Anyways, Paramount gives back to us hardcore Trekkers, finally. No, it doesn’t make up for allowing the franchise to falter so badly for the last decade or so, but it’s about time we had an easily accessed version of these intersting shows.
Some of the ideas expressed in TAA later made it into TNG and the movies, changed up to the appropriate degree. The one thing I wish had been given a TNG treatment, tho, never did. How I would’ve loved to see Sixth Season Picard chase after a Slaver weapon for two or three eps.
So, there ya go. Some official Trek stuff to bring out all the Trekkers, some of the pussyfaced Trekkies, and let’s not forget the Anit-Treks and the ever-so-annoying Trek apologists.
I will admit to a certain fondness for the animated series. (Certainly more fondness than I had for Voyager.) If this thing is reasonably priced, and reaches the UK at some time when I have money, I’ll probably go for it.
Shucks, if I can find it in your region (and it’s not too outrageously pricey), I might just beat you to snagging you a copy. Sort of like a reward for being a fan of the truly obscure, seeing beyond the shit, if’n you knows what I mean. (Someone be sure to remind me of this post when it actually gets released, ok?)
Seriously, anyone who can include Quatermass, early Doctor Who (Grandfather?), and TOS Trek in the same photo quiz deserves a recognition of sorts.
Ahh, that was a genuinely fun series wan’t it? Even with the dubious, almost-but-not-quite theme music, it easily beats out any of the Hanna-Barbera offerings (save possibly for Jonny Quest) for the title of “Best Animated Series Ever Produced With Twelve or Fewer Animation Cels.” And whatever the series’ visual shortcomings, you can’t fault them on voice talent, having managed to assemble just about all the original cast (and what, exactly, were you doing at the time that was so all-fired important, Walter Koenig?). Not to mention the minor but memorable guest appearances from the original series: Cyrano Jones, Harry-- sorry, *Harcourt Fenton * Mudd, Sarek, to name a few off the top of my head.
The animated series featured any number of milestones, including what was probably the first implied liaison between a human and an anthropomorphic cat in American animation history. We learn that Spock as a child not only was ostracized for his half-human heritage, but also suffered from a mild speech impediment that made him sound vaguely like Linus from “Peanuts.” The series features the first ever berserk-holodeck subplot, and also establishes that Starfleet vessels all carry a giant inflatable decoy ship for emergencies. It’s probably unreasonably cynical of me to suggest that later series might have been more entertaining if they’d relied less on the former notion and more on the latter. “Captain, a Borg cube is moving to intercept the ship!” “Engage anti-assimilation decoy, Lieutenant.”PFOOMPPH
