Synopsis:
A guide to converting Trek newbies into Trekkies!
Book Excerpt:
As of this weekend, Star Trek remains in the top 5 films at the box office in its fourth week of release. It opened at number one, blowing Wolverine out of the water, moved down to #2 a week later, spent 2 weeks at #3 before settling at 5. People are going to see this movie, sometimes multiple times (my count stands at 4 at the moment, and will increase before it leaves theaters, I’m sure.). That means that two things are happening: 1) There are a lot of Trekkies. But that shouldn’t be surprising to you, especially if you’ve read What's Wrong With Being a Trekkie? and 2) Non-Trekkies are seeing this movie, either because an actor they like is in it, or because JJ Abrams directed it and it “looks cool”, and are loving it!
Trekkies should rejoice! Because not only do we now have a worthy addition to the Star Trek franchise, but we have a golden opportunity for vindication! We now have the chance to convert people into Star Trek fans! If we’re lucky, those mere fans will evolve into Trekkies and spread the Gospel of the Federation far and wide!
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Topics/Categories:
films, sci-fi, Star Trek, TV
Genre:
General Nonfiction
Type of Work:
Online Magazine
Original Published Source:
Pink Raygun
Original Publish Date:
June 3, 2009
