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in the cinema: How did I spot the trekkies without looking?

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I still find it amazing that I couldn't find any costume-wearing "Trekkies" at my cinema. Most looked, well, like me. With normal clothes, a healthy self-image and a good dose of humor. :D
Yeah, but on the continent the basement dwelling nerds tend to stay in Germany! :techman:
 
El Chup I know a few Trekkies IRL and one male Trekkie is as you describe, everything but the Riker beard. He's also a very nice guy and very interesting to talk to. One female Trekkie I know is also as you describe and a person of vast knowledge in diverse areas.

I like people who aren't fashion conscious, who live in their own interests and don't worry about crap like what kind of container they carry objects in and whether it looks good or not. They are refreshing. I often have to remind myself to be more image oriented and it's nice to be around folks that just don't bother.
*sigh*
When you balance all the shit I'm getting for apparently not being cool enough to fall over in admiration for the new movie against people taking light hearted posts seriously and you wonder why fans get a bad rep.
 
I agree that a lot of Trekkies have a look about then. I don't think all fans should be tarred with the same brush. There are definately a lot of fans out there who are perfectly normal looking. However, when I saw the movie it was on opening day and in the best cinema in London so naturally the Trekkie quota was quite high. British Trekkies don't tend to wear uniforms just to got the cinema, but I can stop that more, erm, lets say socially inept breed with a combination of the following factors:-

1) Most of the men are rather unfashionable and there on their own or with another of their basement dwelling mates. They are usually kitted out in unfashioanble trainers, jeans and a jacket that they probably bought in the eighties.

2) The women are dull looking, never learned how to use make up, with daring hairstyles of either platts or straight long hair - no dye of course.

3) All of those wearing glasses cannot seem to, for the life of them, buy a pair of frames that were fashionable in the last 15 years.

4) 50% of the men have Riker beards.

5) 50% of the men are fat bastards.

6) The unfashionable ones are often also, curiously, very enthusiastic about any subject they are talking about... most commonly computers.

7) The number of middle aged men there with their mother or father vastly outweighs the number with wives or girlfriends.

8) Half of them are holding bags containing items bought before the movie in the local geek shop (in this case Forbidden Planet).

9) 20% of them smell really bad and have not had a shower in several decades (seriously, what's up with that????).

10) The shorter ones inevitably walk around with darting eyes that make them look like a nervous ferret.

11) They are the only people who think using a wrinkled plastic carrier bag instead of a briefcase or sling bag is acceptable.


I'm not prejudice. Honest.

sure, uh huh.
 
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