Star Trek - Star Trek 19th Anniversary Celebration: B/C We are Celebrating by Sharing Our Memories Through the Years

Make Them Laugh · 11-30-2020, 07:43 PM

Star Trek 19th Anniversary
Celebration: B/C We are Sharing Our Memories Through the Years

Board Milestones

December 3, 2001 - Star Trek board added

September 9, 2002 - Johnnie and Chris appointed as permanent moderators

May 18, 2007 - 30,000 Posts! ~ posts purged prior to server move

May 4, 2009 - 50,000 Posts

February 21, 2010 - crazy_diamond appointed Moderator

December 3, 2011 - celebrated 10 years at Fan Forum

February 2012 - Posting Challenge
- Star Trek: 8478 - 292.34 posts per day - board ranking #16 - Doctor Who: 8381 - 290 posts per day - board ranking #17
-the last day of February, the DW and ST boards were the most active at the site, over 1400 posts each (the next most active was @ 900)

April 2, 2012 - 100,000 posts!

April 9, 2016 - 200,000 posts

September 2016 - 50th Anniversary of TOS

June 2018 - 250,000 posts!

December 2019 - 18th Anniversary

September 2020 300,000 posts!

Greetings Testimonial from Dave
Time has really flown by fast. We just celebrated our 300K Milestone. Thank you for stopping by and Celebrating with us this December. For this celebration I wanted fo focus on our favorite Star Trek Memories
whether it's a character, a ship, a scene, and episode, etc.

Chris's Favorite Memory
First off I'd like to thank everybody who has posted here over the years. All posts are appreciated and I always look forward to reading new comments on various threads. Also a huge thank you to Dave for organizing this celebration.

As to memories:

For the franchise, I'm going to go with Spock's line from The Wrath of Khan: "I have been and always shall be your friend". I love that they found a way to include it when they rebooted the movie franchise. To me it embodies that the various crews are more than just co workers, they're friends and family which helps us care about the crew as people.
In regards to the board, our posting challenge in February of 2012 with the Doctor Who board still brings back fond memories of the whole community pulling together. It was a close contest and the lead went back and forth between the boards throughout the month so both boards remained motivated. We had some fun conversations on the off topic thread in between posting at the various discussions.
Favourite characters,
- Q because he took the crews on some interesting adventures and those episodes of both TNG and Voyager are among my favourites.
- Sylvia Tilly for her enthusiasm, sense of wonder and the way her character is used to lighten the mood when things get serious. ~Chris

Posters Favorite Memories

Rita's Favorite Memory
US television’s first inter-racial kiss, openly gay characters, fighting for the equality of all people, giving women respected jobs and a hopeful vision of the future based on these values– I am proud to call myself fan of a tv show where love, forgiveness, understanding and acceptance is the driving force of the world. Thank you for further propagating this ethos, Star Trek Forum! My favourite memory is connected to Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. As a child from East Europe, I have not seen much of the show before or any previous movies, but Spock's bewildered reactions to 20th Century Earth had me laughing and made me want to catch up on everything I missed!
~Rita

Claire's Favorite Memory
Most Memorable Character: Captain Janeway:
I've loved seeing the evolution of Star Trek from the first steps of a show which did have women on it but didn't necessarily treat them equally, to the massively inclusive shows we have now.
I really loved the fact they were brave enough to have a female Captain, and other amazing female characters, who were true characters and not just token female parts who were there to look pretty. The mark of a good franchise is a show which grows and changes with the times, and still manages to excite us with it's plots and characters. Janeway was such a strong character who wasn't defined by her gender, but by her position, she took hard difficult decisions which her crew didn't necessarily go along with all the time, but her strength of mind and will would carry them all through.
At the same time she could be soft and vulnerable, and make mistakes, like any other flawed human being. She excited loyalty in her crew and had equal respect for them, helped them all in what would surely have been a stressful situation. I'm sure she is a character which has helped paved the way for the wonderful female characters now routinely included on Discovery and other shows.

Dave's Favorite Memories
Captain Kirk from the Original Series will always be my favorite and most memorable character. William Shattner is and will always be in my Science Fiction Hall of Fame of Actors. Captain Kirk has had so many adventures throughout The Original Series seasons and has overcome all the obstacles he's encountered.

My Most Memorable Post is the first Post I ever made on Star Trek. Source - July 1, 2012

So I write songs from time to time to my Friends on their Boards.....this is the song I wrote for you guys
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Come post with us, come post with us
please try
Let's view all the Planet Threads
As we all fly by

There's so much to see
In the Star Trek Universe
We'd love your first reaction
No real need to Rehearse
We've got the crew like Kirk and beloved Spock
With mods like Johnnie, crazy_diamond
And Chris who make this Board Rock

Come post with us, come post with us
please try
Let's view all the Planet Threads
As we all fly by

We have fun exploring the alien race
As we see our Posters' smiling face
Let's set it on Cruise; let's all just take our time
We've got discussions going on about the casts
William Shattner has always been a favorite of mine

Come post with us, come post with us
please try
Let's view all the Planet Threads
As we all fly by

Please Come and Post and
Together we will all just Fly

Donna's Favorite Memories
Ship: Defiant - looks cool and has a lot of capability
Planet: Bajor - looks like a great planet to live on
TV Episode: "Chimera" - the episode that truly showed the depth of Odo and Kira's love for each other
Movie: First Contact - loved the Borg storyline
Minor Character: Garak - he was witty and humorous, with awesome spy skills
~Donna

Star Trek 19th Anniversary Celebration Icons

Icons and Banner above made by wickedrum/ Rita

Movie Memory: 2009 ST Movie is Back!!

Special Thanks to Rita for the Icons, CeCe for the Top Banner and our Mods and Posters for Sharing their favorite Memories

Thank You to our Thousands and Thousands [and Thousands!] of Star Trek Producers, Cast Members, and Production Crew Members throughout the years for providing us TV Shows, Streaming shows and of Course All the Star Trek Movies Ever Made. Thank you for our Mods, Chris, Tracey, and Johnnie for all their work and Dedication maintaining the Star Trek fans and, lastly Thank you to all of our Posters through the years because we would not be here without you.

Source Provided by Tracey

crash landing · 11-30-2020, 07:45 PM

19 years on

Fantastic banner by Cece

that's stunning

***Chris*** · 11-30-2020, 08:06 PM

Wow, the OP looks amazing! Thanks so much for organizing it Dave, and thanks to everybody who contributed a memory or art.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Make Them Laugh (View Post)

Custom Title Sign Up List
1. Dave ~ Beam me up Scotty -- Make Them Laugh
2. Tracey ~ -- crazy_diamond
3. Chris ~ Knowledge is invaluable -- Chris
4. Kia ~ -- kiamay
5. Claire ~ Resistance is futile -- Meliana
6. Donna ~ Ultimate Odo/Kira shipper -- Wes&FredFan
7. Johnnie ~ -- Johnnie
8. Sarah ~ To boldly go -- crash landing
9. Rita ~ a cat named Grudge -- wickedrum

I'll get the special titles up in the morning.

crash landing · 11-30-2020, 08:07 PM

Looking forward to the title

Glad to see the Picard/Q icon I made for you

liked that one

***L i N d $ @ y*** · 11-30-2020, 11:37 PM

Lovely OP and congrats on 19 years everyone! What a milestone!!!

**crazy_diamond** · 12-01-2020, 04:24 AM

19 years

Thanks to all posters past and present for keeping this board going..

Thanks to Dave and artists for organising the OP..

**wickedrum** · 12-01-2020, 05:36 AM

Wow, super OP. Love the intros!

***Chris*** · 12-01-2020, 06:27 AM

Love all the art in the OP. Really enjoyed reading all the memories. And all the icons from Rita!

I'll be using some of those throughout the month. Sarah did a lovely job with my Picard/Q icon.

Make Them Laugh · 12-01-2020, 07:00 AM

Thanks guys...and thanks again to everyone who contributed

my icon is the Red Angel from last season of Discovery... it will be one of the most memorable characters in recent years because of the mystery surrounding it

**wickedrum** · 12-01-2020, 08:49 AM

you're welcome

**Meliana** · 12-01-2020, 02:09 PM

It's a great OP. Thanks so much for all the hard work everyone put into it and especially to Dave for organising the whole thing. It's a great celebration!

Penny Lane · 12-01-2020, 02:26 PM

Congrats on 19 years, that's awesome!

Make Them Laugh · 12-01-2020, 03:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Meliana (View Post)

It's a great OP. Thanks so much for all the hard work everyone put into it and especially to Dave for organising the whole thing. It's a great celebration!

thanks Claire

***Chris*** · 12-01-2020, 08:27 PM

Thanks for dropping by Lindsay & Myra.

Rita & Clair - thanks for your contributions to the OP.

Make Them Laugh · 12-02-2020, 07:19 AM

Posting so we are not stuck on post number #13

400K may not happen 2021 ...unless Chris and Johnnie does a Star Trek 24 hour marathon together

eta
so our next celebration will be next December

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