OT: Attention Trekkies

hillfolk22 · Post by **hillfolk22** » Thu Sep 19, 2002 5:03 am

Did anyone watch the new episode of Enterprise yesterday?

I was a bit disappointed.

It was like waiting in line for a new rollercoster, riding it, leaving it, and asking yourself, "is that it?"

Now the new Generations movie looks good. Where will you be December 13th?

Laura

ScottStewart · Post by **ScottStewart** » Thu Sep 19, 2002 7:24 am

I know what you mean. I taped it so I could watch it today, and I dozed off watching it this morning. I still haven't seen the last half hour.

markv · Post by **markv** » Thu Sep 19, 2002 7:51 am

Hey not fair! it doesn't air here until the 22nd. I'm just bitter because the only way I can watch it is on UHF on a 1978 10" black and white TV. Stupid #$%&* cable service doesn't offer it here.

Mark V

still trying to imagine Jason Alexander as captain. mmmmmmhhhh nope, just don't see it.

lollycross · Post by **lollycross** » Thu Sep 19, 2002 8:20 am

Yes, disappointing, and we STILL don't know
who the bad guy is that is telling the
ugly-guys to pick on us.....and there
wasn't even one whistle in the episode, ha ha
Lolly

jim_mc · Post by **jim_mc** » Thu Sep 19, 2002 9:19 am

Just yesterday, I read on this forum that the proper term was "trekker" and not "trekkie". Now here, you're referring to yourselves as trekkies. I'm getting confused. Would someone please make the distinction for me.

I'm completely ignorant of the whole phenomenon, except for the one episode of Deep Space Nine I watched. A friend of mine had a guest role. Unfortunately, he was unrecognizable with the makeup.

The whole Star Trek thing looks more complicated to me than the Overton/Goldie/Chieftan story.

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avanutria · Post by **avanutria** » Thu Sep 19, 2002 9:28 am

http://home.satx.rr.com/hmt3/Stories/trekkers.htm

jim_mc · Post by **jim_mc** » Thu Sep 19, 2002 9:40 am

Wow! I had no idea. I promise never to use the "ie" word again.

I'm surprised this wasn't part of my corporate sensitivity training.

avanutria · Post by **avanutria** » Thu Sep 19, 2002 9:49 am

I always heard it was the old-trek vs next-gen-trek that made the difference, never considered it derogatory. I suspect most others don'e either and that;s why we interchange them.

fiddling_tenor · Post by **fiddling_tenor** » Thu Sep 19, 2002 10:08 am

Waiting in line to see "LOTR: The Two Towers."

Paul · Post by **Paul** » Thu Sep 19, 2002 10:41 am

I've never heard any term other than Trekkie until just now.

Cees · Post by **Cees** » Thu Sep 19, 2002 10:55 am

The first (and only, really) time I ever heard "Trekker" was when I watched the funny documentary "Trekkies." I can't remember how the people in that defined the difference, and I don't really care...I don't consider "Trekkies" a derogatory term, and I don't mind if people call me one.

As to last night's "Enterprise" episode...I thought it was better than some episodes they had last year, but not super exciting. I was a little disappointed in it--thought they tried to fit too much into too little time, and made big jumps they shouldn't have (things working out perfectly without much explanation why, etc.) I still am not a devoted fan of "Enterprise" yet...I'm loyally giving it time, though, since it took me a year or two to like "Voyager," and now I love it.

As for Dec. 13...I'm there!! I hope my husband and I can find a babysitter so we can be there on opening day!

PS I'm also going to be waiting in line for Nov. 15 (Harry Potter!) and LOTR.

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Sunnywindo · Post by **Sunnywindo** » Thu Sep 19, 2002 12:24 pm

On 2002-09-19 07:03, hillfolk22 wrote:

Now the new Generations movie looks good. Where will you be December 13th?

Tinsel Town movie theater, sevenish showing, Layton, Utah (I hope).

Mmmmm. By that articles definition, I'm not a Trekker or a Trekie.

First, I would not define myself as "very serious-minded person who has an interest in Star Trek for its philosophy and phenomenon." I mean, I really like Star Trek and all, but I've never taken any TV show that seriously... especially not enough to dissect out the philosophical meaning of each episode.

Secondly, I have never, nor do I ever envision myself dressed up as any Star Trek type of character. Just not that into costumes. Though I would probably attend a Star Trek convention, but only if it came to my home area so I didn't have to travel far and wide to get there.

Does anyone else here enjoy Star Trek, but find that they don't fit into that article's definitions of Trekker or Trekie? Where does that leave us?

How about a third category of just "Star Trek Fan"?

As for last night's Enterprise, I liked it. Sure, I guess it could have been better, so could a lot of things. Didn't go into it with some preconceived notion of what I thought it should be, just sat back and enjoyed the ride for what it was. Or maybe I'm just easily entertained.

Kar · Post by **Kar** » Thu Sep 19, 2002 12:27 pm

I am a long-time Trek watcher, the original series as well as Next Gen and DS9. I tried to get into Voyager, but I can't stand Janeway and too many of the episodes contained blatent pandering.

I HAD some hopes for Enterprise, and about four of the episodes from last season were promising. But last night's premiere... Well, I just kept hoping it would get better but it never did. Besides having a few unforgiveably clunky and bad lines, it also just seemed like not much happened. However, I think the main problem is that Rick Berman and Brandon Braga wrote it, as they do almost every Trek finale and premiere, and they are just not all that good as writers. So I'm hoping they will hire some decent writers and the series will pick up. We'll see.

BTW, last night I used my new criteria that I developed to find out how good a time I am having. I ask myself: would I rather be playing my whistle? And sadly, after the show was over, I wished I had played my whistle instead.

Cees · Post by **Cees** » Thu Sep 19, 2002 3:19 pm

Sunnywindo,
I fit exactly into the category you described! Let's do just call it "Star Trek fan."

Do you or will you be living in Utah? If so, GREAT! Another whistling Utahn!

Walden · Post by **Walden** » Thu Sep 19, 2002 3:45 pm

As Daniel Bingamon once said,