Bizarro7@aol.com wrote:
I maintain that fan devotees of a particular show go into denial of those errors of logic and don't think about them again, all of their attention devoted to the stuff they love
I think this is generally very true when it comes to things like bad special FX (if you can't get past them in the first place, you're not going to give the show enough of a chance to *become* a fan of it). I can see at least one major exception to this, though: plot holes and contradictions. (Well, OK, maybe that's two... Actually, add in "annoying loose ends" and that makes three.) There seems to be a very strong desire to plug those holes, explain those discrepencies, tie up those loose ends. What's the real story with Cally's exile from Auron, and why do the two accounts of why she left contradict each other? Why couldn't they just land the shuttle in "Orbit"? How did Dorian know that Our Protagonists were on Terminal? These are definitely the kinds of things that fans pay attention to, and they've certainly been known to generate fanfic.
They have a 'bible' of TREK continuity for the writers of the series; in fact, you can actually see this bible laid out in the form of a 'history timeline' at the STAR TREK EXPERIENCE attraction in the Las Vegas Hilton. It's fantastic, and flanking it is a continuous display case, many yards long, filled with actual costumes and other 'artifacts' from the corresponding part of the timeline as you pass. It's an incredible monument to a fandom.
I was there last year, and have to agree. If you're into Trek at *all*, it's very much worth a visit.