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

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.


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Steven L.
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