Star Wreck

This article is about the independent movie series. For other uses, see Star Wreck (disambiguation).

Star Wreck is a series of Finnish Star Trek parody movies started by Samuli Torssonen in 1992.^[1] The first movie, simply named Star Wreck, was a simple Star Control-like animation with three ships shooting at each other, but later movies featured 3D CGI, animated characters and, in the latest films, live actors. Often Star Wreck is used to refer to the latest and most popular film Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning.

Star Wreck relates the adventures of James B. Pirk (named after the Star Trek character James T. Kirk), Captain of the starship C.P.P. Potkustartti (English C.P.P. Kickstart). Other characters include Mr. Fukov, Mr. Spook (Finnish: Mr. Spökö), Mr. Dwarf (Wuf), Ensign Shitty and Mr. Info (loosely based, respectively, on Star Trek's Pavel Chekov, Mr. Spock, Worf, Scotty, and Data). The characters speak Finnish, but subtitles in various languages, including Klingon, are available.

Films

All Star Wreck films are available for free download and viewing online. They are offered under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs-NonCommercials licence.

• Star Wreck
• Star Wreck II: The Old Shit
• Star Wreck III: The Wrath of the Romuclans
• Star Wreck IV: The Kilpailu
• Star Wreck V: Lost Contact
• Star Wreck 4.5: Weak Performance
• Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning

Star Wreck 4.5 indeed came after Star Wreck V, although its events take place between IV and V. The first five Star Wreck films were re-released on Star Wreck: Legacy DVD in 2006, with original score replacing Star Trek score, and other changes. Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning was re-released on an Imperial Edition DVD in 2006, with updated models and effects.

Popularity

Star Wreck has enjoyed a relatively large niche following among sci-fi fans, but it was only the latest movie that really pushed it into the limelight. Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning was downloaded over 700,000 times during the first week after its release [1] and the current estimates by the hosting service, Magenta sites, are between 3.5 and 4 million downloads, including mirror sites. This has been claimed to make In the Pirkinning the most popular Finnish film of all time, topping the movie theatre viewings for Tuntematon sotilas (approx. 2.8 million viewers); the comparison, however, may not be particularly meaningful. Numerous TV and magazine interviews of the film's authors have been published, both in Finland and abroad.

Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning has also been shown on Finnish national television, YLE TV2, on the Belgian national television channel Canvas, and Italian TV-channel Jimmy.

A new Imperial Edition DVD has also been released by Universal Pictures in Scandinavia. With the Imperial Edition release, all the space scenes with Star Trek or Babylon 5 ship models were removed and completely remade.

In September 2007, a 1-DVD version of Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning – Imperial Edition was released also in Japan by AMG & Medallion Media. The version includes a professional dub for Japanese, as well as new sleeve design and a poster/cue card inside the DVD case.

Currently there is a spin-off in production called Star Wreck 2π. It is made by Swiss film makers, but Samuli Torssonen and Timo Vuorensola will have a guest appearance in their respective roles.^[2]

There is also a spin-off animated Star Wreck, created by a different author who has no relation to Torssonen's team, called Star Wreck Asskicker which tells the story of the C.P.P. Asskicker.

References

1. ^ "Samuli Torssonen". Internet Movie Database. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1994659/. Retrieved 2009-04-11. 
2. ^ More informations about Star Wreck 2π http://www.wreckamovie.com/sw2pi

See also

• Star Wreck Roleplaying Game, the licensed roleplaying game based on the film series.
• Iron Sky

External links

• Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning
• Star Wreck forums (English and Finnish)
• Star Wreck teams blog
• Star Wreck at the Internet Movie Database
• Star Wreck II: The Old Shit at the Internet Movie Database
• Star Wreck III: The Wrath of the Romuclans at the Internet Movie Database
• Star Wreck IV: Kilpailu at the Internet Movie Database
• Star Wreck V: Lost Contact at the Internet Movie Database
• Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning at the Internet Movie Database
• Download the "Star Wreck" movies via http