I grew up watching Star Trek when I was just a kid. I remember I couldn't wait for the next episode. I wondered what Kirk and company would come up against next. I would wait until Saturday night and wait until the local news was over. Then it was time for the Twilight Zone, then Star Trek:TOS and if I really tried to keep awake, maybe I could stay up and watch Battlestar Galactica right after. Later, I heard that they were planning on making a Star Trek movie with Kirk and company. The rest is history. From all the sequels, the next generation and of course, where we are today with Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Voyager and the next Star Trek movie.
At first, I could not really decide what to make the focus of my web page. Other web pages that I saw dealt with alien races, particular Star Trek characters, links to other Star Trek sites and so forth. So I decided not to focus on any one theme. My web page has links to other Star Trek pages, pictures of mainly starships, a few sound files, and finally some general news on Star Trek and other sci-fi shows.
Star Trek is not the only sci-fi show that I watch. I do enjoy other popular shows like the X-Files, Babylon 5, Sliders, Quantum Leap, Battlestar Galactica,(not Galactica 80,it never happened),the Star Wars trilogy and Highlander, just to name a few. I also enjoy watching the old Twilight Zone episodes and Anime video releases.
In closing, I would like to thank GeoCities for letting me create my own free home web page. Sure, I only have one meg for my pages,but I am inspired to make the most out of it. I believe in content rather than flash. Animated Gifs and huge graphics are good, but what about substance? It is what and how you present your page that counts in my opinion.
Well, if have any questions or comments about my web page, read the small FAQ below or you can e-mail me at at dblfed@geocities.com.
2.) How many Star Trek links do you plan on having?
Well, I am not going to even try to list all of the Star Trek links simply because it would be almost impossibe to do so.
I often find that site that is up one day can be gone the next day. Now imagine if you had to keep track of all those
sites and try to find out if they just changed their site address or are really just gone. It is a tall order and
my web page is a one person labor of love. I think that if I have no more than forty or maybe fifty Star Trek links,
I could keep track of them. (barely though.) I am impressed with those sites that can keep up with hundreds of links.
More power to them for all of their hard work.
3.) Since your image index has starships, that must mean you have a favorite class.
Yep. Actually, I have a few of them. I liked the Constitution refit (Enterprise-A), the Excelsior class
was ok, not great, but ok. I really believe that the Ambassador class (Enterprise-C) should have been used
in Star Trek: The Next Generation. It is a great design. Think about it, it had the same red circular warp
nacelles in the front and was basically a larger and combined or hybrid version of the old and refitted Constitution class
starships. The Galaxy class was ok too, but it looked like a flattened pancake. The new Enterprise, well I have to
wait on that one. The Intrepid class is a great design too. It can land on planet surfaces and can seem to take
a lot of damge and yet keep on going. I know that this is one of the newest ships, but a ship can only take
so much damage before you would have to stop at a starbase or a planet for a month or so for repairs.
But I digress...
4.) What is the main purpose of the FYI index in your web page?
The main purpose is the free exchange of information for sci-fi fans everywhere. If you
heard some rumours or news about your favorite sci-fi series or actor or whatever the
case may be, wouldn't you rush to tell all of your friends? Same principle here. Whenever I see or hear
something that is either Star Trek or sci-fi related and I think it is important, I will try to cite the
source whenever possible and plave that tidbit of information on my FYI index. I have also placed some
sci-fi links that have news related inoformation on them so one can find out much more if they so choose.
This includes some newsgroups as well.
5.) What is your favorite Star Trek series?
Tough one. I have always liked the original series the best for the simple fact that it is
what got me interested in science fiction in the first place. Sure the special effects are
nothing compared to now, but the stories are what made it work for me. Star Trek: The Next Generation
was also good in its own right. Star Trek:Deep Space Nine and Star Trek:Voyager are also good in their own
way. One cannot compare one to the other. Each series has to stand on its own merits. If all of the Star Trek
series were exactly the same, what good would it be. It is the fact that the shows are different that make
each of them special in their own way.