Trekkies 2 (2004)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Roger Nygard

Genre:

Documentary

Tagline:

How much is too much?

Plot Keywords:

Sequel | Geek | Obsessive | Europe | England

Cast

Denise Crosby	...	Herself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Barbara Adams	...	Herself
Tony Alleyne	...	Himself
Christine Anderson	...	Herself
Paola Martinelli Arlotti	...	Herself (scenes deleted)
Vaughn Armstrong	...	Himself
Richard Arnold	...	Himself
Jay Baker	...	Himself - No Kill I: The Next Generation
Casey Biggs	...	Himself
John Billingsley	...	Himself
Brannon Braga	...	Himself
Mike Cinciripino	...	Himself - No Kill I
Dave Downey	...	Herself - No Kill I
Matthew Feeney	...	Chief Engineer O'Malley
Daryl Frazetti	...	Himself
Joel Goulet	...	Himself - No Kill I: The Next Generation
Richard Herd	...	Himself
Ed Hunter	...	Singer, No Kill I
Daniel Jalkut	...	Himself
Charlie Jett	...	Himself
Dominic Keating	...	Himself
Mike Kellogg	...	Himself - No Kill I
Kett Kettering	...	Herself (as Kathleen 'Kett' Kettering)
Gabriel Köerner	...	Himself
Richard Koerner	...	Himself
Cirroc Lofton	...	Himself
Andy Mangels	...	Himself
Jack Matthew	...	Himself - No Kill I: The Next Generation
Allen Maxwell	...	Himself - No Kill I: The Next Generation
Joanna K. McMeikan	...	Herself
Robert Meyer Burnett	...	Himself
Phil Morris	...	Himself
Dave Ninja	...	Himself - No Kill I: The Next Generation
Ethan Phillips	...	Himself
Dennis Rayburn	...	Himself
Bill Salfelder	...	Pinluh Hod / himself
Fred Schneider	...	Himself
Tracy Scoggins	...	Herself
Karen Simmons	...	Herself - No Kill I
Dave Smith	...	Himself - No Kill I
Ggreg Snyder	...	Himself
Relja Trajkovic	...	Himself
Connor Trinneer	...	Himself
Sarah Turner-Bennett	...	Herself
Joshua Underwood	...	Himself
Veljko Vidic	...	Himself
Nana Visitor	...	Herself
Ken Wieken	...	Mr. Sakk / himself
Heather Witt	...	Herself / Romeo and Juliet Nurse
Scott R. Wright	...	Himself / Romeo and Juliet Engineer (as Scott Wright)

MPAA:

Rated PG for language.

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

Serbo-Croatian | English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:PG (certificate #40771) | Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Bakersfield, California, USA

Company:

Neo Art & Logic

Movie Connections:

References "ER" (1994)

Soundtrack:

Tranya

Some great moments, but overall - not nearly as good as the first

The original Trekkies was a raw, politically unconcerned look into the lives of followers of the greatest TV sci-fi franchise, and one of America's great marketing successes. It was fun, Trekkie/Trekker- friendly, and yet not entirely uncritical. Trekkies is much more of a fan movie, and despite the fact that some of the scenes are actually better than most of what appeared in the original, this isn't half the film the original was.

There are many directions Trekkies 2 could have gone in. It could have been a rebuttal of the Star Trek mythos - perhaps engaging some of the writings of Robert Justman and Herb Solow. It could have dealt with the themes of the series directly and engaged their commercialization and their near abandonment after the cancellation of DS9, or perhaps the hiring of sex symbols as a way to boost ratings once the writing team began to fall apart. It could have focused on sociological issues within Trek fandom - such as the somewhat schizophrenic politics of the older and newer generations of Trek fans, or the amazing marketing of the franchise. Instead, Trekkies 2 is mostly more of the same stuff we saw in Trekkies, with a few nice new stories (the segment on Trek-based punk rock and metal bands was the highlight of the film for me), and a lot of plugs for the now defunct Enterprise series.

Don't get me wrong, as one of the original Trek fans (from TOS in its original run to the present), I love this film. I just can't in good faith, recommend it to any non-fan. If you're not a Trekkie, see the original Trekkies. It's a lot more fun.