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20. "RE: Crossroads: Out to Pasture"
In response to message #19
 
   >I've always felt the "Wagon Train to the Stars" sales pitch was
>more due to the culture of the time (Westerns were still big money)
>than any intent on the creative staff's part to crib from that genre.

Well, yes, hence "sold to the network". It was all about making the suits at NBC believe they'd make money off it.

>There was always a more Age of Sail feel to the series, with more than
>one comparison of Kirk to Hornblower. That became even more evident
>with Wrath of Khan, which could have been moved to such a
>setting without losing much of the story.

... I'm not sure what C.S. Forester's narrative equivalent of the Genesis device would have been, but apart from that, sure. :)

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   RE: Crossroads: Out to Pasture Verbena Jan-28-18 1
      RE: Crossroads: Out to Pasture Star Ranger4 Jan-28-18 2
      RE: Crossroads: Out to Pasture SpottedKitty Jan-29-18 3
          RE: Crossroads: Out to Pasture Peter Eng Jan-29-18 4
          RE: Crossroads: Out to Pasture Gryphonadmin Jan-29-18 5
   RE: Crossroads: Out to Pasture Trscroggs Jan-29-18 6
      RE: Crossroads: Out to Pasture Gryphonadmin Jan-29-18 7
          RE: Crossroads: Out to Pasture Peter Eng Jan-29-18 8
          RE: Crossroads: Out to Pasture Trscroggs Feb-14-18 22
              RE: Crossroads: Out to Pasture Peter Eng Feb-14-18 23
              RE: Crossroads: Out to Pasture Gryphonadmin Feb-14-18 24
                  RE: Crossroads: Out to Pasture Wiregeek Feb-15-18 25
                  RE: Crossroads: Out to Pasture Trscroggs Feb-15-18 26
   RE: Crossroads: Out to Pasture CdrMike Jan-31-18 9
      RE: Crossroads: Out to Pasture Peter Eng Jan-31-18 10
          RE: Crossroads: Out to Pasture pjmoyermoderator Jan-31-18 11
      RE: Crossroads: Out to Pasture Gryphonadmin Jan-31-18 12
          RE: Crossroads: Out to Pasture jhosmer1 Feb-01-18 13
              RE: Crossroads: Out to Pasture Star Ranger4 Feb-01-18 14
              RE: Crossroads: Out to Pasture Gryphonadmin Feb-01-18 15
          RE: Crossroads: Out to Pasture Peter Eng Feb-01-18 16
          RE: Crossroads: Out to Pasture CdrMike Feb-01-18 17
              RE: Crossroads: Out to Pasture Gryphonadmin Feb-01-18 18
                  RE: Crossroads: Out to Pasture CdrMike Feb-01-18 19
                     RE: Crossroads: Out to Pasture Gryphonadmin Feb-01-18 20
          RE: Crossroads: Out to Pasture Offsides Mar-06-18 27
              RE: Crossroads: Out to Pasture TheOtherSean Mar-06-18 28
                  RE: Crossroads: Out to Pasture mdg1 Mar-06-18 29
                      RE: Crossroads: Out to Pasture Croaker Mar-16-18 30
   RE: Crossroads: Out to Pasture Mercutio Feb-02-18 21


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