TAS gets a fairly well earned bad rap for the shit recycled animation, but the stories are good. Also, Doohan filling in a lot of the additional voices is awesome.
My only complaint was that the klingons were apparently Scottish.
Lots of places have a North.
That wasn’t really unique to TAS though. A lot of other Filmation and other companies’ productions had similar cut corners during that time especially. Some of the later 70s Scooby Doo cartoons have backgrounds change mid shot and shit like that even.
the shit recycled animation
The most egregious example I can think of are these three distinct creatures from three distinct planets that are just recycled sprites/animations:
And this one frame appearing in most episodes:
And the way some characters would put their hands on their mouths, so the studio wouldn’t have to animate their lip movements.
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I also seem to remember a lot of zoomed in faces. I’m wondering now if that was another trick to avoid animating lips
Didn’t even change the color 😩
just ignore the nutrek as alternate timeline series.
Or dont, and enjoy them as you will.
With the exception of SNW, of course. And Lower Decks, if you count it as Nutrek.
Yes, prodigy and Lower decks are better than the nutrek, the showrunner shouldve stuck with the animated shows.
Lower decks was a pretty solid show IMO but I’m not a Trekkie so it was probably geared more towards the casual crowd.
'09 to the end of SNW and Academy. Trepidatious about who steps into the EP mantle from here. In a non-mirror universe, I’d want Tawny Newsome to take the helm.
Ship’s computer: LOL, kiss my ass
Literally my flair here
Basically every time I look up a reference I didn’t get in Lower Decks, it came from TAS. Starting to feel like I’m missing out.
They’re like episodes of TOS, but speed ran and on (even more) crack. They’re delightful, despite the limited animation.
TAS seems to be all ideas that they had during TOS that they were not able to accomplish with their limited budget in live action but they could get away with in animation. Things like weird non-humanoid alien main characters, characters breathing underwater, characters becoming giants, etc.
Don’t expect anything revolutionary, but I really enjoyed it.
I recommend at least watching Yesteryear, the episode about Spock’s childhood. That’s a good one, written by one of Star Trek’s most significant writers, D. C. Fontana.
If you want to learn what the deal is with Spock 2 you’ll have to watch a very, very strange episode.
Yesteryear alone makes watching TAS worth it.
Also this line that should have been in Community:
Take a walk, Mr. Spock.
What’s your ploy, Dr. McCoy?
Naughty naughty, Mr. Scotty!
Bad juju, Mr. Sulu.
It fits like a glove, Pavel Chekov.
Anything you’re unsure of, Lieutenant Uhura?
Get those bandages unraveled, if you would, Nurse Chapel.
I can’t wait to watch Star Trek: Babylon 5
Best I can provide right now is:
That’s not Star Trek Babylon V!
That’s from Farscape Balls: The Seoich Fore Moar Money.
And the guy on the screen is from Battlestar Galaxy Quest.
