About eight-spot years earlier George Lucas’ Star Wars phenomenon, Cistron Roddenberry created a show called Star Trek. The series just lasted a few years, but it nevertheless became a vast phenomenon as well. In fact, Trek reached such a religious cult status that twenty days later, it has spawned a highly successful film franchise and three new Star Trek television shows–one of which also became a film franchise (Mavin Trek: The Next Generation).
When The Next Generation TV series was in the casting stages, a little known actress named Denise Harry Lillis Crosby signed on as an officer named Tasha Yar. Little did Crosby know how demented her life would shortly become.
This brings us to Trekkies, a smashing little objective in which Denise Bing Crosby serves as a tourguide into the crazy life of zealous fans of Star Trek (a.k.a. trekkies). The film also offers terrific interviews with the many honey characters involved in the numerous films and TV shows.
In her early Trek seasons, Crosby admitted that she was quite an creeped out by trekkies, but by and by became receptive and quite fascinated by the sometimes over-bearing fans. Some of the things these fans do ar quite crazy; such as, having their ears surgically altered to look like a vulcan–and that just scratches the surface!
I am a Star Trek fan, just am by no means a fanatic. As this film started, I was shocked and disturbed by the keen lengths some of the trekkies go to prove their devotion to Trek. But as the cinema progressed, it became a poignant display of a phenomenon that has brought so many people together. These fans love Star Trek and have establish family in each other, no matter what culture, color, or lifestyle–a message that Trek has incessantly tried to deliver, but comes crosswise in spades in Trekkies. On a sad note, DeForest Kelley (known as Dr. McCoy) died last week–but he will, no doubt, live long and prosper in the memory of his many fans.