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re: Star Trek: TOS Watchers - Season 1 Wrapup *Page 25*
Posted on 7/8/13 at 5:31 pm to Kafka
Posted on 7/8/13 at 5:31 pm to Kafka
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Most Trek fans will know Roddenberrry pitched the series to NBC as "Wagon Train to the stars", but few posters will know exactly what he meant by it. He wasn't simply calling Trek a western in space.
And the show had an old west exploratory feel (as did TNG, and DS9 had a frontier town feel).
However, it was more overtly a rip off of Forbidden Planet, something Roddenberry denied until it was well past time for anybody to sue about it.
But, your point is well-taken - Where No Man Has Gone Before has a very western feel, especially the ending.
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Posted on 7/8/13 at 5:46 pm to Ace Midnight
quote:There are many similarities between the format structures of sailing ship and western wagon train (or cattle drive), a relationship that becomes even more intriguing when you realize Red River was a rewrite of Mutiny On The Bounty.
the show had an old west exploratory feel
Roddenberry himself claimed Kirk was based on Horatio Hornblower, and it's easy to see ST as Hornblower meets Forbidden Planet, via the western.
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