The Passion of the Christie's

Recently I saw the History Channel documentary, Star Trek Beyond the Final Frontier. While it had a whole lot of hoopla from the stars about how wunderbar the series was, it mainly focussed on the Christie's "40 Years of Star Trek" auction.

And having seen it, let's just simply say: those are some passionate fans with very deep pockets!

Now, I'm not complaining, because I've seen some high prices at Doctor Who auctions, but the point I'm making is that, as fans, some of us will go a long way to get a piece of memorabilia of our favourite show. (I have a very treasured piece of foam from the set of Mystery Science Theater 3000... but... it's piece of foam!)

And it's not just sci-fi fans. Almost anything can be sold nowadays. Remember the handbag and cellphone? Or the bikini outfit? Blimey, but passion about any subject makes us go a long way.

That all said, and not that I want to end this on a downer, but when you look at the world around us, and the many problems entire countries have supporting their populations to live past age 10, you do have to wonder about our priorities that we spend millions on entertainment and millions more on the products of those entertainments. Does that seem right to you?