We're tired of waiting for leaked footage from the new J.J. Abrams Star Trek movie, and so it's time to make some up. Over the weekend, we got our knickers in a bunch about some fake footage allegedly from the new Star Trek flick, and the guys over at Trek Movie subsequently hired a Romulan senator to make fun of us. But the whole experience just made us hunger for more fake footage. That's where you come in. Enter the io9 fake Star Trek footage contest — details below.
We know you can whip up a bit of footage that looks way more realistic than the one that fooled us at 2 AM after we'd been drinking Romulan ale for 12 hours straight. We want a snippet of something that looks ripped from from J.J. Abrams' secret vault — something that would fool the guys at Trek Movie and Ain't It Cool News. Or maybe just something that's plain goofy and will make us laugh away the pain of having no actual footage to slake our thirst for more Enterprise.
UPDATE: We've persuaded the excellent Anthony Pascale, editor of Trek Movie, to be a judge in the contest. And he persuaded us to give you more time. Contest now ends Saturday, April 5, at midnight PST. To enter, you must mail your footage to faketrek@io9.com. You can also post it on YouTube and then paste the YouTube clip into the comments below so everybody has a chance to judge its greatness. (Just pasting the YouTube URL into comments will make the video appear.) But remember, to be considered a real entry, you must also mail the footage to faketrek@io9.com.
We will announce the winner, with great fanfare, Monday, April 7. The prize? An awesome swag box full of Star Trek goodies (thanks, Anthony!). Plus, everlasting internet fame and the satisfaction of having designed awesome fake footage.
Alright, humans and aliens, engage!













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Mine's done!
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@moff:
"We're sorry, this video is no longer available"
@moff: Your video is already gone! Tragedy.
@Ryan H: Thank GOD.
@Ryan H & @Annalee Newitz: That's weird. But it's OK. I made another.
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COMEDY GOLD. BRILLIANT, ORIGINAL COMEDY GOLD.
It's just a really good song.
@moff: The second clip's not there either.
@moff: I know that suspendered barkeep from a mile away... and that mile marker is as close as I get. Keep up the good work though Moff... You're never gonna let me down or desert me.
My entry... compliments to the original creators
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@Hart: I think it's Newitz's fault, and I'm taking her off my funny-email-forwards list as a consequence.
You hear that, Annalee? Guess you'll never find out just how tough Chuck Norris is.
@Garrison Dean: OK this is NOT fake footage from the new Star Trek movie, even though I wish it were.
@moff: [weeping]
@Garrison Dean: I don't understand why I just watched that whole thing. But I did.
@Annalee Newitz: We all have dreams. You tell me John Cho wouldn't work in the word Balloon Knot into Star Trek if he was dared.
@moff: I'll put my money on boredom.
@moff: Your videos are working perfectly ok with me.
Why is that?
@Simpsons-Movie-ruled: I dunno. Do you have some kind of awesome good luck power???
I'm disappointed that the image chosen for this story wasn't a nice shot of Senator Vreenak.
@moff: probably do, but I havent discovered it yet.
W00t
Well, here is a YouTube link to the fake footage I created for this contest.
Here is the regular link...
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And here is the high quality version...
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Here is my entry.
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Hope you like it!
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