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

"Steven L."  wrote in
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> On 11/20/2013 8:53 AM, Gryphon wrote:
>>     These Are the Continuing Voyages: 5 Reasons Why Star Trek: The
>>     Animated Series Was Awesome
>>     David Moran
>>     November 20, 2013 10:00AM
>>
>>     Star Trek: The Animated Series
>>
>>     It weighed on my heart to hear that Lou Scheimer, founder of
>>     Filmation Studios, had died this past October. Like a lot of Gen
>>     Xers I grew up part of the Filmation Generation, in thrall to a
>>     studio whose output (along with that of Hanna-Barbera) shaped the
>>     landscape of my every Saturday morning: Fat Albert, The
>>     Adventures of Batman, The New Adventures of Flash Gordon, and
>>     yeah, even He-Man, were all required viewing for me.
>>
>>     But as a dyed in the wool Star Trek fan from almost the moment of
>>     conception onwards, number one among these was Star Trek: The
>>     Animated Series (or TAS), which ran for 22 episodes from 1973 to
>>     1974, after the cancellation of the live-action television show
>>     in 1969. It was critically well received (being the first Star
>>     Trek show to win an Emmy), but has faded a bit from the popular
>>     consciousness of the Star Trek franchise (mine included), maybe
>>     owing to a perception that a cartoon adaptation must of course be
>>     for children. 
>>
>>     I recently revisited the series (all 22 episodes are free and
>>     legal to watch at startrek.com), and Im happy to report that not
>>     only does it hold up, but its actually good. Really good. In a
>>     lot of ways its the same show as the original seriesits saying
>>     something when the only thing that really seems off is the
>>     different theme music. As I watched I made a little list of
>>     things that surprised me about the series and made it an awesome
>>     revisit, and I share that list here. 
>>
>>
> 
> 6.  Some continuity with subsequent Trek series.
> 
> The kahs-wan ritual, Vulcan's Forge, and other things established in
> TAS were used again in subsequent Trek series.  By the time ENT was on
> the air, TV SFX had advanced sufficiently for a sehlat to be shown,
> and it was consistent with how it was depicted in TAS.
> 
> For that reason, the TAS episode "Yesteryear" is effectively canon.
> 
> 

If one episode is, they all are.  Commmon sense.
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