Generally speaking, I don't get that excited about things (and have been duly branded a killjoy or alien because of it), but if there was one thing that got me geeking out more than anything else, it was the announcement about "Star Trek: The Next Generation."“What media announcement had you throwing fist pumps and doing roundhouse kicks in the air, and did the final result live up to your dreams?”
Back then, though, there wasn't the day-by-day kind of updating we're used to now, where we'll see on multiple Web sites if the director of a project decides to dye his pubes chartreuse and how that indicates how he will totally ruin our favorite character.
I'd heard rumblings about a new Star Trek show, and pretty much all I knew was that it didn't involve Captain Kirk and crew. But I didn't really hear much of anything else until I saw the trailer for the show on the "Star Trek IV" video release.
I was 12, going on 13 when the show debuted, and I was heavily into all things Trek at the time, so this was really the perfect show at the perfect time for me. This was also around the time I was trying to emulate a certain Vulcan crew member from the original series (the logic involved there was that if I didn't have discernible feelings, they couldn't be hurt. Junior high school was the pits), but despite my cool demeanor, people still knew I was excited about it.
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| I only wore a costume to a con once. Honest. |
I was telling a friend at work recently about being at a Trek convention after the first season of TNG had aired, but before the second had started, and getting news updates at one of the panels: Jonathan Frakes had grown a beard after shooting the first season, and we didn't know if they would let him keep it for the second season of the show.
A Star Trek convention in 1988 was sorta like having the Internet stuffed into a hotel. Often baseless speculation about your favorite shows, buying a bunch of useless crap you didn't need but coveted nonetheless, and of course, weirdos in and out of costume. I know; I was one of them.
My fellow leaguers weighed in on this as well:
- Chris Tupa was thrilled to see the Star Wars re-release
- John at Revenge of the Cosmic Ark was excited to see Hollywood reboot Tron Legacy
- Kevin at Team Hellions takes a nostalgic look at Image Comics
- Dex at AEIOU and Sometimes Why was blown away at the never before seen footage from Star Wars
- Reis at the Lair of the Dork Horde is the only one besides me who loved Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
- Justin at GeneralsJoes likes the edgier G.I. Joe Resolute
- Brian at Cool & Collected was made a believer by the commercials for Halo 3
- Shawn at Branded in the 80′s bought up all the G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary action figures
- Jon at Double Dumbass on You was blown away by the Iron Man trailer
- FijiMermaid at Sideshow Cinema finally mentions an old friend with Alien Vs. Predator
- The Sexy Geek’s House of Swag had three – Superman, Spider-Man, and something about baseball
