Reply #6: The show is understandable - but the cult that surrounds it, not so much

[OmahaBlueDog]

Maybe, since many geeks don't golf, boat, fish, or hunt, this has become their time-and-money killer of choice. There is, of course, whole world of Star Trek fan conventions (aptly named "cons"), where attendees pay money to shop for comics and sci-fi items from today and years past, and get the thrill of meeting Star Trek actors, producers, directors, set designers, make up artists, gaffers, riggers, and best boys. Add this to the thriving industries of fan costuming (running around looking like your fave Trek character), fan fiction (writing "what if" fiction about the many Trek franchises, or combining the Star Trek plot line with that of other shows, like "Dark Shadows"), and reproduction Star Trek set piece manufacturing (that's right, you too can have a Captain's chair just like the one William Shatner used - as seen in SkyMall). The only logical conclusion (thinking like Spock, here) is that many of us have too much time and money on our hands.