Worst Star Trek Parody Ever March 10, 2010
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Great Links, Humor, Trek Franchise , trackback
There is a video that has gone viral in the last couple of days after being unearthed by EverthingIsTerrible.com, and it is by far the worst Star Trek Parody of all time. There is no attributed source, so not sure who to blame, but it seems to be some misguided attempt to use Star Trek to send some kind of Christian message, but it doesn’t even do that well. Check it out for yourself below.
Jesus hates Klingons?
This video was posted by the humor blog everythingisterrible.com, but the original source was not indicated. It appears to come from some Christian broadcast.
UPDATE: Astute TrekMovie readers have identified the source of this video as the Christian Youth show Fire By Nite, which aired on the Trinity Broadcast Network in the 80’s and 90’s
Regardless, in the words of Leonard Pinth-Garnell, “Monumentally ill-advised!”
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Oh God.
I mean….I just….I really just don’t know where to start with this…
@ 1
If there only was one… Religion = Fail
WTF?!
Anyone who thought this was good needs to be airlocked
oh dear god, that is 3 minutes of my life i will never get back! Good guitar work by the Klingon though! Always knew those Klingons were rockers at heart haha
That stunk. Oh my goodness.
I recognize that guy singing from somewhere. Probably TBN.
Try out some good Star Trek Parodies.
http://christrocks.com/parody
Lol, wow! those who made could not have been serious at all! That was actually pretty funny. The guitar solo was random, but the kids’ song was hilarious.
Religion is largely a failure whether or not a God exists.
I saw this last week, and was horrified.
This has to be one of the most inept, misguided web videos I have ever seen. I had posted this on my Facebook page a few days ago and the comments on it were all in agreement.
What an embarrASSment!
uh… wow.
Ummm… why does it sound like he said, “The Starship Pedophile” and why is the captain named, “Captain Retard.” I really don’t get it… This is one thing that should have been deleted long ago.
Please tell me this isn’t canon.
I mean seriously, these guys obviously weren’t trying for a legit parody. Which is why it’s so terrible. It’s probably a parody of parodies, if you will.
Wow. Amazingly awful.
uhhh….
wow.
And to any who think religion is a failure, riddle me this?
WHY DOES IT STILL EXIST?
YOU UNCIRCUMSIZED PHILOSTONES!
Best insult ever.
I don’t know what to say about this video, I did like this other Star Trek parody on youtube (see links below)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StNcyjgy3HM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrzCbIxNIO4
My eyes just bled on my keyboard. Completely and utterly terrible. What a friggin disaster. Apparently sitting on phasers is okay, but being uncircumcised is a problem. That’s the message I got, anyway. Unfortunately, according to their rules, I guess I’m goin straight to hell, anyway!
I lasted for about 1:19 and stopped.. *shudder*
He mispronounced PHILISTINE !
TWICE no less !
This so makes Star Trek 5 : In Search Of God a great film by a long shot.
Okay where can I buy a tub of brain bleach after that mess ?
Uh, guys?
This is a subgenre all its own – not unique at all:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK0-MlNmldc
This has to be a parody of Christian parodies. The captain’s name is “Retard,” the Klingons call them “cookie cutter Christians” and nobody addresses it, they try and fail at making a David and Goliath parallel, and they fall all over themselves trying to say “philistine.”
If you want something to laugh at from Everything Is terrible, go on youtubve and seach “pokemon power”
It’s hilarious but I do have to say, being a religious person that this kind of thing shames me. This is the kind of thing that makes the world laugh at religion and especially Christianity and I would like to point out that not all religious people are this crazy or have this twisted of a mind set.
And I personally don’t appreciate the religion bashing. While you are all free to feel how you do, is Star Trek not about acceptance of all beings despite differences of race, gender, species and religious/spiritual beliefs?
Failures exist because human beings are fallible. And they made religion in their own image.
like the TMP shirt! I want one!
Wow that was embarrassing to watch
I accept the existence of religion. I tolerate it. I am increasingly suspicious of its truthiness. :-)
guys
this is not an excuse to attack religion, just an excuse to attack bad parodies
We can all agree on that, AP!
That was pretty stupid. And why does the ship look like a shark/plane? Epic Fail.
I believe I speak for everyone here when I say… “HUH?”
Wow that was so awful i think it would be a great torture device,lol.
And i thought Episode 1 and Jar Jar were awful but this tops all.
To the People who made this. You are sentenced to 25 years in the Terran Empires Rura Penthea. There you will get daily doses of the Agoniser booth to be administered 3 times a day at 1 hour times.
Fascinating…
“My god….”
-Captain Robau upon seeing the behemoth Narada
That was awful beyond words. “Worse Star Trek Parody Ever” is an appropriate name, indeed….
It’s Dr. Spock’s fault. I said Dr. Spock, NOT Mr. Spock. Back in the 50’s he fought for the circuncision of all boys. It was a mistake, and by the end of his life he fought to stop it, because it may cause severe sexual traumas on boys! Until today Americans are circuncised at birth and lose some of their penial sensitivity! So, it’s actually GOOD if you were not circuncised!
#30: I co-sign that sentiment Anthony. Just look at my previous post, #27
Just goes to show you can find just about anything on the internet…I still can’t get the stench out of my nose from that…thanks Anthony for showing something we can’t unsee…lol
Well, who wants to take a stab that Star Trek V is their favorite movie?
“Now you can be relieved of your job as ‘Pretend Captain’ of this vessel and go back to your real job as tender of the sheets.”
Wrong character sir. NuKirk is in the alternate reality.
The sad part is that the TNG Klingons were spot on.
wow… That was…. Yeah. Wish I could have that time back…. What was that? Genocide? The song… Worst way to ruin a good song.
…I can’a find any context for this Captain. None, at ‘tall!
Jeyl
what is your damage dude? do you have to try and turn every thread into another one of your ad nauseam attacks on the new Star Trek movie? Why dont you get it over and just get a bullhorn and stand outside JJ Abrams house and heckle how he unloads his groceries
And you wonder why Gene Roddenberry disliked religion…. Hahahaha…
When I saw “worst star trek parody of all time,” I was skeptical.
I am no longer skeptical.
Whoever that God they’re worshiping, I doubt He’s enjoying this peace of fecal-mattered-inspired video, promoting the wrong message of Christianity, teaching intolerance to our Klingon allies, and the worst-usage-of-music-ever!
I’d like to see that white singer sing ‘Joy in my heart’ when a Klingon bat’leth is about to behead him!
This is probably from Fire By Nite – A christian teen show from the late 80s/90s. Dont ask me how I know, I just do… http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_By_Nite
I could only watch for 37 sec and then I just had to stop the madness.
These videos are crimes against humanity and the perpetrators should be punished accordingly.
@45.
What? You don’t think NuKirk wouldn’t be good at tending sheets? He is Kirk after all.
This is one of the worst things I’ve EVER seen (short of maybe Turkish Star Wars).
It looked like the Klingons were broadcasting from the A/V room of my old high school; circa 1984. It’s as though this whole thing was put together by an unbalanced 7 year old. I won’t even mention their callous, very un-Christian use of the word ‘retard.’
Who ARE these people anyway??
Slow news day?
I am… at a loss for words…
As a devout Catholic Papist, I rarely find common ground with atheists on questions of religion. Thank you, Anthony, for giving us that common ground today. Wow. That was execrable. #51: Pray for them. ;)
On the plus side, I concurred with the movie’s portrayal of Christian rock music as a deadly weapon. Like the Klingon in the movie, I, too, feel my brain start to bleed whenever I hear it.
It’s the real deal, boys. The dude’s name is Blaine Bartel and he actually made this stuff up. They thought that by mimicking the pop culture and inject Bible verses that they would evangelize the young’ins. They pretty much made fools of themselves. When I was a kid my parents went to a church that used that stuff in their teaching materials. I couldn’t wait until sunday school was over. Thanks for bring up all those surpressed memories.
This may be as bad as Star Trek 5
Jesus Christ! God Almighty! That was awful!
OK, this is really awful…
Haha… oh wow. Random characters from mismatched eras defeat the (surprisingly well made-up) Klingons with the power of… not-rock. (And then flips him off? lmao.) But it totally looked for a minute like they were going to the power of rock thing, then switched into that corny, folky, Sunday-school kids song. That leads me to believe that perhaps this was done intentionally, with some spark of self awareness indeed present. But then again, it may really be that embarrassingly bad. The editing certainly looked like it was done in 10 minutes with two VCRs and one blindfolded editor. I dunno.
(And it sounded to me like they were calling him Captain Ritard, like the musical term, but it was probably just me, trying to convince my brain that they couldn’t *really* be calling him Captain Retard… )
58 – Jesus still loves you after that remark. I, however, am a tad pissed.
Seriously, this is why you shouldn’t pick up the video camera after nipping into the sacramental wine.
Who class of starship it’s ??? class “SHARK” jajajaaa.
Worst. Parody. Ever.
I only watched a minute of it. Pretty painful listening to the dialogue. The sets and makeup were not so bad for a church parody though.
Now i’m off to embedd it on the facebook walls of all my friends.
I think that if God exists, then God is much more than any one of us can possibly imagine.
I just watched “Rapture’s Delight,” the American Dad episode, on Hulu. (Seth McFarlane alert!) Wiki says it received a watchdog’s condemnation. I thought it was kind of funny.
C’mon, it’s a cartoon.
Anyway. Our idea of God is no less primitive compared to the true God (assuming God exists) than the Jesus depicted in that episode is to the depiction of Jesus in most Christian religions.
I believe that the true God (assuming God exists) is love and that in the end, we cannot possibly imagine the infinite love that God represents. Our humanly love is simply a shadow of the real thing, in that case.
In the same way, the parody in question is mere shadow of… adequacy. (Zing!)
;-)
I felt like I was watching an old episode of Starlost!
^^ Compared to the production values of said parody, the kiddie show Jason of Star Command (James Doohan alert!) was Gone with the Wind, Lawrence of Arabia, Titanic, and Avatar put together!
I’m sure everyone at church loved it.
Theotards.
Klingon circumcisions… that’s something I don’t want to think about.
Probably involves a really big sword and a powerful chopping motion.
That was just plain painful.
So the Christians are OK with Captain “Retard”? WTF?
My soul hurts….
Bad parodies make baby Jesus cry. I mean, seriously, folks, what was this parody all about? Was it supposed to be semi-serious? Was it actually an attack on religion?
Whatever it is, it’s something that’s caused untold damage to parodies everywhere. Some may see fit to petition Congress to do something to ban such horrors, or something of similar utility and beneficence. Sure beats what it’s doing (or not) now.
I’ve seen worse.
38.
Until they’re 2, get an infection that could have been prevented by circumcision, have to get it done anyway, and are traumatised even worse. Yes, that really happened to the son of someone I know.
On another note: Wow, that was… really not funny. So there’s a Christian group that’s ok with using the name retard. I shall have to look into this and make sure it’s not mine.
I don’t care what religious implications it may or may not have, that thing is a monstrosity. Probably the most hideous scourge ever to exist. Makes sparkling vampires look good.
I couldn’t repress a shudder. That was gag-inducingly bad. Religion can be in Star Trek (DS9 did a great job with that), but this was cheesy propaganda. I cannot express in words how much I hated this “parody”.
75, my condolences.
BTW, for those who are unfamiliar with Jason of Star Command, here’ s a link to halfway-decent video of Episode I.
Helpful hints: As you watch it, prithee, say unto thyself, “This is NOT a cheap imitation of Star Wars…. This is NOT a cheap imitation of Star Wars… (and especially not of the Han Solo scene where he has to rescue the Princess).” A few hundred incantations will begin the healing process.
Yours in SF, Hat “Watching JOSC So You Don’t Have To” Rick.
D’Oh! Forgot the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTQdr4x_2HI&NR=1
Comment #13 was funnier than the “parody”. CBS, Paramount and the Roddenberry estate should sue.
Tactical Alert: I made it to 55 seconds before I had to turn this off.
I couldn’t finish watching that. Please, Christians, never…never ever touch Star Trek again. Those people should be sued, I have no idea on what legal grounds, but they should be. Hell, they should be kicked in the face for this, and then tied to their beds and beaten all night with a large log. I hope they all get AIDS at least.
Let’s just wrap our heads around this: someone, somewhere PAID people to write, produce, act in and then broadcast this video. Mouth = agape.
WORST. PARODY. EVER!
Totally uncalled for!
They insult us all. And for that they should spend all eternity in Gre’Thor!
PAHTK!
My brain hurts…whats left of it….
Wow… this is terrible.
I wasn’t sure if they were making fun of Christianity or promoting it! They’re Star Trek stuff was pretty bad too! Almost as bad as I could do.
#83
“…Hell, they should be kicked in the face for this, and then tied to their beds and beaten all night with a large log. I hope they all get AIDS at least.”
WOW! You are quite angry over a stupid, silly video. I know the “parody” was terrible, but c’mon, there was no reason for your venomous choice of words. Everyone was having fun with this thread, but you clearly crossed the line. Most people would NEVER wish AIDS on even their enemies.
Oh…my…God…
What has been seen…cannot be unseen…
Still not as bad as ST:V.
Whoever thought of this “parody” should sit on a phaser
It is from a Christian youth video show called Fire By Nite
I am a Christian.
I am a very conservative Christian.
To be exact: I am a Reformed Baptist.
That is the most stupid idiotic drivel I have ever seen seep from the rotten bowels of modern evangelicalism. And that is saying something!
89, I was exaggerating, because its fun to do. Of course I don’t wish real life death upon these people. Obviously if this is something they produce then their lives must be pretty lame as it is and that gives me comfort enough. I play a lot of Call of Duty, though, and thats just the kind of stuff we say to each other on there.
Oh my god! WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?!! I mean it, WHAT IN THE BLUUUUUEEEEE HELLLLLLLL WAS THAT?!!! Those Universal Orlando Star Trek Adventure videos are better than this POS.
There was worse
“Firefly”
:)
MY EYES!!! MY EARS!!! THEY’RE BLEEDING!
Interesting how people take the quality of this video, made by a handful of people, and use it to attack all Christians and their beliefs.
How very un-Star Trek of you. I guess you haven’t been learning anything for the past 40 years while you watched the show.
Thanks, Anthony, for throwing that softball up there for those who are antagonistic towards Christians to try to hit out of the park. Kind of like when you post anything remotely political. I’m thanking you, because it reminds me that I shouldn’t be checking your site out on a daily basis, and I need to get a life.
One minute was enough endurance for me and I only did that much because it was my anniversary of my Age of Ascension. I prefer a painstik…
#99–I did not get the impression that Christianity was being attacked by the comments. There were a few shots across the bow, granted, but no serious Christian bashing. I am a devout Christian and did not find any of the comments over the top. Most were attacking the video, and frankly, for the makers sake, I hope God has a sense of humor.
I do agree that Star Trek was all about acceptance of differences. Hell, in DS9, religion was a critical part of the story line. People should remember that Roddenberry created a universe where all of humanity, Jews, Christians, Muslims, agnostics, scientists, etc, etc, lived in peace. Wouldn’t it be nice if we lived in a world like that?
are Christians allowed to say retard, and uncircumcised?
What the…
What is this? Is that supposed to be pro-Christian? That looks rather like a parody of Christians instead of a Christian parody of Star Trek. In any case, this is so terribly awful it’s funny again. Unintentionally.
Bad yes…the worst…not really. Sadly, there is a steady supply of horrific Trek parody out there to consume should one feel the bizzare need to digest them. Some are so bad they are funny…this isn’t one of them. Boo!
Looks like Jesus hates this video instead.
NNNNOOOOO!!!!!!!!
WTF? I mean, 2 year old child would do a better parody, this just s***s a**.
It is sad to see the outright bigotry of the posters here, the very ones that proclaim “tolerance! diversity!” in the next breath.
There are none so blind as them that will not see.
Sincerely,
C.S. Lewis
99. Locke for President – March 11, 2010
Thank you for that post. It is a testimony and witness to those that need it most.
After a year or so visiting this site, it’s apparent the worst antichristian bigots are those most dedicated to the fantasy that is Star Trek, especially the spinoffs which are “soap-operas in space”. It could be this is cathartic, finding someone else to kick around as it were.
It is my prayer this shameful display here (and the others, too) will serve humility to their hearts when they are ready. Only then will they find the peace that surpasses all understanding. At the moment, their souls are poisoned; their words are meant as weapons against their own pain and humiliation. We are collateral damage and that’s okay. “He’s not heavy. He’s my brother.”
Sincerely,
C.S. Lewis
108 you are so right. It hurts to see how vehemently some of us hate Christianity. This video was bad, but not deserving of the hatred spewed on it. Funny how some of us preach tolerance and are tolerant of anything but a Christian message.
I DID kind of like the Michael W. Smith joke! :)
If this was a video by someone trying to preach a lesson about Islam, or sexual tolerance, there wouldn’t be the overly-adolescent comments trashing it.
I didn’t watch the video, by the way. Maybe the video IS badly made. That’s not my point. But I read some of the comments, and it really is sad how bashing Christians and Christianity is so openly tolerated. Encouraged even.
Worse yet, people like some of you will pick out one person who happens to proclaim they are a Christian, for example, Sarah Palin, and use her in order to try to bash and mock ALL Christian people.
It’s sad, and like I said some of you so-called Star Trek fans haven’t really gotten the message after all of these years.
P.S. I am not a Palin fan, by the way. I just used her as an example to point out the vile that is spewed with her being used as the vehicle. If someone used Obama to make fun of African Americans, for example, there would be total outrage. And deservedly so, because that is just wrong. It was always wrong. But in 2010, you’d think we would have evolved beyond those things.
Heh…
Ok, I actually saw this episode of Fire by Nite when I was growing up. They’ve cut quite a bit of context out for this video, leaving the kookiest bits.
Fire By Nite was a Christian show patterned somewhat after Saturday Night Live, targeted at teenagers and produced by Willie George Ministries (the same ministry that produced Gospel Bill.) They featured various random and recurring sketches that covered a wide range of topics from silly to very serious (such as dealing with anorexia and suicide).
This was obviously one of their sillier moments… good times.
Someone spent a lot of time making something really, really lousy. The good news is that whatever muddled message there might have been gets completely lost in the mess that is this production.
Lame.
@97
You bite your tongue, sir, lest you feel my wrath
Here, guys. Maybe this will make you feel better. It’s Star Trek, redubbed.
Someone on a bunch on prescription drugs put this together. It’s NSFW due to some language, but I’m sure you’ll get a kick out of it.
http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/4c15fc3087/star-trek-redubbed?rel=by_user&rel_pos=5
I just watched the video. It is obvious that someone heavily edited the original skit in order to make fun of Christians. Without the context of the rest of the skit, how do you know really what the message of the skit was all about?
Furthermore, maybe the lead in to the skit had a preface of what NOT to do. But how do we know, with this hatchet job of the original material?
And even if it was a bad video (yeah, it was corny) — so what? Is it worth trying to offend people, and to bring other Christians into an unfavorable light? Would it be cool to post a video of any other very small group of people and try to make them representative of the entire whole of that group? Why is it OK to make fun of Christians?
The cut-up video, the posting on this site, and some of the comments — all of it is Christian bashing. If you think it’s cool to stereotype groups of people and make fun of them, then the lessons of Star Trek are totally lost on you.
If you want to drive away people, Anthony, then just introduce politics and religion on your site.
Sorry, but I think they’re going to hell for this one!
Yeah, if you’re one of the commentors who has engaged in the various degrees of Christian bashing on display in this comments section — and you consider yourself a Star Trek fan — you really haven’t understood the show you’ve been watching for the past 20+ years.
There’s no room for people like you in this fanbase.
Some people need to take a breather. Just because people are making fun of this video does not mean they are bashing Christianity. Obviously, the videomakers were trying to sell their message through Star Trek and failed miserably at it. I’m more than willing to go head to head against any atheist in any kind of debate, but this video is hardly something I would use to defend my case. And you know what, if we can’t laugh at ourselves now and again, what fun is there in life. Star Trek is all about tolerance, and as such, has a diversified fan base, from the most devout Christian to the most unapologetic atheist. We may be different, but all share the same love of Star Trek.
I think I’m going to give someone a hug now :)
After watching that I think I’m going to do the same thing as Captain Terrell did and turn my phaser on myself!
Although I won’t be watching the clip till I get home.
But 108 and 110. Amen. (no pun intended.)
Nobody who understands the message of Star Trek would say those kinds of derogatory comments. End of story.
Just want to get this out…. I was raised Roman Catholic to the point of being confirmed. (Just means you are a full adult member of the church… or something along those lines.) Growing up the message I got from my religion is that you should help people as much as you can and respect them no matter who they are. As a child I found both star trek and Christianity to basically have the same intent. BUT… then I grew up and learned about how the church handled things like homosexuality, teen pregnancy, birth control, how the missionaries carried out “God’s work”… then the molestation scandals all handled completely wrong and might I say IMORALY. Even looking at early church history up to about 100 years ago I just couldn’t walk into that church with any sort of faith.
I completely respect anyone’s choice to be religious and I understand it. I just can’t personally do it myself.
I don’t get you people. That was a great parody with a profound message! Ok just kidding. Just wanted to stand out against the crowd. I didn’t even last beyond a minute of this drivel
@120 Steve
“Yeah, if you’re one of the commentors who has engaged in the various degrees of Christian bashing on display in this comments section — and you consider yourself a Star Trek fan — you really haven’t understood the show you’ve been watching for the past 20+ years.
There’s no room for people like you in this fanbase.”
I have not participated in the so called bashing since I don’t think that this is the right forum for it.
However, I must point out that the tolerance that Star Trek teaches has it limits. I don’t think that you would involve nazis in this concept, for instance. Since both of these ideologies have suppressed and murdered millions of people they are in the same category for me.
So, clean your own house first…
Hmmm, and what Star Trek parody or non-parody have any of you ever put together?
I only know a few people who undersstand how hard it is to do anything like what we see here. Anyone with the Phase II group, the Exeter and Farragut groups, Hidden Frontier, etc. And the Ed Hickman ST:T35mmMP group I was part of in 1979-1981, etc.
There are certain elements of their production that are interesting. Their primary Klingon has a good makeup set. The eyebrows on the second Klingon are a bit, erm, caterpillary? Using a dark sound production room as the bridge of the Klingon vessel was a good stand-in. On the Federation ship, the viewscreen was a nice TOS looking screen. Or more like Cage.
I really liked the portmanteau of TMP with TWOK uniform. If only Meyer had done something like that, where when the Red Jacket was off, the undershirt had the TMP deltas and shoulder rank patches. That would have tied things in nicely. Credit to this group for doing that!
I think the Captain is Ritard also. Notice it’s pronounced like Picard, not REE-tard. Oh, and if people want to make fun of the other guy saying uncircumcised, you might try spelling it correctly! Circumcise, not circumsize. Circumsize might be a new word if you’re wanting to talk about girthiness!
I’d love to see the FULL “Star Tract”, not just this edited-to-look-worse bits.
I actually find the guitar challenge sequence funny: reminds me of this current generation’s obsessions with Rock Band and Guitar Hero. :)
this would have beeen the reboot version that berman & moore would have done
dear god ……
I have never been so proud to be uncircumcised.
Is there a self-destruct on that ship?
Send in the ceti-eels!
Terrible parody…
But c’mon @3 and @9.
Really? You enjoy being hateful and intolerant?
The…horror…
O.o my eyes and ears are bleeding i think i just died a little inside
Can I get a Vulcan to give me a mind meld so I can forget what i seen. Please!!!!!!!.
this is getting out of hand it is just a silly video
stop the religious war
DJ Neelix, warning for trolling
Everyone should know that comparing any group to nazis is totally inapropriate, and certainly this is not the place
Bollocks to this its insulting!
#132 Mike! You ticle me to death! Thanks for your God-Given humor you make this thread worth while. An I agree I’m a Christian Trekkie. And trek and true christianity loves all our nieghbors. Bashing is due to the hypocrites living lie uir lives. That hurts the true christian message. The Palins,the Sanfords etc. Pay them no¤ind pity and pray for them. Look to the messaage. And you will know that jesus says “love one another” judge not lest ye be judge” a true trek message right. And as that parady goes its pure shlock that would give God nightmares and me post tramatic stress! Egahhh!
From what I remember, and this would be from at least a good 15 years ago, this was simply a fun rendition of the David and Goliath story. It was not meant as an evangelical tool, but it was one of their more memorable sketches.
The original version had a few gags that were well aimed at Trekkies. For example, I never noticed how much Picard and Riker tugged on their tunics until after watching this. (Cut from the video, just prior to David declaring that he would fight @1:47, Captain Ritard espouses that they are not meant to fight, but to just stand around and tug their tunics; which parodied King Saul’s hesitation to fight Goliath.)
Anyway, as a Christian, I’m not offended. It is what it is…
On behalf of we Christians (and I’m a Catholic Christian at that) with a true sense of humor, I offer my deepest apologies…
As a Christian, I can say that it is TERRIBLE.
As Weyoun once said, “THIS IS A DISASTER!”
As a fan of Jesus, Star Trek and good parody … this is pretty dreadful. But I like Holger’s post @ 103 — good stuff, sir.
To my fellow Christians, I urge you all to lighten up a bit. While Jesus may have been perfect, we who follow him are not — neither individually nor collectively. We should be able to handle a few negative comments about our beliefs with equanimity … skepticism from non-believers isn’t without foundation.
Scott B. out.
I realy would not call Trek agnostic. For one reason on TOS you saw ship’s chapel once for an almost wedding a and a bereaved bride kneeling and praying. Another for Kirk’s “memorial” service. Trust me God is alive and well in the trek verse. But that Parady is still a stinker
I think TOS had to have a touch of Christianity considering when it was made, otherwise I don’t think it would have lasted as long as it did. In modern Trek I have personally never seen any signs of today’s religions being alive. Personally I don’t think that means that the people of the 24th century wouldn’t have their spiritual beliefs in higher powers and such, I just doubt that they will be organized and divided like they are today. I’d like to think by then people will have more freedom to believe what they like, not to be made to conform to one set of beliefs. And I’m not trying to bash on Christianity here, either. I may be agnostic but I still have some belief in Jesus. I just don’t think that organized religion (of today’s world) and Trek mix very well. The only exception is in metaphor, I think Trek’s great at doing those and allegories but beyond that it seems best to stay clear of today’s religions. Star Trek covers too wide of a range of viewers to bring that in, because when you bring in religion to something you’re going to offend some people, no getting around that, and I see Star Trek as something that unites, not divides.
I wouldn’t even call that a parody…that was just some morons trying to make bad film
The most logical thing about this “parody” is that Klingons and heavy metal go together. Chang should have been quoting Judas Priest, not Hamlet in TUC!
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I have to agree with your assessment. This parody film was clearly edited to include only some of the worst bits, and almost certainly does not fairly represent the original. I have seen plenty of mashups of cleverly edited bits from TOS and TNG that were equally cringeworthy.
A fan film of any sort, parody or not, is a huge undertaking that can require hundreds of hours. My eldest daughter has made several short films so I have some understanding of the HUGE amount of work that goes into making even a short film (story writing, script writing, preproduction – set, prop and costume construction, directing, filming, editing, special effects, sound effects, sound mixing, etc.).
It is easy to criticize the hard work of others, but much more difficult to do better yourself.
If the intent of the makers of this film was to make a film so corny and cringeworthy as to make the viewer laugh and keep watching, they certainly succeeded. Look how many people watched it just here today and laughed at it!
The is the most amazing thing from Trinity ever
I hope bob and alex arnt taking notes on elements of the “plot” on this, for potential inclusion in the next movie….
Certainly one of the most God-awful (no pun intended) Trek parodies ever. At Least I had the pleasure of reading another pious “C.S. Lewis” pontification, as I’d ‘hoped’ for – and expected.
Anthony, yeah it’s just a silly video. Which has the caption, “Jesus Hates Klingons.” Which has been edited to infer that goofy holy rollers are going to do battle with evil people (in this case the Klingons) and destroy them.
If the content had to do with any other minority group, it would be considered in bad taste. For example, gay people being wiped out. Or a certain ethinic group being parodied. So what is silly for someone is not silly for someone else.
Then you allow posts on the site that compare Christians to Nazis. Posts that mock someone people’s beliefs. Posts that talk about Christians killing millions of people. Just not cool.
So No it’s not just a silly video. It’s only silly to you, because it doesn’t mean anything to you. It’s the caption, the editing of the video with an agenda, and then the commentary afterwards that makes it more than a silly video.
And it’s not all about lightening up and having a sense of humor. I have a sense of humor, too. But there is a line, and the line was crossed. If you can’t see that, then I don’t know what else to say.
You pulled the same thing with your Obama posts. Then I got to sit here and read about how evil or stupid each side is in the political world. Who needs that crap? Don’t we get enough of that on the news?
I’ll just go find my Star Trek and sci fi information somewhere else. I don’t need to come on a site in the morning and be mocked for my beliefs. Sure, I can handle it, but being a fan is supposed to be a fun diversion.
*headdesk*
I think this thread should be burned. Everybody’s bashing everybody else and it doesn’t even have anything to do with Star Trek. Yes some people do believe in God; they’re not stupid. Yes some people don’t believe in God; they’re not stupid either. Yes some people have done some horrible things in the name of Christianity, I don’t think that makes all Christians evil, just the ones who did the horrible things. This parody was so bad it went past so bad it’s good and back to just plain bad again.
The End
What is this, I don’t even…
@150. Locke for President
“Then you allow posts on the site that compare Christians to Nazis. Posts that mock someone people’s beliefs. Posts that talk about Christians killing millions of people.”
That’s not what I wrote. I was speaking of the ideology (the Bible), not about every single christian. There are obviously loads of kind-hearted christians that wouldn’t hurt a fly. My own parents for instance.
Now can we please move on?
I don’t think there is anything to apologize for in that video. Is is goofy? Yes. Is it corny? Yes. Is it cringeworthy in places? Yes. But is it offensive? I don’t think so. Many of the comments here have been offensive, but I didn’t see anything offensive there.
If using the parody name “Ritard” in place of “Picard” is offensive to mentally challenged people, what about the line in Star Trek IV where the man interogating Chekov says: “Of course he’s a Russkie, but I think he must be some kind of retard or something!” Are we all upset about that too?
Star Trek was about many things, and tolerance was one of them. I believe we all need to be a lot more tolerant of one another, Christians and athiests, gay and straight, black and white, etc.
I think that labeling the video “Jesus hates klingons” was probably just inviting trouble, and similar labels probably should be reconsidered in the future.
Peace and long life!
Post an article titled Worst Trek Parody Ever and with the caption “Gays Hate Klingons” or “Muslins Hate Klingons” or “(insert ethnic group) Hate Klingons” — in which the original source video (25 years old) was chopped up to make that particular group look like a bunch of goofballs. Without the entire skit available to watch to make an informed decision as to the message they were trying to convey (or even if it really was a bad skit — maybe it wasn’t, if we saw the whole thing in context).
Then throw that softball up there and let people laugh at it, laugh at the people in the video, laugh at what the message of the video was supposed to be (hard to say, it was edited by someone with the intent that it didn’t make any sense), etc.
Let’s see how well that would play.
Like someone wrote, the whole article was inviting trouble. I guess I keep checking back because my hope would be that the owner of this site would eventually realize that and make a wiser choice.
And I would be just as persistant about this if the content was attacking any other group. It’s just not becoming of those people who claim to appreciate the ideals of a Roddenberry universe. Letting this one slide by and laughing with it just wouldn’t sit well with my ideals, I guess.
I’ve never wanted to be an athiest so much in my life. And I’m a Catholic priest!!
Guys, there is no way this can be taken seriously. It sucks, plain and simple.
Locke, DJ Neelix and others
I have warned and warned but you keep stoking the religious fight, so it ends now. Any more diving into pointless religious debate will be deleted and those perpetuating will be banned for a week.
Again this is just one of many silly videos of the day, it is not meant to offend, the title is a joke. Those offended need to lighten up, those using this as an excuse to attack religion need to shut up
end of debate
Wow. That is really horrible. And offensive. “Captain Retard”? Wow.
Anthony does a lot of hard work for us and some people end up shitting all over the thread. Oh well. :-(
WTF was that piece of crap?!!! Just awful -_-
i honestly could not stop laughing durring this, and isnt that the job of any good parody to make people laugh.
I mean really how can you not laugh at a klingon that sounds like the cookie monster. lol
Iam still rolling on the floor laughing.
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If you found the video to be funny, good for you. But most people (myself included) didn’t find it funny at all. Some people were offended, but I wasn’t. I just didn’t see any humor, that’s all. This was a terrible parody.
Sorry.