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Subject: Did anyone watch The Animated Star Trek?
It only lasted 2 seasons.
Once I purchased an episode of it.
Subject: Re: Did anyone watch The Animated Star Trek?
No, but that sounds awesome! :) What was it like? I am a HUGE Star Trek fan. ;D
Subject: Re: Did anyone watch The Animated Star Trek?
I thought it was awesome! If I ever see it on DVD, I'll definitely buy it. :)
Subject: Re: Did anyone watch The Animated Star Trek?
I saw some episodes when I was a little kid but I really don't remember them too well.
Subject: Re: Did anyone watch The Animated Star Trek?
You know something, I can't stand Star Trek or any of it's tv spin-offs (I did like the movies though) for reasons i'll keep to myself. :)
But I did watch the cartoon series and really enjoyed them. A friend of mine has a couple of episodes recorded years ago off C-band sattelite, they sure brought memories of saturday morning cartoons back! :D
Subject: Re: Did anyone watch The Animated Star Trek?
Loved this show, it was actually MORE surreal and strange than the live-actionshow..I guess with animation you can do and get away with more weird stuff.
I specificly remember the episode when Spock and Cpt Kirk switched bodies..I bet this was some secret fantasy of them both!
Subject: Re: Did anyone watch The Animated Star Trek?
I remember this series fondly, for several reasons.
For one, because it was animated they could do things they could not do in the original series. Included among them are more fantastic aliens, and things like a Holodeck and a Zero-Gravity room (Yes, the Holodeck was in TAS {The Animated Series} before it was in TNG {The Next Generation}).
Also a lot of the stories were really super. The pilot episode "Yesteryear" and the "Trouble With Tribbles" sequel "More Tribbles, More Troubles" are great examples. David Gerrold (the creator of Tribbles) wrote the show, and had a lot of input into the series. As did D.C. Fontana.
The only problems were in some of the other shows, and the quality of the animation. Filmation was well known for Saturday Morning cartoons, and the style showed the shortcuts made to save money. Looping shots from one show to the next meant that most of the space battles and running sequences looked identical.
And as great as some of the stories were, some of them were really bad. "The Slaver Weapon" by Larry Niven was an attempt at a cross-over between Star Trek and his own "Kzin War" series of books, and did not work. "The Infinate Vulcan" was written by Walter Koenig, and just did not work.
This lasted only one season, running on NBC in 1973. For anybody that wants some more info, try looking here:
http://www.startrekanimated.com
You can also look for the "Star Trek Log" series of books, written by Alan Dean Foster. These were each collections of 5-6 shows placed into a book.
Subject: Re: Did anyone watch The Animated Star Trek?
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The only problems were in some of the other shows, and the quality of the animation. Filmation was well known for Saturday Morning cartoons, and the style showed the shortcuts made to save money. Looping shots from one show to the next meant that most of the space battles and running sequences looked identical.
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Heh, not much has changed it seems. Ever watch the corny computer graphics on TNG? It seems there are only about 12 different shots of the Enterprise moving thru space, with the background changed to meet the episode. :P :)
Subject: Re: Did anyone watch The Animated Star Trek?
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Heh, not much has changed it seems. Ever watch the corny computer graphics on TNG? It seems there are only about 12 different shots of the Enterprise moving thru space, with the background changed to meet the episode. :P :)
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Well, that is something that until CGI became available all sci-fi TV series had to suffer with. Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, Space 1999, and Star Trek TNG. With the cost of making new models, changing backgrounds and shooting all over again, space shots were very expensive.
In ST, that is why they created the "Transporter". Realizing how expensive showing shuttle landing each show, they invented a technology to save money.