a5c7b9f00b This animated series continues the adventures of the USS Enterprise, taking advantage of the visual freedom of animation to present stories with more alien elements. The further adventures of Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the USS Enterprise, as they explore the galaxy and defend the United Federation of Planets. In between the time of the original Star Trek series' cancellation by NBC and Star Trek: The Motion Picture's release date, Star Trek was growing in popular at a fast pace. One can assume the purpose of this show's existence was to cash in on Star Trek's popularity. Well maybe that's why NBC ran it, but the people behind appreciated the Original Series and it showed. This series had some interesting stories, but suffered a major setback from day one. Being animated and aimed at little children, this series wasn't able to do the kind of stories the Original Series and the following series were able to. The show was not cheaply done. Animation was excellent, with all the characters looking like the actors themselves. The series probably could have succeeded in prime time. Catch the reruns where ever you can. I'd like to see ST:TAS remade or rebooted.<br/><br/>I think some of the first-season episodes (by no means all of them) were written pretty well, and you could attribute any problems with the story or dialog to the ~20-minute length of the episodes. If they were given ~30 minutes that a pay-TV network could provide, problems like that would be solvable. I think Star Trek fans deserve a look at these stories, done right, and I think there would be a lot of interest, if it was treated with respect rather than as disposable children's TV series.<br/><br/>In ST:TAS, the voice acting was awful, even though much of the original cast was involved. Doohan's aliens were laughably weak, and Nichols was unable to disguise her voice for her multiple characters. But worst, the idea of all the actors in a scene not being together in the same place at the same time is just toxic to a series like Star Trek, where familiar characters are supposed to have personalities, interactions, and reactions.<br/><br/>The music was also awful. A lot of times it was off to the races, trying to stimulate an excitement that the story and animation just weren't delivering. And it wasn't even Star Trek music, really. It sounded very generic to me. If it wasn't generic at the beginning, it certainly seemed that way by the end of season 2. I was glad there wasn't any more to endure. Duh-duh-duh-duh-duh-duh-duh-duh-duh-duuuuuuh makes me want to stab my ears.<br/><br/>The animation? Awful. I'm just not going to say any more than that. Awful.<br/><br/>What I HAVE liked, even though the look is very similar to TAS, are the two animated fan shorts Starship Farragut: The Animated Episodes. Because there are only two, I don't call it a series. But their execution based on TAS, is actually better than TAS, and it's just a fan project. Any remake or reboot of TAS would have to be superior to these.
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