To Boldly Go

According to my father when I was two I would drop whatever I was doing and run to the living room if the Star Trek: The Next Generation theme song was on the TV. I would then proceed to "conduct" the music, encouraged of course by my dad who thought this was the coolest/funniest thing ever.

I'm sure somewhere there's a home video of it.

I grew up on a healthy diet of science fiction. Dad was a Star Trek fan, Mom was a Star Wars fan. I was exposed to both equally. I remember being absolutely TERRIFIED of The Borg as a child and thinking that they were going to come take me in the middle of the night. I remember watching every Star Trek show that aired with my parents and sitting on the edge of my seat during the finales.

Arguably, one of the best cliffhangers in the franchise comes from "The Best of Both Worlds, Part 1."

I had forgotten how intense that episode is until I watched it again last night in Valley View.

(go look it up if you want to be spoiled. I won't spoil it here for people who haven't seen it and still want to.)

The great thing about having the Valley View Cinemark close by is that when all of the special events come to town, they go there. And chances are, Allie and I will go see them.

Last night was so much fun. I love going to large events like that for things that I love...because I know everyone else who is there has the same love for the thing I do. It's probably why I enjoy doing midnight shows of movies so much.

The fact that the theater burst into applause at the end was awesome. That's one of the things I love most about going to see events like that. We're all equally enthusiastic about the entire thing and no one will judge one another for our enthusiasm.

To top off the night, this wasn't just a showing of two episodes of Star Trek. There were interviews. There were gag reels.

It wasn't just something to watch. It was an experience.