Because of the new Star Trek movie, due May 8, 2009, there's an absolute frenzy of geeky, fannish Trek stuff online. It's the eleventh movie, so between the movies and five television series, there's a lot of material for bored fans to work with while they wait. For instance the official movie site is here, complete with trailers and promos. There are various sorts of "official" guest appearances, like the cast of Start Trek the Next Generation appearing on an episode of The Family Guy.
There are oddities emerging from Star Trek films of the past, like this very odd test scene from Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989), the infamous (or possibly notorious) directorial masterpiece of William Shatner. Apparently there were plans for "rock creatures," ten of 'em, to be deployed in a final battle on the planet Sha Ka Ree, the supposed home of, well, god. Or a god, or . . . anyway, the suits cost $350,000 each. You can see the video for yourself, but it's sort of like Hulk meets the Horta.
There are the very unofficial but traditional Star Trek trivia-based pursuits, like drinking games, or counting how long a red shirted guest actor lasts before his or her character is killed. But there are also a fair number of fan-created videos created in a spirit of roughly equal parts homage and satiric glee at Star Trek, its fans, and fandom in general. For instance, there's a nifty fan compiled video of all the ways the poor guest actors in red shirts get offed— complete with an essay that discusses the statistical likelihood of death-while-wearing-a-red-shirt in Star Trek: Does my ass look dead in this? I note, for the curious, that there is apparently a Star-Trek tie-in fragrance called "Red Shirt."
But there's a lot of good stuff in fandom, some really good stuff. For instance, take a look at the fabulous action-figure stop-motion animation operatic version of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan movie. I've embedded the video for you here:
Le Wrath di Khan is absolutely delightful, and very very well done— it's the work of the people behind Cartoon Network's Robot Chicken. The "opera" was part of a recent (January 2009) episode of Robot Chicken called "Two Weeks Without Food." Matthew Senreich and Seth Green are the co-producers behind Robot chicken, and this lovely little bit is not their first Trek reference; you can find others here.
Behind Shatner's somewhat genuine plea to fans to "Get a Life," there is a genuine realization by fans and actors alike that there really was something special about Trek. For instance, take a look at the charming interaction here, between Patrick Stewart and Brent Spiner. It says a lot about the longevity of Trek fandom, and why even very jaded actors are willing to go beyond the potential cash value of fannish appearances.
As for me, I'm going to pass the time waiting for the new movie by watching streaming episodes of the original Star Trek television series on my iPhone. You can watch classic Trek episodes here, by the way, in the form of free streaming video from CBS.