5 Favorite Star Trek Rip-Offs

Ahead of next Friday ’s release of the fresh JJ Abrams take on Star Trek , it ’s worth taking some clip to remember some other movies , TV show and comics that boldly play along in its warpdrive trail .

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Perhaps clearly ( The show ’s 2nd time of year showrunner was a Trek veteran ) , Gerry Andersen ’s moonbase drama went from 2001 - style intellectual sci - fi to Trek - esque escapade as it sample to ward off cancellation . In came an alien scientific discipline officer , as well as a lot more action and even short wench for the aphrodisiacal distaff bunch members , as the show tried to “ Americanise ” itself so as to gain spectator … and each modification made it that small bit more like original Trek . And , if you were a small fry watching at the time , more than a niggling bit well .

Phoenix 5

Oh , to have been Australian and of television viewing geezerhood in 1970 . Then , I could have seen Phoenix 5 alternatively of justreading about it on the internetand catching up with snippet on YouTube . Sure , the Phoenix 5 is no Enterprise – three crew appendage ( “ and their computeroid , Carl ! ” ) does n’t really appropriate for an eternal supplying of securitymen and intern to be kill – but look at those outfit and shitty special effects , and tell me that a mission to keep the peace in the 26th century is n’t just a footling bit ripped - off of Gene Rodenberry ’s dreams . Bonus peak go to the show for have safe theme euphony , as well :

Babylon 5

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Yes , yes , I jazz ; there are many Babylon fans who think that , not only is J. Michael Straczynski ’s television space opera epic not a Trek countercurrent - off , but that Star Trek : Deep Space Nine was actually rend off of Straczynski ’s original Babylon pitch . Nevertheless , the intergalactic political background of the show – and the visuals , especially the alien make - up – still hit me as strongly remindful of Star Trek : The Next Generation ( Albeit , in condition of the authorship , perhaps palm better ) , and the epic scale of the account overreaches in the same way as the original Trek ’s undecomposed episodes as much as any of theadmitted influences . “ Rip - off ” may be too stiff a condition , perhaps , but surely we can tally on “ heavily influenced ” ?

( And this is where the flame start . )

Switchblade Honey

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Warren Ellis ’ 2003 graphical novel may have started out as a joke , but it ’s one that stays shady throughout its short ( 72 pages ) lifespan ; basically , “ what if the Enterprise was crew by illegitimate child ? ” , Honey patently got its origins when an instalment of Star Trek : Voyager made Ellis imagine a Trek where Ray Winstone was master . The termination ? The variety of Star Trek that you ’ll never see on television , and that ’s a safe thing .

Galaxy Quest

Sure , it ’s a Trek parody , which really protects it from being incriminate of being a pull - off . But by the end of the pic , when there ’s such a heartwarming content of ego - empowerment that would make even Harve Bennett blush ( not to advert all manner of technobabble and action ) , it somehow exceed parody and total back around the other side as something more akin to … well , a Star Trek split - off . That ’s the problem with affectionate parodies , woefully ; they really just want to be make love by the things they should be making fun of … but it does n’t stop us from having a soft spot for this movie , anyway . Blame it on Alan Rickman .

Lesdilley