I watched the Star Trek feature films years ago (saw First Contact in the movies) but hadn't watched any of the TV shows before. I decided to watch all the different series little by little. I'm now at the end of the 1st season of The Original Series and I've really enjoyed it. The episodes are better written and thought of than I would've thought, considering it's over four decades old. Some really interesting ideas going on here and there. My only gripe so far is that it's a bit uneven. There's great episodes and then theres lot of decent ones and a few quite bad ones. But overall I'm enjoying it. I've yet to try the Spock grip on my friends. It'll come in handy with my future girlfriend when she wants to have the "where is this relationship going" -talk at some point. I'll be fine once I perfect the grip and combine it with the Jedi mind trick.

The "Kirk vs Gorn" fight was beyond my wildest dreams.

Simon Pegg said in a recent interview that Cumberbatch is not going to play Khan.

Big-time ST fan here:  DS9 is my favorite series, followed by Voyager.  Been to three cons, have autographs, Trek T-shirts and jewlery (Bajoran-style earrings), lots of books--and have read tons more--and used to subscribe to a fan magazine.  So, yeah, I like the ST universe!   

But Spock is my favorite character and when I heard that in Sherlock, I was like: Huh? Wow--cool!  Thanks for posting the link to Diane Duane's article (sorry, I forget who did); it was very enjoyable and interesting to read something other than novels that she wrote.

I will of course go see the new movie but I strongly disliked the reboot.  I won't go into the numerous reasons why here.  I'm sure that Ben's presence in the upcoming movie will compensate for whatever shortcomings I may find in it.

Another Trekkie signing in!

I like all I've seen...but when I was 9, I was madly in love with William Shatner!

Woohoo!

Life long fan of Star Trek. When the show first started we would watch it as a family. Since it came on at dinner time it was the only night of the week where we would get to eat in the living room. My mom made dinner and we all sat with these little metal folding TV tables in front of us. Every Saturday at 6. Best night of the week.
I have seen and mostly liked all of the spin offs. DS9 was the only one that lost my interest, but I still watched most of it. I liked Odo.

The re-boot movie.
I went to see that with some trepidation. I grew up with these characters - literally. I am a huge Trek fan and I was worried that they would butcher it. I was beyond pleased. The re-boot was fantastic. The casting was great and the essence of each character was spot on in my opinion. The way the wormhole was used to change the past and give the new Star Trek a whole new lease on canon was a stroke of sheer brilliance because it now fits with the original canon. 

I am very much looking forward to the new film, and having Benedict in it is icing on the cake for me. I would have waited in line for the first showing whether or not he was a part of the show.

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Not a 'Trekkie', so to speak, but I do enjoy the series, yes. Looking forward to the new movie, but most likely won't be one of the nuts to wait in line for the midnight premiere. ;)

...you mean resent?

Sampy Arctica wrote:

Not a 'Trekkie', so to speak, but I do enjoy the series, yes. Looking forward to the new movie, but most likely won't be one of the nuts to wait in line for the midnight premiere. ;)

I would, but there doesn't seem to be one near my home.