Poll: Do Westward readers like Star Trek?
Posted: Sunday, August 21, 2011
Westward owes quite a bit in concept to the classic sci-fi series Star Trek. It's a little known fact that the premise that developed into the Westward comic strip began nearly ten years ago as a Star Trek fanfiction project! That being the case, I've always assumed that, even though the story deviates widely from its roots, Westward's readership would largely be made up of Trek fans—but is that really the case? Let's put it to the test! -e
I like how there's an option for "I know of Star Trek," but no option at all for people who don't know anything about it -- which makes perfect sense, considering it's become a fundamental part of our pop culture heritage. There probably isn't anyone alive in the Western world who doesn't have at least *some* vague idea of what Star Trek is all about.
The last option is hilarious. :P The U.S.S. Westward there is very nice.
Since this is an excuse to talk about my personal opinions about Star Trek, my favourite series was DS9 because of the awesome character interaction -- and in some ways it feels like it's really the closest to Westward in tone, despite the differences. There's also some episodes of the Original Series I love, especially A Taste of Armageddon, about the simulated, yet still deadly, interplanetary war. The Next Generation was once my favourite because it seemed to best embody the theme of exploration, but nowadays it just seems a bit too dry to me, the setting and characters a bit too neat and tidy. Voyager had its moments, and I still absolutely love the Doctor, but it wasn't a great show on the whole; and I thought Enterprise was just awful. I always think of the 2009 Trek film as "Galaxy Quest II".