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<i>Outer space.</i>
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<i>You know the place.</i>
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<i>Way, way out there.</i>
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<i>These are the stories</i>
<i>of the enterprising Trekkies,</i>
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<i>whose lifelong mission is to live</i>
<i>and dress as citizens of the future.</i>
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<i>From Earth and all parts</i>
<i>of the universe,</i>
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<i>finding strange new worlds</i>
<i>deep inside the mind:</i>
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<i>Trekkies, who go boldly where</i>
<i>no one would even think of going.</i>
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<i>Way, way out there!</i>
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<i>Way, way out there</i>
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<i>Way, way out there</i>
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<i>I need a ride to Rigel 5</i>
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<i>Way out there in outer space</i>
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<i>We're trekking out, a wild place</i>
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<i>Paris to Polaris</i>
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<i>Rimini to Regulas</i>
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<i>Juno to Cairo</i>
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<i>Warp seven from Tokyo</i>
<i>Let them say we're different</i>
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<i>Let them say we're strange</i>
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<i>The bond we have is solid</i>
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<i>The bond we have will never change</i>
<i>Infinite diversity</i>
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<i>Infinite combinations</i>
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<i>The Prime Directive,</i>
<i>a solid foundation</i>
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<i>Get off track, you're an anorak!</i>
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Seven years ago, I set out to make a film
about a phenomenon in pop culture,
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Trekkies, or Trekkers,
depending on your preference.
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As an actor in <i>Star Trek</i>,
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I was intrigued by people I met
who were so connected
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to a TV show
about a spaceship and its crew.
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I travelled around the USA
and let the fans talk.
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But some of the biggest conventions
were in other parts of the world.
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<i>Star Trek</i> fans know no borders.
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Bonn, home of Fed-Con,
the biggest convention in Europe,
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with 5,000 guests each day.
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Let's find out if German fans
are different from Americans.
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- How did you get into <i>Star Trek</i>?
- I saw the classic series as a child.
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- Then I was a Trekker.
- What will you enjoy?
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Many friendships. Looking at stars.
Having fun. And long nights.
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I'll enjoy meeting the <i>Enterprise</i>
actors and getting their picture with Teddy.
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I'm looking forward to see
others who love <i>Star Trek</i>.
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I meet my role models here.
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You escape ordinary life.
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I can't imagine life without Fed-Con.
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After one hour, I can say
that I'll be back next year.
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<i>Star Trek</i> fans are very passionate
here about their hobby.
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I've been going to the Fed-Con since
1999. I took about 600 photographs.
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Why take so many?
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They're memories of what was said
and done. It's always a happy event.
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The reception you get on stage
is beyond anything.
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I mean, you are a complete rock star
here in Bonn, Germany.
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Ladies, gentlemen,
Miss Denise Crosby!
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Thank you, thank you, thank you.
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Coming here was overwhelming for me.
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I didn't know fans would love it this much
or were watching it religiously.
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<i>Star Trek</i> is something you have in
your mind every day, seven days a week,
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300 days a year.
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- Did you write your thesis
on <i>Star Trek</i>? - Yes.
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I wrote about the science
that was behind <i>Star Trek</i>.
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It was not just
some mystical mumbo-jumbo.
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There was real science behind it.
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You are the Klingon Santa Claus?
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I am, and I'm from the planet of Klinzhai.
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Only naughty children will get presents
from the Klingo-laus!
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- Did you make these yourself?
- We both made the masks.
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And this clothes is from our mother.
It was made by our mother.
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- What do you call this character?
- His name is Nym.
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- Tell me about your outfits.
- It's from the episode "Mirror, Mirror".
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Why dress up as Klingons?
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I feel good as a Klingon.
I feel free. I feel pure.
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It's a lot of work, but when you see
these happy eyes in the audience...
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it's so pretty, so nice.
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I just like to escape from reality.
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I get paid to wear rubber. I don't know
how they can wear it for free!
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I want to say,
"You don't know what it's like!"
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They only wear it for a day.
I wore it for seven years.
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In Germany, as elsewhere,
there are <i>Trek</i> dinners.
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- There's a <i>Trek</i> dinner in every big city.
- Tell me about the <i>Trek</i> dinner.
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We meet because we like <i>Star Trek</i>.
They come here to talk and meet friends.
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If we earn money we usually spend it
for a children's hospital in Cologne.
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People coming for the first time
talk about <i>Star Trek</i>.
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After they've been here,
they talk like they are meeting friends,
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about everything imaginable.
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<i>Qapla'!</i>
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Hi, Denise. Welcome to Haiger.
We're doing here a new hobby movie.
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I'm the producer, director and writer.
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The title is <i>Star Trek: The Legacy</i>.
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Let's go in and I'll tell you more.
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- Welcome to the Enterprise-D bridge.
- Wow!
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I want to introduce the actors of our
movie. Ansgar plays Captain Kirk.
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Christian plays the young Riker.
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And Willi.
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I don't know which you want to play.
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This is great, you guys.
As good as I remember it looking.
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I feel I have a lot in common
with Mr Nimoy
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because he's as tall as me,
he looks like me,
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and because
I always felt an affinity for Spock.
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I can't say anything
about Mr Nimoy as a person,
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but I've always been fascinated
by Spock's character.
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- How long have you been working on it?
- Five years.
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- How much is all of this costing?
- $20,000 to this moment.
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What motivates you to make a movie like
this and spend all your money and time?
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I found <i>Star Trek</i> has wonderful ways
to tell a story.
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Can you show me some?
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We are seeing here one of the
sequences on the Enterprise-D bridge.
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I need a shuttlecraft.
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This is a scene from the end
where the danger is over.
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Live long and prosper.
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Captain, I'd like to have
a closer look around your ship,
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but since I won't have
any recollection of it anyway,
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I think it's better if I leave also.
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As you wish.
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There's one thing I would like to try out.
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Here in London, enthusiasm
for <i>Star Trek</i> continues to grow
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since the show first premiered in 1969.
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They love it,
but don't call anybody an anorak.
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- Anorak! I knew this would come up.
- Tell me, what is an anorak?
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An anorak is a type of person
you'd find at a train station
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writing down the numbers
of trains going by.
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Because they used to wear the anorak,
with the little hood and a flask of tea.
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There are so many train-spotters
in London!
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To me, an anorak is somebody
who collects cheese labels.
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Somebody who has no friends
and is a loner.
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People stereotype you all the time,
be you a football fan
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or a <i>Star Trek</i> fan or a
train-spotter, you're called an anorak.
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An anorak is really a die-hard fan.
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- <i>Star Trek</i> to me is pure entertainment.
- It's fun. It's escapism.
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Dressing up doesn't make us nuts.
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Going to conventions,
I can be the person I really am.
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- How old are you?
- Nine.
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- How long have you watched <i>Star Trek</i>?
- Since I was zero.
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If it's on, I'll watch it, even though
I've seen it six times. I'll watch it again.
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So, it's a passion, it's in our blood.
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Hinckley is famous because
it's not far from Market Bosworth
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where they had the Battle
of Bosworth where King Richard llI died.
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It is quite famous, is Hinckley.
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- Show me what you've built.
- I've built the 24th century.
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I can actually show you my spaceship,
so to speak. Let me just press that.
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Right, Denise, if you'd like
to come into the ship.
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- Wow!
- Yeah, this is my spaceship.
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The design is 70є/є based
on <i>Star Trek: The Next Generation</i>
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as the interior was the best
of any science-fiction show.
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This infinity mirror was from
<i>Star Trek: The Final Frontier</i>.
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Leonard Nimoy did some dialogue with
William Shatner. I saw this behind him.
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It's pretty expensive, but the effect...
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You could spend Ј400 on a chair.
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As a conversation piece,
which will get more conversation?
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This is the first thing I built. A sad story
as my wife had left me at the time.
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I was a DJ and couldn't carry on working.
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But I had that Michael Okuda
and Rick Sternback manual.
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I know it sounds crazy, but I could
actually say <i>Star Trek</i> saved my life
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because, if I hadn't built this, the other
option was to go down the endless pit.
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But I started building this
and was so engrossed in it,
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and I actually really enjoyed building it,
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and it took my mind off the fact
of what was happening.
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It just took two years to build.
You've got a sound-effect thing.
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After I built it, I tried to get rid of it to
the South Kensington Science Museum.
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They didn't want it. And then I tried to
give it to the Space Centre in Leicester.
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They didn't want it, so I kept it.
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I thought, "It's meant to be here."
I did try to give it away.
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I thought, "What can I do?"
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Instead of trying to get rid of it again,
I thought I would build the flat around it.
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- Where do you sleep?
- On the floor.
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See, that used to be the bedroom there,
which is now the transporter pads.
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The bathroom's very similar.
The bathroom's very small.
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If you're sat here doing your, you know,
contemplating suicide or whatever,
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you can read about people
missing in action from Starfleet.
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"Killed in action, missing in action."
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People take books to toilets,
don't they? Or food. Or whatever.
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This is the only source of air
that comes in. This is it.
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This is the only window.
I blocked out the others.
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Is it good to live in?
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If anybody is looking for a conventional
interior, this is not for you.
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If you want the ultimate
<i>Star Trek</i> experience,
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to have it all around you from waking
up to going to bed, then this is for you.
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My flat's for sale now
on eBay for $2 million.
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The reason I've put it on for $2 million
is so that it reaches a wider audience.
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It probably isn't worth $2 million.
Mind you, it is to me.
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Funnily enough, 99є/є of the interest
comes from America.
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I've had emails asking me to dismantle it
and ship it over to the States,
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which is quite bizarre, but there you go.
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I declare open this 17th <i>Star Trek</i>
Italian Club Convention.
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We're at the seaside in Italy where a <i>Star</i>
<i>Trek</i> convention is a big family gathering.
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But what it's really about is the food.
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You are in Italy and we like to eat.
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There's this wonderful ritual of food.
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It's a communal thing, stars,
fans, the convention staff
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all mix together and enjoy themselves.
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In Italy, even Klingon food is good.
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- This is a big party for us.
- We love to do things together.
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Maybe it's part of Italian culture,
because in the two wars
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the people suffered a lot and were forced
to consider the most basic values
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and focus on what's most important.
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That is being with one another and living.
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My role at the conventions I attend
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is to give honours
to the main actors at the convention.
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I give the honour with this whistle,
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which is used
to salute admirals in the Navy.
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It could sound like this.
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I've become an astronomer
thanks to <i>Star Trek</i>.
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Even bigger than <i>Star Trek</i> itself
is the real life of the Trekkers.
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When I looked deep inside myself
I realised that I am a Klingon.
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I work at a bank as a cashier.
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Every day when I deal with people,
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it takes the strength of a Klingon!
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I went where they were throwing away
computer parts and electric cables
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and then I assimilated...
well, assembled this.
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This convention is an opportunity
to dress up and to express yourself
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without being seen as... weird.
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My son, he is obliged by me
to be a fan of <i>Star Trek</i>
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because he is three years old,
so he still does what I want him to do.
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Play the harp. The harp, love!
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At my first convention,
I went to the leaders and said
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that I am a priest and will celebrate
Mass, at least for myself.
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Would you make an announcement for
anyone else who wishes to participate?
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They said, "Oh, certainly". They made
posters, put them around the place.
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Close to 100 came to the Mass.
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In the name of the Father, the Son,
and the Holy Spirit.
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Amen.
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Peter was still saying these things
when the Holy Spirit came down
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over everybody listening
to this speech.
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In <i>Star Trek</i> I saw a lot of
the ideals that I share portrayed,
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parables for human life today.
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A debate between Picard and Q.
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When Q is always critical
and doesn't understand humanity,
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Picard takes our side
and defends the human race.
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Bless these gifts
with the fusion of your spirit.
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We give thanks to God.
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If the Enterprise ever needs a chaplain,
I am available.
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I went to the United States
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and I saw a world of wonderful
<i>Star Trek</i> gadgets.
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I am a big collector.
In Italy I never found anything.
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So I thought,
"Why not open a <i>Star Trek</i> store?"
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Here you see a beautiful Borg Queen
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made by an Italian sculptor.
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This is a reproduction of the transporter.
One can dream to go anywhere.
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Here's the Klingon captain
with his captain's chair.
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I met my husband because of <i>Star Trek</i>.
I have a daughter because of <i>Star Trek</i>.
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My whole life depends on <i>Star Trek</i>.
I owe everything to <i>Star Trek</i>.
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We didn't want to ignore the USA.
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In addition to checking in on our original
profilees, we made two domestic stops.
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Baltimore is the location of Shore Leave,
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the oldest fan-run convention
in the United States.
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You look forward to Shore Leave once
a year, where you meet a lot of people.
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Three or four days without sleep...
Some people without showering.
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- Oh, God.
- That's a different subject.
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It's what I do to have fun. Some go
to the Shore, others take vacations.
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There are a lot of parties,
swimming, drama.
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It's exciting meeting these goofy people.
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As a psychotherapist, I see the values
of community and positive things here.
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- We want everyone to feel welcome.
- It's a very accepting environment.
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When people see <i>Star Trek</i>,
that is how society should be.
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People getting together, no matter
what creed, colour or sexual orientation.
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Many of the fans feel disenfranchised
from society and so they gather together.
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We are bigger classic <i>Trek</i> fans
than any of the other shows.
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DeForest Kelley's our favourite actor.
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My name is Daryl Frazetti.
I'm originally from Boston.
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I'm at Northern Illinois University
in DeKalb, Illinois.
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This is Junior. When I got him, I took him
to nursing homes and on pet home visits.
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Jasper has put on a little weight.
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I adopted him the same time as Junior.
He doesn't mind putting clothes on.
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Some say to me, "You're one of them."
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I laugh and say, "Yeah, I dress up my cat
and go to <i>Star Trek</i> conventions."
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This is my car.
In the back window I keep some toys.
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I came down from the hotel room in
Ohio, saw three cop cars around my car.
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They wanted to know who I was,
what was going on.
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They were concerned about the bones
from our palaeontology specimens.
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This one other cop pulls out the <i>bat'leth</i>.
He said, "What is this?"
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I said, "It's a Klingon sword for my cat."
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Jail wasn't going to be a good thing,
so I'm not laughing.
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He just put it down
and gave me the strangest look.
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I think that's why they let us go.
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This is my <i>Star Trek</i> alternate universe
series in which 50 <i>Star Trek</i> fans
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added stories, artwork, poetry,
everything under the sun.
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Ladies and gentlemen, guests, welcome
to the Shore Leave Klingon Feast.
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Do you think that somebody
can go too far as a fan?
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- Yeah.
- No!
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- Yes.
- I don't think you can go too far.
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- No.
- Yes.
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- No.
- Yes.
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No, as long as their fascination
makes them happy.
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There are limits.
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It's hard to answer how one would tell.
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If I was extreme,
I wouldn't know that I was like them.
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Some think I've crossed the line.
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There's that point where I think,
"I'm not eating <i>gagh</i> for breakfast.
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"I'm not going to do that." I just can't,
that's just too far. Klingons are scary.
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I hesitate to tread on this ground,
because look at us...
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We play in a Klingon metal band.
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- You could say we take it too far.
- Yeah.
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I think we take it to just the right spot.
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You can go too far.
Some of these people are just too much.
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They overdo it. But it's in a controlled
environment. They won't get beat up.
293
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If you can't separate fiction and reality,
then it's going too far.
294
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If it's July and you don't have a tan,
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maybe you're spending
too much time on <i>Star Trek</i>.
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There are some that...
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There's no nice way to say it,
some belong to the Get A Life Club.
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I know one or two,
but we won't go into that here.
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I have had a couple of weird
experiences with Klingons.
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They tend to be very rough and
they go a little overboard sometimes,
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but God love them, they're having fun.
302
00:22:42,420 --> 00:22:46,538
I met a young fan, a young woman,
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who can't help but cry each time
she saw a picture of Leonard Nimoy.
304
00:22:52,900 --> 00:22:54,856
I like to play with the spaceships.
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00:22:55,100 --> 00:23:00,811
I like to re-enact space battles
that end up in the show.
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00:23:01,060 --> 00:23:06,088
Is this making me seem sad? It is
a little. It's OK. I am. Everybody knows it.
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00:23:06,340 --> 00:23:10,811
This one case, this so-called professor
in Canada was upset
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because Gene wasn't creating
real science,
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but wasting time making TV
instead of real transporters.
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I've talked to people
who can't accept you as the person,
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only as the character that you play.
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Fans have got to understand that the
actors are just regular human beings,
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for the most part.
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Mind you, if you've eaten with
a few of them...
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Going too far is women
I saw in Neiman Marcus.
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I mean the lips, and the...
that's going too far.
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But sci-fi fans, no, they're fine.
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00:23:56,100 --> 00:24:01,094
A lot of people have shown interest
in my going to the trial in my uniform.
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I was on the jury for the Whitewater trial.
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I am Fleet Captain Barbara Adams,
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CO of the Federation Alliance's
Little Rock Unit of U.S.S. Artemis.
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00:24:11,140 --> 00:24:16,373
I keep coming by and I wanted to shake
your hand, but I kept getting too nervous.
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00:24:16,620 --> 00:24:20,533
I thought it was cool that you were
brave and stuck to your convictions
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and represented the Enterprise
and the whole culture as well as you did.
325
00:24:25,540 --> 00:24:27,735
If you'd like an autograph, I'd be happy.
326
00:24:27,980 --> 00:24:30,540
- I'd love that.
- Make it to Paula and Mike.
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00:24:30,780 --> 00:24:35,854
They had a job for a graphic artist
and I knew who I'd be working with.
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00:24:36,100 --> 00:24:38,773
It was kind of exciting, a little bit,
329
00:24:39,020 --> 00:24:43,218
to know that she was so famous
and all with the Whitewater.
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00:24:43,420 --> 00:24:46,856
I'm probably one of the most recognised
people in Arkansas.
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00:24:47,100 --> 00:24:49,773
She works hard.
She's great to work with.
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00:24:50,020 --> 00:24:54,059
I like Barbie a lot. We get along real well.
We have frequent <i>Trek</i> discussions.
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00:24:54,260 --> 00:24:56,091
What about <i>Enterprise</i> this week?
334
00:24:56,300 --> 00:25:00,532
If George Lucas wrote it more like
<i>Star Wars</i>, it'd be a better show.
335
00:25:00,780 --> 00:25:02,975
It's a different genre of sci-fi.
336
00:25:03,220 --> 00:25:09,136
<i>Star Wars</i> is a lot better
because it's got more laser fights.
337
00:25:10,540 --> 00:25:14,374
They pretty much don't have
different settings on their lasers.
338
00:25:14,620 --> 00:25:19,136
It's one shot, one kill sort of thing,
unless they wing them or something.
339
00:25:19,380 --> 00:25:22,372
<i>Star Trek</i> is better
because of the philosophy and ideology.
340
00:25:22,620 --> 00:25:27,171
That's what I like about the <i>Star Wars</i>
movie. It doesn't say anything.
341
00:25:27,420 --> 00:25:30,378
You don't have to think about it,
it's just good.
342
00:25:30,620 --> 00:25:36,058
It's her hobby and she's really into it,
and people respect that.
343
00:25:36,300 --> 00:25:39,497
This is the family game centre
where I get most of my cards
344
00:25:39,740 --> 00:25:44,018
because not only can I buy the packs
to get new cards, but Mike lets me trade.
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00:25:44,260 --> 00:25:48,378
I brought my extra rares as I'm looking
forward to getting something new.
346
00:25:48,620 --> 00:25:50,929
I don't have the non-aligned Kes yet.
347
00:25:51,180 --> 00:25:55,059
Are you working more for a set right now
or for game play?
348
00:25:55,260 --> 00:25:59,572
Mostly on my set. These, of course,
are your more powerful Romulan ships.
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00:25:59,820 --> 00:26:01,970
- I also have Governor Worf.
- I could use that.
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00:26:02,220 --> 00:26:03,619
They're yours, these are mine.
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00:26:03,860 --> 00:26:05,896
- Thanks very much.
- Thanks, Mike.
352
00:26:06,140 --> 00:26:09,849
My living room has turned into
the <i>Star Trek</i> museum of Little Rock.
353
00:26:10,100 --> 00:26:13,536
Right now I'm going to bring up the
Stardate calendar and print more copies
354
00:26:13,780 --> 00:26:16,169
because some members
missed the meeting.
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00:26:16,380 --> 00:26:20,851
Jean, since you missed our last meeting,
this is our new Stardate calendar.
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00:26:21,100 --> 00:26:26,094
Jean is our ship's counsellor and here
to report on a recent UFO conference.
357
00:26:26,340 --> 00:26:32,336
It was the 15th Annual Ozark
UFO Conference up in Eureka Springs
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00:26:32,580 --> 00:26:36,334
and I was fortunate
to win one of the door prizes.
359
00:26:36,580 --> 00:26:42,098
And it turned out to be an actual portrait
of a real genuine ET
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00:26:42,340 --> 00:26:45,059
that the artist has had contact with.
361
00:26:45,300 --> 00:26:51,136
And I call him Auk, A-U-K. He's aware,
he's understanding and he knows.
362
00:26:51,340 --> 00:26:55,094
That's beautiful. You can see
muscle structures under the skin.
363
00:26:55,300 --> 00:27:00,249
It's the first time that I had seen
a genuine picture of an ET.
364
00:27:00,500 --> 00:27:03,378
Everything else had just been drawings.
365
00:27:03,620 --> 00:27:06,532
What came through at the conference
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00:27:06,780 --> 00:27:09,533
is that the ET's are here
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00:27:09,780 --> 00:27:14,934
to assist Earth
to become a peaceful planet.
368
00:27:15,180 --> 00:27:17,455
They won't let us destroy it.
369
00:27:17,700 --> 00:27:20,658
They've probably seen that happen
too many times.
370
00:27:20,900 --> 00:27:27,453
They said that twice before the citizens
on planets have destroyed them
371
00:27:27,700 --> 00:27:31,579
and they will not let us do that.
372
00:27:32,860 --> 00:27:35,169
It's good that the Guardians watch us.
373
00:27:35,380 --> 00:27:39,498
Absolutely. And <i>Trek</i> certainly helps
that continue.
374
00:27:39,740 --> 00:27:41,731
Yes.
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00:28:10,420 --> 00:28:12,980
We're flying over Sгo Paulo, Brazil.
376
00:28:13,220 --> 00:28:18,169
We've been invited to
<i>Trek Dia Feliz</i>, or Happy <i>Trek</i>
Day.
377
00:28:30,740 --> 00:28:34,653
My wife, I and my family,
we are all Trekkers.
378
00:28:35,220 --> 00:28:37,415
<i>Trek Dia Feliz</i> is a kind of event.
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00:28:37,660 --> 00:28:40,254
We do what we enjoy most.
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00:28:40,620 --> 00:28:44,659
We have the opportunity to be people
that have a more advanced vision
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and more progressive than other people.
382
00:28:48,660 --> 00:28:50,890
She's a Klingon security guard!
383
00:28:57,980 --> 00:29:00,289
Here are some techniques
and tips to create
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00:29:00,820 --> 00:29:02,776
your own <i>Star Trek</i> episode.
385
00:29:03,140 --> 00:29:07,053
We are going to present
our play to Denise.
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00:29:07,260 --> 00:29:08,739
A <i>Star Trek</i> comedy.
387
00:29:09,220 --> 00:29:10,812
The main character is the captain,
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00:29:11,220 --> 00:29:13,256
who can be based on
the following models.
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00:29:13,900 --> 00:29:15,856
First, the classic captain.
390
00:29:20,740 --> 00:29:25,689
We enjoy theatre because
it gives us the opportunity
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00:29:25,940 --> 00:29:28,329
to be part of the <i>Star Trek</i> universe.
392
00:29:28,700 --> 00:29:30,736
I was not a fan until
I started to watch the show
393
00:29:31,060 --> 00:29:32,812
with my sister and loved it.
394
00:29:33,500 --> 00:29:37,937
When I was seven years old, I started
to watch <i>Star Trek</i> on TV and loved it.
395
00:29:39,300 --> 00:29:42,019
- How many do you have?
- 200.
396
00:29:42,260 --> 00:29:43,978
- How long have you collected?
- 10 years.
397
00:29:44,220 --> 00:29:46,415
Why do you collect so many?
398
00:29:46,660 --> 00:29:49,333
I identify with the story, the characters
399
00:29:49,620 --> 00:29:52,009
and mostly with the machines.
400
00:29:52,340 --> 00:29:56,219
To remind us of <i>Star Trek</i>,
we made this wall of magnets.
401
00:29:56,460 --> 00:29:58,610
And I have a special item.
402
00:29:58,860 --> 00:30:01,249
- A special item?
- Yes, yes.
403
00:30:01,500 --> 00:30:07,939
This bridge toy
is dated 1967 or 1968.
404
00:30:08,660 --> 00:30:12,016
The clothes and box
are very well preserved.
405
00:30:12,340 --> 00:30:15,650
It is a very rare item overseas
and it's very hard to get.
406
00:30:17,100 --> 00:30:19,489
How do you clean everything?
407
00:30:19,740 --> 00:30:22,049
- Difficult, huh?
- Difficult.
408
00:30:22,300 --> 00:30:24,256
- Difficult.
- May I?
409
00:30:26,980 --> 00:30:30,416
Wait a minute. Hang on.
I knocked them over.
410
00:30:33,500 --> 00:30:38,654
The most valuable piece of <i>Star Trek</i>
merchandise in all of history.
411
00:30:38,900 --> 00:30:41,698
Don't play! Don't play!
412
00:30:41,940 --> 00:30:45,012
Hi, Denise. Welcome. Nice to meet you.
413
00:30:46,220 --> 00:30:50,054
How cool that you are here! I'm thrilled.
414
00:30:50,300 --> 00:30:53,133
And we'll be able to talk a lot
about <i>Star Trek</i>. Fantastic!
415
00:30:53,380 --> 00:30:57,373
- Welcome in my radio studio.
- Wow!
416
00:30:57,620 --> 00:31:01,898
These are my toys, my videos.
Everything is living in my heart.
417
00:31:02,140 --> 00:31:04,096
How has <i>Star Trek</i> affected your life?
418
00:31:04,300 --> 00:31:08,179
As often as I can, I use
what I have learned from <i>Star Trek</i>
419
00:31:08,380 --> 00:31:12,293
not only in my life, but also on the radio.
420
00:31:12,620 --> 00:31:14,133
It's 1.51 p. m. in Sгo Paulo.
421
00:31:14,380 --> 00:31:16,416
Manipulating the sound equipment
422
00:31:16,660 --> 00:31:19,094
and speaking to five
million people every day,
423
00:31:19,300 --> 00:31:23,532
I feel a little bit like Captain Kirk,
a commander.
424
00:31:23,780 --> 00:31:26,578
Welcome to my store, the U.S.S. Brazil.
425
00:31:26,820 --> 00:31:30,813
Everybody comes here for <i>Star Trek</i>,
even from very far, from the Amazon.
426
00:31:31,060 --> 00:31:36,578
We're next to a seamstress who
sews patches on uniforms and T-shirts.
427
00:31:36,820 --> 00:31:40,017
This is <i>The Next Generation</i>.
I caricatured them.
428
00:31:40,260 --> 00:31:43,138
And you see where the Enterprise
is kept, in Guinan's hat?
429
00:31:43,340 --> 00:31:46,616
I'm a member of the International
Federation of Trekkers.
430
00:31:46,860 --> 00:31:51,251
They divided the world in areas. Latin
America is area 30. I'm Commander.
431
00:31:51,500 --> 00:31:56,620
I am the publisher of a lot of books
about the universe of <i>Star Trek</i>.
432
00:31:56,860 --> 00:32:01,138
This is <i>The Son Of Mr Spock</i>.
It is a very interesting plot.
433
00:32:01,340 --> 00:32:05,891
We have the <i>Klingon Dictionary</i>.
It was Klingon-English, English-Klingon.
434
00:32:06,140 --> 00:32:09,257
Now it's Portuguese-Klingon,
Klingon-Portuguese.
435
00:32:09,500 --> 00:32:12,731
It was a double translation,
so it was very difficult.
436
00:32:12,980 --> 00:32:15,653
This is a wonderful way to be crazy.
437
00:32:15,900 --> 00:32:19,210
Everybody is crazy,
but it's wonderful this way.
438
00:32:21,940 --> 00:32:24,454
How do people react to you in the street?
439
00:32:24,700 --> 00:32:27,134
Sometimes they laugh or point fingers.
440
00:32:27,340 --> 00:32:30,377
<i>Star Trek</i> and sci-fi
are more narrowly focused,
441
00:32:30,620 --> 00:32:34,090
so they're easier targets
with less of them to defend themselves.
442
00:32:34,300 --> 00:32:38,179
There is a time
to every purpose under heaven
443
00:32:38,380 --> 00:32:42,771
and the Whitewater jury
was not the time, was not the place.
444
00:32:43,020 --> 00:32:46,251
And I'm sorry,
but it brought reproach to all of us.
445
00:32:46,500 --> 00:32:51,938
Trekkies or Trekkers, they're struggling
to say, "Hey, we're not all nerds."
446
00:32:52,180 --> 00:32:54,410
We're intelligent people
who enjoy this show.
447
00:32:54,660 --> 00:32:58,096
Don't categorise us as people
from the first <i>Trekkies</i> movie.
448
00:32:58,300 --> 00:33:04,216
The title of your film is anathema
to the fan, OK?
449
00:33:04,420 --> 00:33:10,131
"Trekkies" is the put-down.
I am not a Trekkie, I am a Trekker.
450
00:33:10,340 --> 00:33:12,649
And that is a big difference,
451
00:33:12,900 --> 00:33:16,051
the difference between
people going overboard or not.
452
00:33:16,260 --> 00:33:21,050
Your movie wasn't about Trekkers,
it was about Trekkies. It had a good title.
453
00:33:21,260 --> 00:33:28,177
I say Trekkies are kids who run down
the aisle screaming "Spock!"
454
00:33:28,380 --> 00:33:32,134
I'm a Trekker, I walk down the aisle.
455
00:33:32,340 --> 00:33:35,571
At a convention when
Gene Roddenberry was still alive,
456
00:33:35,820 --> 00:33:40,257
he came on stage and used the term
"Trekkies", referring to the fans.
457
00:33:40,500 --> 00:33:43,697
Some fan in the front row
yelled back, "Trekkers!"
458
00:33:43,940 --> 00:33:48,968
And Gene said, "No, it's Trekkies.
I should know, I invented the thing."
459
00:33:49,220 --> 00:33:53,099
Barbara Adams was a big inspiration
460
00:33:53,300 --> 00:33:56,451
that caused me to start dressing up
and getting into it.
461
00:33:56,700 --> 00:34:00,409
<i>Trekkies</i> made me want to go to
conventions. I thought, "This is so cool!"
462
00:34:00,660 --> 00:34:04,972
All these different people there
and people who don't think I'm a weirdo.
463
00:34:05,220 --> 00:34:10,214
When it starts taking away from a normal
life, you're getting a little out there.
464
00:34:10,420 --> 00:34:15,335
One lady here in Little Rock
showed up for jury duty in uniform.
465
00:34:15,580 --> 00:34:17,536
I think that's too far.
466
00:34:17,780 --> 00:34:23,889
Why is it different than a soldier wearing
uniform? Everyone recognises that.
467
00:34:24,140 --> 00:34:30,852
Jury duty's very important. The history
of the case proves it. It was disruptive.
468
00:34:31,100 --> 00:34:36,652
I didn't think it detracted from the
seriousness of it. The jurors didn't mind.
469
00:34:36,900 --> 00:34:40,256
I read that they were polled
and no one objected.
470
00:34:40,500 --> 00:34:42,695
People that aren't fans of <i>Star Trek</i>
471
00:34:42,940 --> 00:34:46,171
see something like that
and decide you're a lunatic.
472
00:34:46,380 --> 00:34:51,135
None of the displays or actions
within the courtroom were affected.
473
00:34:51,340 --> 00:34:57,654
Now, the media was excited about it
because the trial itself was very boring.
474
00:34:57,900 --> 00:35:00,494
What about people who say
you shouldn't dress up?
475
00:35:00,740 --> 00:35:06,417
If you like the Beatles, you wear your
Beatles T-shirt. Why can't I wear mine?
476
00:35:06,660 --> 00:35:09,970
I'm proud of being a Trekker.
I've never harmed anybody.
477
00:35:10,220 --> 00:35:14,850
On a <i>Star Trek</i> convention you
will never have trouble or drunken people.
478
00:35:15,100 --> 00:35:17,170
They're all nice people.
479
00:35:17,380 --> 00:35:23,137
On football stadiums, you get
police, paramedics. And this is normal.
480
00:35:23,340 --> 00:35:28,175
They destroy a monument,
break the subway trains.
481
00:35:28,380 --> 00:35:32,658
We don't. We get together,
then we go home peacefully.
482
00:35:32,900 --> 00:35:37,132
Costuming has been a part
of science-fiction conventions
483
00:35:37,380 --> 00:35:41,976
since the very first
World Convention in 1939.
484
00:35:42,220 --> 00:35:46,099
I think it's really cool,
people who wear the uniform.
485
00:35:46,340 --> 00:35:50,652
But I wouldn't wear a <i>Star Trek</i> uniform.
I'm too shy.
486
00:35:50,900 --> 00:35:55,735
I think it takes massive balls to be
a hardcore Trekkie, to go out in public
487
00:35:55,980 --> 00:35:58,972
and wear your insignia
or uniform or whatever.
488
00:35:59,220 --> 00:36:04,772
I would encourage people to come out
of the closet, to be more of a Trekkie.
489
00:36:05,140 --> 00:36:08,177
Wearing a costume on the outside
490
00:36:08,380 --> 00:36:10,450
shows this happy thing we have inside.
491
00:36:10,820 --> 00:36:16,895
If I walk around in my Starfleet uniform
or my Supergirl cape downtown, I don't...
492
00:36:17,140 --> 00:36:20,769
Can you swear? I don't give a shit
what people think.
493
00:36:21,020 --> 00:36:24,899
I'm 57 years old.
I'm a veteran of the Vietnam War.
494
00:36:25,140 --> 00:36:29,053
I'm a retired registered nurse
with a Masters degree.
495
00:36:29,260 --> 00:36:32,377
I never fit it in anyway.
I prefer the fringes.
496
00:36:32,620 --> 00:36:36,693
It's still an imaginary federation.
497
00:36:36,940 --> 00:36:41,616
But the Federation Alliance,
the group that I work with, is real.
498
00:36:41,860 --> 00:36:44,932
- OK, so your club's what you dress for?
- Yes.
499
00:36:45,180 --> 00:36:51,176
If it has meaning to you, it doesn't
really matter if it's fictional or factual.
500
00:36:51,380 --> 00:36:55,009
The activities and the rituals
involved are pretty similar.
501
00:36:55,260 --> 00:36:58,730
They wish that it's reality
and behave as if it were.
502
00:36:58,980 --> 00:37:04,054
We will wear those uniforms because we
want to see those ideals of acceptance
503
00:37:04,300 --> 00:37:06,894
in this community in this century.
504
00:37:20,700 --> 00:37:22,656
This is where I live.
505
00:37:22,900 --> 00:37:28,372
What you're about to see here are some
of the fledgling opticals I've created.
506
00:37:28,620 --> 00:37:31,976
My name is Gabriel Charles Koerner.
I'm 21 years old.
507
00:37:32,220 --> 00:37:34,734
My job is a visual effects modeller
508
00:37:34,980 --> 00:37:39,770
and essentially what I do is build
spaceships and digital set extensions.
509
00:37:40,020 --> 00:37:42,329
I built the Mark II Viper Fighter.
510
00:37:42,580 --> 00:37:46,698
This was a visual test so I could see
that the landing gear was working OK
511
00:37:46,940 --> 00:37:49,738
and that the air vent intakes worked.
512
00:37:49,980 --> 00:37:54,451
When I had the chance of a photo
with the Enterprise from <i>Star Trek</i>,
513
00:37:54,700 --> 00:38:00,491
I basically had to do everything
in my power not to turn to Jell-O.
514
00:38:00,740 --> 00:38:03,129
It's like Moses seeing the burning bush.
515
00:38:03,380 --> 00:38:09,455
When we met, I was most impressed
by his intellect and artistic ability.
516
00:38:09,700 --> 00:38:13,375
He was much deeper
than any other 15-year-old I'd met.
517
00:38:13,620 --> 00:38:17,977
He didn't care what others thought
of him. He went against the grain.
518
00:38:18,220 --> 00:38:24,090
I guess I'd describe my younger self,
after having seen <i>Trekkies</i>,
519
00:38:24,300 --> 00:38:27,576
as somewhat socially oblivious.
520
00:38:27,820 --> 00:38:29,492
We were both nerds.
521
00:38:29,740 --> 00:38:35,929
I saw Gabe and I guess
I appreciated him in the same way
522
00:38:36,180 --> 00:38:38,455
that many people appreciate him now.
523
00:38:38,700 --> 00:38:40,053
I saw myself.
524
00:38:40,300 --> 00:38:44,930
When I guested on <i>The Drew Carey</i>
<i>Show</i> as a result of <i>Trekkies</i>,
525
00:38:45,180 --> 00:38:47,057
Drew Carey said what many said.
526
00:38:47,260 --> 00:38:51,094
He felt I represented
an awkward side of himself at that age.
527
00:38:51,340 --> 00:38:55,936
Gabriel was picked on because of
<i>Star Trek</i> and the way he thought.
528
00:38:56,180 --> 00:38:59,536
He's a genius. They always say
people are, but he is.
529
00:38:59,780 --> 00:39:01,736
He skipped grades in school.
530
00:39:01,980 --> 00:39:04,778
One of the press reviews shot out,
531
00:39:05,020 --> 00:39:09,616
"I love Gabriel Koerner. He's one of
those kids that's never going to get laid."
532
00:39:09,860 --> 00:39:16,732
Obviously that person turned out to be
incorrect and we just can leave it at that.
533
00:39:16,980 --> 00:39:19,619
Feel the power.
534
00:39:19,860 --> 00:39:21,134
Yeah.
535
00:39:21,340 --> 00:39:24,218
- He has even had marriage proposals.
- Oh, yeah.
536
00:39:24,460 --> 00:39:27,975
- It was hilarious.
- One was from a man.
537
00:39:28,220 --> 00:39:30,211
And that was fascinating.
538
00:39:30,420 --> 00:39:35,892
I've had a lot of people send me emails
questioning my sexual orientation.
539
00:39:36,140 --> 00:39:38,210
- How rude.
- Not really.
540
00:39:38,420 --> 00:39:40,172
Here's my answer.
541
00:39:40,420 --> 00:39:43,730
I'm married to someone
who was born a woman,
542
00:39:43,980 --> 00:39:47,939
but refer to things as fabulous
and own a sewing machine.
543
00:39:48,180 --> 00:39:50,136
Make up your own mind.
544
00:39:56,260 --> 00:40:00,856
I had the idea of doing
a half-hour comedy-spoof production.
545
00:40:01,100 --> 00:40:05,013
I thought that doing something
that doesn't take itself seriously
546
00:40:05,260 --> 00:40:09,014
and shows the humour of what you
can do with <i>Star Trek</i>,
547
00:40:09,260 --> 00:40:11,137
that would be the best way to go.
548
00:40:13,580 --> 00:40:19,416
I took on this task because my son asked
me to do it and I love building things.
549
00:40:19,660 --> 00:40:24,370
I spent so much time building the set
and not working that my boss fired me.
550
00:40:24,620 --> 00:40:28,295
Then I spent all of the rent money
on the set.
551
00:40:28,540 --> 00:40:32,055
My girlfriend got mad at me
for not spending enough time with her,
552
00:40:32,260 --> 00:40:36,139
so she ran off with somebody else.
553
00:40:36,380 --> 00:40:39,895
With my best friend.
But I'm doing what I love.
554
00:40:40,140 --> 00:40:45,373
- We got a set built in a week.
- And a $200 budget. $200 to build a set.
555
00:40:45,620 --> 00:40:51,297
You can't even... That's beer money.
Gas money, I mean. All right.
556
00:40:51,540 --> 00:40:56,056
We know you're working when we hear
four-letter words from backstage.
557
00:40:56,260 --> 00:40:59,809
This is what's left
of the shuttlecraft truck, these two seats.
558
00:41:00,060 --> 00:41:02,255
They towed the truck away.
559
00:41:02,500 --> 00:41:06,937
It was at my apartment and someone
towed it away or stole it. It vanished.
560
00:41:10,620 --> 00:41:13,578
I discovered that
one day when I was bored.
561
00:41:13,820 --> 00:41:20,134
I'm used to doing live theatrical plays,
and doing this is a big 360 switch.
562
00:41:20,340 --> 00:41:22,137
And action.
563
00:41:23,300 --> 00:41:25,097
- Is that my towel?
- I don't know.
564
00:41:25,300 --> 00:41:28,372
- Did you get it out of my quarters?
- Yeah, it's yours.
565
00:41:28,620 --> 00:41:30,133
- Don't you have one?
- No.
566
00:41:30,340 --> 00:41:35,130
My catchphrase seems to be, "This is the
worst possible time you could've called."
567
00:41:35,380 --> 00:41:40,170
- Another interesting thing that...
- Oh, for God's sakes. I'll get that.
568
00:41:40,380 --> 00:41:41,938
Hello?
569
00:41:42,180 --> 00:41:48,050
Peter, this is the worst time
you could've called! Go away! OK, bye.
570
00:41:48,260 --> 00:41:51,058
Some nut job got hold of my number
571
00:41:51,260 --> 00:41:55,048
and he's got some friend there
whispering to him,
572
00:41:55,300 --> 00:41:58,531
"Tell him to say
the 'get off the phone' line.
573
00:41:58,780 --> 00:42:03,092
"Dude, can you say
the 'get off the phone' thing?"
574
00:42:03,340 --> 00:42:06,059
I'm like, "Well, I can tell you to go away."
575
00:42:06,300 --> 00:42:11,249
This is the worst possible time you
could've called! Go away! OK. Take care.
576
00:42:11,500 --> 00:42:15,652
Gabriel is unique in the fact that
he takes his passion for <i>Star Trek</i>
577
00:42:15,900 --> 00:42:17,856
and does something with it like this.
578
00:42:18,100 --> 00:42:23,015
I figure the best thing to do is
to nurture your son. Follow his interests.
579
00:42:23,260 --> 00:42:25,376
This has been so much fun.
580
00:42:25,620 --> 00:42:30,853
I'll tell you what, I don't know what else
to say. I'm just so proud of Gabe.
581
00:42:31,100 --> 00:42:33,250
I think he's sweet.
582
00:42:33,500 --> 00:42:38,654
He works so hard.
And that's the main thing. I love him.
583
00:42:52,940 --> 00:42:57,968
We're going to Paris to meet some <i>Star</i>
<i>Trek</i> fans. Their club's called Unification.
584
00:42:58,220 --> 00:43:01,212
I wonder what
the French fans will be like.
585
00:43:23,340 --> 00:43:27,731
- I'm Eric Saussine, the vice-president.
- I'm Frank Mikanowski, the accountant.
586
00:43:27,980 --> 00:43:31,336
I'm Jean-Regis de Vanssay,
president of Unification.
587
00:43:31,700 --> 00:43:34,498
I've been watching <i>Star Trek</i>
since I was born.
588
00:43:35,260 --> 00:43:37,376
I can't explain why we love it.
589
00:43:37,620 --> 00:43:41,249
It's something, when we watch,
even if it's bad, we love it.
590
00:43:41,500 --> 00:43:45,413
There are not many
<i>Star Trek</i> fans in France.
591
00:43:45,660 --> 00:43:51,496
They have to hide that they are fans.
They don't want to be seen as fanatics.
592
00:43:51,740 --> 00:43:56,131
In France, science fiction is for kids,
not for adults.
593
00:43:56,380 --> 00:44:01,090
To like a TV series
is not considered a part of culture.
594
00:44:01,340 --> 00:44:05,492
For many years, in fact,
until maybe five or six years ago,
595
00:44:05,740 --> 00:44:09,096
being a <i>Star Trek</i> fan
was a very lonely experience.
596
00:44:09,340 --> 00:44:16,052
There was no way before the Internet
to find people who like the same shows.
597
00:44:16,260 --> 00:44:18,820
You want to share your passion.
598
00:44:20,620 --> 00:44:22,770
Welcome to the <i>Star Trek</i> quiche party.
599
00:44:23,020 --> 00:44:28,333
I make <i>Star Trek</i> quiche party every
two months. It's to watch <i>Enterprise</i>.
600
00:44:28,580 --> 00:44:31,140
At school I was bad at learning English.
601
00:44:31,380 --> 00:44:36,056
Watching <i>Star Trek</i> I learn English,
so tonight I can invite you to my home.
602
00:44:42,900 --> 00:44:45,539
- Tell me about this.
- It's my wall of <i>Star Trek</i> pictures.
603
00:44:45,780 --> 00:44:49,693
I change it every three weeks
so I can look at different actors.
604
00:44:49,940 --> 00:44:52,249
- So you have more?
- Yes, yes.
605
00:44:52,500 --> 00:44:55,060
- Every three weeks you put a new set?
- Yeah.
606
00:44:55,300 --> 00:45:00,249
I'm a writer. Here is a <i>Star Trek: Voyager</i>
script that I sent to Paramount Pictures.
607
00:45:00,500 --> 00:45:06,211
They were logged in and logged out
and sent back to my place.
608
00:45:06,460 --> 00:45:10,089
I only collect a few important things.
Those you see here.
609
00:45:10,340 --> 00:45:13,298
This is a storyboard script
for <i>Elena,</i> our fan film.
610
00:45:13,540 --> 00:45:18,409
The president storyboarded some
action scenes. I did the smaller drawings.
611
00:45:18,660 --> 00:45:24,178
This is our trailer. We set up tests
with computer-generated sets and ships.
612
00:45:24,380 --> 00:45:27,019
We did this trailer to interest people.
613
00:45:27,260 --> 00:45:32,129
- What is that behind you?
- Behind me? A vase with a Tribble in it.
614
00:45:32,380 --> 00:45:34,098
I like Tribbles
615
00:45:34,340 --> 00:45:40,051
because they are weird
and funny little balls of hair.
616
00:45:40,700 --> 00:45:44,010
I did this 40-page comic.
Plenty of funny stuff.
617
00:45:44,260 --> 00:45:49,539
I got to page 39. I planned to end it
at page 48, but never got to finish it.
618
00:45:51,340 --> 00:45:57,529
But when I was 13 I thought, "I've got
to stop this and do something else."
619
00:46:00,340 --> 00:46:05,494
- How do you decide what's normal?
- I think Gabe defines normal for a fan.
620
00:46:05,740 --> 00:46:10,052
My definition of a normal fan
is somebody just like me.
621
00:46:10,300 --> 00:46:13,736
I have a warped view
as I consider myself normal.
622
00:46:13,980 --> 00:46:17,336
I would never say that
that's not normal or that's weird
623
00:46:17,580 --> 00:46:21,334
because I have
so much weirdness in myself.
624
00:46:21,580 --> 00:46:23,810
That's why I'm an actor. I gotta get it out.
625
00:46:24,060 --> 00:46:28,372
I don't consider myself normal.
I think normal people are boring.
626
00:46:28,620 --> 00:46:31,180
A real fan learns to laugh at himself.
627
00:46:31,380 --> 00:46:35,771
You can't really ask people like us
what's normal.
628
00:46:36,020 --> 00:46:38,978
You're in a <i>Star Trek</i> band.
What's normal?
629
00:46:39,220 --> 00:46:41,688
Apparently you're all crazy. We are.
630
00:46:41,940 --> 00:46:44,534
I'm a Quaker lad who grew up wrong.
631
00:46:44,780 --> 00:46:50,138
We've a saying in Brazil that looking
at anyone up close, nobody is normal.
632
00:46:50,340 --> 00:46:54,174
I intentionally covet certain
weirdness in my personality.
633
00:46:54,420 --> 00:46:58,254
Sometimes people call me a freak,
and I say, "Cool, I'm a freak."
634
00:46:58,500 --> 00:47:01,060
My parents say,
"She's with the crazy ones."
635
00:47:01,260 --> 00:47:06,334
My husband thinks I'm extremely
strange, but knew it before we married.
636
00:47:06,580 --> 00:47:08,810
For me it's normal to be strange.
637
00:47:09,060 --> 00:47:14,373
If you did a documentary about what
the majority of <i>Star Trek</i> fans are like,
638
00:47:14,620 --> 00:47:16,576
it would probably be pretty boring.
639
00:47:16,820 --> 00:47:18,173
It's about individuality.
640
00:47:18,380 --> 00:47:23,295
One of the things that made the Borg
so terrifying is having no individuality.
641
00:47:23,540 --> 00:47:26,896
People are threatened
by anything different from the norm.
642
00:47:27,140 --> 00:47:31,531
- What is this mythical normal person?
- There is no such thing, and thank God.
643
00:47:31,780 --> 00:47:34,419
It reminds them what they're like inside,
644
00:47:34,660 --> 00:47:38,096
that geek they want to forget...
if they're not proud of it.
645
00:47:38,300 --> 00:47:39,972
Who decides normality?
646
00:47:40,220 --> 00:47:44,338
It depends on the individual. I've seen
two fellows come from Adelaide.
647
00:47:44,580 --> 00:47:47,697
- Two fellows.
- There's two fellows there.
648
00:47:47,940 --> 00:47:53,139
We just make sure that we, as parents,
especially me, don't go too far.
649
00:47:53,340 --> 00:47:58,175
If you lose your sense of identity
as a result of this, that's a problem.
650
00:47:58,420 --> 00:48:02,538
If it enhances your sense of identity,
your sense of self, that's beneficial.
651
00:48:02,780 --> 00:48:05,453
A convention's perfect
for obsessive behaviour.
652
00:48:05,700 --> 00:48:10,216
It's the place where it's accepted,
where it isn't obsessive. It's normative.
653
00:48:10,420 --> 00:48:16,416
If you want to live and breathe <i>Star Trek</i>
your whole life, that's pretty healthy.
654
00:48:16,660 --> 00:48:18,730
I wouldn't say I'm a die-hard fan.
655
00:48:18,980 --> 00:48:22,370
I'm into birdwatching and flowers.
That's my hobby.
656
00:48:22,620 --> 00:48:24,850
Everybody's got an alternative reality.
657
00:48:25,100 --> 00:48:29,969
There's no reason in the world to judge
that unless it's causing harm to others.
658
00:48:30,220 --> 00:48:35,055
Same thing with me liking basketball
and wanting every Michael Jordan card.
659
00:48:35,260 --> 00:48:40,209
If somebody says you're crazy,
that's his problem, not yours.
660
00:48:40,420 --> 00:48:46,052
People need something to put their heart
into. What's wrong with <i>Star Trek</i>?
661
00:48:46,260 --> 00:48:52,290
If you lived out Roddenberry's ethos, the
world wouldn't be in the mess it's in now.
662
00:48:52,540 --> 00:48:56,374
I would never do what Shatner said,
you know, "Get a life."
663
00:48:56,620 --> 00:49:01,136
That guy should be lucky. I'm sorry.
You probably shouldn't put that in.
664
00:49:01,340 --> 00:49:03,171
Some go too far,
665
00:49:03,420 --> 00:49:07,732
but we still embrace them as being part
of our own, part of the family we have.
666
00:49:07,980 --> 00:49:12,337
Every family's got the nutty uncle.
We just have a few more.
667
00:49:12,580 --> 00:49:18,177
If you think that the message is
tolerance, then start to practise that.
668
00:49:18,380 --> 00:49:23,170
But when you watch these people,
we are <i>Star Trek</i> fans and so tolerant.
669
00:49:23,420 --> 00:49:27,049
But we're more tolerant than the
<i>Star Trek</i> fan club in the east of the city.
670
00:49:27,260 --> 00:49:30,536
They're not tolerant.
Have you heard what they said?
671
00:49:30,780 --> 00:49:34,375
Not with these guys,
but we are the tolerant ones.
672
00:49:34,620 --> 00:49:39,569
I just try to live by the things
that <i>Star Trek</i> preaches and talks of,
673
00:49:39,820 --> 00:49:42,334
just trying to live a peaceful, loving life.
674
00:49:42,580 --> 00:49:46,209
Anybody should be able to do anything,
as long as... What's that quote?
675
00:49:46,460 --> 00:49:50,135
"I don't care what people do, as long
as they don't frighten the horses."
676
00:49:58,700 --> 00:50:02,534
I spearheaded a 12-year campaign
677
00:50:02,780 --> 00:50:08,332
to persuade the United States Postal
Service to issue a <i>Star Trek</i> stamp.
678
00:50:08,580 --> 00:50:12,095
We got a letter-writing campaign going,
but I don't think in my wildest dreams
679
00:50:12,340 --> 00:50:15,776
I expected to get people like
Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov,
680
00:50:16,020 --> 00:50:19,854
senators, state governors,
the presidents of Caltech and MIT...
681
00:50:20,100 --> 00:50:22,933
That was just overwhelming.
682
00:50:23,180 --> 00:50:26,252
Our fondest hopes and aspirations
were realised
683
00:50:26,500 --> 00:50:28,650
when that stamp was issued.
684
00:50:28,900 --> 00:50:32,051
Probably my most gratifying
accomplishment.
685
00:50:45,620 --> 00:50:51,092
It's a fun bonding thing. Every year I
whip up my famed Romulan concoction.
686
00:50:51,300 --> 00:50:55,737
It started off small and now
the younger people are coming.
687
00:50:55,980 --> 00:50:57,936
This year we had a girl come.
688
00:50:58,180 --> 00:51:01,934
One of my favourite things
is to go to <i>Star Trek</i> conventions.
689
00:51:02,180 --> 00:51:04,136
You really get to know people.
690
00:51:04,340 --> 00:51:07,457
We've brought marketing materials
for my latest fan film.
691
00:51:07,700 --> 00:51:09,736
Hi. Brian Dellis, Brian Dellis Productions.
692
00:51:09,980 --> 00:51:11,971
It's a fan film we're doing in Minnesota.
693
00:51:12,220 --> 00:51:14,939
In six months
we hope to have something to show.
694
00:51:15,180 --> 00:51:17,489
We'll drop things off at a convention.
695
00:51:17,740 --> 00:51:20,174
When it's done, we'll have more to show.
696
00:51:20,380 --> 00:51:23,816
Are you into the old or new <i>Star Trek</i>?
What are you into?
697
00:51:24,060 --> 00:51:29,453
- I'm more into the new <i>Star Trek</i>.
- It's a time-travel deal back to 1875.
698
00:51:29,700 --> 00:51:31,179
Keep your eyes peeled.
699
00:51:31,420 --> 00:51:34,378
Brian Dellis. Brian Dellis Productions.
How you doing, sir?
700
00:51:34,620 --> 00:51:37,054
Nice to meet you. Got an extra hand?
701
00:51:37,300 --> 00:51:39,256
Hi. That's a fan film we're working on.
702
00:51:39,500 --> 00:51:42,492
- Wow!
- The Gatekeeper!
703
00:51:42,740 --> 00:51:49,213
The Guardian of Forever is a temporal
and spatial portal from <i>Star Trek</i>.
704
00:51:49,460 --> 00:51:52,213
<i>- Qapla'!</i>
<i>- Qapla'!</i>
705
00:51:52,420 --> 00:51:56,049
Our <i>bat'leth</i> tournament raises money
for the American Diabetes Association.
706
00:51:56,300 --> 00:51:59,497
One person is on his knees
because our rules say
707
00:51:59,740 --> 00:52:03,016
if you're hit in the leg,
you get on your knees.
708
00:52:04,460 --> 00:52:07,099
Fresh kill. Good for the soul.
709
00:52:07,300 --> 00:52:10,849
I've been doing <i>Star Trek</i> fan films
for 30 years now.
710
00:52:11,100 --> 00:52:14,092
The first film, I was nine,
a film called <i>Space Voyage</i>.
711
00:52:14,300 --> 00:52:18,930
Followed by <i>The Martian War</i>, a
<i>Star Trek</i> scene set on the planet Mars.
712
00:52:19,180 --> 00:52:23,856
It's just been an obsession ever since.
Paul Rudeen and I go back 25 years.
713
00:52:24,100 --> 00:52:28,571
Our first film was <i>The Last Of Their</i>
<i>Kind</i>, a <i>Planet Of The Apes</i>
take-off.
714
00:52:28,820 --> 00:52:31,698
We're throwing every toy into this one.
715
00:52:31,940 --> 00:52:34,170
- Is everyone ready?
- And roll tape.
716
00:52:34,380 --> 00:52:37,133
In three, two, one, action!
717
00:52:40,780 --> 00:52:46,093
And cut. Whoops! Oh, jeez.
We've got a little problem here, boys.
718
00:52:46,340 --> 00:52:49,173
The bullhorn has died.
719
00:52:49,420 --> 00:52:52,059
On our ship we've created co-captains.
720
00:52:52,300 --> 00:52:55,417
- It seemed the fair thing with two of us.
- We get along great.
721
00:52:55,660 --> 00:52:59,778
It's like having a Number One,
but we're both kind of Number Ones.
722
00:53:00,020 --> 00:53:04,138
We should be 20 shots into the day
and we're four into it, so we're slipping.
723
00:53:04,340 --> 00:53:08,652
This is my business card. The next shoot
we'll probably do in about a year.
724
00:53:08,900 --> 00:53:12,370
"Justice. It's my town."
725
00:53:12,620 --> 00:53:16,454
"Justice. It's my town."
726
00:53:16,700 --> 00:53:23,048
The room I've been given to get ready
in is actually part of a bordello.
727
00:53:23,300 --> 00:53:25,894
We lost our make-up person today.
728
00:53:26,140 --> 00:53:29,177
Actually, we never had one to lose.
Who am I kidding?
729
00:53:29,380 --> 00:53:31,610
- OK, get ready, guys.
- Stand by.
730
00:53:31,860 --> 00:53:33,737
- Cameras ready!
- Action.
731
00:53:35,220 --> 00:53:37,176
Come on!
732
00:53:39,140 --> 00:53:43,611
I don't know where you're from,
but the hangman will figure it out.
733
00:53:43,860 --> 00:53:45,213
Let's plug the chicken thief!
734
00:53:45,460 --> 00:53:48,293
I don't know what kind of goat-show
justice you people run here,
735
00:53:48,540 --> 00:53:51,008
but it's wrong, it's wrong!
736
00:53:51,260 --> 00:53:53,296
Boys, be ready.
737
00:53:53,540 --> 00:53:58,056
Our strange friend here may have more
friends from the moon to bust him out.
738
00:53:59,020 --> 00:54:01,580
- Cut.
- No. Let's keep going.
739
00:54:01,820 --> 00:54:03,492
My arm hurts.
740
00:54:07,700 --> 00:54:13,536
Cut. It's like the Alice Cooper concert
when I was in 11th grade right now.
741
00:54:13,780 --> 00:54:16,010
I didn't hear for two weeks after that.
742
00:54:16,260 --> 00:54:22,017
There is something about putting the
uniform on and toting around with a gun
743
00:54:22,260 --> 00:54:24,694
and bossing everyone around.
744
00:54:24,940 --> 00:54:30,094
There is an appeal to that. It doesn't
happen at my house or anywhere else.
745
00:54:30,300 --> 00:54:33,656
Let's get two people up on the roof here.
746
00:54:33,900 --> 00:54:37,859
There's a stepladder.
Where did that stepladder go?
747
00:54:39,940 --> 00:54:43,330
I feel like no one's listening.
Where's my bullhorn?
748
00:54:43,580 --> 00:54:46,140
We'll have the shotgun on the roof there.
749
00:54:46,380 --> 00:54:48,610
This shot we just need you in position.
750
00:54:48,860 --> 00:54:50,896
- You need a gun.
- Gun or guns?
751
00:54:51,140 --> 00:54:52,812
- Two.
- I should come out with two.
752
00:54:53,060 --> 00:54:56,177
You should only have one gun because
you're going to have this heroic...
753
00:54:56,420 --> 00:54:59,412
When they charge you,
you still whack their heads together.
754
00:54:59,620 --> 00:55:01,258
I can't drop the gun.
755
00:55:01,500 --> 00:55:04,219
I used to beat him up when he was a kid.
756
00:55:04,460 --> 00:55:07,054
Now he's the boss and it's weird.
757
00:55:07,260 --> 00:55:10,570
Brian! Is that hose
going to get in your shot?
758
00:55:10,820 --> 00:55:14,017
They had hoses back then, didn't they?
759
00:55:16,460 --> 00:55:18,928
OK, cut. Cut.
760
00:55:19,180 --> 00:55:23,571
- People ask me why I'm doing this.
- <i>Star Trek</i> itself is a fun way to pretend.
761
00:55:23,820 --> 00:55:28,450
To make believe,
and that's really what it's all about.
762
00:55:28,700 --> 00:55:32,090
Now we're 40 years old
and that passion is still there.
763
00:55:32,300 --> 00:55:35,133
They're making the move to the wagon.
764
00:55:35,380 --> 00:55:37,416
O'Malley!
765
00:55:37,660 --> 00:55:42,131
That's the signal, boys. Come on,
let's give 'em hell. Charge!
766
00:55:52,020 --> 00:55:54,978
It brings you back
to when you were 12 and doing this.
767
00:55:55,220 --> 00:55:59,498
We'd spend entire summers when I was
young doing nothing but these films.
768
00:55:59,740 --> 00:56:01,731
You did them because you loved it.
769
00:56:03,820 --> 00:56:06,288
Paulie!
770
00:56:20,220 --> 00:56:22,336
<i>Remember me, Jim.</i>
771
00:56:46,060 --> 00:56:50,656
In Australia, <i>Star Trek</i> fan clubs
have been around since 1968.
772
00:56:50,900 --> 00:56:54,017
There are yearly conventions
in every major city.
773
00:56:54,260 --> 00:56:57,377
Two of the biggest
are Sydney and Melbourne.
774
00:57:12,900 --> 00:57:15,255
We're cruising in Sydney Harbour.
775
00:57:15,500 --> 00:57:19,652
- We're all <i>Star Trek</i> fans.
- What do you love about <i>Star Trek</i>?
776
00:57:19,900 --> 00:57:21,219
I like the ideals.
777
00:57:21,420 --> 00:57:26,050
You've got morals and ethics behind it.
You've got story and love behind it.
778
00:57:26,260 --> 00:57:30,458
I work to be able to come to conventions,
buy tapes, buy videos, buy merchandise.
779
00:57:30,700 --> 00:57:33,851
I love three characters,
so they're tattooed on my back.
780
00:57:34,100 --> 00:57:38,651
Brent Spiner as Data, Connor Trinneer
as Trip, and Dominic Keating as Reed.
781
00:57:38,900 --> 00:57:42,973
I met her when she only had two faces.
Now she has three and the Enterprise.
782
00:57:43,220 --> 00:57:47,896
It's Data's fault that I'm into <i>Star Trek</i>.
Watching "Naked Now" got me hooked.
783
00:57:48,140 --> 00:57:50,290
My sister-in-law thinks I'm insane.
784
00:57:50,540 --> 00:57:55,250
My parents are not going to know until
it's finished. They live 10 hours away.
785
00:57:55,500 --> 00:58:00,620
Parents don't need to know everything.
Dominic's here tonight. What did he say?
786
00:58:00,860 --> 00:58:06,218
He said he was honoured that it was
on there. But also said it was a bit weird.
787
00:58:07,420 --> 00:58:09,411
It is! It is!
788
00:58:09,660 --> 00:58:14,256
Now, that's commitment,
that's going for it, because...
789
00:58:15,940 --> 00:58:18,170
those are hard to take off.
790
00:58:18,380 --> 00:58:20,940
I never thought I'd be...
791
00:58:21,180 --> 00:58:25,139
You know what? I'm in a tattoo parlour.
"Here's an idea!
792
00:58:25,340 --> 00:58:27,251
"Can you sketch up Connor Trinneer?"
793
00:58:27,500 --> 00:58:30,219
This bear's been to how many
conventions?
794
00:58:30,460 --> 00:58:33,770
- Probably 20 or 30.
- I think the bear lives in Adelaide.
795
00:58:34,020 --> 00:58:35,976
You have to book a plane seat for it.
796
00:58:36,220 --> 00:58:41,248
We'll do the announcements shortly
and then auction the gear that's laid out.
797
00:58:41,500 --> 00:58:44,856
And the bear has arrived.
Let's hear it for the bear.
798
00:58:45,100 --> 00:58:48,331
Australia's a wonderful place
for a convention.
799
00:58:48,580 --> 00:58:52,619
When I was little, I didn't really like
<i>Star Trek</i> because it didn't look real.
800
00:58:52,860 --> 00:58:54,737
Now it's modern and looks good.
801
00:58:54,980 --> 00:58:57,369
The Vulcan mind meld intrigues me.
802
00:58:57,620 --> 00:59:00,692
Being a part of <i>Star Trek</i>
has improved my life.
803
00:59:00,940 --> 00:59:04,012
I love <i>Star Trek</i> because of
its different cultures.
804
00:59:04,260 --> 00:59:09,050
It says, "Let's all explore our potential
as humans and see where it goes."
805
00:59:09,260 --> 00:59:12,570
It was there when I needed it at the time.
806
00:59:12,820 --> 00:59:16,972
I could come home really upset,
I'd go upstairs and put a video on,
807
00:59:17,220 --> 00:59:20,257
sit back and watch it
and just escape for a while,
808
00:59:20,500 --> 00:59:24,334
then come back feeling
so different, so renewed.
809
00:59:24,580 --> 00:59:30,337
It's just helped me so much.
I mean, I have been suicidal.
810
00:59:30,580 --> 00:59:35,131
I've just gotten over it with the help
of <i>Star Trek</i> and the love of my family.
811
00:59:37,260 --> 00:59:39,216
Good afternoon, Denise.
Welcome to Geelong.
812
00:59:39,420 --> 00:59:43,095
I'm Judy. This is Angela,
my number two daughter.
813
00:59:43,340 --> 00:59:46,537
This is where we live.
Would you like to look around?
814
00:59:46,780 --> 00:59:51,058
Carol and I had this idea of starting
a retirement home for old Trekkers.
815
00:59:51,260 --> 00:59:56,015
We reckon we'll all be together probably
and be good mates when we retire.
816
00:59:56,260 --> 00:59:58,330
What would the home's name be?
817
00:59:58,580 --> 01:00:02,414
The Decaying Orbits Home
for Geriatric Children.
818
01:00:02,660 --> 01:00:05,777
- I love it. I want a room.
- There'll be a waiting list.
819
01:00:06,020 --> 01:00:10,536
When I pass on to the next "emanation",
as they say in <i>Voyager</i> speak,
820
01:00:10,780 --> 01:00:13,852
I want a headstone
with a communicator symbol
821
01:00:14,100 --> 01:00:17,172
and I want it to say, "She's dead, Jim."
822
01:00:19,180 --> 01:00:21,057
We like to keep our sense of humour.
823
01:00:21,260 --> 01:00:25,731
I've got my lovely picture here
and my wall of toy boys.
824
01:00:25,980 --> 01:00:29,939
Connor Trinneer, he's the latest
heart-throb of the <i>Enterprise</i> series.
825
01:00:30,180 --> 01:00:34,139
I'm old enough to be his mother,
but he's still a bit of all right.
826
01:00:34,340 --> 01:00:38,049
I'd like you to meet
my eldest daughter Victoria.
827
01:00:38,260 --> 01:00:40,330
How has <i>Star Trek</i> affected you?
828
01:00:40,580 --> 01:00:47,213
I followed Mum around and grew up
and wanted to watch what she watched.
829
01:00:47,460 --> 01:00:51,294
I watched <i>Star Trek</i> for a while
and now I'm into it.
830
01:00:51,540 --> 01:00:57,536
I like <i>Star Trek</i> and I can watch it, but
I
wouldn't dress up and things like that.
831
01:00:57,780 --> 01:00:59,054
It's not really me.
832
01:00:59,260 --> 01:01:05,449
- What do you think of her toy boy wall?
- I don't know how to put it.
833
01:01:05,700 --> 01:01:08,168
It's very strange indeed.
834
01:01:08,380 --> 01:01:12,055
We're still enjoying ourselves
and having fun.
835
01:01:12,260 --> 01:01:15,855
Our offspring, the teenagers,
are becoming serious.
836
01:01:16,100 --> 01:01:19,137
They're ashamed of us
and don't want to know us.
837
01:01:19,380 --> 01:01:21,894
Have you ever put on the uniform?
838
01:01:22,140 --> 01:01:25,735
When I was little, Mum dressed me up.
I had no choice.
839
01:01:25,980 --> 01:01:27,857
I was brainwashed.
840
01:01:28,100 --> 01:01:32,616
- There's Victoria.
- Oh, look at that.
841
01:01:32,860 --> 01:01:34,339
That's adorable.
842
01:01:34,580 --> 01:01:38,175
It's been handed down from
her eldest daughter to her youngest.
843
01:01:38,420 --> 01:01:40,809
Now Connor has it and says, "Engage."
844
01:01:41,060 --> 01:01:43,779
- Connor, say "Engage."
- Engage.
845
01:01:44,020 --> 01:01:47,376
- Say "Make it so!"
- Make it so!
846
01:01:47,620 --> 01:01:50,214
- Good boy.
- These girls are my mates.
847
01:01:50,420 --> 01:01:54,891
We get together every Wednesday and
have a day of watching <i>Star Trek</i> videos.
848
01:01:55,140 --> 01:01:59,099
If anything's bothering you,
you put <i>Star Trek</i> on,
849
01:01:59,300 --> 01:02:03,213
it puts you in a new world,
you forget about your problems.
850
01:02:03,420 --> 01:02:06,776
It broaches subjects
that other shows don't.
851
01:02:07,020 --> 01:02:12,048
We enjoy watching the videos
and we enjoy watching the people.
852
01:02:12,300 --> 01:02:15,451
- The heavenly bodies.
- Look at the luscious bodies.
853
01:02:15,700 --> 01:02:18,851
- It's really the luscious bodies.
- Captain Kirk.
854
01:02:19,100 --> 01:02:22,536
They usually stop the tape
and like to watch one body...
855
01:02:22,780 --> 01:02:26,170
- Freeze-frame.
- Freeze-frame with Connor Trinneer.
856
01:02:26,380 --> 01:02:31,249
I'm embarrassed. I'm getting red. If I
didn't have make-up on, I'd be blushing.
857
01:02:31,500 --> 01:02:34,936
It was difficult in the '60s
to be a sci-fi fan.
858
01:02:35,180 --> 01:02:40,095
I did go to an all-girls school and I
suffered torments you wouldn't believe.
859
01:02:40,340 --> 01:02:45,209
But now I've sort of overcome it all
and no one can touch me any more.
860
01:02:45,420 --> 01:02:48,139
I'm happy to be an eccentric adult.
861
01:02:48,380 --> 01:02:52,453
No one expects anything from me
any more. I'll be an eccentric old lady.
862
01:02:52,700 --> 01:02:57,216
One of the girls on the web
wrote a totally delightful little poem,
863
01:02:57,460 --> 01:03:01,692
a parody about Connor to the tune
of <i>Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star</i>.
864
01:03:01,940 --> 01:03:04,090
I won't sing it unless you want me to.
865
01:03:04,300 --> 01:03:07,736
<i>Twinkle, twinkle, darling Trip</i>
866
01:03:07,980 --> 01:03:11,336
<i>How I love it when you strip</i>
867
01:03:11,580 --> 01:03:15,095
<i>Down to Starfleet blues you go</i>
868
01:03:15,300 --> 01:03:19,213
<i>Not so fast, I like it slow</i>
869
01:03:19,420 --> 01:03:22,537
<i>Gorgeous body, face divine</i>
870
01:03:22,780 --> 01:03:26,568
<i>How I wish that you were mine</i>
871
01:03:39,460 --> 01:03:44,056
We still get an avalanche of letters and
mail. It's seven years since the first film.
872
01:03:44,260 --> 01:03:50,495
This gentleman still sends in his travel
brochures. This is two weeks' worth.
873
01:03:50,740 --> 01:03:56,849
We get a lot of calls. We remember
the bizarre ones, but that's not many.
874
01:03:57,100 --> 01:04:00,137
Then you get a fan who's really zealous,
875
01:04:00,380 --> 01:04:04,817
like the guy whose dog
has the Starfleet insignia on its coat.
876
01:04:05,060 --> 01:04:07,210
One guy sounds like W C Fields.
877
01:04:07,460 --> 01:04:10,975
He asks to borrow our ship
to pick up the gold.
878
01:04:11,220 --> 01:04:14,815
"See, I gotta pick up the ship.
I need to pick up the gold.
879
01:04:15,060 --> 01:04:16,937
"It's out in the desert."
880
01:04:17,180 --> 01:04:21,059
- Which ship? Enterprise? Voyager?
- He's been talking to President Bush.
881
01:04:21,300 --> 01:04:23,052
"The president's got our gold."
882
01:04:23,300 --> 01:04:26,531
Another person is obsessed with crabs.
883
01:04:26,780 --> 01:04:32,093
He sends us storyboards about
Electra the giant robot mud crab.
884
01:04:32,300 --> 01:04:36,816
And he's got a lot of examples
of what we could do with the crabs.
885
01:04:37,060 --> 01:04:39,210
A lot of work went into this.
886
01:04:39,420 --> 01:04:43,538
He's got a backdrop, a model
and a really beautiful crab.
887
01:04:43,780 --> 01:04:47,011
Look at how the crab ship
is going into a planet.
888
01:04:47,260 --> 01:04:52,892
Here it is underwater. It makes sense
that if it's part-crab, it might be aquatic.
889
01:04:53,140 --> 01:04:58,134
His letters talk about how wonderful
crabs are and how tasty they are,
890
01:04:58,380 --> 01:05:02,851
which is weird as he seems to respect
crabs and wants the ship to be a crab,
891
01:05:03,100 --> 01:05:05,694
but really enjoys eating crabs as well.
892
01:05:05,940 --> 01:05:12,413
Maybe he's just like you or me.
It's doubtful, but who knows, you know?
893
01:05:12,660 --> 01:05:14,537
It's obviously his outlet.
894
01:05:22,260 --> 01:05:23,818
Hey, guys.
895
01:05:24,060 --> 01:05:26,620
This is <i>Romeo and Juliet:</i>
<i>The Last Battlefield</i>.
896
01:05:26,860 --> 01:05:33,299
I've adapted Shakespeare's original script
to episode 70 of the original <i>Star Trek</i>.
897
01:05:33,540 --> 01:05:35,496
It's the Montague/Capulet concept
898
01:05:35,740 --> 01:05:39,050
where people see themselves
as opposites, yet are alike.
899
01:05:39,300 --> 01:05:43,816
I can't believe this interpretation
of <i>Romeo And Juliet</i> hasn't been done.
900
01:05:44,060 --> 01:05:48,372
O Romeo, Romeo!
Wherefore art thou Romeo?
901
01:05:48,620 --> 01:05:50,656
Shall I hear more?
Or shall I speak at this?
902
01:05:50,900 --> 01:05:55,178
This is Curtis J Fortier, my AD. He also
plays the Captain Kirk-like character.
903
01:05:55,420 --> 01:05:56,773
That I do.
904
01:05:57,020 --> 01:06:00,296
Heaven finds means
to kill your joys with love,
905
01:06:00,540 --> 01:06:04,135
and I, for winking at your discords,
have lost abrasive crewmen!
906
01:06:04,380 --> 01:06:07,178
- I've prepared for this all of my life.
- Are you mad, Capulet?
907
01:06:07,420 --> 01:06:12,540
Here's the programme from my first
<i>Star Trek</i> convention in August of 1976.
908
01:06:12,780 --> 01:06:16,375
Roddenberry constantly
borrowed from Shakespeare.
909
01:06:16,620 --> 01:06:18,417
Live and be prosperous.
910
01:06:18,660 --> 01:06:21,220
Kirk is a classic Shakespearean hero.
911
01:06:21,460 --> 01:06:24,179
I'm sorry, Captain.
912
01:06:31,740 --> 01:06:33,537
She's dead!
913
01:06:35,180 --> 01:06:37,740
He's my lover. I must kill him.
914
01:06:37,980 --> 01:06:43,100
Why does this happen
on every planet we visit?
915
01:06:43,300 --> 01:06:48,932
There never was a story of more woe
than this, of Juliet and her Romeo.
916
01:06:49,140 --> 01:06:50,539
You make friends.
917
01:06:50,740 --> 01:06:56,053
Fans get together and talk <i>Star Trek</i>.
You watch the shows, have fun with it.
918
01:06:56,260 --> 01:07:02,449
<i>He gave to cold technology</i>
<i>A kindly human face</i>
919
01:07:02,700 --> 01:07:06,659
<i>Just a simple country doctor</i>
920
01:07:06,900 --> 01:07:09,812
<i>Who worked in outer space</i>
921
01:07:10,060 --> 01:07:13,450
- This is a filk singing convention.
- Sci-fi folk-music singers.
922
01:07:13,700 --> 01:07:15,053
How specialised!
923
01:07:15,300 --> 01:07:20,420
Historically, the word "filk" came from
a typo of the word "folk".
924
01:07:20,660 --> 01:07:25,256
We know what it is, but trying to define it
in words isn't always a good idea.
925
01:07:25,500 --> 01:07:31,018
It could have been a lot worse than filk
as a typo, but luckily for us it's just filk.
926
01:07:31,260 --> 01:07:33,694
Deciding what a filk song should be,
927
01:07:33,940 --> 01:07:38,650
I thought it should be
a humorous parody of a folk song.
928
01:07:38,900 --> 01:07:44,179
It wound up as anything science-fiction
people do in the way of singing.
929
01:07:44,420 --> 01:07:47,139
<i>You were five years old</i>
<i>when the riots came</i>
930
01:07:47,340 --> 01:07:50,571
<i>And in two months</i>
<i>your parents were dead</i>
931
01:07:50,820 --> 01:07:54,096
<i>But you hid, you ran</i>
<i>And for years survived</i>
932
01:07:54,300 --> 01:07:57,292
<i>Like an animal hunted as prey</i>
933
01:07:57,540 --> 01:08:00,577
<i>Natasha Yar</i>
<i>What would your parents think</i>
934
01:08:00,820 --> 01:08:04,335
<i>If they saw you today?</i>
935
01:08:04,580 --> 01:08:09,335
It was a great song about a woman
finding out what a strong soldier she is.
936
01:08:09,580 --> 01:08:11,696
It seemed perfect for Natasha Yar.
937
01:08:11,940 --> 01:08:16,172
<i>Expendable Guy</i> was a song
that I don't really remember how I wrote,
938
01:08:16,380 --> 01:08:20,373
but it was just fooling around
and I was thinking, "La, la, la..."
939
01:08:20,620 --> 01:08:23,180
I made up the music as I went along.
940
01:08:23,380 --> 01:08:27,259
I was standing on the edge
of a bathtub at the time. Yes, I was.
941
01:08:27,500 --> 01:08:32,016
There were some things wrong with it.
And Athrylis, as always, helped me.
942
01:08:32,260 --> 01:08:34,979
Yes, I did some editing
943
01:08:35,220 --> 01:08:41,056
because she doesn't always
make good choices.
944
01:08:41,260 --> 01:08:47,290
<i>I'm not Worf and I'm not Data</i>
<i>Perhaps I should have been a waiter</i>
945
01:08:47,540 --> 01:08:50,100
<i>I'm not Kira or Seven of Nine</i>
946
01:08:50,300 --> 01:08:55,374
<i>But I'll prove myself</i>
<i>Just give me time</i>
947
01:08:55,620 --> 01:08:57,690
<i>'Cause I'm the expendable guy</i>
948
01:08:57,940 --> 01:09:01,853
<i>Can someone tell me why</i>
949
01:09:02,100 --> 01:09:05,092
<i>I'm the expendable guy?</i>
950
01:09:05,300 --> 01:09:09,498
That line about "I should have
been a waiter" just cracked me up.
951
01:09:09,740 --> 01:09:12,174
Leslie Fish is not a person to pigeonhole.
952
01:09:12,380 --> 01:09:16,168
Leslie is someone whose music I admire.
953
01:09:17,500 --> 01:09:21,175
<i>The captain's tastes were simple</i>
<i>But his methods were complex</i>
954
01:09:21,420 --> 01:09:25,174
<i>We found him with five partners</i>
<i>Each of a different world and sex</i>
955
01:09:25,380 --> 01:09:29,259
<i>The shore police were on the way</i>
<i>We had no second chance</i>
956
01:09:29,500 --> 01:09:33,254
<i>We beamed him up in the nick of time</i>
<i>And the remnants of his pants</i>
957
01:09:33,500 --> 01:09:38,255
<i>And we're banned from Argo every one</i>
958
01:09:38,500 --> 01:09:42,175
<i>Banned from Argo</i>
<i>Just for having a little fun</i>
959
01:09:42,380 --> 01:09:46,168
<i>We spent a jolly shore leave there</i>
<i>For just three days or four</i>
960
01:09:46,420 --> 01:09:50,971
<i>But Argo doesn't want us any more</i>
961
01:09:51,220 --> 01:09:55,657
One of the band members said, "Can
you write a quick song to fill the gap?"
962
01:09:55,900 --> 01:09:58,414
I said, "I'll write about the whole crew."
963
01:09:58,660 --> 01:10:02,573
I wrote about the Enterprise crew
on shore leave, a throwaway song.
964
01:10:02,820 --> 01:10:09,578
I've written 200 songs
and that's the one I'm best known for.
965
01:10:09,820 --> 01:10:11,617
Such is fame.
966
01:10:14,180 --> 01:10:17,411
The fans I've met
do a lot of charity work.
967
01:10:17,660 --> 01:10:22,051
If you are a fan, a <i>Star Trek</i> fan,
you are obligated to do something,
968
01:10:22,260 --> 01:10:25,411
give something back
to the world at large.
969
01:10:25,660 --> 01:10:30,176
We help Youth Emergency Services,
for teenagers taken from their homes.
970
01:10:30,420 --> 01:10:33,332
We raised Ј400 for Cancer Research.
971
01:10:33,580 --> 01:10:39,052
- I work a lot with Save the Children.
- We collect money for AIDS children.
972
01:10:39,260 --> 01:10:41,933
We help the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
973
01:10:42,180 --> 01:10:47,174
One of the principles of <i>Star Trek</i> is to
help people, peoples helping each other.
974
01:10:47,380 --> 01:10:52,408
At Shore Leave we have a blood drive.
We get humans, Vulcans, Klingons...
975
01:10:52,660 --> 01:10:57,939
I see a Klingon there. He's going to give
blood, but Klingon blood is purple.
976
01:10:58,180 --> 01:11:03,254
We are going to auction off a picture I did
this morning of Data and his cat Spot.
977
01:11:03,500 --> 01:11:08,654
I'm at the Pulaski County Humane
Society with donations from Roc*Kon.
978
01:11:08,900 --> 01:11:11,255
We really appreciate what you've done.
979
01:11:11,500 --> 01:11:16,893
All of us as assistants give at least
one Make-A-Wish Foundation tour.
980
01:11:17,140 --> 01:11:21,179
We put one kid through Make-up, gave
him Vulcan ears and walked him around.
981
01:11:21,380 --> 01:11:26,135
On the bridge he's like, "Get off of my
bridge!" And ran to the captain's chair!
982
01:11:26,380 --> 01:11:29,417
They're the best thank-you letters
you'll receive.
983
01:11:29,660 --> 01:11:34,176
Whether the child survived or not,
and a lot of times they didn't,
984
01:11:34,420 --> 01:11:38,538
but a lot of times afterwards
the parents will write and say,
985
01:11:38,780 --> 01:11:42,739
"The last months of my child's life
were amazing because of what you did."
986
01:11:42,980 --> 01:11:47,849
My son Julian Fleming was diagnosed
with a terminal genetic disease.
987
01:11:48,100 --> 01:11:50,375
We lost our health insurance.
988
01:11:50,620 --> 01:11:56,252
Fortunately my neighbour is <i>Star Trek</i>
fan club member Doris Jezinowski.
989
01:11:56,500 --> 01:12:01,096
She is a member of the U.S.S. Athena,
and they found out about it
990
01:12:01,340 --> 01:12:03,649
and raised funds to help us pay the bills.
991
01:12:03,900 --> 01:12:09,577
<i>Trek</i> fandom's an extended family. When
a part of the family hurts, we reach out.
992
01:12:09,820 --> 01:12:12,857
They can't necessarily
save the galaxy,
993
01:12:13,100 --> 01:12:16,137
but they can help the kid next door.
994
01:12:16,340 --> 01:12:21,016
Every time I was at the bottom
and couldn't...
995
01:12:21,260 --> 01:12:25,617
I didn't know how I'd fill the next
prescription, they would be there.
996
01:12:25,860 --> 01:12:30,217
They would call and say, "We've had
a fundraiser and we're there for you."
997
01:12:30,460 --> 01:12:33,691
When he died,
they helped pay for his funeral.
998
01:12:51,100 --> 01:12:54,490
If somebody had said
that I'd be in Serbia and Montenegro,
999
01:12:54,740 --> 01:13:01,088
in the former Yugoslavia, looking for <i>Star</i>
<i>Trek</i> fans, I might have been sceptical.
1000
01:13:01,340 --> 01:13:07,051
But despite war and oppression,
<i>Star Trek</i> still managed to inspire people.
1001
01:13:07,300 --> 01:13:12,249
<i>Star Trek</i> was my first contact
with science fiction.
1002
01:13:12,500 --> 01:13:16,049
<i>Star Trek</i> is very important
to people in Serbia
1003
01:13:16,300 --> 01:13:20,088
because it gives hope to people.
1004
01:13:20,340 --> 01:13:25,209
We lived in isolation for ten years
or more. It was really hard, you know.
1005
01:13:25,420 --> 01:13:31,097
The people lived in... I can say it,
we lived in fear. There was war.
1006
01:13:31,340 --> 01:13:34,013
There was almost a famine, the crisis...
1007
01:13:34,260 --> 01:13:38,173
People killed each other only because
they have different names,
1008
01:13:38,420 --> 01:13:41,218
different cultures or religious views.
1009
01:13:41,460 --> 01:13:45,214
In times of crisis, people tend
to look to the past
1010
01:13:45,420 --> 01:13:48,776
as some golden age
they want to return to.
1011
01:13:49,020 --> 01:13:51,932
Sometimes it was better in the past.
1012
01:13:52,180 --> 01:13:56,298
They wouldn't look to the future because
the future is getting darker for them.
1013
01:13:56,540 --> 01:13:59,896
Not for the rest of the world,
just the country in crisis.
1014
01:14:00,140 --> 01:14:05,294
We were people who, despite that,
looked to the future... due to <i>Star Trek</i>.
1015
01:14:05,540 --> 01:14:09,135
That, in <i>Star Trek</i>,
the whole planet was united,
1016
01:14:09,380 --> 01:14:13,658
that everything human was united
with no difference between people,
1017
01:14:13,900 --> 01:14:16,619
that is what basically took our interest.
1018
01:14:16,860 --> 01:14:20,455
You feel part of something
greater than yourself.
1019
01:14:20,700 --> 01:14:22,656
Life in the 24th century is better.
1020
01:14:22,900 --> 01:14:29,135
It was giving us hope that sometime
that day will come and we will be free.
1021
01:14:35,300 --> 01:14:39,373
We've got several groups in Serbia.
We meet about once in six months.
1022
01:14:39,620 --> 01:14:45,377
- We are the Starfleet.
- It's a very mixed group. It's great.
1023
01:14:45,620 --> 01:14:50,375
So, when you watch <i>Star Trek</i> and
glean the ideals of the 24th century...
1024
01:14:50,620 --> 01:14:53,293
We want to be in there, that's what.
1025
01:14:53,540 --> 01:14:57,453
We want to be on deck
in that civilisation.
1026
01:14:57,700 --> 01:15:00,976
We hope that we will have
a part of it one day.
1027
01:15:21,780 --> 01:15:24,010
- Welcome to Novi Sad.
- Thank you.
1028
01:15:24,260 --> 01:15:28,776
My home. This is a building
from the social era of Yugoslavia.
1029
01:15:29,020 --> 01:15:31,659
All built the same, very cheap.
1030
01:15:31,900 --> 01:15:34,050
I live on the seventh floor.
1031
01:15:34,260 --> 01:15:37,138
- A glass door.
- You can see where you are.
1032
01:15:37,340 --> 01:15:40,537
I have a lot to show you.
All that fascinates me.
1033
01:15:40,780 --> 01:15:43,089
- This is my mum.
- Hello.
1034
01:15:43,300 --> 01:15:46,292
- Hello.
- I like also <i>Star Trek</i>.
1035
01:15:46,540 --> 01:15:47,893
Yes, <i>Star Trek.</i>
1036
01:15:48,140 --> 01:15:52,053
<i>Star Trek</i> inspired me to make my home
look a bit like <i>Star Trek</i> in every detail.
1037
01:15:52,260 --> 01:15:56,333
This is an imitation of the LCARS panels.
"Do not enter without permit."
1038
01:15:56,580 --> 01:15:59,890
This is all little kingdom
around me, <i>Star Trek</i>.
1039
01:16:00,140 --> 01:16:02,210
- These are my drawings.
- Incredible!
1040
01:16:02,420 --> 01:16:05,253
I have a knack for it, so to say.
1041
01:16:05,500 --> 01:16:09,129
This is my newest ship
and my dearest Ariane,
1042
01:16:09,380 --> 01:16:14,010
designed by Commander Captain Veljko
Vidic, so I'm the captain of Ariane.
1043
01:16:14,260 --> 01:16:18,219
This is the topside, you have
shuttlebay, phasers, these are airlocks.
1044
01:16:18,460 --> 01:16:23,215
The first letter ever published from
Yugoslavia, that's history being made.
1045
01:16:23,420 --> 01:16:25,729
"Mr Future Architect", me, Veljko Vidic.
1046
01:16:25,980 --> 01:16:31,179
They published my drawings for the
U.S.S. Magnanimous. I was so happy.
1047
01:16:31,380 --> 01:16:36,215
My friends came to see. "You came
into the American <i>Star Trek</i> magazine."
1048
01:16:36,420 --> 01:16:38,138
That's a beginning.
1049
01:16:41,300 --> 01:16:44,292
- Does your mum watch <i>Star Trek</i>?
- She does.
1050
01:16:45,660 --> 01:16:48,652
- Of course.
- Does she appreciate it?
1051
01:16:50,140 --> 01:16:51,937
- Yes.
- Very much.
1052
01:16:52,180 --> 01:16:56,298
<i>Star Trek</i> is in my heart and it shines
through that from my works,
1053
01:16:56,540 --> 01:17:00,215
from my dance, my singing,
my drawings, everything.
1054
01:17:00,420 --> 01:17:02,376
That's how <i>Star Trek</i> is with me.
1055
01:17:09,860 --> 01:17:14,138
This is a historical moment, the first
<i>Star Trek</i> convention in Novi Sad,
1056
01:17:14,340 --> 01:17:16,854
in Yugoslavia, in this region of Europe.
1057
01:17:17,100 --> 01:17:21,218
We really value this day
as something special.
1058
01:17:21,460 --> 01:17:24,099
I still can't believe this is happening.
1059
01:17:24,420 --> 01:17:28,049
What we wanted to start with
is that in the 24th century,
1060
01:17:28,300 --> 01:17:32,054
technology lives with nature
in perfect unity.
1061
01:17:33,340 --> 01:17:35,979
Tractor beams
and gravitational fields
1062
01:17:36,220 --> 01:17:38,176
and connected themes.
1063
01:17:39,340 --> 01:17:43,094
This is <i>Star Trek</i> convention
and my job is security.
1064
01:17:43,340 --> 01:17:46,298
It's a gathering of fans
that I never knew existed.
1065
01:17:46,540 --> 01:17:49,577
A lot of people didn't believe
it could happen.
1066
01:17:49,820 --> 01:17:52,812
Every Trekkie in Serbia
believes he's alone.
1067
01:17:53,060 --> 01:17:56,211
It seems there are many
who are into <i>Star Trek</i>,
1068
01:17:56,460 --> 01:17:58,735
so I'm happy as a little boy.
1069
01:17:58,980 --> 01:18:02,256
There's no air conditioning.
I'm dripping all over.
1070
01:18:02,500 --> 01:18:07,130
- It was hot and still they came.
- I didn't think this many would come.
1071
01:18:07,340 --> 01:18:11,219
I would like to feel connected
with other fans.
1072
01:18:11,420 --> 01:18:16,699
To assimilate them in our culture,
in our fan group.
1073
01:18:16,940 --> 01:18:20,171
Several members of the Photon Tide
have gathered around the same project.
1074
01:18:20,380 --> 01:18:23,736
Relja said, "Can we design a starship?"
1075
01:18:23,980 --> 01:18:26,175
- "How do you want it to look?"
- Energise.
1076
01:18:26,420 --> 01:18:31,335
Here are some fighters I designed.
This is a CGI Borg implant.
1077
01:18:31,580 --> 01:18:34,811
We want to enter a local
amateur movie competition
1078
01:18:35,060 --> 01:18:40,214
and hopefully win an award and introduce
<i>Star Trek</i> more to our culture.
1079
01:18:40,460 --> 01:18:43,099
It started when I was really young.
1080
01:18:43,300 --> 01:18:47,054
At school there was this kid
who didn't like the idea
1081
01:18:47,260 --> 01:18:52,095
that I liked <i>Star Trek</i> so much,
and he made fun of me.
1082
01:18:52,300 --> 01:18:58,489
I told him he won't be laughing when I
grow up and build the Enterprise myself.
1083
01:18:58,740 --> 01:19:04,849
I had a plan to buy neon bulbs from
every salary I get when I grow up,
1084
01:19:05,100 --> 01:19:08,729
and metal plate for corridors
and stuff like that.
1085
01:19:08,980 --> 01:19:12,256
Of course, warp core
was nowhere near the priority list,
1086
01:19:12,500 --> 01:19:17,858
warp core and warp coils, it was
most important to build the corridors.
1087
01:19:18,100 --> 01:19:22,093
So I figured I'm going to need people
who are going to help me.
1088
01:19:22,300 --> 01:19:25,497
I grew up and realised
I won't build the Enterprise,
1089
01:19:25,740 --> 01:19:27,890
but will find people who are similar to me
1090
01:19:28,140 --> 01:19:31,212
and have the same
kind of devotion to <i>Star Trek</i>.
1091
01:19:31,460 --> 01:19:37,057
So we formed up a team and
we called ourselves the "Trek Team".
1092
01:19:37,300 --> 01:19:39,655
Later we renamed it "Photon Tide".
1093
01:19:39,900 --> 01:19:41,697
Coming to this convention
1094
01:19:41,940 --> 01:19:47,014
I believe they felt much like I did
when I first came upon another Trekkie.
1095
01:19:47,260 --> 01:19:50,570
That's glorious, the most beautiful
feeling in the world.
1096
01:20:28,340 --> 01:20:30,137
<i>Captain's log</i>
1097
01:20:30,500 --> 01:20:33,060
<i>And we're all out of beer</i>
1098
01:20:33,260 --> 01:20:35,979
<i>And we drank the last tranya</i>
1099
01:20:36,260 --> 01:20:39,093
<i>About a light year from here</i>
1100
01:20:39,300 --> 01:20:42,019
<i>Now the crew's getting restless</i>
1101
01:20:42,220 --> 01:20:44,734
<i>And my throat's getting dry</i>
1102
01:20:44,940 --> 01:20:47,579
<i>If we don't re-supply</i>
1103
01:20:47,780 --> 01:20:50,010
<i>Said we all gonna die</i>
1104
01:20:57,100 --> 01:21:00,012
We're Warp 11.
This is our practice studio.
1105
01:21:00,260 --> 01:21:04,094
We're a gateway. We get people
who don't like <i>Star Trek</i> into it.
1106
01:21:04,340 --> 01:21:08,458
Then they start watching and they learn
that <i>Star Trek</i>'s really pretty damn cool.
1107
01:21:23,700 --> 01:21:26,055
- I'm here to see No Kill I.
- We're fans of No Kill I.
1108
01:21:26,300 --> 01:21:29,053
Hi, we're No Kill I.
We play one-chord punk rock.
1109
01:21:30,380 --> 01:21:32,610
<i>Travelling world to world</i>
1110
01:21:33,340 --> 01:21:36,013
<i>Trying to find a girl</i>
1111
01:21:36,220 --> 01:21:40,293
<i>- On a five-year mission</i>
<i>- No Kill I</i>
1112
01:21:40,500 --> 01:21:43,810
<i>- To the centre of a green-skinned girl</i>
<i>- No Kill I</i>
1113
01:21:44,020 --> 01:21:46,898
<i>- Travelling time and space for thrills</i>
<i>- No Kill I</i>
1114
01:21:47,100 --> 01:21:49,773
<i>- Got my phaser set on kill</i>
<i>- No Kill I</i>
1115
01:21:49,980 --> 01:21:52,892
<i>Travelling through time</i>
1116
01:21:53,100 --> 01:21:56,137
<i>One thing on my mind</i>
1117
01:21:56,420 --> 01:22:01,175
I'm Dave Smith and this is Sacramento,
where I live with Hard Drinkin' Lincoln.
1118
01:22:01,420 --> 01:22:05,811
- We get along good. He pays the bills.
- You have to be laid back to live here.
1119
01:22:06,060 --> 01:22:11,498
I like to have weird stuff around me.
I collect <i>Star Trek</i> action figures.
1120
01:22:11,740 --> 01:22:15,210
We have Klingons,
weird Lego people, the Mugato...
1121
01:22:15,420 --> 01:22:18,139
The Mugato was funny, so I dress like it.
1122
01:22:18,340 --> 01:22:21,730
And a birthday present.
Somebody threw up on it.
1123
01:22:21,980 --> 01:22:25,177
A plastic-coated rat.
Weird <i>Star Trek</i> games.
1124
01:22:25,420 --> 01:22:27,536
They're a quarter each in thrift stores.
1125
01:22:27,780 --> 01:22:33,173
I've opened it up and looked at it,
but I don't usually play games that much.
1126
01:22:33,420 --> 01:22:37,493
My archbishop credentials. I paid $5 to
become one. I've done some weddings.
1127
01:22:37,740 --> 01:22:43,212
I married Dave, the key-Borg guy
in No Kill I, him and his wife Shinobu.
1128
01:22:43,460 --> 01:22:46,213
Married them while wearing a diaper.
1129
01:22:46,420 --> 01:22:49,412
I had a really bad case of food poisoning.
1130
01:22:49,660 --> 01:22:52,652
For a <i>Star Trek</i> band,
it's hard to beat No Kill I.
1131
01:22:52,900 --> 01:22:56,176
- I wouldn't say we're better than them...
- I would.
1132
01:22:56,420 --> 01:22:58,058
- He would.
- We're the best.
1133
01:22:58,300 --> 01:23:01,178
We're better, like <i>TNG's</i> better
than the original.
1134
01:23:01,420 --> 01:23:02,853
Like not really.
1135
01:23:04,100 --> 01:23:08,173
<i>Data is an android</i>
<i>Troi is a Betazoid</i>
1136
01:23:09,260 --> 01:23:11,535
<i>Riker gets laid a lot</i>
1137
01:23:11,740 --> 01:23:14,049
<i>Troi's got a big old butt</i>
1138
01:23:14,260 --> 01:23:18,538
<i>Data is an android</i>
<i>Troi is a Betazoid</i>
1139
01:23:20,180 --> 01:23:22,250
Drum solo.
1140
01:23:25,180 --> 01:23:29,332
We're Niners, or Deep Space Niners.
Our favourite show is <i>Deep Space Nine</i>.
1141
01:23:29,580 --> 01:23:31,650
- There's factions...
- That's our sect.
1142
01:23:31,900 --> 01:23:35,097
- Are we geeks? Yes!
- We write songs about <i>Star Trek</i>.
1143
01:23:35,300 --> 01:23:38,098
<i>Join me in a Vulcan mind meld</i>
1144
01:23:38,340 --> 01:23:40,615
<i>I wanna do it with you</i>
1145
01:23:40,820 --> 01:23:43,971
<i>Will you join me in a</i>
<i>Vulcan mind meld?</i>
1146
01:23:44,180 --> 01:23:46,933
<i>There's nothing else I would rather do</i>
1147
01:23:47,580 --> 01:23:49,696
<i>There's nothing else I would rather do</i>
1148
01:23:50,460 --> 01:23:54,851
- The Klingon metal band...
- That's Stovokor. It's the perfect name.
1149
01:23:55,100 --> 01:24:00,128
Stovokor is where an honourable
Klingon warrior goes when he dies.
1150
01:24:00,340 --> 01:24:04,970
I play the bass because low frequencies
sufficiently amplified can kill.
1151
01:24:07,900 --> 01:24:10,733
<i>Who ranks among the bravest?</i>
1152
01:24:11,100 --> 01:24:14,217
<i>In our lives in exile</i>
1153
01:24:14,420 --> 01:24:19,540
<i>Who leads and who follows?</i>
1154
01:24:20,700 --> 01:24:23,533
<i>Who ranks among the bravest?</i>
1155
01:24:34,260 --> 01:24:37,935
<i>I foresee the end, humans!</i>
1156
01:24:40,140 --> 01:24:41,573
Thank us!
1157
01:24:41,820 --> 01:24:46,655
We take our love for music and our love
for our one nerdiest pursuit, <i>Star Trek</i>,
1158
01:24:46,900 --> 01:24:49,494
mix them and get this beautiful thing.
1159
01:24:49,740 --> 01:24:52,777
- What are you looking at?
- They won't reach Stovokor.
1160
01:24:53,020 --> 01:24:56,251
- You're scrawny. You have no honour.
- What are you looking at?
1161
01:24:56,500 --> 01:24:58,491
- I don't know.
- Is that a Painstik?
1162
01:24:58,740 --> 01:25:05,293
That is a Painstik. The old man has
a Painstik. Keep your distance!
1163
01:25:06,740 --> 01:25:10,574
I'd like to say <i>Star Trek</i>
has helped me understand
1164
01:25:10,820 --> 01:25:13,778
our social problems over the years.
1165
01:25:14,020 --> 01:25:17,057
<i>Give me some tranya</i>
<i>Some tranya, yeah</i>
1166
01:25:17,980 --> 01:25:20,289
<i>Give me tranya</i>
<i>I want to get gone, yeah</i>
1167
01:25:20,500 --> 01:25:22,809
<i>Give me some tranya</i>
<i>Or was it the ganja?</i>
1168
01:25:23,020 --> 01:25:26,410
<i>Set 'em up, Joe</i>
<i>And don't ask why</i>
1169
01:25:26,620 --> 01:25:29,339
<i>Three shots of hooch</i>
<i>Or this grown man will cry</i>
1170
01:25:29,540 --> 01:25:32,100
<i>Give me some tranya</i>
<i>I've got the shakes</i>
1171
01:25:32,300 --> 01:25:35,098
<i>Pour it down</i>
<i>How much can I take?</i>
1172
01:25:35,300 --> 01:25:38,098
We didn't think anybody else
was writing music about <i>Star Trek</i>.
1173
01:25:38,340 --> 01:25:41,332
When we started there was
one other band, The Shatners.
1174
01:25:41,580 --> 01:25:47,098
We did all the standard things. We did
the <i>Battlestar Galactica</i> bands, Cylons.
1175
01:25:47,340 --> 01:25:51,049
We did the <i>Buck Rogers</i> band, Bidi-bidi.
It was a bad name.
1176
01:25:51,300 --> 01:25:54,770
I have a band based on the Istari
in <i>The Lord Of The Rings.</i>
1177
01:25:55,020 --> 01:25:59,172
We had to pull an intervention on Brian.
He wanted to do a band about Ewoks.
1178
01:25:59,380 --> 01:26:01,257
We were just flat out no!
1179
01:26:01,500 --> 01:26:07,848
Three of us are also in a nerd
theme band. Ironically, called...
1180
01:26:08,100 --> 01:26:10,898
- It's hard to see the connection.
- ...The Four Eyes.
1181
01:26:11,140 --> 01:26:14,769
We've been around 10 years.
We rarely get shows.
1182
01:26:15,020 --> 01:26:17,773
Our <i>Star Trek</i> band was inevitable.
1183
01:26:18,020 --> 01:26:22,650
Our songs seem to write themselves.
It's like Roddenberry is channelling!
1184
01:26:22,860 --> 01:26:24,088
<i>Everything I do</i>
1185
01:26:24,300 --> 01:26:26,177
<i>I do with William Shatner</i>
1186
01:26:26,380 --> 01:26:29,258
<i>I'm losing all my hair</i>
<i>while my belly's growing fat-ner</i>
1187
01:26:29,460 --> 01:26:32,896
<i>When I drink too much</i>
<i>he holds my hair in his hands</i>
1188
01:26:33,100 --> 01:26:35,898
<i>While I'm blowing chunks</i>
<i>he treats me like the captain</i>
1189
01:26:36,100 --> 01:26:38,614
<i>Oh, when we get together</i>
1190
01:26:38,820 --> 01:26:41,015
<i>We boldly go</i>
1191
01:26:41,220 --> 01:26:45,532
<i>Talk about our favourite episodes</i>
1192
01:26:46,100 --> 01:26:49,410
<i>I don't want to go to work</i>
<i>Just want to hang with Captain Kirk</i>
1193
01:26:49,620 --> 01:26:52,293
<i>And if I had my way I'd make it so</i>
1194
01:26:52,540 --> 01:26:55,293
Sacramento's a centre for theme bands.
1195
01:26:55,540 --> 01:27:02,457
- There's nothing else to do here.
- They're so funny. We're a family.
1196
01:27:02,700 --> 01:27:04,975
- Actual girl, by the way.
- I am a girl.
1197
01:27:05,220 --> 01:27:10,089
- I have a girlfriend and... I'm sorry.
- He's out of the band.
1198
01:27:10,340 --> 01:27:15,095
I had a tumultuous childhood. It gave me
something to get fanatical with.
1199
01:27:15,300 --> 01:27:18,372
When reality stops being lame, we'll stop.
1200
01:27:21,340 --> 01:27:25,697
Any predictions about <i>Star Trek</i>?
Like where do you see it in 100 years?
1201
01:27:25,940 --> 01:27:28,010
More blue and less ridges.
1202
01:27:28,260 --> 01:27:31,218
Technology will catch up with <i>Star Trek</i>.
1203
01:27:31,420 --> 01:27:36,096
- Living rooms will be a giant holodeck.
- You'd feel like you're inside the episode.
1204
01:27:36,300 --> 01:27:38,177
A medical tricorder's been patented.
1205
01:27:38,420 --> 01:27:42,129
Who doesn't think about
transporters in a traffic jam?
1206
01:27:42,380 --> 01:27:45,019
- <i>Star Trek</i> needs more bands.
- Yeah!
1207
01:27:45,260 --> 01:27:48,491
More <i>Star Trek</i> bands.
This means you, people.
1208
01:27:48,740 --> 01:27:51,208
I hope my children will work in a starship.
1209
01:27:51,460 --> 01:27:56,090
You're going to be able to go
to the end of the universe, the very end.
1210
01:27:56,500 --> 01:28:00,573
Maybe by then
we will discover another galaxy
1211
01:28:00,900 --> 01:28:04,415
and then start a better life
somewhere else.
1212
01:28:04,660 --> 01:28:09,688
I have a fear that it's all going to be
Borg, and it'll be nothing but Borg.
1213
01:28:09,940 --> 01:28:13,250
I see a future
where there is no Federation
1214
01:28:13,500 --> 01:28:16,936
and <i>Star Trek</i> will centre
around the Klingons.
1215
01:28:17,180 --> 01:28:21,890
I think politically we need
to just adopt the Prime Directive.
1216
01:28:22,140 --> 01:28:24,654
It will be required reading in schools.
1217
01:28:24,900 --> 01:28:28,859
I would love it if kids today would watch
more <i>Star Trek</i>.
1218
01:28:29,100 --> 01:28:34,220
Of course, classic <i>Star Trek</i>.
Maybe <i>The Next Generation</i>.
1219
01:28:34,420 --> 01:28:37,412
The ones where morality
was first and foremost.
1220
01:28:37,660 --> 01:28:42,973
According to this chap, the future
of <i>Star Trek</i> is another 37 movies.
1221
01:28:43,220 --> 01:28:45,939
<i>- Star Trek XXXV...</i>
- ...will be in the year...
1222
01:28:46,180 --> 01:28:50,059
...2041.
- Our fans are very detail-oriented.
1223
01:28:50,260 --> 01:28:52,933
- Very thorough.
- He's willing to produce them.
1224
01:28:53,180 --> 01:28:58,300
I think the secret to any success
is not to give too much.
1225
01:28:58,540 --> 01:29:03,375
Once, I said to my mother, "I like
apple pie." And then she made apple pie.
1226
01:29:03,620 --> 01:29:07,010
And made it again
because I liked it so much.
1227
01:29:07,260 --> 01:29:11,219
And then at some time
I simply couldn't see it any more.
1228
01:29:11,420 --> 01:29:16,778
And I think <i>Star Trek</i> is in danger
to become this kind of apple pie.
1229
01:29:17,020 --> 01:29:21,411
I hope they give it a rest so they can
get back into it with more creativity.
1230
01:29:21,660 --> 01:29:26,097
People need time without it
to rediscover why they loved it.
1231
01:29:26,340 --> 01:29:29,093
The sons of our sons will still watch it.
1232
01:29:29,300 --> 01:29:32,417
I know I'll watch it until I'm very old.
1233
01:29:32,660 --> 01:29:38,132
I hope it goes on as long as I live
because this is my family.
1234
01:29:38,340 --> 01:29:41,218
This is where my friends are
and where my family is.
1235
01:29:41,460 --> 01:29:46,170
If <i>Star Trek</i> stops, then that's it,
my family's gone.
1236
01:29:46,420 --> 01:29:50,936
They aren't going to be having
conventions about <i>ER</i> in 50 years.
1237
01:29:51,180 --> 01:29:54,411
They won't have
conventions about <i>CSI</i>.
1238
01:29:54,660 --> 01:29:58,096
But they will have <i>Star Trek</i>
conventions in 50 years.
1239
01:30:00,940 --> 01:30:04,057
- Did you see the first <i>Trekkies</i> movie?
- I liked it very much.
1240
01:30:04,260 --> 01:30:07,570
- I had mixed feelings.
- We were aghast at it.
1241
01:30:07,820 --> 01:30:11,369
It was amusing. I didn't keep it.
We watched it once.
1242
01:30:11,620 --> 01:30:16,694
I saw myself in all the fans and I thought,
"Oh, my God, I'm a fan like this."
1243
01:30:16,940 --> 01:30:22,651
I was scared by the content. I was
scared by the Trekkies themselves.
1244
01:30:22,900 --> 01:30:26,575
I kept saying to myself,
"Am I part of them?"
1245
01:30:26,820 --> 01:30:31,132
- I'd have cut the cross-dressing singer.
- That guy with that wig, oh, boy!
1246
01:30:31,380 --> 01:30:36,738
I have to disagree with you on that.
I rather enjoy the cross-dressing Trekkie.
1247
01:30:36,980 --> 01:30:41,098
We were kind of upset that
that was the representation of filk.
1248
01:30:41,300 --> 01:30:46,135
You know, one day Roger will do a movie
about that particular issue.
1249
01:30:46,380 --> 01:30:53,058
You couldn't not include certain kinds
of <i>Star Trek</i> fans or certain people.
1250
01:30:53,300 --> 01:30:55,177
That's not the <i>Star Trek</i> way.
1251
01:30:55,380 --> 01:30:59,771
I think it was important
for the non-<i>Star Trek</i> population
1252
01:31:00,020 --> 01:31:03,330
because they have this myth
that we're all a bit insane.
1253
01:31:03,580 --> 01:31:07,050
- It shows how far some people will go.
- They were too extreme.
1254
01:31:07,260 --> 01:31:10,013
I don't think they were representative.
1255
01:31:10,260 --> 01:31:13,058
You wouldn't want to be around them.
1256
01:31:13,260 --> 01:31:17,094
I liked the very positive way
the fans were viewed,
1257
01:31:17,300 --> 01:31:19,495
as everything has its lunatic fringe.
1258
01:31:19,740 --> 01:31:23,972
I thought, "My God, I'm not the only
crazy person in the world."
1259
01:31:24,220 --> 01:31:27,371
It made me feel
like I'm a normal person.
1260
01:31:27,620 --> 01:31:30,418
Some were beyond me.
Who am I to judge?
1261
01:31:30,660 --> 01:31:34,335
I want to go to that dentist's office.
He should franchise it.
1262
01:31:34,580 --> 01:31:37,811
I did love the chap at the supermarket
as Captain Kirk,
1263
01:31:38,060 --> 01:31:42,212
just going about his normal
everyday errands and business.
1264
01:31:42,460 --> 01:31:46,055
Not a bat of an eyelid wherever he went.
"What's wrong with this?"
1265
01:31:46,300 --> 01:31:50,657
I often wonder if somebody in the city
is stepping out on their balcony,
1266
01:31:50,900 --> 01:31:54,210
pointing themselves off,
thinking of a Billingsley break.
1267
01:31:54,460 --> 01:31:55,813
I do Gabriel impressions.
1268
01:31:56,060 --> 01:31:59,814
"I don't want to get into
the Trekkies/Trekkers debacle here..."
1269
01:32:00,060 --> 01:32:03,097
"...but <i>Star Trek</i> uniform adornments?
1270
01:32:03,300 --> 01:32:06,178
"There's the set of figures I just traded."
1271
01:32:06,380 --> 01:32:10,055
We love you, Gabriel...
I hope you're having sex.
1272
01:32:10,300 --> 01:32:13,929
I'm sorry about the big word
mispronunciations.
1273
01:32:14,180 --> 01:32:20,289
They looked cool in a book. I thought
they'd phonetically translate. They didn't.
1274
01:32:20,540 --> 01:32:24,010
So that was quite a debacle, wasn't it?
1275
01:32:24,260 --> 01:32:28,048
<i>Star Trek</i> is about diversity
and Trekkies are diverse.
1276
01:32:28,300 --> 01:32:32,293
There were moments when you laugh
at fellow fans and feel a little guilt.
1277
01:32:32,540 --> 01:32:35,100
It was in fun and that's how most took it.
1278
01:32:35,340 --> 01:32:39,936
It was not making fun of the fan,
it was making fun with the fan.
1279
01:32:40,180 --> 01:32:44,298
When fans complained about
their portrayal in the first <i>Trekkies:</i>
1280
01:32:44,540 --> 01:32:47,179
if you can't laugh at your extremities,
1281
01:32:47,380 --> 01:32:52,215
and you can't play your weird side
with at least a little bit of self-deprecation,
1282
01:32:52,460 --> 01:32:55,532
there's something wrong
if you take yourself too seriously.
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