I don't get Trekies.

I watched the original Star Trek series as a kid and I loved it. They are still fun to watch today in a look at the cheesy effects and amazing overacting kind of way.

I watched The Next Generation and liked that too until they started making movies that sucked. And I could have done without Whoopie Goldberg.

I watched a little of the Deep Space Nine series but never got into that one.

I don't think I saw more than a couple episodes of the Voyager series.

I completely missed the last one. All though the Quantum Leap guy going warp 3 was a fun idea.

But there are people who have wrapped way too much of their lives up into this story. There's a great piece in the New York Times about Star Trek fans creating their own series to fill the void left when the last spinoff was cancelled. Whether the people making these things are so obsessed that their lives are not complete with Star Trek or they are just trying to cash in on that group of pathetic souls, they need to just let it go.

It's a television show. If a television show plays that big a role in your life I suggest extensive therapy and heavy medication.

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Posted by: Stephen Macklin at 02:09 PM | No Comments | Add Comment