I am amazed to see so many glowing reviews for this short-lived "Star Trek" animated series. This is because although many score it 9 or 10, I cannot for the life of me understand this. Even if the shows had been well written (they often weren't) the animation is abysmally bad. In fact, in an era where the quality of animation was at its nadir, "Star Trek: The Animated Series" is possibly the worst--with incredibly low cell-counts and often ridiculous animation quality. To make things worse, the writing was all over the place. For every excellent script, there were several that were just awful--either due to bad ideas, terrible dialog or both. Yet, inexplicably, the Kool-Aid drinkers say it's the best animated show ever!!! Hello...get a bit of perspective here!!! While I have seen every live action Trek series and loved them, I think I can be objective enough to realize not every single episode of every single show is perfect....and this cartoon is about as far from perfect as they come!!! Watch if you dare, but you're in for a disappointing ride.
Review of Star Trek: The Animated Series
