Here. Never say I didn't give you a picture of Spock hugging a teddy bear.
In this installment:
(viewed Friday, April 12th)
Star Trek: The Animated Series, S01E01 - "Beyond the Farthest Star"
Star Trek: The Animated Series, S01E02 - "Yesteryear"
Star Trek: The Animated Series, S01E03 - "One of Our Planets Is Missing"
Star Trek: The Animated Series, S01E04 - "The Lorelei Signal"
"Beyond the Farthest Star"
- The jazzy 70s music is going to take some getting used to...
- Is it just me...or is Uhura less black in TAS? O_o
- "Life support belts" = "We didn't want to draw the whole suit"
- Everyone else: "This ancient alien ship is amazing!"
Bones: "It gives me the creeps."
<3 McCoy - Automatic Bridge Defense System? That, uh, that would've come in handy earlier, I think.
- OBEY ME!
"Yesteryear"
- This alternate timeline's first officer, Thelin, seems to be the first instance of an Andorian being in Starfleet--which of course they would be able to do, as founding members of the Federation.
- This bird dude is kind of a drag.
- "Andorians are not known for their charity." Dooooooooouche.
- Spock's bullying by the other Vulcan children is echoed in his treatment in 2009's Star Trek, as does Sarek's admonition that one day Spock will have to choose whether to follow the Vulcan or Human way.
- I-Chaya? Also kind of a drag. Brave little bastard, though.
- This episode still bears the hallmark goofiness and lower production quality of TAS (I think it's like what would happen if Star Trek had a baby with Jonny Quest), but we do get some cool backstory on Spock's family.
"One of Our Planets Is Missing"
- Spoiler alert: The cloud is alive.
- One notable absence from TAS is Chekov, who's replaced by this d-bag named Arex.
- "We'll use the photon torpedoes to destroy the brain!"
Whoah, hey, easy there fella.
"The Lorelei Signal"
- Oh, right. It's a Siren song. *yawn*
- On the upside, Uhura gets to take command of the Enterprise. That's pretty rad.
Crappy animation aside (although perfectly typical for 70's fare) TAS had some decent advantages in that locations were not limited to the Paramount backlot (no more "alternate Earth" or back-in-time episodes; starships weren't limited to what the prop shop could kitbash in a week; and that aliens weren't limited to how much latex and body paint could be applied to a human.
ReplyDeleteUhura and Christine definitely get some better material in TAS. And hey, just because Arex's species couldn't decide between bilateral and radial symmetry is no reason to call him names...
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