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Amazon.co.uk Review

Star Trek: The Animated Series is often referred to as Star Trek's "fourth season" because it was created in 1973, four years after the third and final season of the original series, and because most of the original cast provided the voices. William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, Nichelle Nichols, George Takei, and Majel Barrett reprised their characters, and some contributed other voices as well. The only major omission was Walter Koenig's Chekov, who was replaced at the navigation console by Lieutenant Arex, the three-armed alien who most prominently represented the series' freedom to create non-humanoid characters. (Koenig did write an episode.) And while the animation is crude at best, the stories are solid sci-fi (penned by some of Star Trek's veteran writers including DC Fontana and David Gerrold, all of whom received prominent opening credits), explored the Star Trek mythos, and elevated the series above typical Saturday-morning fare. For example, "Yesteryear" goes back to Spock's early years on Vulcan, continuing some explorations from the original series' "Journey to Babel," and offers the familiar voice of Mark Lenard as Sarek. "One of Our Planets Is Missing" raises some interesting philosophical questions about the value of life, and "More Tribbles, More Troubles" and "Mudd's Passion" revisit favorite characters. Star Trek: The Animated Series lasted just barely over one season, but it won the franchise's only Emmy (for Outstanding Entertainment Children's Series in 1975) and some of its ideas were embraced by future series. Trekkers who know it only by reputation will find it a valuable part of the Star Trek canon. --David Horiuchi


Fantastic!
Review date: 2008-07-24 Rating: 10 out of 10

Kids are great, aren't they? I've got one; he's nearly two-and-a-half. Unbeknown to my wife I'm currently engaged on a top secret mission: Operation Sponge. I'm slowly, but surely brainwashing, no that's the wrong word, ENCOURAGING, my little toddler to like stuff I do:

Coventry City. CHECK
Trainers. CHECK
Trains. CHECK
Thunderbirds/Captain Scarlet/Joe 90. CHECK
Scooters. CHECK

I've got a way to go, I know, but the latest battle in the war is getting him to like Star Trek. I've tried TOS and TNG and a couple of films, but he got bored fairly quickly...mmm, pondered I, what could be done. Then it hit me! When I was a kid I first got into Star Trek by watching the animated series, in fact, I was a fan of this before I started enjoying the live action series.

I was 8 when this was first shown on British tele and I loved it, the stories were exciting, they were set in space, there lots of explosions and great characters and best of all everything was done in 23 minutes! I've recently bought this and enjoyed it all over again, best of all though, my son is starting to take an interest...

TAS is great, it's set it space, there are lots of explosions and great characters and everything is done in 23 minutes. Brilliant!

Recommended by a happy 42 and a half year old.


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Animated Trekking
Review date: 2008-06-28 Rating: 10 out of 10

This is Star Trek but in animated form everyone returns for these animated series as the original actors lend them voices to their ainmated doubles.

This was a very short lived series but it helped the actors and writers produce some episodies which couldn't be done in the 1960's live action series.

So get ready to warp into the animated universe with your favourite Starship crew.

A Unique Addition to the Franchise...and your Collection!
Review date: 2008-03-23 Rating: 10 out of 10

"Star Trek: The Animated Series" ("TAS")is released to DVD at last in this beautifully artistic package.

This Filmation production from 1973/74 always boasted a more mature and family-like appeal as opposed to the other Saturday morning 'kiddies cartoons' from back-in-the-day. What gives this series of 22 half-hour episodes a unique quality feel is the fact that the majority of the cast from the original live-action TV series from the sixties, voice act their own characters.

The scripts and plotlines add another unique touch to the whole proceedings, due to the fact that some of the original show's writers are part of the creative team for this animated series. The show clinched the 'Best Daytime Children's Series' Emmy Award in 1975, and this is a great accolade to a production which has always been considered as a separate entity to all the 'Trek' TV shows and films.

I can honestly state that as a youngster I was a fan of the original TV series, but as a mature adult I am more of a fan of this wonderful animated period piece. I understand that given today's ever-developing modern world technologies, "TAS" will appear to be very dated especially to most youngsters but this only adds to it's charm and appeal.

I am not a cartoon fan nor do I consider myself to be a 'Trekkie', but this production has got a special place in my heart as well as on my DVD shelf. It is creatively well-done making it a very entertaining viewing experience for all, and this 4-Disc set which features some nice bonus extras as well as a collectable booklet is well-worth the purchase price.

If you are a 'Trekkie' and you don't have this in your collection yet or you purely dismiss it because show consultant Gene Roddenberry never considered it as part of the franchise, then you don't really know what you're missing. It's about time "TAS" got the recognition it deserves and also got some positive reviews here on Amazon!


Product Details/Specifications


Recording label: Paramount Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: Paramount Home Entertainment
EAN: 5014437908735
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 4
Format: PAL,
Release date: 2006-12-04
Audience rating: Universal, suitable for all
Region code: 2
Running time: 482 minutes
Language: English (Original Language)

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