Sounds in space? Oh well, that's Hollywierd for ya!

Its the same with all space movies. Unfortunatly some people are not smart enough (Mainly hollywood fools) to relise that a powerfull laser would only make a small hissing sounds and 50/60hz buzzes. I think movies and computer games would be 100x better if they made ONLY those sounds  and made no sounds in space. But thats just me, I'm a stickler for realism,

The sound thing is an intentional mistake because it would seem strange to an earthling not to hear a sound.  Haven't you noticed that the Enterprise "wooshes" while travelling in space?

Looking out the windows the stars move at a pace that the ship could not possibly maintain.  To give you a sense of motion the producers can't just let them sit there.

2001 was much more realistic.  No unexplained artifical gravity for one thing. When Bowman crashes into the airlock there is no sound because there is no air.  But you wouldn't come back every week to watch a series based on 2001.

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Thanks mate, I didn't catch onto the bit about the Tactical person also being Head of Security on all the ships. (Not DS9, being a Station instead).  8)

The playing of sounds backwards on tape recorders was a very oft used effect in the mid '60's, thanks to the Beatle's (or rather George Martin) and their pioneering work in the Studio getting weird and wonderful new sounds and effects from doing this sort of thing.
It obviously flowed over into all areas of sound recording after the effects were heard by the multitudes.   

Just a little 'tidbit' for the uninitiated! 

People, people! Of course they're gonna have sound effects in space! It's Hollywood!!! w/o the sound effects it wouldn't sound right (no pun intended)

Hey Sabrehawk
I am voting for you for science officer if this ever goes to a poll

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Sorry Sabre, there's no theory or doubt about the way in which sound travels. It is, as you said, tranferred from particle to particle over what ever distance the medium can maintain the vibration (or movement) for.   

This is born out simply by the fact that, for instance sound travels through water for greater distances, before loosing volume than it does in air, as the particles are closer together (the substance is denser).  8)

Apart from that, the 'science' of sound proofing by use of either materials with a low density or, ideally, the use of a vacuum (as used between two peices of glass, in sound resistant 'double glazing'), again prooves beyond any doubt that sound cannot be transferred without particles that are close enough together to 'pass' the vibration from one to another.

As you say, no-one has ever been able to report, first hand, that sound won't travel in a vacuum (or in space, which is so close to a vacuum for this purpose, that it doesn't matter). However, as with many things, for which there is no personal experience to bear the proof, it is proven to be so by other means which are incontravertable.