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Subject: Re: These Are the Continuing Voyages: 5 Reasons Why Star Trek: The Animated

In article ,
Graeme  wrote:

> These days the original series is known as "TOS".  But when
Next Gen first
> premiered, it was not called "TOS", but rather "Classic
Trek", which was a
> play on words about the New Coke/Classic Coke issue which was then current. 
> At that time, we continued the Coke analogy by calling TAS "Diet
Trek".  It
> was funny then, but probably few would get the joke now.
> 
> The series isn't awesome, but it's highly underrated, maybe better than TOS's
> Third Season, all things considered.  It had its flaws, some serious, but on
> the whole was one of the better TV Shows Adapted to Animation.  That was a
> big thing in those days, by the way.  My Favorite Martian, Partridge Family
> (2200 AD), Gilligan's Planet, I Dream of Jeannie, you name it.  Just as today
> the craze is in remaking old shows, in those days the craze was making
> cartoon versions of them.

I don't know what you mean by "those days" ... they still make animated
versions / spin-offs of live-action shows: Stargate Infinity, Men in
Black, Back to the Future, Star Wars, Doctor Who (although technically
only one episode and a webisode), etc. The Sabrina shows have switched
backwards and forwards between animation and live-action a few times.
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