Earthlings: Ugly Bags of Mostly Water (2004)

Earthlings boldly goes where no documentary has gone before and investigates one of the most intriguing groups of individuals on this, or any other planet: the Klingons and Star Trek fans. ... See full summary »

Director:

Alexandre O. Philippe

Stars:

Eric Andeen, Alan Anderson, Corey Anderson

Cast

Credited cast:
Eric Andeen	...	Himself
Alan Anderson	...	Himself
Corey Anderson	...	Himself
Roger Cheesbro	...	Himself
Michael Dorn	...	Himself
Heather Myers	...	Herself
Michael Oetting	...	Himself
Marc Okrand	...	Himself
Lawrence M. Schoen	...	Himself (as Dr. Lawrence M. Schoen)
Mark Shoulson	...	Himself
Lionel Smith	...	Himself
Agnieszka Solska	...	Herself
Alec Speers	...	Himself
d'Armond Speers	...	Himself (as Dr. d'Armond Speers)
Tad Stauffer	...	Himself

Storyline

Earthlings boldly goes where no documentary has gone before and investigates one of the most intriguing groups of individuals on this, or any other planet: the Klingons and Star Trek fans. Featuring Worf (aka Michael Dorn), this film was released to coincide with the 40th anniversary of Star Trek

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Genres:

Documentary

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

Klingon English

Release Date:

2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

Earthlings

Company Credits

Production Co:

Sonew Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

70 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The only props used in this film were items found in an everyday hotel room (lamps, chairs, etc.).

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Goofs

The author stated publicly that the title "Ugly Bags of Mostly Water" was one of the disparaging terms that Klingons used for humans within the fictional Star Trek Universe. This is incorrect.

The term was used once on a single episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation ("Home Soil") by a microscopic crystal alien race that takes over the ship's computer, never by Klingons.

As a fictional humanoid species that are capable of having offspring with humans, Klingons (presumably) are roughly 60% water, just like humans.

User Reviews

Astonishing

This movie is cool. I got an advance copy of the DVD, and I never thought I'd like it, but its so compulsive. By the end of the film, i didn't think twice about sprinting to the nearest bookstore to try and learn Klingon. I was a bit disappointed about the range in my local bookstore, but I wrote this review to cheer myself up. The man who only wanted his child to speak Klingon is not even the weirdest guy they interviewed. Obsessions have never been so awesome. In years to come this movie will be huge. People worldwide will be quoting it soon. Marc Okrand is a legend. He taught Spock to speck Vulcan. I wish i could say something like that.