You know, this one just speaks for itself:

Special thanks to Church for pointing it out to me.

Ok, this isn't *actually* a fan film, but it is clearly taking its cues from fanfilms, it has the same overlong pacing, the same clumsy, revisionist humor, the general lack of narative focus, and the basic "That's cool, but, wait, whaaaaaaat?" feel of it all.

I give it to you here simply because it's almost like a deliberate pastiche of fan films.

Not buying it? Ok. Well, stick around anyway as the Friday night reviews are coming up...

Ok, I know, I know, I know, "Iron Sky" isn't technically a fan film because it's got like a zillion Euro budget and professional actors and stuff, but it *IS* being made by the Star Wrek crew, who made "Star Wreck: In The Pirkenning" which is noteable for two reasons: a) It's the most popular and successful fan film of all time and b) It's the only Babylon 5 Fan Film ever made. Of all the people who've ever made fan films, they're the only ones who've actually managed to live the dream and find actual studio support for a professional project.

Seriously: check this shiznat out! (Vernacular chosen specifically because the bass in the clip below the jump is fairly thumpin')

There's endless lists of the differences between professional productions and Fan Films, and pretty much all of them are valid, but if you ask me, one of the most significant is the one no one actually wants to admit to: Professional actors and actresses are, by and large, better looking than us regular folks. Certainly better looking than me (Though I've got kind of a rakish Orson Wells thing going on, but I'm more striking than handsome, really).