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A must see for The Original TV series fans. At least it gaps the era between the TV shows and the Star Trek Movie (with Voyager --- V'ger). The episode stories wasn't that great. Animation is ordinary. The only plus is that Most of the character voices are the same original actors.
A Must See but not a must have. Not something even a diehard Star Trek Fan would watch over and over.
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Star Trek: The Animated Series is the lost Star Trek. Almost like the Roswell crash is an unending mystery for UFO buffs, TAS has never enjoyed the success or exposure of other Trek. This, I believe is denying a very important step in Trek history. While the half hour format demanded of a cartoon is not very conducive to Trek the writing staff and everyone else did a brilliant job maintaining the tradition of TOS in an animated format. Not only that, but we were finally able to see some aliens that didn't just look like humans with funny colored skin or pointy ears. I think that any serious Trek fan should at least give TAS a chance and keep an open mind because, despite an almost non existent budget, the show continued to boldly go where no man has gone before and nicely rounds out the 5 year mission leading to Kirk's initial promotion to Admiral as seen in The Motion Picture. I hope that in the years to come TAS is raised up to the level of respect it deserves and becomes part of the official canon.
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The episodes in this collection are certainly worth a watch for any fan of the original Star Trek series. All of the main actors reprise their roles (although Chekov is conspicuously absent). In fact, even the writing is on par with some of the TOS episodes. However, these episodes are very unlikely to bring new fans to the franchise, and the low production values do more to perpetuate the notion that Trek is a joke than they do to rise above that idea. This is something that fans of Star Trek are used to, though. Everybody remembers Kirk wrestling with the guy in the lizard suit, but few remember the fate of Gary Mitchell or the first encounter with the Romulans. Unfortunately, with the exception of a handful of episodes (Yesteryear comes to mind), these animated episodes are more in line with the cheesier aspects of Trek. The animation is barely there most of the time, and the scripts lean toward the fantastic more than the humanistic elements. For this reason, I can't recommend this set to any but the most hardcore of Star Trek fans. What I can say is that there is no other cartoon like this one in the history of cartoons. It's at least as smart as the best Trek episodes, though maybe not as engaging. This is one cartoon that does not insult its viewers.
An attention span is required.
A love for the characters is recommended.
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I have lots of great memories of this show. Especially the episode with Spock growing up on Vulcan. There was another Harry Mudd sequel and a Tribbles episode also. If you are a Trek fan I can't reccomend this collection enough. When I was a kid I could never get this show and now I can see all the episodes the way they were intended, without commericals. The documentary on the making of the show adds a lot of insight on how Trek was created in it's animated form. The only one that was missing was Walter Koneig, the actor that portrayed Chekov. He did get the oppertunity to write an episode.
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I purchased this DVD set for my husband, a Star Trek fan.
He loves the set and still to this day watches it.
It is a great gift for anyone who loves the Star Trek series.
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