Trek Misconceptions You Had

[Nardpuncher]

I saw Star Trek III: The Search for Spock in 1984 when I was 10 because a friend took me.
I thought for some reason that the movie was set at the end of the 27th century.
Not a biggie but I've been a fan for a long time.

Are they any things you thought about Trek that you later found out were incorrect?

 

[Diddle]

I thought DS9 was bad.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

I thought Trekkies were openminded - but that was in the 1970s, long ago.

 

[sbk1234]

I thought getting into fandom would help me meet girls.

 

[scotpens]

When I first heard the word "phaser," I thought it was spelled "fazer," as in "It barely fazed him" — I suppose because the weapons could be set to stun without causing permanent injury.

I thought George Takei's last name was pronounced something like "tacky."

 

[Arpy]

I thought Trekkies were openminded - but that was in the 1970s, long ago.

I thought they were nicer.

Even before "meeting" so many on the interweb, I remember going to a Trek convention when I was a kid and met this one vendor with a worse disposition than a Ferengi. ...He got his, I regret to say, but the experience has stayed with me.

I also thought they were more reasonable and less politically extremist, but they appear to be no less so than any cross section you meet at a bar.

Show-wise, I used to think names like "Jean-Luc Picard" and "Geordi LaForge" were weird futuristic ones, rather than French, and that names like "William T. Riker" were archaic ones given by history-loving parents.

I also used to think that Troi's hairdo from Season 1 was a horn or part of her head, like on a Parasaur http://images.google.com/images?hl=...al&q=parasaurus&oq=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi

 

[RandyS]

I thought getting into fandom would help me meet girls.

I thought ENTERPRISE was shit, but I eventually warmed to it.
Except for Trip. Still hate his guts. And the Xindi season. Waste, waste, waste.

 

[maneth]

I thought Seven's character was a waste of space, there just to please the young male demographic much beloved by advertisers. Imagine my surprise when she's about the only one besides the Doctor that gets decent character development on Voyager.

I thought there was no way a prequel would work. Turns out ENT is my favorite Trek show...

 

[Admiral Shran]

I used to think the character of Dax was awful. Boy was I surprised when they finally made her good in DS9's seventh season.

 

[Joel_Kirk]

I thought Trekkies were openminded - but that was in the 1970s, long ago.

I thought that too...before the internet was a common thing.

 

[Nardpuncher]

I thought Trekkies were openminded - but that was in the 1970s, long ago.

I thought they were nicer.

Even before "meeting" so many on the interweb, I remember going to a Trek convention when I was a kid and met this one vendor with a worse disposition than a Ferengi. ...He got his, I regret to say, but the experience has stayed with me.

I also thought they were more reasonable and less politically extremist, but they appear to be no less so than any cross section you meet at a bar.

I hear you.
It's great how spot on the Comic Book Guy from The Simpsons is.

 

[Finn]

I thought getting into fandom would help me meet girls.

It worked for some posters here

 

[Finn]

When I was a young boy, I didn't watch TNG that much until the fifth season. But I had thought the Enterprise had two first officers (the clean shaven guy and the bearded guy). I'm not counting those who had the spot briefly like Data or Shelby.

 

[milo bloom]

I used to think the character of Dax was awful. Boy was I surprised when they finally made her good in DS9's seventh season.

My variant of that: I used to think Dax was a great character for six seasons, then in the seventh season I realized it hadn't been until the 7th season.

 

[T'Girl]

I thought Trekkies were openminded - but that was in the 1970s, long ago.

I thought they were nicer.

Even before "meeting" so many on the interweb, I remember going to a Trek convention when I was a kid and met this one vendor with a worse disposition than a Ferengi. ...He got his, I regret to say, but the experience has stayed with me.

I also thought they were more reasonable and less politically extremist, but they appear to be no less so than any cross section you meet at a bar.

I hear you.
It's great how spot on the Comic Book Guy from The Simpsons is.

My father speaks of the mid seventies as the golden age of Trek fandom, the first conventions. I've been going to conventions, in costume, since before I could walk. Most of the fans are very nice, the not nice ones won't put on a costume, ears and make-up or refer to themselves only by their in-universe persona. Waiting in line for autographs you will occasionally meet a terrorist.

I use to think that the reason the Enterprise didn't land on planets is because it was as big as the planet. When you saw it in orbit it certainly looked as big.

 

[RandyS]

I thought Trekkies were openminded - but that was in the 1970s, long ago.

I thought they were nicer.

Even before "meeting" so many on the interweb, I remember going to a Trek convention when I was a kid and met this one vendor with a worse disposition than a Ferengi. ...He got his, I regret to say, but the experience has stayed with me.

I also thought they were more reasonable and less politically extremist, but they appear to be no less so than any cross section you meet at a bar.

I hear you.
It's great how spot on the Comic Book Guy from The Simpsons is.

That character is a negative stereotype, and easily the worst part of the Simpsons. Humor is one thing, but that's just embarasing.

 

[Navaros]

When I was a kid watching the TOS movies in the theatres, I was extremely annoyed at the experience because I thought they had recast Shatner with another actor. I couldn't understand why all my favorite actors from the show were in the movie(s), but not the main guy. I didn't enjoy seeing him replaced with a pudgy, much less-handsome and much less-interesting man than his TOS counterpart was.

 

[scotpens]

. . . I couldn't understand why all my favorite actors from the show were in the movie(s), but not the main guy. I didn't enjoy seeing him replaced with a pudgy, much less-handsome and much less-interesting man than his TOS counterpart was.

And wearing a much worse toupee.

 

[ndcarlin]

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I hear you.
It's great how spot on the Comic Book Guy from The Simpsons is.[/QUOTE]

That character is a negative stereotype, and easily the worst part of the Simpsons. Humor is one thing, but that's just embarasing.[/QUOTE]

Stereotypes exist for a reason. There's a kernel of truth in most. That's what makes them different from lies.

 

[Withers]

It isn't really a big one but after seeing Emissary the first time I didn't see it again until well after the show had ended. I thought during that whole time they had swapped the actress who played Kira in between episode one and two. Turns out it was just her hair that changed.

I thought Trekkies were openminded - but that was in the 1970s, long ago.

Ouch buddy. I've swallowed everything produced since then in terms of Trek... do I have to literally cut my skull open to earn any sort of good will? Sheesh.


-Withers-​