To Baldly Go

030 - The Animated Series

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This week, Nate and I discuss:

  • The Emmy-award winning Star Trek: The Animated Series
  • Stopped rating the episodes
  • Less than the sum of its parts?
  • A bad series
  • Animated Series as punishments
  • Spaceships and aliens
  • Target demographics
  • Shortcomings of TAS
  • No Chekov
  • The great episode of TAS – a top episode for the franchise to this point
  • Political implications of airing certain episodes
  • Is TAS canon?
  • Life support belts
  • Kirk was the Devil’s advocate?
  • Missing charm and disjointed dialogue
  • Unrealized potential
  • What non-Star-Trek fans think Star Trek is
  • Felt like the Gorn fight from Arena
  • TAS trivia
  • Nate’s Star Trek models
  • Star Trek production guide
  • Looking ahead to Next Generation
  • Planning future podcast discussions and watch order
    • ...more
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    To Baldly GoBy Aaron Emery