The Original Star Trek
By Bruce Shawkey From Entertainment Weekly, Sept. 27, 1991 CAPTAIN'S LOG, STARDATE 090891: THE ENTERPRISE has assumed orit around a Class M planet inhabited by the oddest race of creatures we've ever encountered. They call themselves "Trekkies"-some insist on the word "Trekkers"-and their entire civilization seems to be based on an ancient TV show about a band of space-age pioneers. They worship in hives called "conventions," where they don silly velour uniforms and plastic pointy ears. Mr. Spock says these strange beings are harmless, but I'm not so sure. Something about them seems disturbingly familiar. Of all the worlds the starship Enterprise has visited since its launch 25 years ago t his month-Rigel 7, Janus VI, Omicron Ceti III, and other s- the most hospitable has always been its home planet, Ear th. We Terrons can't get enough of Star Trek: The original series is sti]]. broadcast in the U.S. more than 200 times a day. It has been ...
