Last night's movie: Trekkies, a documentary about Star Trek fans. The movie's dated 97 but the interviews must have been filmed over a number of years. DeForest Kelley appears to be in good health, Wil Wheaton looks not much older than when he was playing Wesley, and you can see the Sands in the background of a scene shot in Vegas. Altho I'm not that big a fan (of anything), I've been to cons and had friends among the fannish. I don't know what the fans thought but I thought the movie was an affectionate portrait. And it got a wide range of fandom in there, including Klingon language speakers (one of the best scenes is when the cameras follow a group of Klingons, in costume, into a McDonald's and Denise Crosby, who narrates the movie, asks the McEmployee if he's ever waited on a Klingon before -- it's clear she expects him to answer "no" but instead he looks rather sheepish as he says that yes, he has waited on Klingons before. Deadpan hilarious!) and slash fanfic writers. That was an interesting section. One of the writers insists on being filmed in shadow and with his voice disguised. Another woman is very direct and open about what she does and is not only seen on camera but named. She writes, among other things, domination fantasies about Capt. Janeway from Voyager. I can only wonder what kind of twisted stuff the disguised writer must be working on. Or perhaps it's a generational thing. Maybe younger slash fic writer are less concerned with anonymity. Or maybe the disguised writer lives in a more conservative part of the country and doesn't want their hobbies to become public information.