What about age?

[Melakon]

Shapeshifter, I don't think anyone was offended by what you said.

When I was first watching Trek in the 1960s, I didn't know of anyone in my high school who was watching the show. So I can imagine how isolating it can feel when you love it. Most of us here are addicted to it, or we wouldn't be here.

 

[Commishsleer]

Shapeshifter, I don't think anyone was offended by what you said.

When I was first watching Trek in the 1960s, I didn't know of anyone in my high school who was watching the show. So I can imagine how isolating it can feel when you love it. Most of us here are addicted to it, or we wouldn't be here.

Same here.
I never met another Star Trek fan until I was in my 20s.

 

[Inactive-Shapeshifter]

Shapeshifter, I don't think anyone was offended by what you said.

When I was first watching Trek in the 1960s, I didn't know of anyone in my high school who was watching the show. So I can imagine how isolating it can feel when you love it. Most of us here are addicted to it, or we wouldn't be here.

Same here.
I never met another Star Trek fan until I was in my 20s.

Wow! Nice to see i'm not alone I must say i have 2 friends that actually like the show, one of them likes Star Wars more (but at least know both things) and other one that i made watch the original series and he liked it. He's watching TNG now, in the 3 season i think.

And i have a philosophy and history teachers that are fans too, what make things a little less isolating.

 

[Bry_Sinclair]

I'm 32 and proudly state that I am a geek for pretty much anything sci-fi.

 

[BillJ]

My fear trough, is that the franchise may be dying...

People have been writing eulogies for Star Trek since June of 1969. I have a feeling it will be around a while longer.

 

[Melakon]

When I was in my 30s, I had a little 6" plastic TOS Enteprise model sitting on my desk at work. Next Generation was running by that time, and I was surprised when someone walking by recognized it. She was such a fan, she'd start telling me about that week's TNG episode before I had a chance to see it on the weekend replay. That was when she saw "Who Watches the Watchers?"

 

[Deks]

I'm 29, and let me tell you, I find the older I get the less tolerance I have for complicated storytelling. Mind you, I haven't sunk to the level of being entertained by Michael Bay's Transformers, but sometimes simplistic is better.

Of course, my main beef is all these shows which try to go for complex involved multi-year story arcs. But there you are.

31 here and I cannot really stand simplistic storytelling any more.
Trek was good when it was actually trying to be more complex and compelling... it's how you get people to think in the first place.

The more Trek we got... the dumber/simplistic it got.
DS9 almost embodied simplicity to the point of discarding the credibility that it was supposed to be the future with fundamentally different perceptions/ways of life, and technology we could hardly fathom... and yet, we got the same old garbage... catering to outdated misguided social constructs which only left room for further chaos and stupidity.
Mind you, Ds9 was mildly entertaining for me to watch simply because it was Trek... but to me, it really fell short.

A lot of scifi which seemingly has a setting in the future falls flat on its face in terms of credibility when you take into account that its a slightly more 'advanced' culture... but with utterly identical attitudes and social constructs - which is downright insane as well.

These people evidently have no way of telling compelling stories that might be set in the future... instead, they project worst-case scenarios and feed this to the general public (which in turn goes on to apply those constructs/fears onto our own future).
I'm personally sick of it.
There's very little of scifi I find compelling these days... if any to be honest.

 

[Inactive-Shapeshifter]

I love DS9...

 

[bbjeg]

^I thought DS9 was up there too but TNG will always hold as my #1.

I like the Star Wars movies. All three of them.

I bet you'll be in line to see Episode 7 with everyone else.

Oh, and welcome aboard Shapeshifter.

 

[JirinPanthosa]

There's nothing wrong with complex storytelling, and there's nothing wrong with explosion based storytelling.

Just, if you have a franchise based on complex storytelling, you should never change it to having explosion based storytelling.

I'm a fan of Star Trek, Star Wars original trilogy, and O'Neall era Stargate but not Farscape just because I feel the writing in Farscape is hacky.

And I love both TNG and DS9, but out of the two DS9 definitely has the more complicated themes. Also I don't think DS9 rejects idealism. The characters of DS9 still hold the same principles as the TNG characters, they are just pit up against more enemies those principles don't hold up to. Even Quark was rather idealistic when it came to matters of life and death.

 

[-Brett-]

Hello fellow trekkers, i am a big star trek fan and i have 16 years old. Most of my colleagues are just mindless explosion-liker star wars fans (with a few exceptions).

So, i was wondering if there are other people with my age that still uses the mind and can understand the complexity of GOOD series like Star Trek, Stargate or Babylon 5...

Yep. Everyone who doesn't like what you like is stupid.

You'll make a lot of friends, I'm sure.

 

[Enterprise1701]

I'm 18 and while I like things like Star Wars, I like things like Star Trek distinctly more.

 

[RandyS]

Sorry people, i did not mean to start a war here... Sorry

I know it is good to have different tastes and series to like and everything. I may have expressed myself a little wrong there, it was in part a outburst.

It is just that i have noticed little interest in general sci-fi those last years of mankind, most people (here were i am) think that sci-fi is Star Wars and that's all... They don't even bother in knowing new series and stuff... That's very disappointing for one that is a sci-fi fan since 6 years old and is in the middle of teenage.

Again, sorry if i have offended somebody.

By the way, wen i say Stargate i'm referring to SG-1 and Atlantis, especially Atlantis (my favorite)

I don't see that you've offended anybody, and I see no war either.

 

[Inactive-Shapeshifter]

Hello fellow trekkers, i am a big star trek fan and i have 16 years old. Most of my colleagues are just mindless explosion-liker star wars fans (with a few exceptions).

So, i was wondering if there are other people with my age that still uses the mind and can understand the complexity of GOOD series like Star Trek, Stargate or Babylon 5...

Yep. Everyone who doesn't like what you like is stupid.

You'll make a lot of friends, I'm sure.

Do i have to say "sorry it was a outburst" for the 3 time?

 

[BillJ]

Hello fellow trekkers, i am a big star trek fan and i have 16 years old. Most of my colleagues are just mindless explosion-liker star wars fans (with a few exceptions).

So, i was wondering if there are other people with my age that still uses the mind and can understand the complexity of GOOD series like Star Trek, Stargate or Babylon 5...

Yep. Everyone who doesn't like what you like is stupid.

You'll make a lot of friends, I'm sure.

Do i have to say "sorry it was a outburst" for the 3 time?

Sometimes people don't read a whole thread before responding. Best to just let it go.

 

[OpenMaw]

I like the Star Wars movies. All three of them.

Ba-dm-tshhhhhh... Nicely played.


I think it's safe to say that Trek fans, like any group really, embody the idea of the IDIC. Old, young, man, woman, religious, atheist, gay, straight, left, right, center...

For me I am 26, been a fan of Trek since I was four. Watched the TNG mega/marathons on local TV back in the 90s. The first piece of Trek I saw was the longer cut of the Motion Picture on VHS (with those incomplete visual effects sequence and everything.)

I think the best of Trek strikes the balance between having heart and intelligence, and takes itself seriously without becoming pompous. Some of my favorite original series episodes have that right mixture. They treat the situation as if it is something really happening, but the story is layered with wit, character, excitement, and energy.

 

[maneth]

I'm 43 and I've been a fan since I was 12, watching reruns of TOS.

 

[C.E. Evans]

I'm 43 and my tastes range from 2001: A Space Odyssey to Elvira: Mistress of the Dark. I can watch a performance of Henry V and then enjoy an episode of Power Rangers afterward. I can love a story with non-stop action and explosions as much as one with just measured character interplay. It's not so much an issue of age but what just works for you. Tastes can vary and change for people over time. Things you loved years ago, you may not so much now. Stuff you passed over now, you may rediscover and develop an appreciation for later. People are funny that way.

I was never one to put Trek (or anything) on a high pedestal because if I look closely, I can see the cracks in it. Conversely, I also was never one to put down something that wasn't my cup of tea or the people who liked them (I've seen the latter happen).

 

[Commishsleer]

I was watching Swiss Family Robinson (1960 version) with my 5 year old tonight and she wanted to turn it off because she didn't like the old 'graphics'. (Actually she ended up really enjoying it).

Hooray for a 16 year old who is prepared to watch a TV show older than themselves. My kids aren't willing to.

 

[NOVE9]

I'm 27, I've been a fan ever since i saw a TNG episode late one night when I was 4/5 (second season i think). When I started highschool i got my best mate into it starting with voyager then TNG, DS9 and ENT. Still friends talking trek everyone now and then.