My dad being an old Navy guy, it quickly became a family event to sit around and watch The Lieutenant.
Back then you watched when it was on as there was zero guarantee it would ever replay again.
Dad was also a bit of a science fiction fan so after the Lieutenant was over we went to the movies a lot until Star Trek's first episode played and guess what? Many of the same familiar faces we were used to. Dad had to get up a few times and get the old black and white working again on our first family Trek.... so it was off to Montgomery Wards for our first color TV. I was like 8-9nyear old and the first prototype remote control, proficient at channel navigation, tint, sound and roll....lol.
I think it's safe to say that most peoples "true" Trek is developed upon their initial exposure to it and that's where I received mine.Some one out there is jumping up and down claiming Discovery is the only true Trek ever created. It's okay, I've gotten over it.
By Jr high one of the neighbor kids, Terry had all the basic film equipment. His father did some local news stuff and helped out with putting are fun little Tarzan movies. I was the kid that could hold a cat and swing from one tree to the next so I got a lot of film time.
Our most epic production called for a dam break and Tarzan (and his malamute) were to save the cows. We built a dam across the creek with an old garage door. after 3 days of waiting we backed up water all the way nearly to the old highway. It was going to be perfect and we packed up the next morning and headed out to film only to find the corps out there draining our lake. News camera crew, lots of army trucks, bulldozer, pumps and traffic control.
Terry pulls out his tripod mounts the camera, pulls out the mic and starts an interview to a couple adults walking over to see what we were doing there. Thankfully I was behind the camera because I wasn't keeping a straight face at all and I had my Tarzan tee shirt on.
Needless to say, that one never was filmed but in a way I can relate to Alec's dilemma.
Terry's dad caught on to who did what in a heart beat and our film days along with Jr High were over.
Decades latter running into fan films did catch my attention and it was just a matter of finding someone who would put with my antics.
Half the time I get to meet people with all these incredible skills and the other half shocked because the same thing that brings us together also rips us apart. If that's the vision of the future, perhaps we should be required to consider what vision we're attempting to convey.
