I was an old Trek fan, thanks to my father. Watching Star Trek was a family affair, especially Deep Space Nine.
Anyway, in high school, I joined the science fiction club and met my friend Cassie/crisi83. While Cassie was a Trekkie, she was also a huge Babylon 5 and Star Wars fan. She was actually the person who insisted I watch both -- she also got me reading Robert Heinlein, IIRC -- which wasn't unusual in that she insisted that everyone watch Babylon 5. (No, I hadn't seen Star Wars until high school. I just barely saw Movies 5 and 6 before TPM.)
Anyway, I used some online resources (Lurker's Guide, IIRC) to get caught up on some of the early events, and used to quietly tiptoe down to the basement to catch reruns on TNT on Saturday mornings. This wasn't the best way to view, in that I got scattered Season 2 and 3 episodes.
Right before I entered grad school (so, about four years ago), I got a DVD of Season 3, thanks to finding it used. I finally watched through Season 3, partially on vacation (I had a laptop and my headphones) while everyone was watching the Red Sox play. For that matter, I was also watching the Sox at the same time. About eighteen months ago, I got the rest of the series (at least the TV episodes) and did a run-through that stalled out in early Season 3. (Around that time I was hit by a car, and I remember spending hours watching B5 and crocheting because moving from my couch hurt too much. I think I tried to hook my cousin, who had come up to help me with grocery shopping the day after, since she was a Battlestar Galactica fan, but we only had time for one episode.)
I still haven't seen past the cliffhanger ending of Season 3, though Cassie was pretty blatant about spoilers, so I know most of the big ones. I did see Legend of the Rangers when Cassie had a party for the premiere.
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Date: 2009-01-18 03:58 pm (UTC)Anyway, in high school, I joined the science fiction club and met my friend Cassie/
Anyway, I used some online resources (Lurker's Guide, IIRC) to get caught up on some of the early events, and used to quietly tiptoe down to the basement to catch reruns on TNT on Saturday mornings. This wasn't the best way to view, in that I got scattered Season 2 and 3 episodes.
Right before I entered grad school (so, about four years ago), I got a DVD of Season 3, thanks to finding it used. I finally watched through Season 3, partially on vacation (I had a laptop and my headphones) while everyone was watching the Red Sox play. For that matter, I was also watching the Sox at the same time. About eighteen months ago, I got the rest of the series (at least the TV episodes) and did a run-through that stalled out in early Season 3. (Around that time I was hit by a car, and I remember spending hours watching B5 and crocheting because moving from my couch hurt too much. I think I tried to hook my cousin, who had come up to help me with grocery shopping the day after, since she was a Battlestar Galactica fan, but we only had time for one episode.)
I still haven't seen past the cliffhanger ending of Season 3, though Cassie was pretty blatant about spoilers, so I know most of the big ones. I did see Legend of the Rangers when Cassie had a party for the premiere.