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We Have a Winner in the Fake Star Trek Footage Contest

Thanks to our intrepid, geektastic pals at Trek Movie, we have a winner in our fake Star Trek footage contest. Remember, this got started with this piece of fake footage, allegedly from JJ Abram's upcoming Star Trek reboot. So we turned to you for more fake footage, because we just can't get enough of it. Without further ado, here is our winner: Daniel Broadway, whose footage you see above. What's great about this short clip is that it looks like the pre-CGI animatics that Abrams is fond of using, and it also solves the mystery of where the heck they built the saucer portion of the ship (in space!). Plus, Broadway actually based this on the new model of the Enterprise being used in Abrams' flick. Check out a few of our honorable mentions below.

Runners-up worth mentioning include Rick Kelvington and Spockboy's superlative reenactment of the footage that originally led to this contest. You can see the full clip and more from the dynamic duo here.

And my personal favorite is this footage, by Poroto Parker, of a nacelle plummeting out of the sky to the ground. The sound is great, and the nacelle looks like a cool model rather than bad CGI. Plus, it's kind of an homage to the way many of us feel about the next Trek movie: it may be less like a movie, and more like a chunk of spaceship engine smashing to Earth and catching fire. I could watch this over and over, and in fact I have.

There are lots of other weird, fun, and downright pointless entries in the contest, and you can see most of them here, though one notable entry, dealing with Shatner's secret cameo in Abram's new film is here:

Thanks to Anthony Pascale of Trek Movie for being our co-judge. We did have to fight for it, but luckily we made up over Romulan Ale jello shots. The winner gets a box of cool Trek swag, courtesy of Pascale, but not until after he recovers from the shots.

12:57 PM on Mon Apr 7 2008
By Annalee Newitz
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Jeff-Minor at 01:10 PM on 04/07/08
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All fun. Loved the nacelle crash. Next time lets see it take out some poor city. Maybe something on the Moon or Mars.
Annalee Newitz at 01:14 PM on 04/07/08
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Connectedness Index: 344

@Jeff-Minor: I sort of liked the serene natural setting.
Grey_Area at 01:23 PM on 04/07/08
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@Annalee Newitz: Yes! 24th Century bucolic farmland, meet plummeting Bussard Collector Nacelle!! Darn those flimsy pylons. Thats why I only use gridfire.
Also, the last clip with Spock on sax--priceless.
BullfightsOnAcid at 01:45 PM on 04/07/08
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The William Shatner-Mego Doll one was pure genius.
foolish-rain at 02:08 PM on 04/07/08
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These totally rock. And sadly I suspect these may all prove better than the reboot.
vagittarius at 02:21 PM on 04/07/08
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@Grey_Area: 23rd century.
Grey_Area at 02:32 PM on 04/07/08
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@vagittarius: oh yeah, thanks.
NcSchu at 02:34 PM on 04/07/08
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It would be really funny if a piece of real footage was entered into the contest.
BullfightsOnAcid at 02:48 PM on 04/07/08
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@vagittarius: @Grey_Area:
Claire: You know, maybe you should start living in the present instead of the 24th century.
Robert: I would never live in the 24th century. I fucking hate The Next Generation. Only the original series! Only classic!
- Free Enterprise (1999)
$Image of Evil Tortie\'s Mom$ Evil Tortie's Mom at 05:17 PM on 04/07/08
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The nacelle crash was full of Abrams-y spirit. Perfect. Even with the sound off.
dOk at 07:05 PM on 04/07/08
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I wish I could watch those over and over... but as usual only the top most video works for me...

And anything on youtube works....
I have no idea why the others never work beside the fact that I'm running Vista and lately it seems to hate Firefox.
dOk at 07:11 PM on 04/07/08
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Damn Apple and Steve Jobs' bid to rule the known universe...

the videos work if i use Safari..... lol

(btw) George Lucas' inspiration for the emperor was Steve Jobs...
He just didn't know it at the time...
Its because ol' George is psychic, look at his creation of Jar Jar... its years ahead of its time.
DocGratis at 07:25 PM on 04/07/08
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@Annalee Newitz: The Nacelle crash is really cool, but the messed up the perspective...

I'm guess it is supposed to be falling from way up, but it doesn't start small enough or get bigger fast enough.. it should be approaching us at over 120 mph.

Watch the clip and it really looks like it is hovering in midair for the first second or two.. because the size isn't changing enough...
jesustonight at 11:24 PM on 04/07/08
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when i was 17 awsome
Zantor at 07:11 AM on 04/08/08
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"When I was 17"
Pure Shatner...Pure Gold
Love it!
Daveinva at 07:33 AM on 04/08/08
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"What's great about this short clip is that it looks like the pre-CGI animatics that Abrams is fond of using, and it also solves the mystery of where the heck they built the saucer portion of the ship (in space!)."

No, it doesn't-- the tractor-beam equipped shuttles could be pulling the saucer up from the surface to orbit for final assembly.

That's what it looked like to me. Using "eyes."
oldandintheway at 02:55 PM on 04/08/08
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I'm STILL laughing at the SHATNER clip, BTW..the recording is from the 60s and an ALbum featuring Shatner singing(wel talking anyway)...