This is a great show. It has great acting. And also has great story lines. It also has great animation. It is a good show. See it. Star Trek the motion picture is better. But still this i a great show.

This is a series for the fan boys. And it's all about magical thinking. To make things worse, it has dated badly. Sure, when there was almost nothing on TV, it might have looked impressive. So impressive there was no need for science. Just for magic masqueraded as science. It reminds me of the hypocrisy of the Communist propaganda, where people needed to watch TV to find out how well they were living. This is an exercise in ignorance: a society as futuristic as the US society in the 1950s and than fix the shortcomings of a bad script with magic. But the fans will quickly learn that the biblical magic is called science.Contact me with Questions, Comments or Suggestions ryitfork @ bitmail.ch

With simple but effective economy of motion, STAR TREK: THE ANIMATED SERIES was light years ahead of the Special Needs programming doled out by most networks on Saturday mornings. (Not that it was limited to Saturday mornings: the live-action PLANET OF THE APES teleseries would've probably fared better had it aired on Saturday mornings as well: despite the superb production values- including fantastic makeup, on a weekly basis-, PLANET OF THE APES was written on a child's level, with often simplistic and sometimes downright embarrassingly stupid stories.) STAR TREK: THE ANIMATED SERIES often transcended the live-action limitations, venturing into uncharted territory. Action was minimal, but there were some interesting aliens throughout (and some familiar faces, and some recycled story lines). Of particular interest to me was the introduction (finally) of Captain Robert T. April, the first captain of the Enterprise. And the episode where the crew caught The Plague was definitely not the norm for Saturday morning cartoons of that period.

People say that Star Trek had no life between 1969 and 1979, boy are they wrong! In the early 1970's Star Trek was very much alive, in the form of animation! The stories told in this series are absolutely amazing and fun and seeing the crew we're come to love and cherish in cartoon form is what makes it all the better! The missions are more detailed, and all your favorite characters are there! I recommend anyone -- even non-Star Trek fans -- to check this series out, you will be blown away at the adventure and imagination these episodes have to offer.When I first heard of the cartoon, I thought it was going to be lame, but after watching it, man was I wrong! Given the fact that the live-action series had budget setbacks, the animated series gave Roddenberry the power to present Star Trek in a way that more fitted his dream. I just got the entire DVD set for Christmas and I can't put it down! The episodes are just amazing and I love them! Long live Star Trek: The Animated Series!