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walbournI'm obviously a Trek-fan. I've watched all the series, all the movies, read tons of the novels, you name it. My mother was a fan of the classic series, and my brother and I were both raised on it.
While I can't name episode title and original airdates, I can summarize the plot after watching about 10-30 seconds of any eps of ST:TNG, DS9, and much of Voyager--and I can usually guess the season. I don't have Spock ears, a phaser, a tricorder, or other memorabilia, but I did read all the James Blish novelizations of the original series and even the very first Trek-inspired novel, Spock Must Die. When the Austin UPN affiliate lost their license just as Season 7 of Voyager premiered, I downloaded every eps from Usenet (usually in 200+ parts) and burned VCDs so I could watch them. At the same time, I'm a little embarrassed by the rabid fans at times and would rather be beamed into space on wide dispersion than listen to Klingon filk. *shiver*
With all that said, the movie Free Enterprise definitely spoke to the fan in me. The movie is basically about two guys whose entire childhoods were spent absorbing 60s & 70s sci-fi pop-culture, which does not serve them well in adulthood as a model for happiness. The kicker is that William Shatner plays himself in the movie, first as their imaginary childhood friend, then later as a himself when they bump into him in a LA bookstore browsing porn magazines. The movie is full of references to Logan's run, classic Trek, comic-books, and obsessive fandom in general. At it's heart, Free Enterprise is about their love lives and their attempt to maintain both their childhood enthusiasm for dreaming big and their priorities (namely spending rent money on a Mighty Isis figurine or a hardback issue of Sandman), while being pressured into actually be responsible.
It was on sci-fi channel a while back, but the movie is probably better without basic cable censorship as I think we missed a number of great lines due to 'beep' edits.
Oh, and apparently there is a Free Enterprise 2 in the works...
While I can't name episode title and original airdates, I can summarize the plot after watching about 10-30 seconds of any eps of ST:TNG, DS9, and much of Voyager--and I can usually guess the season. I don't have Spock ears, a phaser, a tricorder, or other memorabilia, but I did read all the James Blish novelizations of the original series and even the very first Trek-inspired novel, Spock Must Die. When the Austin UPN affiliate lost their license just as Season 7 of Voyager premiered, I downloaded every eps from Usenet (usually in 200+ parts) and burned VCDs so I could watch them. At the same time, I'm a little embarrassed by the rabid fans at times and would rather be beamed into space on wide dispersion than listen to Klingon filk. *shiver*
With all that said, the movie Free Enterprise definitely spoke to the fan in me. The movie is basically about two guys whose entire childhoods were spent absorbing 60s & 70s sci-fi pop-culture, which does not serve them well in adulthood as a model for happiness. The kicker is that William Shatner plays himself in the movie, first as their imaginary childhood friend, then later as a himself when they bump into him in a LA bookstore browsing porn magazines. The movie is full of references to Logan's run, classic Trek, comic-books, and obsessive fandom in general. At it's heart, Free Enterprise is about their love lives and their attempt to maintain both their childhood enthusiasm for dreaming big and their priorities (namely spending rent money on a Mighty Isis figurine or a hardback issue of Sandman), while being pressured into actually be responsible.
It was on sci-fi channel a while back, but the movie is probably better without basic cable censorship as I think we missed a number of great lines due to 'beep' edits.
Oh, and apparently there is a Free Enterprise 2 in the works...
