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[QUOTE]Originally posted by The Mighty Monkey of Mim: [QB] There is essentially one reason and one reason alone why the animated [i]Star Trek[/i] (which isn't, in truth, a separate series but merely the a continuation of the original live action version) has been left out in studio policy. It has to do with the fact that Gene Roddenberry had a falling out with Dorothy Fontana (who did a huge amount of work on the animated episodes, writing and producing) during the early run of TNG, and declared it invalid to "get back" at her. That of course is probably simplified a lot, and makes him sound very childish, but let's not forget that he had already done the same thing to Franz Joseph by deliberately writing the "Rules of Starship Design" to exclude his [i]Star Fleet Technical Manual[/i] designs. Anyway, Richard Arnold (Roddenberry's personal archivist/lapdog at the time) began replying to fan inquiries that the cartoon was non-canon, at some point Rick Berman and Mike Okuda (both very tied to Roddenberry) latched on to it as well, and the rest is history. But it really isn't so clear-cut. Numerous episodes from later series (including TNG, DS9, VGR, and ENT) have made references to animated episodes, suggesting that they did in fact "happen." And given that, I think the whole "TAS is non-canon" spiel is really only played lip service to by the studio, in their public forums such as startrek.com. I'd wager it's safe to say that, behind the scenes, (especially with writers/producers Mike Sussman and Phyllis Strong working on ENT) the animated [i]Star Trek[/i] is not being forgotten. As to the quality of the show, it's about equal to the live action seasons of TOS, both at it's best and at it's worst. Yes, the animation is quite dated, but so what? The set and costume design on TOS is equally dated, and that doesn't stop one from enjoying those episodes, does it? The stories are, for the most part compelling, the characters are developed, and it has all the "feel" of TOS, just as a cartoon. -[b]MMoM[/b] :D [/QB][/QUOTE]
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