Saturday, January 3, 2009

Never aired Star Trek script comes to life

Imagine Captain Kirk had a nephew... Let's say we call him 'Peter Kirk' cool. And this Peter just happened to be both super-hot and engaged in a healthy committed relationship with another (male) crew member aboard Captain Jean-Luc Picard's Starship Enterprise. You think this could work as an episode in the early 90s Star Trek: The Next Generation Series?

Sadly, we'll never find out considering the script itself was shelved before it was ever put to use...
That is until now at least cool... This clip originates from a Star Trek web-based fan series called Star Trek Phase II. It's actually based completely off the original tossed script written by long-time Star Trek screenwriter David Gerrold. Actors Bobby Rice and Evan Fowler play the roles of Lt. Peter Kirk and Alex Freeman respectively, and the episode itself was directed by David.
I think they did an awesome job of bringing the script to life mrgreen... And I don't know about anyone else, but Bobby definitely has a young Jake Gyllenhaal look going (which is a good thing). You can check out the entire episode here, and download Phase II's web-based series here. Also, special thanks to Rob from Wayoutwest for giving me a heads up about yet another internet gem mrgreen.

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