NCBuy Home

 
Weird News
news Weird News
2004-09-01 - Weird News
Wireless Flash News

Trekkies Around The World

Los Angeles, CA (WFN) -- "Star Trek" fans are spacey no matter what part of the world they live in -- but that doesn't mean there aren't regional differences.

According to filmmaker Roger Nygard, director of a new documentary, "Trekkies 2," the show's fans do things differently depending on which country they're from.

He says French trekkies are very secretive about their sci-fi passions because, he admits, "the culture looks down on television in general."

However, Germans consider being a trekkie "almost cool because it's a country of mechanical engineers." Plus, German women are more open to being trekkies than the ladies in other countries.

Meanwhile, Italian trekkies are the most communal -- whole conventions stop at lunch and dinner so that Vulcans, Klingons and Romulans can dine together.

Finally, Nygard says Brazil has the most "ethnically diverse" group of trekkies and women participants favor skimpy outfits like the ones worn by the alien babes who make out with Captain Kirk on the 1960s edition of the show.

"Trekkies 2" just came out on DVD and Nygard is already planning a sequel focusing on trekkies in Asia and Africa.

Add a Social Bookmark

Weird news story link: Just copy and paste the following code into your page.

hot downloads

The Price Is Right
Come on down to play The Price Is Right game!

The Nightshift Code
The Nightshift Code is a hidden object adventure that embarks on a mysterious and sometimes dangerous journey in search of a lost treasure.

 

 
More Offbeat Stories More Weird News From 2004-09-01
The day's offbeat stories from around the world.
Mark Burnett: 'Ivana See Donald Trump's Reaction To 'Apprentice' Candidate'
Flash Lites: Rip 'N' Read Pop Culture Recap
Hotel Freebie To Folks Who've Legally Changed Their Name
Women Using Grills More Than Ovens These Days
Better Boss, Bush or Kerry? (Embargoed Until Sep. 2)
Artist Releases Posthumous Work 90 Years Early
Animated Presidential Candidate Is Nobody's Puppet
14 Percent Of Americans Have Sex At Work
Poker Protest Scheduled At RNC
Trekkies Around The World
Around The Weird: Bizarre News Briefs
 
« Current Weird News Stories

fun and weird videos
Watch one of our weird and wacky online videos.


hi i'm RAWN - Cleanliness is next to Rawnliness


Weirdness in the Sky


Tube Boob


The Thinking Man


NCBuy Home  |  About NCBuy  |  Affiliate Programs  |  Contacts  |  Privacy  |  Site Map  |  Link 2 Us

Copyright © 2008 NetCent Communications, All rights reserved. Terms under which this service is provided.
News article Copyright © Wireless Flash News Service. Information contained within the news article may not be published, redistributed or broadcast without the expressed permission of Wireless Flash News.