BloodBoal 7,538 Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 4,689 Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 I'd say it's a combination of love + familiarity with Star Trek. The kind of love that lets you say "I'm sorry, I love you, and I want the best for you, but you're doing this wrong." And the depth of knowledge with the history of the franchise to back it up. Others would say it's unwavering, blind loyalty to anything that has the words "Star Trek" in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post #SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 11, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted October 11, 2016 It's the realisation that Star Trek is better than everything, and fully accepting and indeed promoting that fact. Will, Gruesome Son of a Bitch and crocodile 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 Indeed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 'What is it to be a Trekkie?' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,984 Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 47 minutes ago, Stefancos said: It's the realisation that Star Trek is better than everything, and fully accepting and indeed promoting that fact. About to say that. Karol - still a Starfleet Academy padawan Pieter Boelen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted October 11, 2016 Author Share Posted October 11, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,984 Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 I think it should stay the way it is. Yoda would be proud. Karol Pieter Boelen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 2 minutes ago, crocodile said: I think it should stay the way it is. Yoda would be proud. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,984 Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 Captain America can't be wrong. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted October 11, 2016 Author Share Posted October 11, 2016 Disco Stu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,984 Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 Is it not Trekker anyway? Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 5 minutes ago, BloodBoal said: So, let's say someone loves everything Star Trek except the original series. Can that person be called a Trekkie? I sure hope so because I fall into that camp. I can appreciate TOS for its accomplishments and creating the universe/characters I love in other incarnations (including original cast films) but I really don't enjoy watching actual episodes from the 60s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bespin 8,480 Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 A Trekkie is a fan who thinks Star Trek is better than Star Wars. Let them have their illusions. Simon McBride 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 But Star Trek is better than Star Wars. In breadth, depth, content, longevity, everything. Brónach 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 How is Star Trek not better than Star Wars? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 Let me be the 50 millionth person to remark that the comparison is useless and makes no sense. Pieter Boelen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 4,689 Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 Well, a fleet of Galaxy Class Starfleet ships would pulverise a fleet of Imperial Star Destroyers, so in that way I'd have to give the nod to Star Trek. On the other hand, there are no Wookies or laser swords in Star Trek, so I'd say it's a wash. Pieter Boelen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted October 11, 2016 Author Share Posted October 11, 2016 Pieter Boelen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 Soon both Star Wars and Star Trek will have had Michael Giachinno. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 4,689 Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 And JJ Abrams! Just think...the same guy who ruined one franchise saved another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 4,689 Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 Simon Pegg is the glue holding both franchises together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,233 Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of the women. Nick1Ø66 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 1,301 Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Being a Trekkie is to like a bit of weird in your space adventure stories, maybe. And Jerry Goldsmith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 4 minutes ago, Brónach said: Being a Trekkie is to like a bit of weird in your space adventure stories, maybe. And Jerry Goldsmith. That's just the movies though, really. Is that the limit of your knowledge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 1,301 Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 1 minute ago, Stefancos said: That's just the movies though, really. Is that the limit of your knowledge? I've seen a bunch of episodes and that's about it. I thought it was enjoyable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Aren't you supposedly all progressive and stuff? Star Trek was made for you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,466 Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Although I've seen all the movies, and quite a few episodes of TNG, in particular -- being a mildly ST-interested person in the 90s -- I've never understood the big appeal of STAR TREK. In any incarnation. Silly goofball stuff; what I somewhat derogatorily call "pointy ear sci fi". BUT.....I'm endlessly fascinated by the concept of 'Trekkies', i.e. the fandom surrounding it. I know there are a few documentaries on the phenomenon (I've seen a couple), but I really can't get enough. I wonder if there have been any sociological papers as wel? There must be. I'd love to read one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 They're just regular people who are easily bored and frustrated by the mundane and banal state of their real lives, and need to substitute it for escapist fantasy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 4,689 Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 1 minute ago, Shatner's Rug said: They're just regular people who are easily bored and frustrated by the mundane and banal state of their real lives, and need to substitute it for escapist fantasy. The question was "What is it to be a Trekkie," not "Who comes to JWFan." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 20 minutes ago, Nick1066 said: The question was "What is it to be a Trekkie," not "Who comes to JWFan." We're interchangeable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,498 Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Being a Trekkie is first widening my eyes, a little bit, and quickening my breathing a little, and warming my skin, and touching my- Sorry, that's masturbation! Now you mention it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Only question I, ever thought was hard Was do I like Kirk or do I like Picard? Spend every weekend at the Renaissance Fair Got my name on my underwear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 4,689 Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 One of the things I always found most amusing about geekdom is geeks mocking other geeks for their geekiness. This typically manifests itself in the vs. debates...Star Wars vs. Star trek, etc. Not debating the franchises on their merits, but how much geekier fans of the other franchise are. Few things are as adoringly pathetic as a Star Wars fan calling a Star Wars fan a geek (and vice versa). It's like someone with 30K posts on a message board smugly telling someone else they need to get out more. Typically, I find that the people doing the mocking are the most awkward and anti-social themselves. If you think you're cooler than someone else, it's almost certain that you're not cool at all! Pieter Boelen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Uncool bro! Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 I am certainly not a cool person....but I'm definitely cooler than people who are super into anime/manga. They're the most socially maladjusted subset of nerds if you ask me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 4,689 Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 LOL. I guess even among geeks there's a most pathetic. Like Star Trek with Voyager fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 You mean Enterprise fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 4,689 Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 My point exactly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,498 Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 "BABYLON 5" IS BETTER THAN EVERYTHING! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Your mum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 When that show first aired, I asked mum what a "baby-lon" was. Don't think she answered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,498 Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 I like your mum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 To be a Trekkie is to be a fan of Star Trek in general. Simple as that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Indeed. And you don't have to be someone who dresses up and goes to conventions to be one. I've seen every second of every Star Trek series/movie and I've never even considered attending a convention. Does that make me less of a Trekkie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 I've been to one official convention, in Boston. But that's basically because I was there for John Williams and more-or-less stumbled upon it. Most expensive few hours you can legally have in the US.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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