VT-16 wrote:selfish, misguided, juvenile, and utterly moronic.
Yup. Sounds like rabid Trekkies to me.
Yup. Ironically I'm a fan too. My partner Ronald likes to make fun of me because I like Sci-fi and he just isn't into it. For what-ever reason he cannot suspend his disbelief regarding most science fiction unless it's like Star Wars and all action.
It just bothers the shit out of me that they're doing this for two reasons: 1) The time effort and money would be so much more better spent on some worthy cause 2) I have a friend who falls in the fanatical catagory and we got in a disagreement when Enterprise cancellation was announced.
My friend Stanley is a rapid ST fan. He's seen every episode of every series. He owns the computer games. He builds the models and has even attended a convention. While I've been a fan of ST through the years, sometimes liking it, sometimes not, he defends EVERYTHING to include Insurrection and Nemsis and Enterprise with a passion.
I've always been kewl with that because unlike most of my friends and my partner he's been the only one that shared this interest. In any case, when Enterprise was announced to be cancelled he virtually cried on the phone to me because ST would no longer be produced. Further he went to that damn web site and donated $50.
Maybe this was harsh, but I called him a fool and to get a life. I asked him why he'll turn his head to that old homeless man but eagerly give $50 to an utterly worthless cause to save a failing TV show and virtually dead franchise. Finally, I told him that his priorities were completely screwed up.
Well as you can imagine, we're not talking anymore. So, I guess for more personal reasons, I'm at a complete loss about this wierd fanatcism and misplaced priorities these people have for this TV show and maybe because of my opinion about such have lost a friend.
