star trek convention nyc 1973

[ripsaa2003]

i get misty eyed at the end when the girl starts crying she is so happy.

[PizzaDinosaur]

The fans look pretty well-adjusted and clean, what happened?????

[PatinOmaha]

@PizzaDinosaur People were actually somewhat educated in the mid 70's.

[Aliendear]

This is one of the best interviews I've ever seen.

[7beers]

Sorry, but Asimov comes across as very arrogant to me.

[Scienceorc]

@7beers Dissing a genius like Dr. Asimov is, in its self, an act of immense arrogance. Go back to your cave, troll.

[7beers]

@Scienceorc no

[Scienceorc]

@7beers You do not deserve to smell Isaac Asimov's shit. I believe it is you who is arrogant. As I mentioned earlier, go back to your cave. The sun is coming out soon. When trolls like you are in the sun, you turn to stone. You wouldn't want that, would you? :)

[7beers]

@Scienceorc Calm down.

[amygdalaguy]

See Wikipedia and "science fiction conventions"; there's a case to be made for October 22, 1936, but that was really just a road trip.

Try "History of science fiction conventions" under "Science fiction convention" on Wikipedia, or try googling "worldcon" and "long list" or try fanac dot org

Um, Star Trek conventions didn't come along for another thirty-five years.

[mobody]

The guy who invented the first Cellular Phone did so because he wanted a Star Trek Communicator. Ron McNair, who died on the Challenger went into space because of Star Trek, specifically because of Nichelle Nichols.

[setsunacutey]

I sometimes forget how OLD fan conventions are. XD

[shonnerdotcom]

Seems like only yesterday.

[MrZkinandBonez]

I would have loved to see this video with the Trekkies edited out, and just leave the interview with the authors, network executive, Nimoy and Asimov.

[kungfuquaker]

Awesome! Star Trek has always been the best science fiction around. I enjoy Star Wars, but it is science fantasy.

[htdart]

Asimov was a fantastic thinker. No wonder he was fond of Trek.

[mandrellian]

@htdart Trek was fond of Asimov, too. Among the many bits they borrowed from him are positronic brains.

[htdart]

@mandrellian Good point. The great minds of Roddenberry and Asimov thought alike.

[FTArmyagain]

@nakedstupidity I am friends with these people you say do not exist. I know and have known scientists and engineers that still dress up for conventions and watch the shows several times a week. I have a "hunch" and it involves your screen name and you real life academic skills, but its just a hunch.

[ray53208]

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[thoughtbeast]

"We're starting a club now!" LOL! I love this chick! See video at 1:55 / 6:40.

[BCSWowbagger]

Anyone who wants to make new Trek should watch this video. Star Trek is incredibly, uniquely inspiring... when it's done right. It's important that the next iteration bear that in mind.

[scottornot]

@megan130 Stfu drone

[lacosta71]

f*ckin' nerds



[Remskillz]

@lacosta71 Troll fail.

[lacosta71]

nerds



[Nathiest2]

jfc I think I see my dad... and my mom in there!

[livibam]

Fun

[nakedstupidity]

Megan, I'm willing to bet that the scientists, inventors and technologist that advanced science on the wings of Star Trek's imagination were not the kind to dress up, adorn Spock ears and fawn uncontrollably over being in the company of the original actors.

Just a hunch.

[landline00]

@nakedstupidity Righhhht... but you don't know for sure.

Btw, I like your video, "The Rise of Liberal Tyranny"

[DesiluTrek]

@nakedstupidity I'll take your bet, because you lose. DeForest Kelley said he met people all the time who said they were inspired to go in to medicine because of Dr. McCoy. James Doohan met people all the time who said they went into engineering because of Scotty. Shatner and Nimoy are beloved by many real astronauts. Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, has a sci-fi museum in Seattle filled with Star Trek memorabilia because he loves the show. All your "hunch" is is smug arrogance.

[Charonchan]

This is awesome.

[1964nickel]

Before the movies, before any sequels, there was Star Trek. 79 episodes, folks. Three seasons. These guys sold it all. It was fun, it was sexy, and it was intelligent.

[BrianDenham]

Thank you so much for loading this video. An awesome look back to the generation that helped secure fandom as it is today.

[Techn0G1rl]

I was at that convention. It was my first science fiction convention I was 17 years old at he time and I remember it. I sort of recall it was at the New York Hilton and it was packed. You had to wait in a line to get in and there were thousands of people there - I think it was about 5,000 and no one expected that many people to come. I remember that they had an awesome mock up of the transporter room that blew my young mind at the time .

[JuventasOne]

@Techn0G1rl The 1973 New York convention was held at the Commodore Hotel (not the Hilton). And just to confirm, you're a 54-year-old with the nickname "Techn0G1rl"?

[Techn0G1rl]

@JuventasOne Hmmm.... It must have been the 1972 convention then because I remember it was the Hilton. I just googled it up and the '72 convention was the one at the Hilton (also the FIRST ST con according to memory Alpha) and the crowd problems it mentioned were consistent with my memory. I guess I was 16 then. Very cool memories.

And yeah, that's my user name. Got a problem with that junior? LMAO .

[WanderLink]

Wow, a cavalcade of deluded nerds.

[Bearcloud]

AWESOME! thank you so much!

[riceboy1701e]

WOW! SIR ISAAC (Asimov)!

Most excellent post! Thanks!

[BritSwedeGuy]

The future was so much more... futuristic then!

[moeskido]

Thank you for uploading this. 1973's the year before I went to my first convention. What an amazing new thing it was: a gathering of thousands for a dead tv show.

[sdf2008]

They sound like Browncoats now.

[Barbuzuka]

Thank you very much for sharing!

[DFG333]

Thanks for up loading this.