I was about twelve and was interested in sci-fi stuff (Animorphs, etc.) from childhood. I watched an episode of TNG and the rest is history.
What brought you to Trek?
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I was a Trekkie from about age 2. My Dad made sure that he was in front of a tv when TNG first aired (he loved TOS as a kid) and he sat me on his lap. I can't tell you the first episode I remember but I do remember that while everyone else in kindergarten was Wolverine or Spiderman or something, I was always Lt. Commander Worf.
It got me interested in space, and with members of my family as other sources of inspiration got me into making stories which for now is an enjoyable past time and maybe one day will become a profession.
It got me interested in space, and with members of my family as other sources of inspiration got me into making stories which for now is an enjoyable past time and maybe one day will become a profession.
Mom.
Seriously. I was, like, a month old when TNG came out. To me, Star Trek was just one of those fundamental realities of life, like Sesame Street and Jesus. I didn't actually give it much thought until I went to see Star Trek V in theaters, at which time I suddenly realized "Dude, hey, there's an entire franchise behind this thing!" Or maybe that just had to do with me finally being old enough to appreciate some of the subtleties of the Trekiverse beyond the simplistic drooling over Kewl Spaceships and photon torpedoes.
My parents were Star Trek fans
I've always loved both science and science fiction and as a kid wanted to be an astronaut. When I was about 8 years old, my mom told me there was going to be a "space series" on the tv on Saturdays and that I might want to check it out. It was TOS, and I watched Where No Man Has Gone Before and was hooked.
I think it was back in the 90s when TNG and DS9 aired on Finnish television. Nothing particular about how I came to like Trek, I guess. I just did. Then, of course, there is the whole escapism factor that's really a big part of my personality and has made me into a fan.
Can't remember how young I was but young enough so that I was still playing with matchbox cars, my future brother in law was watching it on the tv when he was waiting for my sister to get ready, I looked up in time to see Worf plant a sword into Duras chest as Riker is screaming for him to stop....it went from there...
Went away from it for a few years during secondary school now have gone back to watching/reading it in college, no better form of escapism, at the moment anything that doesn't use the words "economic crises/in this economy/recession/depression/being fucked in the ass by bankers" is good for me!
Went away from it for a few years during secondary school now have gone back to watching/reading it in college, no better form of escapism, at the moment anything that doesn't use the words "economic crises/in this economy/recession/depression/being fucked in the ass by bankers" is good for me!
It was the Monsters!
I was there bouncing and impatient when the first episode aired. From TV Guide and promos, I knew there would be a monster in that first episode, so I HAD to see it! I was already a huge fan of Outer Limits, I'd outgrown Lost in Space ages ago and watched Dark Shadows religiously.
I was completely hooked with that first viewing.
Star Trek became a pillar of my existence for many, many years. (Growing up as a monster movie fan and an SF geek in West Virginia in those days was intimidating and lonely.)
Now it's all gone.
buggers.
I was there bouncing and impatient when the first episode aired. From TV Guide and promos, I knew there would be a monster in that first episode, so I HAD to see it! I was already a huge fan of Outer Limits, I'd outgrown Lost in Space ages ago and watched Dark Shadows religiously.
I was completely hooked with that first viewing.
Star Trek became a pillar of my existence for many, many years. (Growing up as a monster movie fan and an SF geek in West Virginia in those days was intimidating and lonely.)
Now it's all gone.
buggers.
I was hooked on SF after seeing Star Wars, and was working my way through all the books I could find at the library, but really wanted a visual experience beyond books. I decided to give Star Trek another chance (previously when I had tried to watch, I ended up with the dreaded space hippies of "Way to Eden") and was hooked.
My dad, uncles, and grandfather all watched it in the early 70's, in reruns, and I got hooked. I also remember how excited I was when TMP came out in the theaters. I got into building models because of the show and Star Wars. Where as SW was more pure entertainment and cool stuff blowing up, Trek always sort of forced me to think. It also seemed sort of relevant in that the space race was coming to an end, the shuttle being developed, and Star Trek seemed like a possible future for us at some point in time.
As a child, I loved anything to do with outer space. "Star Trek" fell in line with that interest. I began watching around 1967, at age 7.
I used to have a teenage babysitter who would invite her friends over and watched TOS reruns. I was too young to understand many of the stories and some of the cheesiest aliens seemed scary then. My babysitter provided my first experience with Trekkies, even though I didn't know it then.
Later, I watched some of TNG as it was originally airing because it came on at a time when my parents were not home and I was rebellious in breaking our no-unsupervised-TV rule (I know, I'm such a nerd!). I agree with a previous post that geeks just gravitate toward Star Trek. It's inevitable.
Later, I watched some of TNG as it was originally airing because it came on at a time when my parents were not home and I was rebellious in breaking our no-unsupervised-TV rule (I know, I'm such a nerd!). I agree with a previous post that geeks just gravitate toward Star Trek. It's inevitable.
I grew up on TNG, but I have really stuck with the sci fi genre because its a testament to the imagination, and a declaration that anything is possible. I have always been intrigued with space, and love imagining what else is out there...because I know there could be anything. Im also a nerd and love science in general, extradimensions, string theories, physics..
My favorite has been Farscape recently because I love the creativity put into the various makeup and costumes of the different aliens species, but Brian Henson is the shit so what can I say! As far as Star Trek, the good acting and creative storylines involving other worlds and entities have always kept my attention and I've been able to see through the occasional cheese and bad hairdos :P
My favorite has been Farscape recently because I love the creativity put into the various makeup and costumes of the different aliens species, but Brian Henson is the shit so what can I say! As far as Star Trek, the good acting and creative storylines involving other worlds and entities have always kept my attention and I've been able to see through the occasional cheese and bad hairdos :P
Well, hmm, i remember watching Voyager on bcc when it was new, definatley from season 4 at least because i remember seven in there. i was about 5 when season 4 came out. I only properly started liking it like i do now about 5 years ago, we moved house and i found my dads old AMT enterprise model kit. So i taped it back together and started playing with it! Somehow, after not seeing an episode of star trek in years, i somehow knew loads about it (Nothing like i know now!!) like spock and kirk, when i had never seen TOS at that point! So then i found Voyager on Sky 1 after school, and i watched all seven series of voyager on tv, the only episode i missed was part 1 of "Workforce" Since then, every moment i get i want to learn something new about trek. I am mainly interested in the ships, but i think i know everything there is to know! well, thats how i got into trek.
(also, i had a micro machines Enterprise B that i played with years before!)
(also, i had a micro machines Enterprise B that i played with years before!)
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