Animated Star Trek with the original cast doing the voice work.
I had two reactions to this series, so here we go:
My 1970s childhood reaction: I would get up at 6am or 7am on a Sunday morning to see this. I loved it. During this period, there was much less Star Trek around (today it is all over the place) so I really welcomed the chance to see Trek with the original cast doing the voice work. In this period I watched a lot of cartoons and I clearly remember this one being more "complicated" in plots than stuff such as Superfriends.
My current middle aged adult reaction: Today I often walk down memory lane and watch childhood favourites of the 1970s...but for reasons that are not too clear...this Star Trek cartoon is a struggle to watch today! There is something a bit off about how William Shatner (Captain Kirk) speaks his lines...not sure how to describe the problem...it seems like he is not putting his heart into the work here. I don't like the new regular characters added (the weirdo aliens on the bridge). The animation sucks.
As an adult, the best thing I can say about Star Trek The Animated Series is that the ever-present music cues (which were re-used in 1974's Shazam!) are about 90% of the show's entertainment value. There is so much of Star Trek around today, so the cartoon is not as special as it once was.
I had two reactions to this series, so here we go:
My 1970s childhood reaction: I would get up at 6am or 7am on a Sunday morning to see this. I loved it. During this period, there was much less Star Trek around (today it is all over the place) so I really welcomed the chance to see Trek with the original cast doing the voice work. In this period I watched a lot of cartoons and I clearly remember this one being more "complicated" in plots than stuff such as Superfriends.
My current middle aged adult reaction: Today I often walk down memory lane and watch childhood favourites of the 1970s...but for reasons that are not too clear...this Star Trek cartoon is a struggle to watch today! There is something a bit off about how William Shatner (Captain Kirk) speaks his lines...not sure how to describe the problem...it seems like he is not putting his heart into the work here. I don't like the new regular characters added (the weirdo aliens on the bridge). The animation sucks.
As an adult, the best thing I can say about Star Trek The Animated Series is that the ever-present music cues (which were re-used in 1974's Shazam!) are about 90% of the show's entertainment value. There is so much of Star Trek around today, so the cartoon is not as special as it once was.