5:35 pm General
Most people who enjoy Star Trek probably have fond memories of the first time they watched it. Not me! The first time I saw Star Trek, it scared me silly.
I doubt I was quite three yet; I’m about three years older than my brother and I get the distinct feeling that he wasn’t there yet. So I’m wandering around the house for some reason and I peer around a corner. The TV’s on and my father’s watching it. I’m not sure where my mom was. My attention’s drawn to the TV and I watch.
Several guys are clustered around each other and looking at someone who’s just laying there, apparently asleep. One of them reaches out and smashes some glass in front of the sleeping man, which causes the bed to slide out in front of the others, with the man laying on it.
At two to three years old, this freaked me out badly for some reason! I didn’t scream, but I know I turned around and ran off to hide under the covers in my room. I don’t remember much after that, but I don’t think either of my parents ever knew I was watching TV that day.
Fast forward about ten years and I’m flipping through the channels, only to catch the original Star Trek on a local independent network. I get interested and start watching. Eventually, one day, they show the episode ‘Space Seed’. I start to get a sense of vague deja vu but can’t pin my finger on it. The show gets to the part where they’re on the Botany Bay and free Khan. Then I remember… I have seen this before! And it scared me like crazy the last time.
Of course, it doesn’t scare me at all the second time and I enjoy watching it and I continue to watch Star Trek after that.
And now, of course, I have this website.