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Star Trek Meme: Day 5
Jun. 9th, 2015 07:17 amDay 5 - What was the first Star Trek series you watched?
I was born in 1969 and vividly interested in sci fi and fantasy from childhood onwards, so naturally it was TOS. Which was broadcast and repeated several times on German tv during the 70s when I was a child, so no problem there, and in the 80s I caught the movies in the cinema. I was a fan, but I didn't interact with other fans yet - both fannish debates and fanfiction were unknown to me. (Speaking of early 80s sci fi, just occurs to me that my generation is the first and last one able to watch both Wrath of Khan and The Empire Strikes Back unspoiled for the big twists which subsequently entered public consciousness even for non fans.) When I first heard about TNG, I was sceptical but not going "heresy! There will never be a Star Trek without the original crew!", and possibly that was due to having affection for TOS but not feeling really possessive about it.
Which was fortunate, since the first season of TNG was very shaky indeed. (That show so would have been cancelled if Star Trek hadn't still been the only game in town in terms of sci fi on tv.) But there was just enough curiosity to keep me watching, and lo and behold, around Measure of a Man-ish in season 2, I realised that I cared about these people and their story. And then I got hooked and had to watch every week. And then I started to look for other people to talk with about the show, and hm, how much train fare and expense for visiting the convention in Bonn anyway? And so forth. So while TOS was the first Star Trek series for me, the first one which made me discover fandom and both the joys and torments of open canon was TNG.
( The other days )
I was born in 1969 and vividly interested in sci fi and fantasy from childhood onwards, so naturally it was TOS. Which was broadcast and repeated several times on German tv during the 70s when I was a child, so no problem there, and in the 80s I caught the movies in the cinema. I was a fan, but I didn't interact with other fans yet - both fannish debates and fanfiction were unknown to me. (Speaking of early 80s sci fi, just occurs to me that my generation is the first and last one able to watch both Wrath of Khan and The Empire Strikes Back unspoiled for the big twists which subsequently entered public consciousness even for non fans.) When I first heard about TNG, I was sceptical but not going "heresy! There will never be a Star Trek without the original crew!", and possibly that was due to having affection for TOS but not feeling really possessive about it.
Which was fortunate, since the first season of TNG was very shaky indeed. (That show so would have been cancelled if Star Trek hadn't still been the only game in town in terms of sci fi on tv.) But there was just enough curiosity to keep me watching, and lo and behold, around Measure of a Man-ish in season 2, I realised that I cared about these people and their story. And then I got hooked and had to watch every week. And then I started to look for other people to talk with about the show, and hm, how much train fare and expense for visiting the convention in Bonn anyway? And so forth. So while TOS was the first Star Trek series for me, the first one which made me discover fandom and both the joys and torments of open canon was TNG.
( The other days )
