Comments on: Star Trek: Not Just a Summer Blockbuster http://www.mythicthinking.org/2009/05/10/star-trek/ Mything in Action Since 2007 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:29:38 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: W M David http://www.mythicthinking.org/2009/05/10/star-trek/comment-page-1/#comment-730 W M David Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:08:53 +0000 http://www.mythicthinking.org/?p=315#comment-730 It is a space western. When Roddenberry pitched the show to potential networks, he described it as Wagon Train to the Stars. For you kids not old enough to have seen classic Trek in its Velveeta-like glory, you really owe it to yourself to go to your locally-owned video store and rent it - all episodes are available on DVD. For best results, watch it on a low-res cathode ray tube television while wearing bell-bottom Levis and a polyester shirt. Or just watch it here: http://www.cbs.com/classics/star_trek/ It is a space western. When Roddenberry pitched the show to potential networks, he described it as Wagon Train to the Stars.

For you kids not old enough to have seen classic Trek in its Velveeta-like glory, you really owe it to yourself to go to your locally-owned video store and rent it – all episodes are available on DVD. For best results, watch it on a low-res cathode ray tube television while wearing bell-bottom Levis and a polyester shirt.

Or just watch it here:

http://www.cbs.com/classics/star_trek/

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