Whatever your take on the "Star Trek" phenomenon, watching "Trekkies" will make you feel a whole lot better about yourself. This hilarious and occasionally insightful "documentary" presents snapshots of "Star Trek" fanatics for whom the cheesy late-'60s sci-fi show (and its numerous '80s and '90s spin-offs) has become more a way of life than a hobby. If you count yourself among them (Trekkies, Trekkers, whatever), it may be comforting to find that you're not alone - these people are literally EVERYWHERE and whatever the filmmakers' intentions, "Trekkies" does not mock its subjects. For the rest of us, however, the boundless obsession of these characters is solid entertainment. Have you ever felt curious about those "Star Trek" conventions but didn't have the guts to sneak a peek (or the extra cash to throw away)? Here's your chance. You'll look on in amazement at a memorabilia auction in which a man dressed as a Klingon bids $1,400 for a piece of latex that happened to be used as someone's headpiece in a "Star Trek" episode. You'll howl with laughter as one electronically-minded "Trek" zealot rolls down the shoulder of a highway with his head sticking out of the Captain Pike contraption he'd recently built. And you might just wet your pants when you see a football-playing Klingon's celebratory end zone dance. Interviews with cast members from all the "Star Trek" series (alas, no Shatner) are mostly gratuitous, but it hardly matters - the shows' fans are the real stars here. If you've ever known a "Star Trek" geek (or are one yourself), you'll probably get a kick out of "Trekkies."
