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Star Trek XIII and my memories of Star Trek
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Hope you enjoy it.
I did enjoy it. I applaud you for admitting that you don't feel worthy of the franchise, because you are not intelligent. My applause are not because I agree with you, from what I have seen--I don't--but to put that on Youtube and this site, must have been a little scary. You are worthy of Trek. You don't have to have read Dickens to have a sense of wonder about what we find in space, imagine what it is like to live in this Utopia. It deepens the material, don't get me wrong, but just enjoy it. Don't let that little voice tell you that Trek is too cerebral for you to enjoy. It is a television show. If you wanted to be an ACTUAL astronaut, I might caution you. But the truth is, this stranger from around the globe, thinks you can get multiple things out of this creation of Gene Roddenberry's. And I want you to read what is next, because as you shared, I started thinking about the following. You inspired me to share this.
My memories around Star Trek, focus primarily around my family. I hid it from friends, when I was in grade school, for fear that I would be teased. But when I got home...it was almost exclusively re-runs of Trek. Yes, that meant VHS tapes and figurines, re-runs on television, and posters on the wall. We loved Ninja Turtles and NBA basketball, Back to the Future and Star Wars, but Star Trek was the holy grail--it brought all three (or four, depending on the year and my parents' divorce) of us together. This continued into adulthood. My basketball fandom, especially for the Detroit Pistons, would take precedence, in my life's hobbies, but we still went with my late father to see Star Trek: Nemesis and discuss it over dinner at a Buffet later in the day. I said I was done with the Next Generation and wanted Star Trek, under Rick Berman, to die. I got my wish. Now, I wish I hadn't
I don't display any paraphernalia from my childhood obsession with Worf (as a teen, I wanted to have duty and honor). I don't have anything to display of my brother's obsession, like his life-size picture of William Shatner with a Phaser Rifle from the first episode (Where No Man Has Gone Before). I know the names of the episodes from the Star Trek anthology books we acquired, and we would sit up, late into the night, ranking our favorites of Next Generation (Best of Both Worlds usually won out for best, Sub Rosa for worst).
But sitting the "museum" of my life--knickknacks from accomplishments--is my favorite Star Trek mug. It's from your favorite movie--Star Trek III--with the Enterprise-refit on one side, the Klingon Bird-of-Prey on the other. My Maternal Grandmother would break the handle when I was 10, during a cleaning spree to help my mother handle the chores at the house. I was FURIOUS for YEARS that she did that. lol. It was an accident, but it gives me a story about forgiveness, and about my Grandmother, who has been gone about 15 years now. That is the only thing Trek, in my room, besides the media collection on my Amazon Prime account, accessed through a Fire Stick, and the Next Generation movies that never quite made it back to the living room when I pulled them off the shelf to watch Insurrection, about 3 months ago.
Star Trek, to me, is message boards on the internet, head space in my brain, and on the television with moving pictures. It is not conventions and posters. All that survives from my Pistons days, is the framed copy of the starting five from the 2003-04 NBA title, and the mug with all the playoff dates, and scores, on them. I prefer to display sail ships, which are a reference to my past, the first apartment with my brother, and dreams (listen to "The River" by Garth Brooks). I prefer pictures of art that relaxed me at one time or another. I prefer to decorate in candles. I don't wear logos on my shirt because I am not a billboard. That's just how I live my life. So, for Star Trek to have a mug, in my apartment, it's quite the big deal.
Star Trek: Generations would be my first experience in the movie theater. I like, but don't love, the film.I agree with you that The Motion Picture is a gem, one that not everyone likes, but that just leaves more for me! I hope you continue to do these videos and share. This was enjoyable, taking a walk down memory lane.
Take care.
My memories around Star Trek, focus primarily around my family. I hid it from friends, when I was in grade school, for fear that I would be teased. But when I got home...it was almost exclusively re-runs of Trek. Yes, that meant VHS tapes and figurines, re-runs on television, and posters on the wall. We loved Ninja Turtles and NBA basketball, Back to the Future and Star Wars, but Star Trek was the holy grail--it brought all three (or four, depending on the year and my parents' divorce) of us together. This continued into adulthood. My basketball fandom, especially for the Detroit Pistons, would take precedence, in my life's hobbies, but we still went with my late father to see Star Trek: Nemesis and discuss it over dinner at a Buffet later in the day. I said I was done with the Next Generation and wanted Star Trek, under Rick Berman, to die. I got my wish. Now, I wish I hadn't
I don't display any paraphernalia from my childhood obsession with Worf (as a teen, I wanted to have duty and honor). I don't have anything to display of my brother's obsession, like his life-size picture of William Shatner with a Phaser Rifle from the first episode (Where No Man Has Gone Before). I know the names of the episodes from the Star Trek anthology books we acquired, and we would sit up, late into the night, ranking our favorites of Next Generation (Best of Both Worlds usually won out for best, Sub Rosa for worst).
But sitting the "museum" of my life--knickknacks from accomplishments--is my favorite Star Trek mug. It's from your favorite movie--Star Trek III--with the Enterprise-refit on one side, the Klingon Bird-of-Prey on the other. My Maternal Grandmother would break the handle when I was 10, during a cleaning spree to help my mother handle the chores at the house. I was FURIOUS for YEARS that she did that. lol. It was an accident, but it gives me a story about forgiveness, and about my Grandmother, who has been gone about 15 years now. That is the only thing Trek, in my room, besides the media collection on my Amazon Prime account, accessed through a Fire Stick, and the Next Generation movies that never quite made it back to the living room when I pulled them off the shelf to watch Insurrection, about 3 months ago.
Star Trek, to me, is message boards on the internet, head space in my brain, and on the television with moving pictures. It is not conventions and posters. All that survives from my Pistons days, is the framed copy of the starting five from the 2003-04 NBA title, and the mug with all the playoff dates, and scores, on them. I prefer to display sail ships, which are a reference to my past, the first apartment with my brother, and dreams (listen to "The River" by Garth Brooks). I prefer pictures of art that relaxed me at one time or another. I prefer to decorate in candles. I don't wear logos on my shirt because I am not a billboard. That's just how I live my life. So, for Star Trek to have a mug, in my apartment, it's quite the big deal.
Star Trek: Generations would be my first experience in the movie theater. I like, but don't love, the film.I agree with you that The Motion Picture is a gem, one that not everyone likes, but that just leaves more for me! I hope you continue to do these videos and share. This was enjoyable, taking a walk down memory lane.
Take care.
Thank you very much for that nice thoughtful reply, it was very cool to read your memories as well, I'm always fascinated what people what people pick up on or mention if they watch or listen to something I have done, even years ago I've always loved hearing people memories about things especially movies but just generally I love the details and things that people remember.
I've always been a fan of anything space related and fantasy movies and such, usually I'd watch Krull or Hawk the Slayer or something and you pretty much got exactly what it said on the tin, Star Trek just seemed so vast and complicated, and I always felt like I was missing something I should know about, it's like the basis for an episode of Seinfeld or something.
Better late than never I guess, at least I've got a lot of Star Trek to watch now, thanks again for the reply.
I've always been a fan of anything space related and fantasy movies and such, usually I'd watch Krull or Hawk the Slayer or something and you pretty much got exactly what it said on the tin, Star Trek just seemed so vast and complicated, and I always felt like I was missing something I should know about, it's like the basis for an episode of Seinfeld or something.
Better late than never I guess, at least I've got a lot of Star Trek to watch now, thanks again for the reply.
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