NK - Trekkies v. SCA

[Bethor2000 at aol.com]

In a message dated 5/28/99 2:46:00 PM Central Daylight Time, 
merle at webzone.net writes:

<< How does this relate to the SCA? You will notice similarities 
 in the behavior of and reactions to trekkies or trekkers and
 the behavior of and reactions to SCAers or SCAdians.
  >>


I thought the movie was hilarious!  My favorite was the freak ass Spiner-fem 
chick who was about a micrometer away from full blown stalker hood.
But to answer your question about the similarity to the SCA:  Star Trek is at 
least enertaining, its fans have a subject matter to focus on, and relate to 
with anyone who's ever seen Star Trek.  Whereas the hard core sca freaks just 
come in varying flavors of "personal myth obsession."  If they aren't boring 
you to tears with "D" class moon june elementary poetry attempts, then you 
have to tolerate their lack of personal hygiene. Who would pay to watch a 
bunch of people relating their favorite "once upon a time in sca-land" 
stories?  The trekkies even have more continuity in their subject matter than 
the sca.  I can't tell you how many times I've gritted my teeth listening to 
someone's concept of history, yeesh, god forbid someone should actually 
bother to read a little history (Gold Key comics, Conan/Highlander, and torn 
bodice romances don't count) before going out to demos and "educating" the 
public.  This isn't to say there are no talented and intelligent people in 
the sca, there's plenty of them, but unfortunately the market share for a 
film about them is not on the radar.

Well, I gotta go buy my ticket to the Star Trek Con (6/26-27) and Star Wars 
(4th time, woo hoo!)

Alton