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'Star Trek' fans descend on Las Vegas (Geek Alert)
Las Vegas Review-Journal ^
| 12 Aug 2005
| Richard Lake
Posted on 08/12/2005 8:44:29 AM PDT by JRios1968
Convention at LV Hilton can bring out a little Andorian in anyone
It must be difficult to publicly maintain that you are not a geek when, in fact, your T-shirt proclaims as much, and you're standing next to your big sister at a "Star Trek" convention.
Nevertheless, that's what Jim Moorhouse did Thursday, the first day of this year's trekkie gathering at the Las Vegas Hilton: the fourth annual Official Star Trek Convention.
"I like to say I'm destroying the stereotype because I'm cool," said Moorhouse, 38, a public relations rep for a sports league who really did seem like a cool guy despite having "GEEK" printed on the front of his T-shirt.
There were, of course, the requisite pasty-white pudgy guys in floppy sandals and tie-dyed T-shirts all over the Hilton's grounds. Organizers say the convention, which runs through Sunday, will attract about 12,000 "Star Trek" fans.
Fans, most of whom were not pudgy or pasty, said it's no surprise that the convention attracts so many people given that "Star Trek" is the greatest television show in history.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; US: Nevada
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>"I like to say I'm destroying the stereotype because I'm cool," said Moorhouse, 38...
Uh, news flash...you're at a Star Trek convention, wearing a t-shirt that says "GEEK"...I don't think so.
Plus, everyone knows Star Wars is so much cooler! :-)
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posted on
08/12/2005 8:44:29 AM PDT
by
JRios1968
To: JRios1968
Giles Aston of London, who looks a lot like Captain Jean-Luc Picard of "Star Trek: The Next Generation," visits Thursday with Michel and Marc Sandler of Winstrom, N.J., at the "Star Trek" convention at the Las Vegas Hilton. The convention runs through Sunday.
Photo by K.M. Cannon
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posted on
08/12/2005 8:46:56 AM PDT
by
JRios1968
(If you can't laugh at yourself, someone else will do it for you.)
To: JRios1968
I used to be one of these people. Yick.
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posted on
08/12/2005 8:49:16 AM PDT
by
atomicpossum
(Replies should be as pedantic as possible. I love that so much.)
To: JRios1968
Plus, everyone knows Star Wars is so much cooler! :-) Illogical.
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posted on
08/12/2005 8:50:46 AM PDT
by
TheBigB
(Gum would be perfection!)
To: JRios1968
..Giles Aston of London..
What a cool name. Mr. Aston will probably get very lucky in Vegas this weekend.
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posted on
08/12/2005 8:50:48 AM PDT
by
Millee
(Earth First! We'll log the other planets later!)
To: atomicpossum
I used to be one of these people. Yick.
Hey, the first step is to recognize the problem...
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posted on
08/12/2005 8:52:16 AM PDT
by
JRios1968
(If you can't laugh at yourself, someone else will do it for you.)
To: TheBigB
Plus, everyone knows Star Wars is so much cooler! :-) Illogical.
Shhhhh.....it makes him feel better.
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posted on
08/12/2005 8:52:26 AM PDT
by
atomicpossum
(Replies should be as pedantic as possible. I love that so much.)
To: JRios1968
> ... trekkie gathering at the Las Vegas Hilton:
> the fourth annual Official Star Trek Convention.
And probably the only week that "The Star Trek Experience"
attraction at the Hilton makes any money.
Even during the final few COMDEX's, there were more
people feeding the slots outside than buying tickets.
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posted on
08/12/2005 8:52:46 AM PDT
by
Boundless
(STE performer job requirement: keeping a straight face)
To: JenB; marajade; ValenB4; filbert; bentfeather; Brett66; eccentric; melbell; Tolik; Truth29; ...
Babylon 5 much better than Star Trek...
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posted on
08/12/2005 8:52:51 AM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(the space/future belongs to the eagles --> http://www.cafepress.com/kevinspace1)
To: TheBigB
Are you out of your Vulcan mind?
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posted on
08/12/2005 8:53:48 AM PDT
by
JRios1968
(If you can't laugh at yourself, someone else will do it for you.)
To: Boundless
Even during the final few COMDEX's, there were more people feeding the slots outside than buying tickets.
What? No more COMDEX???
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posted on
08/12/2005 8:54:51 AM PDT
by
JRios1968
(If you can't laugh at yourself, someone else will do it for you.)
To: JRios1968
May the force be with you!
To: JRios1968
Hah! Suck phaser, nancy-boy!
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posted on
08/12/2005 8:56:05 AM PDT
by
TheBigB
(Gum would be perfection!)
To: JRios1968
To: JRios1968
"I like to say I'm destroying the stereotype because I'm cool,"
LOL...no really...LOL
At least mom thinks so, and all my other Trekkie buddies that visit me in my moms basement...
To: Boundless
And probably the only week that "The Star Trek Experience" attraction at the Hilton makes any money. They need to cut the ticket prices by two thirds and focus more on the museum than the "experience". The live action scenes are kind of corny and not worth the price.
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posted on
08/12/2005 8:58:50 AM PDT
by
Mr. Jeeves
("Those who do not industrialize become hewers of wood and haulers of water." -- Alexander Hamilton)
To: JRios1968; TheBigB
SET PHASERS ON STUNE!
To: ConservativeDude
May the Schwartz be with you!
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posted on
08/12/2005 8:59:28 AM PDT
by
JRios1968
(If you can't laugh at yourself, someone else will do it for you.)
To: JRios1968
What? No more COMDEX??? It imploded. Financial problems, and not much interest from vendors any more.
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posted on
08/12/2005 8:59:41 AM PDT
by
Mr. Jeeves
("Those who do not industrialize become hewers of wood and haulers of water." -- Alexander Hamilton)
To: socal_parrot
There, I needed to see that one again...:)
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posted on
08/12/2005 9:01:18 AM PDT
by
JRios1968
(If you can't laugh at yourself, someone else will do it for you.)
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