How different would you be without your father?

[EnsignRicky]

Seriously though, I got my love of of science fiction from my mom. She watched the original series when she was pregnant with me, and I simply don't know life without it. I'm more interested if the new movie is not my mother's Star Trek. My dad on the other hand is more into sports, wrestling and Grateful Dead crap.

 

[Squiggy]

I didn't have much of one to begin with, so...not much different.

 

[Kail]

My dad is my whole life. He raised me pretty much on his own (my mom had been very ill since I was 2, she died when I was 11). I love my dad and I owe him everything. He is very nearly a living god in my eyes. Without him, I would be completely and utterly lost.

I totally envy you. I hope you realize how lucky you are to have a dad like that..

 

[adamisme]

my Dad's always been an active part of my life and while I'd say I was closer to my Mum, my Dad is and always has been there for me

 

[indranee]

My Dad's 80 this year. What a slagging he's going to get. Old git.

my dad's 81. we went to see Trek together earlier this month. first day, first show. I heard he went to see it again last week. we might go see it again together during Father's Day weekend.

 

[indranee]

I certainly would be different and so would my son! When I broke up with my son's father my dad asked us to move in with him. While I had to work my dad took my kid to school, to baseball games, to the park, doctor's appointments etc. My dad passed away more than four years ago, but if you asked my son who raised him, he'd still insist it was his grandpa who did.

Oh yeah, my dad was a big Trekkie too. I'm pretty sure he would have loved this movie!

love your post, elektralyte!

 

[indranee]

My dad introduced me to everything that matters: STAR TREK, Universal Monster movies, Tarzan, Godzilla, comic books, the Shadow . . . .

So, yeah, he basically warped my life!

did he encourage your writing?

 

[Greg Cox]

My dad introduced me to everything that matters: STAR TREK, Universal Monster movies, Tarzan, Godzilla, comic books, the Shadow . . . .

So, yeah, he basically warped my life!

did he encourage your writing?

Definitely. He drove me to science fiction conventions, comic book stores, etcetera, when I was younger and has always taken an interest in what I'm working on.

I routinely send my folks two copies of each new book, one for my mom to display at home, and one for my dad to show off to people. (He used to constantly "borrow" my mom's display copy whenever he went out until I figured out to send him a spare copy he could carry around!)

 

[indranee]

^ yeah, dads are big on that. "My son the writer", etc

 

[Nebula1400]

My father introduced me to "Star Trek" in 1966. It went downhill from there, and I haven't been able to stand him for the past 40 years. Now we don't speak. (I'm glad about this, since I don't have to deal with his constantly berating me and exploiting me, and I don't have to deal with his racism.) Ever since my mother died over ten years ago, he's used me as his virtual punching bag - and I don't put up with crap like that.

 

[elektralyte]

I certainly would be different and so would my son! When I broke up with my son's father my dad asked us to move in with him. While I had to work my dad took my kid to school, to baseball games, to the park, doctor's appointments etc. My dad passed away more than four years ago, but if you asked my son who raised him, he'd still insist it was his grandpa who did.

Oh yeah, my dad was a big Trekkie too. I'm pretty sure he would have loved this movie!

love your post, elektralyte!

Thanks indranee!

 

[RandyS]

Considering that my Dad came and went in my life and only saw me when it was convient for him, and left both myself and my younger brother to be raised my hardworking mom and grandparents (hers), while he cheated various business partners out of their money, and bedded practically every woman on Earth EXCEPT my mom, If I never saw my dad at all, I'd be exactly who I am today. In fact, I'd probably be LESS angry because he would have given me the only thing I've ever wanted from him--to be out of my life for good.

 

[Kirk's_Tights]

It would suck without my dad. We weren't always on good terms but people grow up and change. My dad likes a lot of the same things I do.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

My dad is my whole life. He raised me pretty much on his own (my mom had been very ill since I was 2, she died when I was 11). I love my dad and I owe him everything. He is very nearly a living god in my eyes. Without him, I would be completely and utterly lost.

I totally envy you. I hope you realize how lucky you are to have a dad like that..

Very much so.

 

[RandyS]

My dad is my whole life. He raised me pretty much on his own (my mom had been very ill since I was 2, she died when I was 11). I love my dad and I owe him everything. He is very nearly a living god in my eyes. Without him, I would be completely and utterly lost.

I totally envy you. I hope you realize how lucky you are to have a dad like that..

Very much so.

I would agree with both of you, but I can't really complain. I may not have had a good relationship with my dad, but the excellent relationship I had with my grandpa more than made up for it.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

How different a Kirk is this one from the one we've known?

I didn't notice a couple qualities that I remembered from Shatner's Kirk that made him more interestingly complex - vulnerability and compassion. Well there was a little spark of compassion towards the end, towards the Romulans (before Spock shut him down; Spock's going to be a different character from now on too.)

Pine's Kirk seemed far more hellbent and driven, constantly in motion, compared with Shatner's Kirk who could be calm, still and reflective when mulling something over. But the differences are minor, and easily explained by 1) Pine's Kirk being more defensive because of his upbringing; 2) lack of maturity (the stillness and reflection will grow with time, as will his sense of security which will permit him to be vulnerable); and 3) the constraints of a two-hour big-budget action-packed movie (I don't expect them to show us every aspect of the character yet).

Overall, I'm very pleased with the recasting and the writing of the character. There are some interesting places they can go with this Kirk. His starting point is very different but I have a feeling that Pine's Kirk and Shatner's are going to converge more and more in future movies.

 

[Lt. Trull]

not very different.... my father died when I was seven...

 

[donners22]

I would be exactly the same, given that is how I grew up. I wasn't at all impressed with the cliche effect that it had on Kirk.

 

[FailedLurker]

I've actually given this some thought lately, as my father died just after new years. I get a lot of my traits and tendencies from my mother - she introduced me to Star Trek, Star Wars, SF books, college and professional football, I get my sense of humor from her, my love of science, etc. But more fundamental traits I got from my father's example - his generosity, his loyalty, his dedication, his work ethic, his sense of fairness, his sense of justice, his kindness. I don't mean to lionize him, I got plenty of bad traits from him as well - his temper for one, and the reason I've never been tempted by drugs or alcohol is from watching his tobacco addiction over the course of thirty years, until it finally killed him.

I've always been closer to my mom because we have similar personalities and similar interests, but I am the person I am because of my dad.

 

[indranee]

I didn't have much of one to begin with, so...not much different.

aww squig! *hugs*

FailedLurker, I hear you. I'm saddened by your loss. I had a dream a few days ago that my mom was really sick. woke right up and couldn't sleep any more that night. kept calling my parents up on silly excuses from work. so much so that at one point my mom said, "okay, okay... we'll talk to you tomorrow, okay?"

I left home at 18, but I feel scared when I think of my parents not being there in my life. it's a paralyzing thought.