hello everyone, I am here to interview someone who considers themselves a true trekkie and has a few minutes to spare. I am writing a paper on the trekkies and need more information. If i don't reply tonight then I will be back either tomorrow night or wednesday afternoon around 4-5ish. any help is appreciated. if you would prefer to remain anonymous plz state so.
Current status of the subculture of "Trekkies"???
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What would you like to know? Do you have any specifics about what direction your essay is intended to go in?
You need to define “Trekkie Subculture”.
which timezone?
It's broadening. What used to be Trekkie culture has become a vast multifandom thing, of which Trek is only one facet.
I've only ever heard stories of the Grups from the Before Time.
I'd say it's becoming true more generally, too. I think possibly as things like Netflix have made *everthing* more accessible to everybody, people are more inclined to watch a lot more sci-fi than just their own one little bit. The thing that surprises me, for example, is how relatively mainstream Doctor Who is known in the USA now, compared to the 1970s and 1980s when it was a mainstay of public television and loved by a small section of dedicated fans, but Ian McKellen turning up on a Saturday Night Live sketch dressed as the Doctor elicted practically no recognition among the audience. I'd anticipate a completely different reaction now.
The way we digest television now means that we generally become aware of, and probably fans of, much wider things than just our 'favourite show'. I believe today's Star Trek fans to belong to this much bigger group. They'd describe themselves as fans, but the 'Trekkie' moniker, attributed previously to a particularly devout kind of fan, is probably a relic of a less enlightened time
I think people have grown to love more stuff because of more options but even among things we love we love some stuff more than the other stuff. Granted I think young people proably prefer Marvel over anything these days including the two big giants of the past in Star Trek and Star Wars so it's possible being a Trekkie is always going to be a special niche among the other niche's. Remember what made being a Trekkie special in the past was that we didn't represent the mainstream so unless Trek ever becomes the most popular thing ever I see that staying kind of the same.
Jason
Jason
There was a particular moment in time, an epoch if you will, where Trek almost touched being mainstream, and it was around the early to mid 1990s. To my personal recollection, TNG was very popular with a lot of people I knew whom I (and they themselves) wouldn't have described as Trekkies. There was a mood there. For whatever reason, that passed, and Star Trek returned to being "that show Trekkies watch".
I don’t know any other Trekkies in person. In that way, I think maybe diehard fans have remained a confined group. There’s definitely still a divide between us and them.
I do think there is a growing amount of people who watch the show casually. It’s easier to access and binge watch, there’s no weekly commitment. In that way, the viewer base is expanding and the franchise is becoming more and more popular, but there will always be a difference between people who watch Star Trek and people who live for it.
I do think there is a growing amount of people who watch the show casually. It’s easier to access and binge watch, there’s no weekly commitment. In that way, the viewer base is expanding and the franchise is becoming more and more popular, but there will always be a difference between people who watch Star Trek and people who live for it.
in before someone mentions Trekkies VS Trekkers
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(you guys are slacking off)
what he said
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The masses coming to Trek = good
Trek coming to the masses = bad
Trek coming to the masses = bad
I think because Discovery and the newest three Movies (The new movie, Into Darkness and Beyond (all three are so terrible and the Enterprise at These movies too))...
Fans used to say that about The Next Generation
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