How important is Trek to you?

[smalltabby]

It's been bringing me great joy for 8 months (new fan here!). I haven't been this enthusiastic about something in years and it's been great to see I'm not too old to be swept away by wonderful characters and a good show. My interests lie mostly in original Trek but I am working through the rest as well.
Episodes, clips, photos, even thoughts of the original series characters make me smile and laugh daily. I was agitated yesterday, put on The Naked Time and felt like I was a crying baby being given their favourite stuffed toy, calming down. So as of right now, Star Trek is pretty important to me!

 

[Sci]

My wife walked down the aisle to an organ arrangement of the theme from Star Trek: First Contact. That's how important Star Trek is to us.

 

[mb22]

My wife walked down the aisle to an organ arrangement of the theme from Star Trek: First Contact. That's how important Star Trek is to us.

I always fantasized about doing that.

 

[Commander Troi]

Star Trek has always been a touchstone for me. Do you want to know who I am and what I believe? I'm a Trekkie. It's shaped my principles and values.

Plus, I've made my best friends through fandom. Talking about Star Trek (and Doctor Who and other SF) grounds me and makes me happy.

 

[HIjol]

My wife walked down the aisle to an organ arrangement of the theme from Star Trek: First Contact. That's how important Star Trek is to us.

Best Soundtrack! IMO! I love that she did that!!!

 

[Sci]

Best Soundtrack! IMO! I love that she did that!!!

Thanks. What I think makes it work too is that:

1) The First Contact theme is not some big, bombastic, sci-fi-esque action piece. It's this very slow, very beautiful piece that's very emotional and thoughtful.

2) When the theme plays in the film, it's when the Vulcans land -- and it represents the start of building this relationship that becomes bigger than either Earth or Vulcan alone (i.e., the Federation). A relationship that's bigger than either of the people in it... well, that's what a marriage is supposed to be, isn't it? So it works well thematically.

 

[HIjol]

@Sci
Very
Well
Said

 

[Sci]

@Sci
Very
Well
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Thanks!

 

[Kamen Rider Blade]

I love Star Trek, it's what got me into Sci-Fi as a kid.

It's my favorite franchise and many thoughts go into it's World Building / Lore

 

[Dar70]

It's been bringing me great joy for 8 months (new fan here!). I haven't been this enthusiastic about something in years and it's been great to see I'm not too old to be swept away by wonderful characters and a good show. My interests lie mostly in original Trek but I am working through the rest as well.
Episodes, clips, photos, even thoughts of the original series characters make me smile and laugh daily. I was agitated yesterday, put on The Naked Time and felt like I was a crying baby being given their favourite stuffed toy, calming down. So as of right now, Star Trek is pretty important to me!

You have a great (and not so great lol) journey ahead of you. Watch all the shows and movies by productions order. Especially when you get into Berman Era Trek. There are some subtle crossovers......ENJOY...

 

[USSCoriolis]

Star Trek doesn't get me through hard times, at this point I just watch it.

But growing up every day after school if I wasn't playing with friends I was parking my butt down and watching reruns of TOS, TNG, DS9, and VOY, especially Voyager because it was on last so easier to catch. And the truth is because I was a teenager, Star Trek played a huge role in raising me and helping me develop a deeper sense of right and wrong, responsibility, justice, equality, and a lot of the things that make me who I am.

Star Trek was more about humanity and ethnical lessons than it ever was about aliens and space for me growing up, not that I didn't love the Sci Fi part too

 

[Lucky]

Star Trek is huge for me. My father was a fan growing up, so he encouraged me to watch it when I was young in the early 90s. I barely remember a time when I didn't know who Captain Kirk or Picard were. Deep Space Nine was the first series I remember watched live (though I did watch the TNG finale live as my dad told me about it before going on a date). Star Trek: Enterprise was the first show I was able to watch in real time from beginning to end. It has a special place in my heart because of that. I went to a Star Trek convention in 2010 with my dad, and that solidified my love of the franchise, as all the actors from the various shows were super nice.

 

[Richard S. Ta]

And the truth is because I was a teenager, Star Trek played a huge role in raising me and helping me develop a deeper sense of right and wrong, responsibility, justice, equality, and a lot of the things that make me who I am.

This is one of the reasons why Star Trek is very important.

 

[fireproof78]

It terrifies me that a TV show is how those values are communicated.

Not saying that Trek isn't important but when it is the chief influence for virtue development?

Damn.

 

[Commander Troi]

No, the chief influence is always the parent(s). If you notice, @USSCoriolis said, "when I was a teenager." That's when most of us start developing our own way of looking at the world, usually influenced by our friends, our music, our movies, and our shows.

 

[The Wormhole]

Honestly, who I am today is probably shaped more by the TV shows I watched growing up (Trek or otherwise) than anything else.

 

[Kor]

Sometimes we need some kind of outside influence including popular culture, to help shape our worldview. I like to think that, as a youngster, Star Trek piqued a sense of open-mindedness and intellectual inquisitiveness, qualities not exactly in abundance in my home environment.

Kor

 

[fireproof78]

No, the chief influence is always the parent(s). If you notice, @USSCoriolis said, "when I was a teenager." That's when most of us start developing our own way of looking at the world, usually influenced by our friends, our music, our movies, and our shows.

Hmmmm....

 

[USSCoriolis]

It terrifies me that a TV show is how those values are communicated.

Not saying that Trek isn't important but when it is the chief influence for virtue development?

Damn.

You are shaped by the examples you are given in life. I played sports, and it taught me to never be a sore winner.
I had good teachers and it taught me to like history.

There is not superiority in having your examples come from real life, books, or tv. An example is an example. If it betters you, its a good example. Maybe get down off that high horse before you fall.

 

[fireproof78]

Maybe get down off that high horse before you fall.

Excuse me?

My only disagreement was Trek as the primary guiding force. That other influences (which hadn't been shared until this last post) were not primary.

That is all.