Comments on: Takei Wants A New TAS – Will Appear on NBC’s Heroes [update: also wants in on Trek XI]

By: Cervantes

Cervantes — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 09:55:02 +0000

Yes, those 70’s cheap animations are now quite dated, but definately remain a guilty pleasure to watch, and deserve a place in any Trek fan’s collection.

By: MichaelJohn

MichaelJohn — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 21:24:57 +0000

Am I the only Star Trek TOS fan here that really didn’t like the animated series?

I remember as a kid watching this series on Saturday morning thinking..gosh how boring and how crappy the animation looked!

I think if Star Trek- the Animated Series had been released today, with computer based animation and not geared for a Saturday morning release with the other kiddie cartoons, it could have been more successful.

Unfortunately, this animated series was released in the early 1970’s in an era of cheaply made cartoons. By 1973, and well before the advent of computer assisted animation, quality, labor intensive animation was becoming much too expensive to produce, especially for a Saturday morning cartoon.

I’ve read somewhere that this series was originally suppossed to air at night, in prime time. I’m not sure if it would have lasted any longer if it did, but it’s obvious the serious nature of this show didn’t belong on Saturday mornings next to such cartoons as Scooby Doo and the Smurfs!

Now that I’m thinking about it…has there ever been a serious, science fiction based animated series that has really been successful? (I’m not sure super hero type cartoons would be considered “serious”.)

Ever since the Flintstones became the first prime time animated series, it seems that all successful prime time animated series, including today’s Simpsons, Family Guy, South Park etc, have all been comedies.

Mike :o

By: Adam Cohen

Adam Cohen — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 21:14:58 +0000

PRE-ORDER TIP FOR TAS:

I ordered mine through deepdiscountdvd.com and got it for $27.50. Use this coupon code: DVDTALK. It will knock off 20% from the $30-some-odd price. I think the coupon code expires on 11/23. Amazon sells it for $38. DeepDiscountDVD has it for $27. There is no comparison! Good luck.

By: Cervantes

Cervantes — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 12:10:20 +0000

Er…pardon the above post Matt Wright

I somehow missed the Animated Series thread a couple back!…in which YOU YOURSELF have given an excellent rundown of the full details of the DVD boxset.

To the Agony Booth with me…

By: Odd Job

Odd Job — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 05:45:28 +0000

Five words

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By: Litenbug

Litenbug — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 00:47:18 +0000

I have seven words

“Anthony, ban the ad links in here.”

By: Danny L

Danny L — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 21:53:58 +0000

four words
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Nuff said except for http://gaming.trekcore.com/secretofvulcanfury/

By: John A

John A — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 20:53:12 +0000

A new cartoon would be great. In fact, if they wanted to, they might be able to even go back and “re-do” some of the classic cartoons using the original voices when they where recorded for those episodes.

By: John N

John N — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 20:25:40 +0000

I’d love to see an animated movie… not sure which style I would prefer in terms of 2D or 3D…

By: Dom

Dom — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 19:18:16 +0000

I’ve long thought Trek would be good for a ‘proper’ animation. I think Paramount missed a trick not making a couple of animated movies in the 1990s after Star Trek VI, when the whole cast was still with us!