*** - I think it’s safe to say that I am a pretty big nerd. I have an extensive action figure collection, enjoy both “Star Trek” and “Star Wars”, play video games, have just about every episode of “Mystery Science Theater 3000” on DVD, and read mostly science fiction novels and books on science and history. However, after watching this 1997 documentary about “Star Trek” fans hosted by Denise Crosby (TV’s Tasha Yar from season one of TV’s “Star Trek: The Next Generation”) I also think it’s safe to say that I am nowhere near as bizarre and compulsive as these ‘trekkie’ people. The film portrays avid “Star Trek” fans in a mostly positive (albeit somewhat mocking) light and features interviews of some of the more hard core fanatics you will find as well as scenes at conventions and some snippets of the actors and other people involved with the shows. I think of myself as a pretty easygoing fellow, with a sort of “live and let live/leave them alone if they’re not hurting anyone” philosophy, so if some idiot wants to dress up like Worf and go to Burger King to order a Whopper in Klingon, I say go for it. But, man, some of these people are really creepy, such as the lady who keeps an extensive photographic log of the whereabouts of the guy who plays Data, and the guy who keeps asking James Doohan for a blood sample. What’s he gonna do with a blood sample? Psychopath. Anyway, if you are interested in seeing some of the more extreme examples of “Star Trek” fandom, this movie is a fairly entertaining way to do so.
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