How did you become a Star Trek Fan

[Makadav]

For me, it was a regular family show. I remember watching episode 1 of Star Trek Generations with my family. It then became tradition. The entire family would sit down and watch Generations. We continued this weekly ritual until roughly half-way through DS9's TV lifetime. What about you all? How did you get your ears stretched to points?

[cptsmith1]

Well my sister and I used to think Star Trek was stupid. So when voyager was on, we watched an episode and were like, hey this isnt so bad. trekkies ever since!:):):):)

[Djin]

Grew up watching all the shows. Born in 1980... my dad enjoyed Star Trek NG... watched every single one... DS9, not too much of a fan of Voyager... could care less about Generations.

Mainly ST:NG and DS9 were my favorites.

So much I bought BOTH box sets. Yes... a lot of money, but ****... like 10+ years of ST!

[SF_Sigman]

When i was just alittle tot my father shown me the movies, over, and over, and over. They were awesome. Then i started watching the shows and it escalated from then on.:):)

[NCC1701]

Grew up reading all kinds of sci-fi books. Not to date myself, but watched the first ST on TV...when they first aired in 1966.

[wareve]

When I was little I was siting infront of a screen being mesmorised by the shiney light beems. then I started lisening to the plot and things like that. All that and when I came allong my brothers and parents where allready trekys so I was treked from birth.

[Volomon]

Pretty much Star Trek The Next Generation it was done in a believable way and an inticing unique fashion and Patrick Stewart is a great actor.

[itiffanyturner]

do any of yall remember that star trek episode that you could make at universal studios? You tube it.

[CherriBerri]

I was born in 1992, so I couldnt watch TNG and DS9. But I use to watch Star Trek Voyager with my grandma and my borther when i was like 7 and I really liked it.... My grandma had a crush on Tuvok, thats the only reason why i think she watched it!

[danubus]

An old girlfriend of mine turned me onto TNG and after that I was hooked. We would watch it religiously every late saturday night. We even went to tons of Trek Conventions that came to St. Louis. I followed every single star trek series and movie after that.

[Kinkade]

My grandfather would watch it with me when I was little. I would ask questions every three seconds about everything that was happening, but he didn't seem to mind. I've been hooked ever since.

[TheMasterpiece]

wow....I started by watchin syndicated TNG every week. Used to come on all the time. Then I watched the original movies and kept watchin TNG. I started watchin DS9 after school every day and then i stopped for years. Watched voyagers final episode and LOVED it, so i got back into it and now i remember why i loved it so much. Just love star trek in general

[FEA_Lt_Timothy_Corey_Dalton]

When i was just alittle tot my father shown me the movies, over, and over, and over. They were awesome. Then i started watching the shows and it escalated from then on.:):)

Same thing with me ;)

It started with some TOS Episodes, then every weekend TNG at home of my dad (parents divorced early), then the motion pictures from I-VI, then VOY and Generations with my stepfather and ENT with the son of my 2nd stepfather.

[Warp_Speed]

Watched the old TV show when I was 6. And then when I seen The Wrath of Kahn at the theater, well, that did it. Everything from there was Star Trek. I enjoyed The Next Generation and Voyager TV shows more though I must admit.

[Jonjah]

I used to watch TNG every night before bed when I was younger. It then moved to Voyager and then DS9. I love Star Trek because it was such an everyday part of my life. I would imagine that most people feel the same way. Star Trek is just something that sticks with you and probably always will. I can see myself being 90 telling my grandchildren stories about Star Trek. lol.

[spartan547]

The first Star Trek I remember watching was IV. I had no idea what Star Trek was but I enjoyed the movie because it was so clever, interesting and funny. For a few years that was all I had seen, then one night I saw that Star Trek The Motion Picture was on TV. Because I liked IV I watched that and even though it was weird I liked it and wanted to see more. I started watching TOS and TNG reruns and before I knew it I was hooked. I love Star Trek so much and am glad that I took that first step with IV all those years ago, I might have missed out on Star Trek if I had not seen IV and had become interested by it.

[Ignak]

I'm not sure how old I was, 10 or something like that, when TNG came out in Finland. I was watching episode "The Naked Now" and I saw Data put up the isolinear chips to the computer bank at superspeed. I was so amazed that this android was so fast.
Today if I watch the same episode, the picture is just speeded up a lot, but it didn't feel like that back then!

[aelfgar]

I grew up on TNG. Have been a fan since the first episode I watched. I used to get asked all the time why I was watching an episode I'd already seen ten times over. Forgive me if I hadn't memorized the entire script yet, sheesh! :D

[Cyjack]

My Dad and I used to watch The Original series together. We loved Kirk and Spock Shtick. We could do the whole thing from "A Piece of the Action" together.

"The Wrath of Khan" defined Star Trek for me in the modern era, and everything else has been a pale shadow.

[Marcellus]

When I was a kid, I knew very little of Star Trek, and it seemed very silly to me. Star Wars was the best!

Until a channel started airing Voyager (I was 13-14 at the time). I started watching it out of curiosity. The episode "Mortal Coil" (Neelix dies but gets resurrected, and he starts to question his belief in an afterlife) was my turning point - I was very impressed by how the show handled issues like this. So I stayed.

I watched Voyager, DS9, the TOS-era movies and TNG on TV, and hunted down the rest for myself.

[ChiefSFSec]

I've been a Trekkie for as long as I can remember. I started watching when I was little and since then Star Trek has been an important part of my life. No other show or movie even comes close to the greatness of Star Trek and no other show/movie can handle the moral/social issues as maturely as Star Trek can. Star Trek has passed the test of time because of its style of storytelling, its social commentary, and its maturity. Star Trek is quite simply the best.

[LunaticFringer]

I can't clearly remember when or which episode or movie did it for me. But having been a little bit of a boob tube nut as a kid in the 80's (I stayed up really late) I just remember falling in love with the bridge of the Enterprise.

Wither it was the movies during the 80's or watching the syndication of TOS episodes there was just something inspiring about the whole concept that always hooked me.

[ClickBouyow]

I saw the first episode (TOS) when it premiered and have watched all the series, with the exception of ST:E. I really did not like ST:E.

[Cocciadimorto]

I started watching TOS on tv (I was born in 1972). When TNG arrived in Italy it was the best thing in my life ever seen on tv: my childhood love for Star Trek reborn to a new life. Since that day a non-stop love for trek series.

[morvelaira@gmail.com]

I literally grew up with TNG. I was 3 or so when the series began, and started watching it regularly. I know I didn't understand a lot of it at the time, but I knew Data liked kitties, so that was good enough for me at the time :)

Beyond that, the last TNG movie was put out in 2002, the year I turned 18. You can't get a growing up parallel more perfect than that.

[willriker09]

I was born in 87, so I grew up when Star Trek was exploding with popularity. I watched the reruns, bought all the toys, went to see all the movies, played most of the video games. My dad is a big sci-fi nut so he would watch whenever he could and I would plop down next to him and watch. My dad is kind of the casual star trek fan...I think he was surprised to see me take it to a whole new level and actually become a full on Trekker.

[xtravert]

Grew up watching the original series in syndication in the mid-late 70s. Remember looking forward to most of the movies though not so much with the last one. The next movie sounds promising.

[JSM3050]

Fell in love with the Miranda-class after watching Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and decided to see what else the series had to offer.

[JasmineDragn]

I watched Next Gen with my Dad when i was younger and I always thought it was ok, never got into it as much as him. Once I got older and out of the house, I recall there being nothing else on TV except for ST Voyager so I decided to watch it and i fell in love with it. Now I have to admit, i am enjoying all of the Star Trek series. of course, Voyager is still my favorite :)

[lasnotugga]

when i was a kid my freinds were huge star trek fans and they used to watch the shows and the vids of the shows then started to make lego models of the ships and play away team missions in the back yard, when at school a few kids in the year below me brough in phasors and comm badges so we used to run around doing missions lol.
i really got in to star trek after watchin generations the movie and hearing data sing "life forms you tiny litlle life forms where are you" it cracked me up needless to says i been a fan ever since

[Yoggs]

I grew up watching TNG and never did seen most of TOS, it was always fun to see the crew explore strang new world and all that, and of coarse kicking some but once in a while. I found myself in junior high drifting a way from Star Trek to Star Wars thinking it was a slightly more realistic view of the future, I though Star Trek was just a little to "shinny" and idealistic sometimes. However now that I'm much older in recent years I've come back to Star Trek and have fallen in love all over again. I came back and really love DS9 as my favorite series because of the dominion war and the show was much grittier then any of the others. However at the end of the day I've come to decide that with all of the bad things in the world to dwell on, having an idealistic outlook or hope for the future is not really such a bad thing. ;)

[relitner]

I literally grew up watching TOS when it originally aired and in syndication... my dad being a Sci-Fi junkie himself. I've been a Trekkie since, well... Day 1 :D

[Alex_T1991]

I've been a fan since I was a toddler, Quark being the first alien I've seen. I only vaguely remember the original series. when I forst saw First Contact, I was about seven or eight, I thought it was Spock who introduced himself to zeffie Cochrine!

[boz75]

I was at senior school and into games so every night I would wait for that Star Trek (TNG) to hurry up and finish so I could watch Gamesworld. Then, one day I had nothing better to do so I decided to just watch it. I think its called The Enemy (where geordi is stuck on the planet with the romulan) I was just so blown away and thought it was awesome. The next day I thought I'll watch another episode and then another before it became that I was just hooked.

I have watched every series since and personally love them all.

[UfcFan78]

I was very young, 4-5, and would watch TOS when I could. The first time I saw ST: the motion picture on ABC or some station, I was probably 6.....I was interested. The special effects were, by todays standards...crap, lol. ST II: the wraith of khaaaaaaaaaaaan......thats my sh!!!!!!!t right there. Anytime it's on t.v. i watch it. The best space battle in a movie.......ST II, this movie made me a fan......I wore out a VHS copy of this.

[kbird200425]

I hate Sci-Fi show, so i never cared to watch them. There was nothing on and I was flipping through the channel and seen Deanna Troi, it was the first episode. I thought damn she fine and watched the whole. By the end of the show I was hooked and started watching every episode (and not just because of Troi anymore).

[Makadav]

Heh, as we can all see. This show has really captured our lives and imaginations. I doubt there is anyone out there who is a "so-so" watcher.

[Jeaneous]

I remember when I was about 4 or 5 when my dad would watch TOS on television in the afternoon. Never cared for em' at that point because I thought Star Wars was waaay cooler (this was late 70's earlier 80's btw).....until ST II came out. I was hooked ever since, and even came to appreciate Enterprise (after it's demise) when I checked out season 3 (an entire season as one long bad a$$ episode.....brilliant!!!)

[0wl]

Grew up with TOS and after i was a little older watched TNG and episodes with Klingons somehow always drew my attention, and everything else in all the movies and following series!

And to prove the fact that i am a real fan, when my twin son and daughter were barely able to walk and whenever they saw a plane they would point up and say: Star Trek! :D

[RayDX]

I first saw it when I was 7 years-old and I fell in love ever since and personally, I owe a great debt of gratitude to Star Trek. It has opened my mind and "shaped my very existence"

[Starknight]

Hrm. Well, I was a whopping 1 years old when it first came on (TOS, that is. Yeah, I'm old.) I don't really remember seeing much of it at that time... but I did watch the reruns when I was a bit older, and have been hooked ever since.

I enjoyed TNG when it came out, although I think the writers went way overboard with the 'Wesley saves the ship!' schtick; less of that would have made for a better series, and probably have kept Wil around longer. The byplay between Wesley and Picard was pretty good sometimes. :)

Voyager really turned me off when they blatantly crushed my suspension of disbelief by making silly pseudo-science... Calling the event horizon of a singularity 'an energy field', which had a 'crack' left in it by their warp-speed passage through said event horizon, and then - to top it off - they escape by using the impulse engines?!?!? I stopped watching after that episode.

Never got into DS-9, as I was watching a much better-written and plotted series about a space station at the time. I didn't get into the later episodes because it became about a galactic war... and my friends and I had been told by Paramount and FASA that 'Star Trek wasn't about war' when we tried to pitch a Ship Recognition Handbook for the RPG covering the period between TOS and TNG. I guess they didn't like the warship designs we included.

Enterprise had some moments, but I wasn't able to watch it regularly; I also wasn't happy about what it did to some of the background developed in the novels. But I thought the Mirror Universe episodes were awesome (at least the ones I saw). :D

[Alekks]

Grew up reading all kinds of sci-fi books. Not to date myself, but watched the first ST on TV...when they first aired in 1966.


Ditto, but didn't start watching the original series on TV until 1971 which was probably its first jump into syndication.

The first episode I ever saw was "Operation: Annihilate" and I thought "mmkay, we'll try one more". The second episode I saw was "The Gallileo Seven" and I was hooked.

[Stu1701]

I was born in 1990, started watching TNG and Voyager when I was about five. I didn't understand it much back then, but I loved to see all the cool looking ships. As I grew older I started to understand the plots of the shows better and I started to appreciate it a lot more. I started to discover how big Star Trek really was as I watched TNG and Voyager, and later found TOS and DS9, and soon after Enterprise premiered on tv. I guess that's what I love about Star Trek the most, the shear size the whole thing, and how it can be infinitely expanded as long there's someone to continue the adventures.

[cpt-picard1993]

for me i just loved all that sci fi stuff and star trek was just an extreamly cool program:)

[Galvon]

Both parents were Trekkies. I was raised on it. That's how I started. How I have stayed one is the dream behind it.

[krazah]

used to watch reruns of classic with my grandpa saw the pilot for TNG and never looked back been in head first ever since

[goof1016]

I remember sitting up in my when I was sitting in my high chair as a young kid proble around 2 years old and watching star trek TNG and have been hooked on it ever since just something about the stars and the seemingly endless possiblies. Star trek lets your imagination run wild. And as the saying goes "To boldly go where no man has gone before"

[vel007]

Honestly I think I started watching ST with my parents from the week I was born, lol.

[J.L.Picard]

I was about 7 years old when i first encountered Star Trek on BBC2 i watched one episode and i was HOOKED after that i watched all ST i could get my hands on EXCEPT TOS i hated it but i loved the films, not to sure what it was i think that maybe it was too "young" i dont know. I loved DS9 i watched voyager cos nothing else to watch at taht time slot(thisis probably the worst and most pointless ST ever) then The Enterprise which i LOVE.

so for me its TNG(picard best dam captain EVER)
Enterprise (its truly magnificent Archer=badass)
DS9 (Sisco=puff but the story was great and the battles were MAGNIFICENT)

the other 2 i dont much care for but voyager is watchable once you have watched the 3 i mentioned above.

LMFAO that like a mini life story:D

[Tricorder]

Being a child of the 70's (whew, thats old), I wasn't a fan of Star Trek because I was too much into Star Wars and Buck Rogers (1979 NBC). But, in 1986, when I saw how the new starship Enterprise looked during an interview in Entertainment Tonight, I was intrigued. Then the encounter at farpoint, with the jellyfish-like, moon-sized aliens, simply blew me away! Then I knew the writers/producers were on to something grand. Been a dire hard fan ever since. And Star Wars slowly drifted away.....still have a little bit of the SW kid in me, but my loyalty stays with Star Trek.

[Bele]

I do not remember if it was realy the first episode, but the first I clearly remember was a TOS rerun when I was quite jong, I'd say somewhere between 8 and 10, perhaps even jonger. Most have been 10 or 12 years back from todays p.o.w.
I was at my grandfather's house that day, he had this (by comparison and past standards) big television set.
I set down in front of it and watched "Friday's Child". Many scenes just kind of *burned* into my mind, I remember parts of the natives costumes, I remember the klingons appearing there, ...

By that time - I guess - they began airing TNG in Germany and I followed parts of this. My father quite liked it but it took them several episodes until I liked it, too.
I noticed that DS9 came out, but we never watched many episodes, no idea why not - I guess the times they aired Star Trek have never been the best here.

The first series I almost watched entirely was Voyager. Okay, not the best choice some of you might say, but: that's life. When they released Enterprise I was full of enthusiasm, but again they gave it bad airing-times and I guess I gave it up somewhere in the middle of season II because I'd missed too much inbetween.

What I always liked were the movies, I missed only very few reruns of those. My first time to see a movie on the big screen was "Insurrection". Bad choice, but... well, you know - I have high hopes for XI...

[Quince]

For me *smiles* It started with my Dad. He had Sky, so, being that Sky One. Myself, my father and brother watched ALL the trek that was on when I went round his. I guess I got my Trekness off my father.

I Even watched Stargate SG-1 from time to time when it first came out. Awesome.

[Duras]

I got the bug during the seventies... When Captain Kirk phasered, throw rocks, bluffed and punched his way through the cosmos...
TNG started a little to far out for me, what with the floating jelly fish and the satf look on Dianas face... some-one slap her... It picked up though and won a reprive from me.
Voyager and DS9 where the icing on the cake for Startrek in my opinion.

I like most of the films, would'nt mind a Starfleet uniform, not one of those paper thin crap uniforms either, preferably one stolen from the film set.

I'll always be a fan of Star Trek and have enjoyed it evolution.

[Will_Lucky]

Think I was around 10 when I saw a Voyager Episode think it was the one where Janeway, Tuvok and Torres were assimilated, well I got dragged into it.

[Saren]

Mine wasn't very clear cut, I'm sorry to say.

I started watching Voyager sometime during the thrid season, and when my dad found out that I liked the show, he made me watch the Next Generation. I fell in love with Riker, and watched what I could of TNG when I could. We didn't have cable (and my dad still doesn't have it) so TOS was never on. My favorite spin off will always be Voyager, despite my dad's attempt to get me to love TOS (which I do, but not in the same way).

Generations comes out on VHS and my dad gets it for me. He and I watch it at home and when it's over I look at my father and say: "Kirk is such an ass!" Well, he got sputtering mad and tells me: "That's not the Kirk I know. You have to watch the orginal series." So he goes out and gets me the first six Star Trek movies. I watch them all. When I'm done (Voyage Home being my Fav!) I told my dad that I still think Kirk is glory seekng womanizing jerk, but I really love Dr. McCoy and Spock. So, still trying to convince me, he went out and tried to find TOS on video. He didn't have much luck. When he finally got me some eps of TOS, I shook my head and told Dad "Okay, Kirk is a good Captian...but not the best." I thought he was going to cut me out of his will, he was so upset.

As a side note: I went to get Leonard Nimoy's autograph recently, and it was a very small gathering. Except for a group of about 10 or 15 teenage boys. They rushed the poor man at his table and I, who was stading there in line, ended up in the middle. When the boys started arguing among themselves about who was a better Captian, I chimed in: "Kirk is a jerk. He's a womanizer and a glory hound. I like Shatner, but Kirk is a jerk." Well, the boys look at me as if I broke every bone in thier body. Then I hear this barking laugh. Nimoy heard me and was laughing hard. I guess he agreed.

[Duras]

I like your post SAREN :)

Picards the best, the rest can be put up for rent.!

[Saren]

I like your post SAREN :)

Picards the best, the rest can be put up for rent.!

Ha! Thanks!!! When I finally got my book signed, Nimoy and I chatted for a few minutes. He was still laughing.

Actually my fav. is Janeway. To me, she's a combo of Kirk and Picard.

*ducks down* SHHH... I'm hidding from the Kirk fans ;)

Kirk isn't bad, I just pefer Janeway over him. My Dad can't stand Janeway. He called her BiPolar. He watched the series, mind, wishing that Paris could take over the ship. He liked the reble (sp) idea.

[Bele]

Very well said, Saren.
I guess if someone would just ask that particular question many people would say: "Kirk was a weirdo, but Bones and Spock are great guys!"
Did I say I envy those of you who met DeForest Kelley and Leonard Nimoy face to face?

[Saren]

Very well said, Saren.
I guess if someone would just ask that particular question many people would say: "Kirk was a weirdo, but Bones and Spock are great guys!"
Did I say I envy those of you who met DeForest Kelley and Leonard Nimoy face to face?

Haha! Nimoy was the only one I met.

But you're right, everyone has a fav. Captian or character and I love to find out WHY and HOW they came to like them. Sometimes, even the most avid fan misses something a character said or did that makes them special to a person.

[Duras]

Saren.. Your dads right, Janeways definatly Bi-Polar, Paris saw striaght threw her when he exceeded warp 10... She let her crew down by stranding them in the middle of now-where for a few short lived umpa-lumpers... Don't figure.!

Kirks egotisticle, stiff backed and smug to the point of detestable. But the statistics speak for themselves. He used anything to get the job done and his charm to defeat the object.

Sisko developed a god complex, forced onto him by everyone but the logical starfleet crew.

Archer runs around like a helpless schoolboy, guessing his way though it all and hoping everyone elses looking on the bright side while he cringes on the other side...

Picard, well, what can I say.
Hes the amalgermation of all... and has the firm leadership required to whip the best out of all situations.
Admittingly he aided the borg, broke loads of directives, but hey, nobodies perfect. Ask his queen.

I think good captains are as equally adictive as their series.

[Tovo]

Well I was placed in front of the TV one day as a small child and it was the TOS repeats. Watched them then quickly got into TNG. The rest followed shortly afterwards, I never really liked DS9 when I was younger but it is now my fav.

[cathlin]

Sat down in front of the telly in the mid 80s as a kid, dinner on lap watching TOS repeats.. loved em.. then when TNG started was even more hooked.. have been ever since. Nearly 30 and my parents and the other half still find it bizarre I can recite whole dialog from episodes. :/ ok maybe that is bad.

[ddgrfn11]

Growing up in the 70's my family and I would watch it on saturday evenings....i even had a Star Trek play set which included a tricorder, communicator, and a phaser which was actually a flashlight....i couldnt get enough of it and now own all the series' and movies. I also have a three piece character set my wife bought for me of Kirk, Spock, and Bones......and a cereal bowl i had as a kid with Star Trek and the Enterprise on it.

[Saren]

Saren.. Your dads right, Janeways definatly Bi-Polar, Paris saw striaght threw her when he exceeded warp 10... She let her crew down by stranding them in the middle of now-where for a few short lived umpa-lumpers... Don't figure.!

Kirks egotisticle, stiff backed and smug to the point of detestable. But the statistics speak for themselves. He used anything to get the job done and his charm to defeat the object.

Sisko developed a god complex, forced onto him by everyone but the logical starfleet crew.

Archer runs around like a helpless schoolboy, guessing his way though it all and hoping everyone elses looking on the bright side while he cringes on the other side...

Picard, well, what can I say.
Hes the amalgermation of all... and has the firm leadership required to whip the best out of all situations.
Admittingly he aided the borg, broke loads of directives, but hey, nobodies perfect. Ask his queen.

I think good captains are as equally adictive as their series.


LOL! I Love this! Great comment :)

"Ask his queen."

[NCC1017spock]

I do beileve the first time I ever saw it I was just flippign though, and found a show with a bald guy and a space ship called enterrprise when I was like 8. How ever I never got into until 2006 ( 2 - 2 1/2) years ago where I would watch voyager after school every week day. After that I found there were different star trek shows, and read up on the characters and found out there were web sites for it. And thats how I am here now.

[GlassEye]

Ah this goes way back. I was kid. Around five to eight years old. It was when it aired on NBC. (My age is showing). Loved them monster shows. It then played on our UHF stations around here. Some of us kids picked up on it. There were also books released of the episodes around the time it hit the local stations after it was cancelled. (Don't blame it on me!)

[Xenomorph]

when i saw season 1 from star trek enterprise i fell in love with it Now i got all the star trek enterprise dvd boxes and almost got all the star trek voyager dvd boxes .. still buying more of them want to see them all :p

anyone can tell me what ill collect next ?

just love it :cool:

[spokechecker5000]

My dad is a huge fan of TOS, and watched reruns constantly. I started watching them with him along with a few TNG's in the mix every day and BOOM instant Star Trek fan. Though lately it seems as though I am a bigger fan of the show than he is. :(

[Generic77]

Back when i was 8 or 9, my mom made me watch First Contact. The movie was very good, so i decided to check out some reruns of The Next Generation and Voyager. I have loved star trek ever since.

[ryanthegr8]

Grew up on TNG and reruns of TOS. Many in my family adored the franchise and I really got into it. Will never forget seeing Star Trek V in the theater....I used an umbrella for a phaser rifle and shot at people walking in the street the entire way home. The parents actually got mad at me for referring to the car as a shuttle craft and asking "why arent we going faster than impulse?"

[Nytok]

Grew up watching TNG with my family and became a huge fan. I kinda fell out of it after I got older, but then I started watching TOS 2.0 and I was back.

[eNDIE]

I became a fan when swedish tv had a startrek marathon and showed all the movies in one day:) its was som years ago now:)

[yardbird]

Somewhere in the deep mists of time that are the 70s I became a confirmed Trekkie. As a young lad, I was probably initiated into Trekdom through the animated series back in 73 and 74.

[rens_van_leeuwen]

I stayed for a few days at a friends house. I didn't know they watched Star Trek, but ever since, I watch it, too. It started with Voyager, then ST:E, and as they aren't broadcast any more, I bought 3 seasons of Enterprise. Shame they are so expensive, or I would have had more of them.

[Pheroc]

My cousin insisted that I watch it, and for the most part, I never got around to it, but then my Step Dad got the Star Trek Time Travel Fan Favorites Collection, and I watched it one night. and immediately fell in love with the series. Then soon after, I recieved TOS Season 1 for my birthday, and I finished it within the week. Been a diehard fan ever since.

[JustinThedillman]

Well When i was about 11ish My Friend and I were at the my Best Friends House. And there it was when the Television Went On the TOS just started, and that Was how I became a Trek fan The First Episode i Watched Was the One with the Tribbles hehe
And Everyday since Then i Watch And Watch trek Episodes and Play A Few Trek games :)

[s32ndDamian]

Somewhere in the deep mists of time that are the 70s I became a confirmed Trekkie. As a young lad, I was probably initiated into Trekdom through the animated series back in 73 and 74.

Me toooo. There was actually a lot of sci-fi on tv back then. My parents have a pic of me in 1976 with a replica kirk shirt on, lol.

[thord00d]

My Dad would always watch any of the series that were on and I eventually started watching them with him and got hooked. Addicted really... probably isn't healthy...

[Arcturus]

When I was very little my dad watched ST:TNG after he himself watched TOS and was impressed by it. He also brought me in to a convention or two back then. I don't remember much of all that, but when I watch Star Trek I'm never stressed, or concerned. It's a great action adventure universe the brightness of which can relieve any turmoil in my mind. The people, the dream... it's all something very special I love being a part of.

[Ardan_Blade]

I remember sitting on the couch with my dad, watching TNG and thinking about how cool Worf was, how Captain Picard was so brilliant, and all the rest just sucked me in. Every night at seven, we were practically glued to the couch, waiting to see our beloved Enterprise return through the screen and take us away...

[Starrider543]

I got home from school several years ago, watched TV and then decided to try Voyager