Boldly Going

You've got to be kidding me.

Remember in Galaxy Quest when Jason Nesmith (*cough* Shatner! *cough*) was supposedly going to fans' garages where they had built thier own replicas of the bridge of the Protector (*cough* Enterprise! *cough*) and they'd film their own little Galaxy Quest (*cough* Vicks 44D! *cough*)? In 1999 (Heavens, has it been that long?) the idea was pretty silly even for Trekkies, er, Questarians.

But then Starship Exeter came along. Then there was Star Trek: New Voyages. Then New Voyages got William "Blood and Guts Matt Decker" Windom. Then Walter "Scream It Baby Pavel Checkov" Koenig. Then George "We're Just Not Going There Hikaru Sulu" Takei.

Now this:

A Fan produced feature-length digital miniseries that starts shooting on July 12 called "Star Trek: Of Gods and Men" will be Produced in part by the team behind "New Voyages," this new webisode which will be distributed on the Internet in three parts stars Nichelle Nichols and Walter Koenig reprising their roles as "Uhura" and "Chekov," but in the post-Kirk time of Enterprise-B captain "John Harriman," reprised by Alan Ruck. Tim Russ will direct, and will also appear as a younger "Tuvok." The film will include other performances by Garrett Wang ("Harry Kim"), Chase Masterson ("Leeta"), Grace Lee Whitney ("Janice Rand"), Gary Graham ("Soval") and Crystal Allen (from "Bound"), along with some special "surprise" guests.

"Of Gods and Men" is executive produced by Sky Douglas Conway, head of PlanetXpo and producer of "Lady Magdalene's" and the "Roddenberry on Patrol" short film, and the script was written by Conway along with Jack Trevino and Ethan H. Calk, both of whom contributed to Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episodes. Other behind-the-scenes professionals from the actual show will be involved, such as Doug Knapp as director of photography.

The miniseries will be shot in part on the "New Voyages" set in New York State, but is expected to include locations in Los Angeles. The movie's Web site is http://www.startrekofgodsandmen.com/

I wonder if John "Next Tuesday" Harriman will be any better written this time around?