The All of Trek Project

Star Trek pops up a few times on my TV bucket list -- and, uh, once on my films list. But completely apart from the Star Trek franchise's status as a television milestone and a cultural force, Star Trek became near and dear to me first because my dad loved it.

Dad starting watching Trek, like a lot of kids in the sixties and seventies, via reruns. He joined the computer club at school because of it -- and promptly dropped out again. Turns out computers in the 70s just meant lots and lots of punch cards. But he kept watching the reruns on into college. According to Mom, he used to catch it every day at the student center, and every time he'd say, "I don't think I've seen this one!" -- and then five minutes later, "Oh, I've seen this one."

Mysterious scientist alone on a planet full of styrofoam rocks? I don't think I've seen this one!
(Also, Nurse Chapel -- thank goodness for artful shadows, eh?)

The Films List

This list is my best shot at immortality, because I'm going to have to live a very long time to see all the movies I apparently have to see before I die.

There are close to 500 films here, of which I've seen around 150. In the age of Netflix, et al, movies are easier to see than ever, but a lot of these films, for one reason or another, are hard to track down -- Los Angeles Plays Itself, for example, isn't even on DVD, due to endless film rights issues; you can only see it if you catch one of the director's public screenings or get it from some back alley file share situation. (Really good film, though.) So it's  not just a list, it's a treasure hunt. A treasure hunt with subtitles and Thin Mints -- which is, if not the best kind, still an awfully good one.

So with no further ado: