Review – Trekkies

We all knew these people in high school. Heck, I’ll even admit to having been one for awhile when I was younger. The thing I find most astonishing about the really hard-core Star Trek fans is how little perspective they appear to have on just how funny they are. Former Trek actor Denise Crosby takes us on a tour of the many worlds of the odd folks who glom onto either the shows as a whole or particular actors therein. Crosby exploits her status as cult figure to get inside the lives of folks like the Whitewater juror who was excused after showing up for court in her Starfleet uniform and a dentist who’s done his entire office in Trek decor right down to making his hygienists wear uniforms from the show. Further, the documentary never stoops to taking a mocking tone with its nerdy subjects. Letting them speak for themselves somehow makes it all the better. Worth seeing