[cowboyusa]

TOS is an idealized version of what America could be. Kirk is unabashedly 100 percent American. The Federation is the US. The Klingon's are the Soviets. The
Romanians are the Chinese. The Federation are unabashedly the good guys. TOS is a Space Western, it has the same format as a Western. It is also a Cold War drama.

[dfwgator]

Kirk is unabashedly 100 percent American.

But William Shatner is Canadian.

[discostu]

Haha first you yell at me to get a life, then you reply to me. With a bunch if very wrong things. Kirk might be a Midwestern farm boy but with that German name he’s definitely not 100% American. The Federation is the UN, just look at the flag. The Klingons and Romulans are way more complicated than that. There’s a lot of historical Japanese attitudes in the Romulans, plus of course the Roman empire. Klingons are actually really hardcore capitalists. The Federation are not always the good guys, they want to be for sure, but Kirk violates regs way too often for them to be always right. The format is western but it is NOT a cold war drama. It’s biggest message is that we can move past all of that.