Star Wreck Created by Samuli Torssonen

 

 

Star Wreck II: The Old Shit   
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Running time: 9 minutes



 
The "Old Shit" Potkustart in standard orbit in Star Wreck II.
 
The Potkustart from Star Wreck I. Notice the nacelle struts.

Star Wreck II: The Old Shit again features Samuli Torssonen as the voice of captain Pirk, Rudi Airisto as Mr Spook and Janne Torssonen as Mr Fukov. Antti Keskinen (the previous Mr Fukov) was unavailable so we decided to give the role to Janne.

"The Old Shit" refers to Pirk's ship. If you noticed in Star Wreck I the Potkustart was based on the re-fitted constitution class starship from the Star Trek movies, but in this part it is the good old model from the original Star Trek series. So Pirk's ship in this movie is "the old shit". Something about this was mentioned in the first version of the movie but I left it out since it was quite far fetched :)
 
The Potkustart from aft-view.

The second Star Wreck is much better than the first one in every possible way. The space effects and the bridge were rendered in 3D for the first time and more sounds and music were added to get the right mood.

The 3D graphics look a bit out-dated today. I think they fit the original Star Trek series mood quite well, although this wasn't the idea back in 1994. The graphics were originally rendered in 320x200 with 256 colors.

We didn't use more actors than before but the acting is much better. This time we used slapstick humor (on purpose!) and it actually works very well at times. Star Wreck II also brought Rudi Airisto to the production team. His job was to convert "the things wrong in Star Trek" to humor.

 
 

The Potkustart taking a hull hit from a Plingon Battlecruiser.
 
The Potkustart blasting through a Plingon Battlecruiser with full twinklers. The effects were done during post-production frame by frame on Autodesk Animator.

Pirk's mission is to go to the Ficus sector and destroy any Plingon ships encountered...The main story may sound quite simple again but before firing a single shot at the enemy, the crew of the Potkustart must solve some serious problems occuring inside the ship...

Captain Pirk and the rest of the crew were given their personalities for the first time. You could say that James B. Pirk is the worst captain in P-Fleet. He's a moron, a typical anti-hero character. And how on earth did he get his command? Nobody knows, but he has a dark secret.

Mr Spook is a well trained, logical vulgar. He's the ship's science officer and generic problem solver. No matter what the situation, he always has a suggestion at hand. Without Mr Spook's guidance and tips Pirk and Fukov would be totally lost and probably dead.

 

 
The Star Wreck version of a shuttlecraft.


Mr Fukov is a dumb ruskie. He only knows how to screw up. He also loves "cool" sun glasses and earings. Mr Fukov is even dumber than Pirk, and doesn't even have luck on his side which is very unfortunate for him.