Where do you fit in the demographics?

[perigee]

OK - I've been here for a while now, and I'm trying to get a handle on the age demographic here at TrekBBS.

We Trekkies have always been a group-onto-ourselves, and it seems that, in many of the threads I'm personally drawn to reading, the expectations and hopes for future franchise projects tend to suggest a canyon between the TrekBBS population's hopes and the rational course that the actual production companies involved with the Star Trek franchise is likely to take in order to keep the franchise financially sound.

So, just for giggles and a bit of enlightenment, lets see where we all fit on the timeline.

 

[M'Sharak]

I watched the Original Series on the original run on NBC.

There are also some younger folks around.

 

[JustKate]

^ Me, too (I was 8, I think, when the show premiered). And there are definitely some younger folks around!

 

[Thor Damar]

In a month or so I'll fit into the 26-32 range (which might be a Niner average) so that's what I went for in the poll and I started my journey into treksville during season one of DS9.
I think, therefore, that I was about 10 give or take a few months.

 

[Count Zero]

I watched TOS in repeats around 1987 on German television. I remember going as Spock to the school carnivale party in early 1988. I was in 1st grade then. This was in the GDR and no one recognised who I was supposed to be. When I told them they didn't kno the show. I remember thinking to myself, "How can anyone not know Star Trek?". Well, I guess, all their claims of how much West German TV they watched were all wrong...

 

[RandyS]

I was born in 1970. I missed TOS's original run, but have been there for everything else. I was 3 when TAS came out, and even though I don't remember this, my mom insisted I watched it faithfully every week and the reruns of TOS that were on the same channel at that time, every day. I would point to the TV and say "Spock!" every time he would come on. Apparently I did that for both shows, either live action or animated. My mom thought that was funny.

 

[Anji]

My dad and I watched it during it's original run in 1966...and my family's been watching ever since.

 

[lceb]

I watched during the first run...it really was a long time ago..

 

[Islander]

I was born in 75 so I didn't see TOS live but I did get the reruns pretty early on and I remember WOK/SFS in theater. But I trully hooked on with TNG in late grade school and all throughout high school. I actually learned English watching Trek.

 

[miraclefan]

Born in 86, so that makes me 23! I noticed nobody voted under 18, not a good sign for trek.

 

[C.E. Evans]

I grew up watching TOS reruns on my local independent station, but TNG was the first series I watched during its original run.

Technically, though, I'm probably more of an original movie-era kid...

 

[Bisz]

I'm 26.

I watched TNG as a wee little boy in Poland, every Friday, loved it.

 

[RyuRoots]

20, soon to be 21. I've only really gotten into Star Trek in the last year or so, but I really love the franchise (mostly the 24th century stuff tho).

 

[Kirk's_Tights]

My age apparently doesn't exist.

When did we start skipping 25?

 

[KimMH]

Born in 86, so that makes me 23! I noticed nobody voted under 18, not a good sign for trek.

I think they're all on twitter or facebook or myspace. I hear there are fairly healthy-sized Trek groups there. Trekness that leads to posting on Trek Boards may require time to percolate and grow up a little - so to speak

 

[Thor Damar]

My age apparently doesn't exist.

When did we start skipping 25?

We exist in our own Space Time continuum of course.

 

[JustKate]

^ Wow. A real time warp! Never thought I would get to see one of those.

 

[Rackon]

Old timer here, who watched the first airing of the first episode of TOS in 1966 - age 13 at the time.

My mom, god rest her soul, liked it too. We were both smitten with Spock, and we both read lots of sci-fi and fantasy (as well as classic literature and mysteries). But after anthology shows like Outer Limits left the air, there wasn't much for SF fans on television.

So I was delighted to discover a SF series for adults on network TV. In those troubled times, it was an act of faith to represent that many races and nations could work together for the betterment of mankind. Bless GR. That vibe cannot be underestimated today. And like the classic Forbidden Planet, the Star Fleet/Federation world seemed highly plausible with its space fleet. I don't think it hurt a bit that I was also a fan of Napoleonic RN novels, such as the Hornblower series. I see a lot of Hornblower (and a bit of Aubrey/Maturin later on) in Star Trek.

I absolutely hated Lost In Space (although as a child, I'd enjoyed the "Space Family Robinson comics the show was based on, which were quite different from the T show).

TOS characters remain my favorites to this day. I followed TNG and DS9 on and off, and found parts of Enterprise very intereting, and was ultimately disappointed in some of the writing. I grew very annoyed at what some TBG/E writers foisted onto my beloved Viulcans.

I'm also one of those TOS fans who loved XI, depsite its flaws, because what it does well it does so superbly well. And...well...it was FUN. And gorgeous. And fresh. And the young actors are wonderfully well cast, give outstanding performances and are - how shall I say this - SEXY as hell. Can't wait to see what the do with the next ones.

 

[Rackon]

I'd also add that many folks in my age group (over 50) simply don't hang out at trekforums.

Every time I've seen XI, I've been surprised at the number of high schoolers and college age folks who really like the movie. Abrams and Paramount hit their goals.

 

[Islander]

Born in 86, so that makes me 23! I noticed nobody voted under 18, not a good sign for trek.

I think they're all on twitter or facebook or myspace. I hear there are fairly healthy-sized Trek groups there. Trekness that leads to posting on Trek Boards may require time to percolate and grow up a little - so to speak

Maybe they're still at school where they don't have Internet access unlike us older slackers bbsing from work!