Should Be Re-Canonized

Especially in light of how many elements of TAS were canonized--holodeck, T being Tiberius, Spock's mother's maiden name, an assortment of aliens in the crew. The environment belt is a great idea, the only reason they rejected that for live action is the effects cost.

I agree. I'm watching them right now and I keep asking myself why ever they're supposed to be non-canonical in the first place. They're classic Star Trek, and with a lot of elements and even whole plots that are totally "in tune" with The Next Generation even.

Absolutely not.

The only possible way that I'd even think that TAS should become "canon" would be if they could take the original audio and re-create the visuals entirely and add in new voice work as well for additional scenes or aliens.

Whether it was 2D or 3D doesn't really matter to me, I'd just like to see these stories presented in a way that doesn't look like a quick artist chop shop created them a few hours before they aired. The constant re-use of shots and the 5 or 6 facial expressions really grow old, as does the poor coloring of some of the ships, characters, and objects (some of what is due to Hal Sutherland being color blind). It's just sloppy.

Really expand on some of the stories, re-edit them entirely, to the level that could approach TOS.

At the very least it would be an interesting experiment to re-create the look and feel of TOS, without the Saturday morning cheap cartoon feel.

"You've shown your quality sir. The very highest."

Officially TAS isn't canon, but so much of its elements have crept back into the canon via TV shows and movies, plenty of examples being cited by posters here, it's canon in all but name. I'd like to know what the canon fuss was about, anyhow, when after you boil it down, all that TAS was, was TOS minus Chekov, and plus a couple of alien bridge officers, M'Ress and Arex, and the "worst" TAS episodes certainly weren't worse than the worst TOS episodes.

The best tip of the hat to TAS is in the TOS remastered episode "Amok Time." As Kirk, Spock, and McCoy walk across the land-bridge (a shot clearly inspired by ST3) the next shot of the arena shows a city in the distance, which is clearly the city ShiKahr from the animated ep "Yesteryear." I saw it immediately but Mike Okuda confirms it in the commentary.

I was under the impression that since 2007, with the animated series being put into the Trek Library, it became canon once again finally.

"Bring Me The Horizon"

TAS was canonized when Paramount/CBS re-released Star Trek TAS on DVD in 2007/8? The official definition of Star Trek cannon is, Star Trek which is published in video format by Paramount/CBS/Gene Roddenberry.

Some definitions of cannon:
- Star Trek TAS
- Star Trek Voyager
- Star Trek The Voyage Home

Some examples of non-cannon:
- Star Trek: New Voyages/Phase Two (as awesome as it is, it's not cannon at all)
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture Soundtrack (note, Gene Roddenberry interviews Spocks father Sarek in this audio CD, however, that does not make what is said cannon, as only VIDEO is cannon.)
- Star Trek: Shatner Novels (or whatever they're called)

You see, it's only the shows and movies. While I don't know where on the internet this definition is kept, it's universally agreed on by fans that this is how Star Trek cannon works :)

Its canon to me. Its on screen, it was Roddenberry authorised, it was extremely faithful to the series, had the same cast and introduced elements that ARE canon. I have far bigger problems with the Star Wars universe where due to fan fiction and the expanded world even the lowliest Death Star guard has his own name and back story. A random extra playing a Stormtrooper who gets shot in the detention block can now turn up at conventions known now as Lieutenant Wails Sjaki or something like that. And now with the new films coming out all of that "canon" will probably be contradicted again.