I have been watching Star Trek for 24 years. I was 4 years old when TNG premiered, along with TOS reruns, I was hooked young. My father and I would watch it together, it was our show, and it has been an incredible journey ever since; one of adventure, aspiration and hope. I will never forget the way the show fascinated and inspired me as a child and still does so to this day. A child in the 80’s, the TOS cast was just as much “family” to me as the TNG cast. I will never forget the way the salt vampire from “The Man Trap” or the destruction of commander Remmick and the queen parasite in “Conspiracy” terrified me as a child. That was the joy of watching a show like this when one is young, is that your imagination runs wild with the fun and the scary.

With 11 movies, 5 TV series, and a cartoon, Star Trek indeed is the most wonderful, well-versed, human space adventure ever told. Its a Trek through the stars not Wars. Growing up with TNG and TOS gave me an appreciation and love of TOS, being able to look beyond the budget restraints and use the imagination to fill in the gaps, that is one aspect of what made it fun.

With many fans in an uproar, I am happy with the way the Star Trek movie series is progressing, but it does need tweaking. I am hoping we get a new TV series soon, one which takes a page from the original series, in the original universe. A fresh adventure but back to the basics with the moral and philosophical issues we love so much. I crave those weekly adventures again, that is the way this story of the trek through the stars is meant to be told.

Kudos to Gene Roddenberry, Gene L Coon, Matt Jefferies and the countless visionaries and dreamers. To Alexander Courage, who wrote the original theme and Jerry Goldsmith who wrote the ever so noble Motion Picture theme which to me is the musical epitome of Star Trek. To Lucille Ball of Desilu Studios who believed in the show and the message of Gene Roddenberry. Not to mention everyone involved in the subsequent series who continued this dream we all share. I humbly and with humility thank everyone from the bottom of my heart.

As Scott Bakula said, if he could use one word to describe Star Trek it would be “hope”.

Happy 45th Birthday Star Trek!!!!!

When TNG premiered, I had just finished boot camp and was crammed into the TV room of our barracks with a bunch of other sailors watching the new Enterprise.

The only post-TNG series I liked was Enterprise. I really liked the cast. I liked the stories. I was sad to see it go.

I like the reboot movie. I hope the continue them. It would be nice to see a weekly series on the small screen, but a big screen version every few years is okay.

Again, thanks for the memories.