First off just because you go to conventions does not mean you are an extremest, I go because I enjoy it and the reason I enjoy it is because the people who attend the conventions are good people. I have been attending conventions since 1975 and made many friends. Another reason is because I dig Trek all Trek with an exception. You see i work in the real world, where I see homicide, rapes, molestation’s, spousal abuse, elder abuse, traffic accidents, and just the WORST that the human race has to offer on a daily bases. So when I am at a convention i see the flip side of the Human race…THE BEST SIDE of it. So as you see I beg to differ. What is your definition of normal sir. I have been a cop for 25 years. I have a 17 year old daughter I live in a pretty damn nice house I have been married for 21 years. I drive a 1978 Vett silver in color and we have a German Shepard as the family dog…..sounds damn normal to me. In Re not being able to afford the conventions, Well if you have a JOB and you work HARD then you can do what ever the HELL you want. If all you can do is afford to go to the pub then maybe you should look for a better paying JOB. If all you want to do is go to the pubs then its you prerogative to spend your money they way you want. So please do not slander those who choose do what we want. I am a Star Trek fan plain and simple i don’t hide in the closet for the fact that someone may call me a “GOD FORBID a TREKKIE” By what you have said its sounds like you are ashamed of being a fan or that if someone knows that you are a fan of Trek you wont get ANY. Did you ever ask yourself that the reason that you don’t get ANY is because you just may be a total jerk. Oh by the way did you even notice that by what you wrote above you even knocked Anthony, you know the site that you are currently on. He also attends and chairs panels at the conventions and is truly a great guy. He too is one of the as you say “extremists” that i have had the pleasure to meet at the conventions. This time the shoe my friend is on the other foot…as Shatner said “GET A LIFE”

Voyager had it’s ups and downs like all the shows, but the cast and characters we’re easily the best. It’s too bad there’s not going to be a voyager movie. At least a TV movie would make me happy.

What are your thoughts on The Shat asking Lennord Nimoy “why was i not in the movie” about 5 or 6 times?

There’s just no way that an objective analysis of the film would fail to notice its many, egregious flaws….wonderfully and humorously synopsised here, as most people here are aware: http://www.stardestroyer.net/Nemesis/Pictorial-1.html

The appeal of DS9 I’ll never really understand, so I suppose, for my part, I have to acknowledge that Berman did a good job, through at least TNG and DS9.

But, in like fashion, it must be acknowledged that Voyager and Enterprise (apart from Season 4, alright) were on a lesser, more mediocre tier. And, again, “franchise fatigue” is just a lame excuse. There are series that have been on the air much longer than the run of TNG through ENT, and yet people don’t tire of them.

Without knowing a thing about the man’s personal life, I’d have to offer “Berman fatigue” as a more likely cause, meaning that the guy just needed a break from the franchise…and it from him.

Never said they weren’t. Then again, they were way too far up their own arses to sell. Now they’re plain cheesy!

TNG was way, way up its own anus too, but got away with it by hijacking the Star Trek name!

Spectre
Questor Tapes
Planet Earth
Genesis II

Were all good pilots & had potential. A man before his time!