30 years of FK enthusiasm
Aug. 30th, 2024 09:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pj1228I missed the 30th anniversary of my first viewing of a Forever Knight episode. So here's the belated appreciation post.
My first episode was 1966, which aired in Germany on June 27, 1994. At that time I was impressed how that part of German history was handled in a North American TV series. After that episode, I went on vacation, so I recorded the remaining three episodes of the first season and found myself watching them over and over again. Finally the second season aired in Germany. And then they repeated the first season, so that I finally got to see the pilot.
I didn't know there was a third season until I bought the CD in 1996. Then I got access to the internet and could read the plot summaries of season 3. My, was I upset about Schanke. Eventually I met someone who could provide me with tapes from the third season. Internet access also meant that I could download gorgeous pictures. Remember those times when it took 20 min to download a single pic? And internet access opened this wide array of fanfiction. I read everything that was on the lists. On a side note, that really got me fluent in spoken English. In 2003 I started writing myself.
These last 30 years have been a wonderful journey. I met amazing people, travelled to interesting places and broadened my horizon. Thus FK really enriched my life and still continues to do so. :)
My first episode was 1966, which aired in Germany on June 27, 1994. At that time I was impressed how that part of German history was handled in a North American TV series. After that episode, I went on vacation, so I recorded the remaining three episodes of the first season and found myself watching them over and over again. Finally the second season aired in Germany. And then they repeated the first season, so that I finally got to see the pilot.
I didn't know there was a third season until I bought the CD in 1996. Then I got access to the internet and could read the plot summaries of season 3. My, was I upset about Schanke. Eventually I met someone who could provide me with tapes from the third season. Internet access also meant that I could download gorgeous pictures. Remember those times when it took 20 min to download a single pic? And internet access opened this wide array of fanfiction. I read everything that was on the lists. On a side note, that really got me fluent in spoken English. In 2003 I started writing myself.
These last 30 years have been a wonderful journey. I met amazing people, travelled to interesting places and broadened my horizon. Thus FK really enriched my life and still continues to do so. :)
