While the Star Trek fan film really drives it home, it’s been fairly obvious that Seth MacFarlane has been a big fan of the franchise throughout his life.
Even beyond the obvious parody of Star Trek in The Orville, MacFarlane has shown love to the franchise in the past, through various skits on Family Guy and American Dad.
MacFarlane loves Star Trek so much that he once stated back in 2011 that he wished Family Guy would end, so that he could make a real effort to bring the series back to television.
Now it looks like he’s making a compromise with something new, and folks are loving it enough to want to see more.
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Seth macfarlane as teenager in star trek fan film with his friends