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I was very pleased with the S.T. Animated Series, and am going to buy another set. Also, the price was reasonable.
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We have enjoyed this DVD set. It is a lot of fun if a little hokey.
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This is a must for Star Trek fans. It is almost forgotten with the advent of the most recent series and movies. It picks up where the original series left off. It has new races and new crew-members. Even a few races that would have been difficult to create during the 1970s. The stories are intriguing and well thought out. They even include tales that look at races and civilizations that were hundreds of thousands and millions of years old.
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I purchased the Star Trek animated series to complete my Star Trek Collection.
While I appreciate the familiar voices of Kirk, Spock and Scotty, there was still something missing. I fell asleep during the first episode.
Still, the new stories is something I can appreciate. I thoroughly enjoyed the paperback Star Trek stories I have read (hmmm, maybe I haven't completed my collection -there are still a lot of printed Star Trek stories).
But I do not regret my purchase of Star Trek - The Animated Series.
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There has been alot of heated debate over the years by trekkies as to whether The Animated Series fits into the Trek timeline, or even, if it can be considered a valid part of the Star Trek canon. I fondly remember viewing Star Trek: The Animated Series on cable television for the first time some years ago, and to be honest, I didn't really know what to think. For one thing the overall production value is quite low; and the episodes with their simplified stories are squarely aimed at a younger, mostly preteen audience. However there are some important factors that need to be taken into consideration when watching The Animated Series, such as...
* Several of this shows better episodes were originally written for Star Trek: The Original Series by some of its veteran scriptwriters, and that were later adapted to fit the format of The Animated Series.
* All of The Original Series cast voiced their respective characters, with the sole exception of Walter Koenig's role as Chekov, although he did contribute the moving script for "The Infinite Vulcan" episode.
* Many ideas presented in The Animated Series were incorporated into later Star Trek productions as established fact; like for example the middle name of Captain Kirk being Tiberius, it even had an early version of the holodeck!
* Star Treks creator Gene Roddenberry also gave the show his cautious endorsement and it is firmly set in his fictional universe; with its secular, idealistic and tolerant vision of humanities future. What else can one ask for?
So on recently purchasing the DVD boxed set of The Animated Series I freely admit I've had a change of heart about this underrated show, it is part of the Star Trek legacy. For some people the rather dated animated format might take awhile to get used to, but if you believe in the progressive ethos that Star Trek espouses, you should be able to look beyond this limitation. The use of animation gave the producers a relatively free reign to introduce bizarre new life forms and aliens to the Star Trek universe that don't look even remotely humanoid, such as the three armed character of Lieutenant Arex. The Animated Series also included more ships and gadgets that would have been far too costly to build as models or props for a live action series at the time, with two such examples being the Starfleet Aquashuttle or Cargo Drones. Filmation who was responsible for The Animated Series production were also not constrained by the size of a sound stage or low budget when it came to designing the sets, or even strange and exotic new worlds. Sure the animation is relatively crude, the incidental music repetitive, and the voice acting wooden, but it still has a funky campiness to it that I find most entertaining. The Animated Series should also be viewed in the context of the era it was made in, the groovy early 1970s when daytime cartoons made for television were fairly cheap to make. Yet in the end the stories are what truly count, and there are several unexpectedly intelligent episodes in this often overlooked series that give one much appreciated food for thought.
The white plastic box that the four DVDs come is as usual with the various Star Trek packaging, very cool and tasteful; being ergonomically designed, aesthetically pleasing and easy to handle. When it comes to the transfer quality the show itself is exceptionally clear, though I do believe The Animated Series special features are a little too meager. I felt there could have been rather more; and think that for some reason CBS/Paramount didn't consider it worth their while to include any more extras in this boxed set, which is such a shame. So while it may not be as good as the more well known live action Star Trek series, it does have a unique place in the until recently ever expanding Star Trek universe. Don't expect too much from Star Trek: The Animated Series; just sit back, chill out and enjoy it for what it's worth, and then you can make up your own mind. Beam me up Scotty!
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