What badly written genre is the worst one?

There's an interesting Star Trek fanfic web-based television series which continues the five year mission of the original Enterprise. DeForest Kelly's grandson plays Dr McCoy in it. It's so good that many Star Trek cast members have reprised their roles in a few episodes for no pay, such as Walter Koenig and Nichelle Nichols (as well as Denise Crosby, though what part she could have played baffles me). That's the sort of fan-fiction I can appreciate. Though I've never seen an episode myself - even the name escapes me currently - it's supposed to be shockingly good. As in; better than any Trek since DS9 good. Unfortunately, the majority of fan-fiction is tripe.
 
I believe you're thinking of Of gods and men, which if memory serves is directed by Tim Russ, who played Tuvok in Voyager and was a big Trekkie himself long before getting that part. But I haven't seen it either.
 
Plotinus said:
I believe you're thinking of Of gods and men, which if memory serves is directed by Tim Russ, who played Tuvok in Voyager and was a big Trekkie himself long before getting that part. But I haven't seen it either.
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Actually, I was thinking of Star Trek: Phase II, which shares it's name with the unproduced second Star Trek series in the 1970s. Of course, since Nichelle Nichols has never once appeared in this series, I have no idea why the hell I mentioned her. Of Gods and Men seems to have been created since the last time I checked out this subject on Wiki.
 
That has got to be one of the best pieces of writing I have ever seen; sharp, concise and strait to the point!
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That reminds me of a certain tale:

There was a prize for the shortest story that satisfied these conditions:

1. The Queen must be present.
2. God must be mentioned.
3. Some sexual themes must be there.
4. The story should have a mystery element.

The winner was:

"Oh, my God!" exclaimed the Queen. "I'm pregnant and I don't know from whom!"
 
There's a picture on the net somewhere of a short story like that. Goes something like..

Man: Will you marry me?
Woman: No.
Man lived happily ever after.
 
Cutlass said:
There's a whole website of that sort of thing someplace. Don't recall the name to find it though.
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I was browsing it a few weeks ago, in the "5-Minute Voyager Episodes" section.

The movie stuff I mentioned was actually in a print fanzine (no 'Net available at the time!) called In A Different Reality.
 
yared94 said:
Do you mind me considering a fanfic to be way more entertaining than the canon? Because some of them are.

Also, there are some fanfic-writers who are published writers who write fanfic on their spare time...
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Personal taste. I don't mind you enjoying anything. Hell, I'll read some published fanfiction from time to time (Sherlock Holmes, Conan, some Dune). I'll read it, but I won't pretend it's the original, nor will I exclusively read it. There's too many perspectives and styles out there to keep visiting the same tropes.

Of course, some might say that anything is fanfiction. Shakespeare's plays are adaptations of other works, after all. Those same plays aren't exactly the original, though--they're original enough by themselves to stand on their own. Once you get on that level, we're talking about universal themes everyone uses. To be specific, I don't have the patience for people who write a bunch of anime fanfic for their friends and consider themselves "writers". Snide? Yes. These people also need to go to some writing workshops. So it's like that judge who said about porn, "I know it when I see it." He can't make a ruling, and neither can I. Just don't give me your Legend of Zelda-Darksiders mashup and expect me to call it worthwhile writing. Get out of your nerd bubble!
 
Anything aimed for teens (read: Aimed for 3rd Graders), especially if it's "Critically acclaimed by teens" (I'm looking at you, Meyer). Apparently, my teachers don't know "aimed for teens" is read "aimed for 3rd Graders", and we're forced to read books that make horribly written fanfics look like the next 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Very awesome book, BTW). I just want to read my ****ing Tom Clancy, not some horribly written books about some ****ed up people between the ages of 12 and 18 "screw up their lives in ways unimaginable" (OH NOES! I FELL FOR A GIRL! WHAT SHOULD I DOOOOOOOOO!?) as he's [Tom Clancy], well, a good author that writes awesome war books. (It's kind of sad that his newer books aren't even written by him. Endwar was written by David Michaels, who isn't bad, but just doesn't have the same feel to it. And it's not because it's originally a game, either. The book for Rainbow Six was written by himself).
 
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