Why do nerds like Star Trek so much?

[spacefire]

All series are rather bland, humorless, mostly asexual and politically correct to the extreme,aseptic, with fairy-tale morals and unchanging characters. The technology is boring as it keeps the same warp shields phasers photon torpedoes all the time with some time shifting thrown in ocasionally as a plot device.<br />I thought nerds/geeks sci-fi buffs were supposed to be smarter than the average Joe. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>http://asteroid-invasion.blogspot.com</p><p>http://www.solvengineer.com/asteroid-invasion.html </p><p> </p> </div>

 

[vogon13]

Nerds like Star Trek because it portrays a future in which they rule.<br /><br /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#ff0000"><strong>TPTB went to Dallas and all I got was Plucked !!</strong></font></p><p><font color="#339966"><strong>So many people, so few recipes !!</strong></font></p><p><font color="#0000ff"><strong>Let's clean up this stinkhole !!</strong></font> </p> </div>

 

[vogon13]

Not that there is anything wrong with that.<br /><br /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#ff0000"><strong>TPTB went to Dallas and all I got was Plucked !!</strong></font></p><p><font color="#339966"><strong>So many people, so few recipes !!</strong></font></p><p><font color="#0000ff"><strong>Let's clean up this stinkhole !!</strong></font> </p> </div>

 

[CalliArcale]

Why do nerds like Star Trek so much?<br /><br />It features spaceships shooting at one another and occasionally blowing up. 'nuff said. <img src="/images/icons/tongue.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><font color="#666699"><em>"People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly . . . timey wimey . . . stuff."</em>  -- The Tenth Doctor, "Blink"</font></p> </div>

 

[steampower]

ST bugs me for all the squeeky clean white paneling everywhere, have you ever seen a public place with white paneling?, have you ever tried to keep a white room spotlessly clean?, seems to me like 90% of the population must be running around with cans of spray wax and mops, it`s too icky clean and all this moral superiority (mostly specious and discarded where convenient) is a bit nausious, and the architecture leads me to think that only one company is constructing buildings right across the Federation and beyond (and they only have 8 template sets in the CAD database), I prefer the Babylon 5 manner of things, often grufty, bits in poor repair, people who are misfits or incompetent, crude lashups, much more credible imo.<br /><br />steampower.

 

[vagueship]

Second the asexual comment. Some of the alien women were definately on the nice looking side.<br /><br />TOS was pretty edgy sometimes. The first inter-racial kiss on television for example.<br /><br />In general, it could be that the geeks were the only people who could understand the scientific references.

 

[chriscdc]

"In general, it could be that the geeks were the only people who could understand the scientific references."<br /><br />And they were the only ones that could rip the hyperthetical technology to pieces.

 

[summoner]

Well staem as for architecture, I can see it. If you have ever been on a militery base, you'd see that it doesn't matter if you are in the US, Europe or Asia everyone is just about the same. The only way to know they're different is to go to the Officers Club or leave the base. They are all sanitary to an extreme as well. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:271px;background-color:#FFF;border:1pxsolid#999"><tr><td colspan="2"><div style="height:35px"><img src="http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/htmlSticker1/language/www/US/MT/Three_Forks.gif" alt="" height="35" width="271" style="border:0px" /></div>

 

[drwayne]

The military also has a surplus of labor, so there really is something to the notion of, if everything is clean, they will send the enlisted out to paint some rocks. Usually white. <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /><br /><br />Wayne <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>"1) Give no quarter; 2) Take no prisoners; 3) Sink everything."  Admiral Jackie Fisher</p> </div>

 

[yevaud]

That's funny you said that. Today, I was the staffer escorting a group of veterans on a tour of the civil war era (through 1950) Fort Warren, on George's island in Boston harbor.<br /><br />One stop was one of the batteries. An elevator system would raise shells from the magazines to the gun emplacements. The guide said, "however, when the electricity failed, the shells would have to be brought up a different way, by a block and tackle system."<br /><br />I responded, "for such things are enlisted men made."<br /><br />Along with painting rocks white... <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em>Differential Diagnosis:  </em>"<strong><em>I am both amused and annoyed that you think I should be less stubborn than you are</em></strong>."<br /> </p> </div>

 

[drwayne]

Some things appear to be invariant in time and space...<br /><br />Wayne <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>"1) Give no quarter; 2) Take no prisoners; 3) Sink everything."  Admiral Jackie Fisher</p> </div>

 

[darth_elmo]

We don't need a reason. Any more than a sports nut would need one for watching "Average Joe".

 

[commander_keen]

Star Trek: TOS, was definitly NOT asexual. Kirk shagged an alien chick every other show, and as it was mentioned earlier it had the first inter-racial kiss on television. <br /><br />Roddenberry went a little too far in wanting to create a "perfect future" with TNG, but it was still alright. If you want a completely different slant on the series, watch Deep Space Nine.

 

[darth_elmo]

You got <i>that</i> right. Although Kirk's "exploits" have since been exaggerated somewhat.<br /><br />Incidentally, I think that what audience the show had in the '60s wasn't up in arms over the Kirk-Uhura kiss because: 1) the show was science-fiction (and that must have been what they thought such an intimacy would be...at least for some of the viewers); and 2) it was made under duress. <br /><br />Just my opinion, folks.

 

[Leovinus]

And they never actually kissed. Their lips never met. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[drwayne]

"it was made under duress."<br /><br />The were completely clothed!<br /><br /><img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /><br /><br />Under-dressed - get it?????<br /><br /><img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /><br /><br />Wayne <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>"1) Give no quarter; 2) Take no prisoners; 3) Sink everything."  Admiral Jackie Fisher</p> </div>

 

[yevaud]

"But Daddy, why was that man under her dress?"<br /><br />"Ummm....ask your Mother." <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em>Differential Diagnosis:  </em>"<strong><em>I am both amused and annoyed that you think I should be less stubborn than you are</em></strong>."<br /> </p> </div>

 

[SpaceKiwi]

Two words ... Klingon Kleavage.<br /><br /><br />'nuff said. <img src="/images/icons/laugh.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em><font size="2" color="#ff0000">Who is this superhero?  Henry, the mild-mannered janitor ... could be!</font></em></p><p><em><font size="2">-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</font></em></p><p><font size="5">Bring Back The Black!</font></p> </div>

 

[lampblack]

<font color="yellow">Two words ... Klingon Kleavage. </font><br /><br />One of my favorite lines from TNG:<br />"Aw, Worf. Not even a little nibble on the cheek for old time's sake?"<br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font color="#0000ff"><strong>Just tell the truth and let the chips fall...</strong></font> </div>

 

[vogon13]

Ursa and Bator?<br /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#ff0000"><strong>TPTB went to Dallas and all I got was Plucked !!</strong></font></p><p><font color="#339966"><strong>So many people, so few recipes !!</strong></font></p><p><font color="#0000ff"><strong>Let's clean up this stinkhole !!</strong></font> </p> </div>

 

[lampblack]

<font color="yellow">Who were those two evil klingon sisters who tried to overthrow the Klingon govt or something like that? Loved those outfits - what cleavage! Just don't turn your back on them! Talk about Black Widows! WOW</font><br /><br />Yep, they were pretty doggoned formidable. I googled a bit and found this bit of history from trekmania.net:<br /><br />Two sisters of the Duras, Lursa and B'Etor, attempted a full scale military coup against Gowron, and Gowron could not secure the majority of fleet loyalty, but a conflict that could have ended in disaster for the Empire was averted when it was discovered that the Duras had colluded with Romulans, who had quietly supplied them with weapons and other resources. The Romulans wished the Duras to take control of the High Council, for that would truly see an end to the Federation/Klingon alliance, a combined superpower the Romulans have long wished to disassemble. But the coup failed as the supply source was ultimately cut off by a blockade of more than 20 Starfleet vessels utilizing a tachyon detection grid to scan for cloaked Romulan ships attempting to cross the border, for the Federation had duly recognised the Romulan/Duras connection.<br /><br />Here's the full link:<br />http://www.trekmania.net/diplomatic/klingon.htm<br /><br />And here, finally, are the simply bodacious sisters!<br /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font color="#0000ff"><strong>Just tell the truth and let the chips fall...</strong></font> </div>