Hostile Trekkies?
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Blue_Eyes_James — 14 years ago(August 07, 2011 11:50 AM)
OMG, I've been a Trekkie since back in the day when they got irate at the term "Trekkie" and preferred to be called "Trekkers".
I would imagine that on the whole, "Star Trek" fans would be the
biggest
"Galaxy Quest" fans!
From the posts above it seems as if I'm correct.
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lexyladyjax — 9 years ago(September 09, 2016 05:49 PM)
There are Trekkies and Trekkersand they hate each other so much that they must have separate facilities at conventions. You'd think that they would be able to practice the STAR TREK philosophy and be able to come together since their differences seem so trivial, but no way.
The last con I went to they came to blows over snack arrangements. I am not making this up. I'm a fan of all things ST but I stayed far away from that insanity and hung out with LEXX and FARSCAPE on that trip. I always called myself a Trekkie in the past but that group came close to being thrown out of that con. A rose by any other namehey, that was an episode title. Season two, IIRC.
It was a great series.
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Doc_Ostrow — 14 years ago(September 15, 2011 07:51 PM)
I own all of the original
Star Trek
series on Blu-ray and own DVDs for all seasons of
ST: The Next Generation
,
ST: Deep Space Nine
, and
ST: Voyager
. The only series I don't own is
ST: Enterprise
. I own the books
Star Trek Chronology
by the Okudas,
Captain's Logs
, and
Star Trek TNG Technology Manual
. I even own
Trekkies
, a documentary on Star Trek fans. However, I have never been to a Star Trek convention and I don't own a Star Trek uniform.
I love
Galaxy Quest
. It is both a satire and a homage to Star Trek.
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buchichu — 14 years ago(November 05, 2011 05:58 PM)
Im a bona fide Trekkie and I ADORE this movie,
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Loves-Bitch — 14 years ago(December 09, 2011 02:54 PM)
I'm not a hardcore trekkie. I think though that like most geek things there are two types, those that are able to laugh at themselves and those that can't. For example I am a D&D geek. I still get a kick out of jokes made about D&D and D&D geeks, especially the ones that have a ring of truth. I imagine that the hardcore trekkies that fall into the same category, likely LOVE Galaxy Quest.
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CigarDoug — 10 years ago(January 14, 2016 08:31 AM)
I'm not a hardcore trekkie. I think though that like most geek things there are two types, those that are able to laugh at themselves and those that can't. For example I am a D&D geek. I still get a kick out of jokes made about D&D and D&D geeks, especially the ones that have a ring of truth. I imagine that the hardcore trekkies that fall into the same category, likely LOVE Galaxy Quest.
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NewDivide1701 — 14 years ago(February 29, 2012 07:37 AM)
As a hard core Trekkie, I too loved this movie. To be honest, I find Galaxy Quest is more true to Star Trek than many of the other Star Treks that came out after the original series. Along came good ol' J.J.'s "perversion" and even that was more faithful to Star Trek then the other installments.
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TheManInOil — 13 years ago(May 14, 2012 07:25 PM)
To hate this, I think someone would have to be the worst kind of self-important trekkie out there, and also so humorless and unobservant that you'd fail to see that it's really a kind of love-letter to both Trek and its fans.
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decroissance — 13 years ago(May 31, 2012 12:36 PM)
I don't know why my friend didn't like it. She was so virulent in her hostility toward GQ that I didn't want to pursue the subject. For one thing, I thought she was nuts not to like it, but on the other hand I'd never asked a Trekkie before how they liked GQ, so I didn't know if I was getting into some kind of established argument or what.
We were new acquaintances at the time, and we're not friends anymore! So I don't know what the heck was in her mind. I've been really relieved to see that her opinion is not shared by anyone on this board. She is an unusual person, that's for sure. She's also very young and has had a really hard life. I imagine she'll change her view as she gets older. -
imdb-7676 — 13 years ago(August 02, 2012 10:44 AM)
All the Trek fans I know - including me - loved Galaxy Quest. The more they are into Trekdom, the greater their appreciation of GQ, because they can see and appreciate all those little details which work even better when one can see the reference.
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fraggle40 — 13 years ago(August 04, 2012 03:06 PM)
I used to be quite a trekkie, but love Galaxy Quest. It's so funny, which Star Trek isn't sent out to be. I must admit to not having watched GQ for a few years, but the fact I have my own copy of it means I like it!
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nbreyfogle-1 — 13 years ago(September 24, 2012 06:00 PM)
decroissance: your friend probably mistakenly thought Galaxy Quest was making fun of Star trek, insulting Star Trek. Just my guess.
Like the others on this thread, I'm a big Star Trek fan and I absolutely LOVED Galaxy Quest! -
Mousuke — 13 years ago(November 18, 2012 06:12 AM)
Just a thought, but as you mention your friend is very young perhaps she is a fan of the Star Trek reboot and just doesn't get TOS or GalaxyQuest.
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