I'll second that (or third it, by now). Which is why I still hold out some faint glimmer of hope for ST12.
Any under 30 TOS fans?
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I'll second that (or third it, by now). Which is why I still hold out some faint glimmer of hope for ST12.
I'm twenty-five and got into Star Trek on the strength of what I saw out of the original crew.
I am 20. I just got into star trek last August or November. My dad is really into The Next Generation but doesn't care for the original series, so I never really knew about it. I've always been big into sci-fi but I saw a couple of the TNG movies and thought they were terrible, so I steered clear of star trek and instead got into the new Battlestar Galactica as well as some great sci-fi novels by people like Ray Bradbury and the great Kurt Vonnegut.
When I saw the new Star Trek movie by Abrams, I was completely blown away. I was like "wait, this is star trek??" because it was so much better than the TNG movies I remembered seeing as a kid. I went home and started watching TOS from youtube regularly, and I loved it just as much--well, perhaps more. I've now seen most of the episodes. I think I may be missing like 10-15. My main problem is I keep watching the same ones over and over again. I've seen "Mirror Mirror" "The City on the Edge of Forever" "Arena" "The Devil in the Dark" and "Amok Time" at least 10 times each, no joke.
I don't want anyone to be too offended by my dislike of the TNG movies. I've since went back and watched some episodes of TNG, and there are some really good episodes of that show, but damn those movies are terrible.
But it makes me really sad that I can't talk about TOS with anyone my age. This fact has begun to make me hate Star Wars. I used to love the old Star Wars, but just the fact that everyone knows those movies and nothing about Star Trek makes me a little bitter. The only people I've met that I can talk to about Star Trek are like twice my age! It also doesn't help that there's a little bit of a stigma against star trek.
When I saw the new Star Trek movie by Abrams, I was completely blown away. I was like "wait, this is star trek??" because it was so much better than the TNG movies I remembered seeing as a kid. I went home and started watching TOS from youtube regularly, and I loved it just as much--well, perhaps more. I've now seen most of the episodes. I think I may be missing like 10-15. My main problem is I keep watching the same ones over and over again. I've seen "Mirror Mirror" "The City on the Edge of Forever" "Arena" "The Devil in the Dark" and "Amok Time" at least 10 times each, no joke.
I don't want anyone to be too offended by my dislike of the TNG movies. I've since went back and watched some episodes of TNG, and there are some really good episodes of that show, but damn those movies are terrible.
But it makes me really sad that I can't talk about TOS with anyone my age. This fact has begun to make me hate Star Wars. I used to love the old Star Wars, but just the fact that everyone knows those movies and nothing about Star Trek makes me a little bitter. The only people I've met that I can talk to about Star Trek are like twice my age! It also doesn't help that there's a little bit of a stigma against star trek.
You'll get used to it. I've been obsessed with this show all my life, and I've yet to see a bona fide Trekkie with my own two eyes. I know that they exist, because I've seen the evidence on the internet, but I've never had the opportunity to spot one. They're a bit like Sasquatch in that respect (and in a few other ways, for that matter).
^Yeah, you can find a Star Wars nut any old place, but it is so hard to come across another Trekkie under the age of 30 in real life.
I am twenty-two and a fan of TOS (fan of all of them actually). Part of the charm is the cheesiness, but now that I am older (compared with when I first watched some TOS, which was probably age 6-7), and know the history surrounding it. I can appreciate what it was for its day.
Not my favorite, I don't really have a favorite to be honest. I like each series for different reasons.
Not my favorite, I don't really have a favorite to be honest. I like each series for different reasons.
As I've gotten older the number of people I've encountered face-to-face to talk Trek in general has increased. But the number of people who share a similar interest level as myself (for TOS and other stuff) has remained woefully small and next to nil beyond a couple of people and, of course, those I've encountered online and primarily through the TBBS. I may not always or often agree with many here, but we do share a passionate and informed interest.
When I was in my twenties I knew one other person who was interested in TOS like me and even then I'm not sure we had quite the same interest level.
When I was in my twenties I knew one other person who was interested in TOS like me and even then I'm not sure we had quite the same interest level.
Some of my friends and I are TOS fans, and we are DEFINITELY under 30, though I don't give out my age over the internet, so that's all I'm saying.
Reasons for liking TOS? For me, that would be Spock. He's my all time favorite Star Trek character. Also, my mom was a Trekkie as a kid, and she helped get me into it. I'm a newbie, but I'm working my way through the episodes.
Reasons for liking TOS? For me, that would be Spock. He's my all time favorite Star Trek character. Also, my mom was a Trekkie as a kid, and she helped get me into it. I'm a newbie, but I'm working my way through the episodes.
I have often considered going under the Neural Neutralizer to make me forget all of Trek so I could rediscover it all over again.
I envy you.
Thanks, Chrisisall.
The great thing about Star Trek, though, is that there's so much of it. 11 movies, five TV series, and numerous books and other stuff.
I know though, that when I come out on the other end, it'll be like that awful feeling of putting a great book down. "I want more!"
The great thing about Star Trek, though, is that there's so much of it. 11 movies, five TV series, and numerous books and other stuff.
I know though, that when I come out on the other end, it'll be like that awful feeling of putting a great book down. "I want more!"
That's right. I haven't been to one. Why is that an eye-roller (or did you hit the wrong button)?
I'm pretty lucky; I know I few people who like Star Trek. In fact, one of my closest friends is a die-hard Trekkie. (And I didn't even know that until after he was already one of my closest friends!) He favors TNG a little, and loved the new movie, but he does have a fair appreciation for TOS. A while ago, we watched TMP together, and he called it "brilliant." I bet that's pretty rare, somebody who liked both TMP and STXI.
It should have been this one
Not that rare, I like 'em both as well (although TMP way more).
I've been to more conventions than I can easily remember. Met some of my best friends there.
But... it's been a while... years in point of fact.
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