Saturday, March 24, 2007
ARE YOU KIDDING ME!? (Part 2)
Let's not forget about quite possibly the most creepy part of the documentary, our female(?) friend that liked to dress as a particular female character on the show. We put the question mark after the aforementioned female because it was quite clear, this was a man. Now, we can understand having a liking to the show or even a certain role on the show, but again we say, "ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!" It was hard to take this portion seriously as we were uncontrollably laughing, that we missed the explanation as to why he/she was singing randomly in the middle of it's(???) interview. Not only are the followers of Star Trek interested, but they go one step further and bring their entire families into their Trek land. And sadly, more often than not, the family members have no choice in this matter, as they are babies and small children. Oh, and we must mention the dog. Yes, that's right, even man's best friend has been converted to Trekkie-ism. Throughout the documentary, the camera crews interviewed couples and individuals about their fascination with the show and surrounding them was their children and pets, fully dressed in Star Trek apparell. And Trekkies come in all shapes, sizes, ages and genders, etc. One spotlighted Trekkie was a 14-year old boy named Gabriel. This boy who at the age of 14 should not be nearly as obsessed with anything as he is with Star Trek, has tailor-made costumes made for him to travel to conventions with his pot-smoking pappa (he admitted to it, we're not judging). He aspires to inherit his sweet van/truck/vehicle of some sort that is personalized and very Star Trekish. He really looks forward to it, but after all who wouldn't? Oh yea...that's right, not us! To Gabriel, we must say once more, "ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!" Wow, has got to be the only thing we could say at the conclusion of the documentary. Thank you so much Andrew Rudd, for exposing us to the world of Star Trek. And we must also thank our parents and say "Thank you Mommy and Daddy for not being Trekkies." =)
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Hey KY!! you know.. i remember this crazy day of class... laughing so hard we cried because the "trekkies" were so incredibly strange!!
I'm not even going to mention the singing ones.... :) Occasionally the trekkies still pop into my mind and it brings a huge smile to my face. However, I have noticed more and more myself being like a "trekkie." NOW DONT WORRY... i really hate starwars/startrek and all that stuff.. but I feel like a music "trekkie."
When I think about it... I know a LOT of different songs and I know the words to each of the songs and the song titles and artists... think about it.. we even go to see these artists in concert! We call artists by their first names as if we know them, we wear them on t-shirts, we put their pictures up in our room, cars, and yet... we don't think that our parasocial relationships are strange at all. Maybe others think we are "strange" because we do this... I have come to see the big picture when it comes to the real meaning behind "trekkies." We all are a trekkie in some way, shape, or form, it just depends what you are a loyal fan of.
Now.. some of us don't quite go as overboard as the trekkies on the video did, but at least they are able to be loyal fans... strange or not.
see ya!!
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