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Things We Saw Today: Teenage Seth MacFarlane’s Star Trek Fan Film

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Seth MacFarlane received some hearty ribbing for the ways that The Orville seemed more like a Star Trek fan film with high production values than an original series, and now the internet has gifted us with his actual teenage Star Trek film. The excerpt was first posted by TrekGenius News.

While I have plenty of issues with MacFarlane’s comedy, I always appreciate a glimpse into famous people’s exceptionally nerdy pasts. They’re a reminder that we all start somewhere. So keep doing you, weirdos. (via Nerdist)

  • Star Wars: The Last Jedi officially passed the $1 billion mark at the worldwide box office, pulling in $1.04 billion as of Sunday. (via Deadline)
  • Someone tried to steal $300,000 from Stan Lee by writing a fraudulent check (via io9)
  • Ava DuVernay finally found a made to make me less worried about the coming nightmare of 2018

  • The Russo brothers answered fan questions about Infinity War, and they explained why the two characters they’re most excited show audiences are Thor and Thanos. (via Collider)

That’s all I saw today, TMSers! Happy New Year! What’d you spy?

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