Gservo
9th January 2003, 03:13 AM
Brothers and aspiring filmmakers Jimm and Joshua Johnson spent seven years and their own money to produce an Internet movie, Starship Exeter: The Savage Empire, that eerily mimics the look and feel of an episode of the original Star Trek series, according to a report on the Pulse24 Web site. Set in the universe of the original Trek, the short film takes place on the Exeter, a Starfleet vessel commanded by Capt. John Garrovick (James Culhane), and deals with a plague, the Andorians and the Klingons.
"The reason why we went with the Star Trek thing was that we thought that with the budget we had, that would be a project that we could fulfill that might actually look decent once it was done, because we were only trying to live up to the 1960s production," Joshua Johnson told Pulse24. The brothers reportedly spent $150 a month over the seven years to make the film, which features actors and crew who donated their time.
Eugene Roddenberry, son of Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, contacted Jimm Johnson before the movie was finished, the site added. "He seemed most interested in letting us know that he supported our project, and he wanted to know if we would finish it by the date that we had planned on finishing it, and if we weren't going to be able to that, he would be able to assist us in some way in having it done by that day," Joshua said. They haven't heard from him since then.
The site (http://homepage.mac.com/starshipexeter/)
"The reason why we went with the Star Trek thing was that we thought that with the budget we had, that would be a project that we could fulfill that might actually look decent once it was done, because we were only trying to live up to the 1960s production," Joshua Johnson told Pulse24. The brothers reportedly spent $150 a month over the seven years to make the film, which features actors and crew who donated their time.
Eugene Roddenberry, son of Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, contacted Jimm Johnson before the movie was finished, the site added. "He seemed most interested in letting us know that he supported our project, and he wanted to know if we would finish it by the date that we had planned on finishing it, and if we weren't going to be able to that, he would be able to assist us in some way in having it done by that day," Joshua said. They haven't heard from him since then.
The site (http://homepage.mac.com/starshipexeter/)