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Star Trek - The Animated Series Question?

  • 29-08-2012 7:57pm
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    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,686 ✭✭✭ tonyheaney


    Star Trek - The Animated Series Question?
    Gene Roddenberry once stated that Star Trek - The Animated Series was not cannon and as such did not exist to him. As a fan i take what ever i can now that star trek is off the air. Can any tell me if its possible to consider the Animated Series as the 4th year of the 5 yer mission?


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭ Myrddin


    tonyheaney wrote: »
    Star Trek - The Animated Series Question?
    Gene Roddenberry once stated that Star Trek - The Animated Series was not cannon and as such did not exist to him. As a fan i take what ever i can now that star trek is off the air. Can any tell me if its possible to consider the Animated Series as the 4th year of the 5 yer mission?

    If its not canon then no, in my opinion anyway. They do have the original actors for voice acting, which puts them in a weird canon.non canon grey area.

    They also used some plots/stories that were submitted to be shown on the actual show, but declined due to costs/inability etc, which again puts them in a grey-area.

    Best bet is to watch them & judge for yourself. They're interesting, in a weird way


  • Registered Users Posts: 5,155 ✭✭✭ nyarlothothep


    I think there was one episode that was definately recognised as canon, it was about Spock's childhood, not sure though. I was watching a sci fi debris review last week which discussed the issue of canonicity.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 894 ✭✭✭ filmbuffboy


    are the episodes actually worth watching though?

    its the one thing in the franchise ive always avoided, well, because the animation looks damn right awful


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭ Myrddin


    Well you have to remember, they are cartoons at the end of the day. I suppose it depends on the extent of your Trek fanaticism :p


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,577 ✭✭✭ Indricotherium


    EnterNow wrote: »
    Well you have to remember, they are cartoons at the end of the day. I suppose it depends on the extent of your Trek fanaticism :p

    Drawing a distinction on realism between cartoons and live action startrek is probably on the far end of fanaticism.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭ Myrddin


    Drawing a distinction on realism between cartoons and live action startrek is probably on the far end of fanaticism.

    Well one show is based towards a much younger audience, whats your point?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭ Myrddin


    I also never said anything at all about drawing a distinction between realism in the two shows. A cartoon may simply not to be everyones taste. Despite being targeted at a younger audience, it's no less 'real' than the live action series. I think everyone might kinda know that already though :rolleyes:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,686 ✭✭✭ tonyheaney


    mind you when you compare the stargate TV live action franchise to the god awful stargate tv cartoon show i still prefer to consider ST:TAS as season 4 myself


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