Making STAR TREK Too Real at Home
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Shouldn't the Klingon Ambassador be sleeping on a shelf?
At least the control panels don't blow up in your face.
Thanks for that link. My fave is the house converted to a TOS theme. Even apart from the Trek connection, it's an amazing tribute to the extremes of 1960s design.
Why do it? Well, I remember attempting similar things as a kid, making skeletons out of pipe-cleaners for a halloween theme (I had just read The Monsters' Room by Hope Campbell), or cutting circles out of pieces of paper then sticking the paper on my window to give the appearance of port-holes (spaceship portholes, of course).
I think anyone who seriously believed they were entering a fictional world would not have the mental or financial resources to do such a thing. For those who do go to the trouble, I think a lot of it is about the pleasures of creativity and magical illusions (similar to the appeal of stage sets and dioramas).
If you can afford it, I don't see why not, but you might regret it when you suffer the inevitable "fan fatigue".
When augmented reality technology becomes a thing, this whole question may become moot.
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I remember seeing an interview with this lady that was a lawyer that liked to don a TNG style uniform outside of work.. I don't think her employers would have approved of her doing it in business hours but she enjoyed Trek outside of defending bozos in court.
I like your reasoning and you do bring up some interesting points. However, just to be curmudgeon about it, I guess, I disagree that someone's having resources implies, or suggests, that they are more Down to Earth, in some way. In the USA, the wealthy are often embarassingly out of touch with Reality ... when they try discussing politics, for example ...
I could see having a TV room decked out to look like Trek.
Oh yeah...Trek bridges practically are TV rooms.
Also, wouldn't a Trek bridge simulator be awesome for team building exercises for engineers?
