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Current Talk '08 II / Re: DS VS Star Trek? Why So Little Respect For DS?
« on: November 26, 2008, 06:07:42 PM »Now, why do Trekkies get one film after another, hundreds of books, one TV series after another, constant reruns, while us DS fans have to fight for every crumb?
Even Depp Shadows is getting pushed back again & again & again......
I recall in the 60s, in my native Brooklyn NY, having a bunch of guys make fun of me because "he watches Dark Shadows".
In retrospect I realize that saying "he watches DS" was the same as calling me a "fag".
Why so little respect for DS?
I consider the new Star Trek film, and most Star Trek films, to be signs of how much disrespect there is for real Star Trek, as the serious SF show it started out as. Consider yourself lucky that some new, "better", more Hollywood version of DS hasn't eclipsed the original. Alright, no one agrees with me, but I'm right!
DS was a huge mainstream hit in the 60s. I didn't even know there was a sizeable gay fan contingent until a couple of years ago; I found that out here. People don't connect it with gayness except amongst gay fans. Those guys in Brooklyn were still jerks of course...
Trek is a unique fandom phenomenon; they invented organized TV series fandom. DS is one of many shows with fierce fandoms who have to wait in line for the possibility of revivals or remakes or reboots.