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Is STAR TREK: The Animated Series really worth watching?

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What makes a show canonical? And does it really matter if its own creator says it isn’t, especially if it’s a good show? We answer these questions and more as we look at STAR TREK: THE ANIMATED SERIES in the latest episode of THAT '70S REVIEW!

(By the way, there's a little stutter at 18:43 because of a joke I had there that used copyrighted music, and the YouTube editor didn't take it all out. You can see most of the intended joke at the end of the video. Sorry about that!)

THE NEW ANIMATED STAR TREK fan films:
"And Let the Heavens Fall" Animated STAR T...

STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION: THE ANIMATED SERIES:
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STAR TREK THE ANIMATE SERIES NICKELODEON TRAILER:
Star Trek: The Animated Series - Nickelode...

Documentaries about STAR TREK:

STAR TREK: THE TRUE STORY:
Star Trek : The True Story - Discovery Cha...

STAR TREK: A BRIEF HISTORY:
STAR TREK | A Brief History

STAR TREK – STAM FINE REVIEWS:
Star Trek (1966-69). Part One: Still Trekkin'

STAR TREK RETROSPECTIVE – PART ONE:
Star Trek The Original Series Retrospectiv...

HE-MAN ANIMATION QUIRKS:
He-Man Animation Quirks

STAR TREK: PASSAGE TO MOAUV:
Star Trek- Passage To Moauv

Music featured:

Dmitri from Paris – Une Very Stylish Fille:
Dimitri from Paris - Une Very Stylish Fille

STAR TREK: THE ANIMATED SERIES Music:
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Mr. Oizo – Flat Beat:
Mr Oizo - Flat beat (Official Video with F...

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20 Comments

@celestepalm6949 4 years ago

It's true, the Animated Star Trek doesn't get enough credit for its cast playing it straight (sorry), having real decently written scripts, and world-building that arguably rivaled what passed for live action Star Trek sets. It has earned being official canon.

@DonnerPassWhisky 2 years ago (edited)

Always knew the first episode of Star trek aired on my 3rd birthday but never knew this first aired on my 10th, cool. Loved this when it came out.

@JoelEverettComposer 3 years ago (edited)

There was a lovely Star Trek Novel "Final Frontier" with Robert April as a prequel to Pike and Kirk by Diane Carey put out in 1988. Absolutely loved it. For myself I do think of this animated series as Star Trek canon and the fourth season as others have put it.

@ivane5110 3 years ago

My buddies and I considered this series a real homerun back when it came out but unfortunately they never showed it in reruns in our neck of the woods, so we only had shot at each episode, other than if they did a winter or summer rerun that same year. We never doubted it was canon. It was the 4th or 5th year of the 5 year mission as far as we were concerned. The records and Dell comics (and later DC) were more iffy. But only in as much as it either was an alternate universe tale or not, but definitely was "real".

@peterwyetzner5276 2 years ago

Tell me the kid who taunts Spock doesn't sound exactly like Bender.

@edgard3659 3 years ago (edited)

Great animated show in my boyhood ahead of it's time like Starlost,Ark 2, Return to the planet of the apes,Space 1999,,Gemini man,Far out Space Nuts,Space Acedemy,Time express,Salvage One, Quark,Future Cop,Holmes and Yo-Yo

@rickjohnston2667 2 years ago

If I was the person to determine what Star Trek is canon, I would count the Animated series as the fourth season of the original series, and Star Trek Continues as the 5th and final season of the original series.

@edwardevans7219 2 years ago (edited)

HOW SHARPER THAN A SERPENT'S TOOTH, is one of my favorites. Along with the Practical Joker.

@stevemilberg8187 4 days ago

This was pure Star Trek. It was a continuation of the original series. And it kept the technology and characters intact. It went boldly too, some amazingly good stories. Maybe even a story similar to TMP where an Alien cloud about to destroy a planet. A good episode with Spock making contact with the intelligence. Similar to him sensing VGER. Also this show had the original characters, writers and DC fontana. What a great show. In fact there should be a new animated show with Shatner, Takai and Koenig voices used while they are still with us. With good writing it could work in prime time. Same with TNG.

@herbertkeithmiller 2 years ago (edited)

I was in my teens when I read and loved Larry Niven's Ring World, and when The Slaver Weapon first aired I freaked out. I didn't as a teenager notice it was the same author. But Kinzinti and Slaver weapons WOW.
It was a mashup of two of my best loved science fiction storylines.

@NathanTarantlawriter 2 years ago

Always loved this from Day 1. While they cheaped out on the animation, it has the original actors doing the voices and they have a bag full of new stories! The stories make it so worth putting up with cheap animation. And some of the line delivery is just hilarious.

@greca7908 2 years ago

Shatner had contempt for the animated series. It was reported he would record his lines while he was on location on other projects while sitting on the toilet.

@CosmoShidan 4 years ago

Great Galaxies! I was hoping you'd cover this series as I loved it in re-runs! Yesteryear is a personal favourite of mine, and it made me appreciate Spock as a character even more. Time Trap is another favourite of mine, and it's nice to see a positive review of this episode for once. Again, I agree with your rating, and it's nice to hear some more positive things about this take on Trek. Groovy! BTW, it would be great to see you tackling the animated Planet of the Apes tv series or even the Muhammad Ali animated series too.

@paulbrecken2136 4 years ago (edited)

I've never seen this series. This was fascinating. Here in the UK I don't think it was available, not on mainstream TV.Thanks for your review.

@christopherjudge1138 1 year ago

Star Trek: The Animated Series on NBC: Sept. 8, 1973-August 30, 1975
and on Nickelodeon: Nov. 9, 1985-March 4, 1990!

@ericmadsen7470 2 years ago

I've seen both seasons of Star Trek TAS and it was really good. There is more you can do in animation then in live action.

@walkerpantera 3 years ago

This is awesome!!! thank u. VERY interesting.

@sail2byzantium 1 year ago

That was wonderful! Thank you!

@edgardagosto1917 2 years ago

Those 8track tape days 1973-74

@shibolinemress8913 2 years ago (edited)

I was 10 years old and went in hospital for a range of tests in 1973. I took my Alan Dean Foster and James Blish novelisations, and my trusty Viewmaster with Mister Spock's Time Trek aka Yesteryear. They got me through the scary hospital, especially young Spock who was so brave in spite of his fears and having to put his pet Ichaya to sleep. :'( Thanks to Leonard Nimoy and Trek for helping little me through!

Regarding The Slaver Weapon, I wonder if the police web was a reference to Jack Webb and Dragnet?

About Bem, I didn't think it was that bad. I liked the twist in Bem's story arc at the end, and loved Nichols as an advanced alien "goddess".

Much as I hate the Megas-Tu episode, Lucien really reminds me of Q.

And most interesting about How Sharper Than A Serpent's Tooth was that the author Russel Bates was a Native American of the Kiowa Nation. It's odd that this sort of misrepresentation still shows up. That said, I love Ensign Walking Bear.