Star Trek

I was looking at the topics and i didnt see one about how people first saw Star trek. So Im interested to know: How did you all come to like Star trek? 

Well i was a kid with 8 or 10 years old and to to me was just fascinating the first time i saw Star trek in tv some decades ago..it took me to a world of fantasy and imagination,i grew up with the original series and Space 1999..in fact i owe to this two tv series my fascination to science-fiction that perdures to these days.

I got say that the famous Eagles from Space 1999 are still may favourite ship 

I saw it back in the 60s (I was around 5 years old) and it scared me so I was afraid of it until I sat down and watched the reruns in the 70s then I loved it and have been hooked ever since.

I was about 12 and my parents had gone out for the night, and this was before DVDs so i couldnt just pop something in. So I was scrolling through the channels and I happened to come across an episode of TNG. I had heard my parents talk about it because they thought the original series was way better and were stubborn and dint want to watch the new ones. I think the episode was "Hollow Pursuits" I about busted a gut. What I loved about it was tha it took place in the future and well... it was different in some way but i couldnt put my finger on it at the time. Finally I told my parents about it, and even they started watching it. It became a family trafition after that to watch star trek.  What I like about Star trek is  that it seems realistic. It seems possible to make warp drive and fly in a spaceship. It seems possible to see a Vulcan in the chair next to you at school. But what I love best about it is it gave me a chance to look up at the sky and wonder what is up there. Thats how I became addicted to Star trek.

I was six when TNG premiered and watched it with my older brothers. I liked it from the start, but it was a couple of years later that I really grew to love it.

I can pinpoint exactly when I really fell in love with Trek and became a true believer... In 'First Contact,' when Mirasta Yale is standing in Ten Forward seeing her world from above for the first time. She was a character with whom I deeply identified, and I could really imagine myself standing there. Even all these years later that is still the most magical moment in all of Trek for me.

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I was six when TNG premiered and watched it with my older brothers. I liked it from the start, but it was a couple of years later that I really grew to love it.

I can pinpoint exactly when I really fell in love with Trek and became a true believer... In 'First Contact,' when Mirasta Yale is standing in Ten Forward seeing her world from above for the first time. She was a character with whom I deeply identified, and I could really imagine myself standing there. Even all these years later that is still the most magical moment in all of Trek for me.

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I agree that scene in TNG ep "First Contact" is a powerful moment.  Picard seemed to have a talent for initiating people to the wonders of the Federations' advanced technology and interstellar exploration.

I got hooked on TOS watching reruns in the 70s.

My dad is a fan who watched it when it originally aired so I've always remembered seeing it. I do joke to him sometimes how he turned me into a monster since I am a bigger Trekkie than he is though.

My parents wanted to record some program on VHS but got the time slightly off, so The Next Generation was on that tape instead. Can't remember what episode it was but it was love at first sight.