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Ask Director of 'Trekkies' Roger Nygard

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the set-phasers-on-inquire dept.

When I was last in California, I had the good fortune to bump into Roger Nygard who agreed to be a Slashdot interview victim. He is the Director of Trekkies, 6 Days in Roswell and the recently released Trekkies 2. He's made quite a name for himself documenting some fairly extreme geek activity, and this is your chance to put him through the wringer. Standard interview rules apply: Post questions. Moderate them. We'll select the best and post Roger's answers in a few weeks.

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  1. Proposal for a new documentary by 91degrees · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "Footies". Where we interview people who watch football all the time, dress in the kits, and go to these whacky "Games" where they get to see their stars performing, and meet up with other fans.

    We should concentrate on how obsessively sad these people are, and find people who have memorised entire games, and spend vast amounts of money collecting memorabilia and signed tat.

    1. Re:Proposal for a new documentary by Jakhel · · Score: 2, Insightful

      It wouldn't be quite as interesting unless they were acne infested 30+ year old virgins who lived in their parents basements.

  2. point taken, but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Sports are a little more universal than sci-fi, check out recorded human history sometime.

  3. Re:through the ringer? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Pointing out that pointing out the illiteracy of editors is never offtopic on slashdot is never offtopic on slashdot!

    And neither is infinite regress.

  4. Re:Schadenfreude? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Look, there are limits to everything, and when people push limits, it's either awe-inspiring or laughable.

  5. Re:Why weren't Shatner or Stewart interviewed? by LurkerXXX · · Score: 2, Insightful
    What he probably doesn't appreciate is being typecast. How many good jobs do you think he was offered in the few years right after the Trek series? As far as I know he had nothing till T.J. Hooker. And after that... only more Trek movies? No other characters. Until just now he's finally coming back on a law show.

    Being on Trek made him desirable at Trek conventions, but probably pretty much killed his career otherwise. Which do you think and actor would prefer, acting in movies and TV shows and being able to play a wide variety of characters, or going to Trek conventions and being surrounded by geeks? It wouldn't really be surprising if he was bitter, would it?