TAS wrap up thread: Please post your thoughts about the series here.
TAS wrap up thread: Please post your thoughts about the series here.
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2 responses to “TAS wrap up thread: Please post your thoughts about the series here.”
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I liked it! hard to get past the cartoon nature of the faces, but by the end I was learning to tune more into the voices. It had me realizing the limitations of budget on the original series… I sure would have loved to see captain kirk as a merman in live action! nice that we get to see a few more stories, some of which clearly had some loving care put into them. The one thing I felt was really lacking though as compared to the original series is philosophy… It is more action than social commentary unfortunately. just no comparison to live episodes in that regard. still, nice to have viewed them all once.
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The fact that they used the same background music for every episode was hard. If I concentrate, I can still hear that damn music, and I don’t feel I need to hear it ever again. I could say something similar about some of the stock animation shots recycled episode after episode.
Still, time after time I would sit down to press play and get excited that I was going to see more Star Trek. Time after time I was surprised and impressed by a story or story elements that pushed Star Trek into new places. Quality control seemed to slip a lot in the brief second season–probably because script editor D.C. Fontana had left the show by then–but considering the constraints of the format, the producers tried hard to give us a sophisticated, interesting show worthy of Star Trek, and by and large they succeeded.
It would be interesting to see if someone could give these episodes a face lift some day–keep the vocal tracks but redo animation and other sound elements.
I actually got into this Star Trek blogging business because I wanted to watch TAS, knowing that I’d never seen it. It was only after giving the matter some thought that I realized that I might as well start with TOS, where I mostly couldn’t remember what I’d seen and what I hadn’t. I’m glad I watched it, and I’m amazed to now be looking forward to TNG. Onwards!
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