book credits.
Ben Yalow has been involved in running cons since I've known him -- and he is still active in sf fandom. This is a man who was and is one of the primary movers and shakers in fandom and we all owe him a debt of gratitude.
This DVD is worth owning (no, I don't get a percentage of the sales!) simply to have the living faces of fandom as of 2003.
Let's see how many of us are still Trekkin in 2013!
Live Long and Prosper,
Jacqueline Lichtenberg
ambrovzeor@aol.com
Summary of Trekkies 2
TREKKIES 2 - DVD MovieAs promised, the sequel to Trekkies presents an expanded universe of Star Trek fandom, and even curmudgeonly Klingons will enjoy this globetrotting trek of discovery. NextGen alumnus Denise Crosby returns as host of this sincerely appreciative survey of Trek enthusiasts from the U.S.A., Germany, England, Australia, Italy, Brazil, France, and even war-torn Serbia. Director Roger Nygard seizes the opportunity to revisit the most memorable fans from Trekkies, and Trek savants the world over will be delighted to learn that über-nerd Gabriel Koerner is not only married but happily employed as a digital-effects modeler (go, Gabe!), while Whitewater juror (and Starfleet Commodore) Barbara Adams continues to exemplify the Prime Directive in Little Rock, Arkansas. Emphasis is duly placed on the charitable activities of Trek devotees (yes, the Trekkies/Trekkers debate continues to rage), while "filk" singers and Trek tribute bands are given props for their musical inspiration. Most importantly, Trekkies 2 meaningfully explores of the motivation, purpose, and appropriateness of Trek fandom in a world that is still light-years away from the benevolent idealism that Star Trek represents. Trekkies 3 (due a few years later) promises to expand the survey to Asia, Africa, India, the Middle East, and Russia. Could this be the start of genuine unification? --Jeff Shannon
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