I think people mistake the campy-ness of the original
series for its appeal—that it has a sort of kitchy value. I have heard Rick say
things like, ‘Kirk is the prototypical sixties hero. He had a babe in one arm
and a phaser in the other.’ That’s kind of his popularized image of Captain
Kirk and what that whole series was about. But really it was about Kirk as a
man, as a character, as a human being, and what he experienced out in the
galaxy, and the way he led that ship.

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