Even though I never watched the Star Trek The Animated Series how was it aimmed toward kids?
If there is ever a new star trek animated series again what has to be done to make sure that it is not aimmed toward kids?
In some episodes, there's more slapstick humour and silly jokes than in even the most lighthearted episodes of TOS. Plus, there is extremely little death. In fact, The Slaver Weapon is the only episode in which any characters actually die. That said, there is still plenty of peril and action, just with far less deadly consequences. Not even a single red shirt dies! The storytelling is quite good though, albeit not on the same level as TOS or the other live-action series. It's just not as engaging except for a handful of episodes.
In my view, the best way to make sure that another animated Star Trek series wasn't aimed at kids would be basically have more death and less slapstick and more complicated storylines as well.
I remember it being fairly authentic and in keeping to the original feel of the live action series.
Pretty decent scripts for a saturday morning show.
Good point about the death although when was the last time you saw ANY death on Saturday morning? If this had been aired, let's say, in prime time, I'm sure they would have put more of that in the series.
All a matter of persceptive, I suppose. Except for a few episodes, it never quite seemed absolutely authentic as regards the original series.
Very true about the death on Saturday morning telly but, I have to say, Star Trek just isn't Star Trek without a fair amount of death. That's just me though.
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I don't think there were any prime time animated shows that depicted death back in the 70s.
shareOne must remember that this was the early/mid 70's (pre Anime invasion). ANYthing that was animated (and aired on Saturday morning) was automatically assumed to be aimed at kids, more or less. One need only look to the Anime imports of the late 70's / early 80's and see how they were heavily edited and "dumbed down" for the Western audiences to see how network television viewed anything that was animated.
Having said that, ST: TAS was surprisingly well written for its format and several episodes still stand out in my memory 35 years later as being exceptional even today.
I think if they were to do another animated series in the Star Trek Universe today, it would be much easier to gear it towards a broader audience. The fact that broadcasters such as Cartoon Network have been able to sustain an "Adult Swim" package for several years now shows that the demographic for mature animation is real and here to stay. There's a lot more people now who accept animated series as an legitimate art and won't automatically tune out just because it's a "Cartoon". Just look at the recent animated offerings from the Star Wars Universe as an example.
"There's a lot more people now who accept animated series as an legitimate art and won't automatically tune out just because it's a "Cartoon"."
I know exactly what you mean. On the other end of the scale, back in the 80's, I once worked with a guy who actually said to me-- and he wasn't kidding-- that a show like STAR BLAZERS "shouldn't be ALLOWED to be made". To him, ALL animated cartoons were for kids, and kids ONLY, period.
by qlhologram (Tue Jun 3 2008 20:01:40)
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Even though I never watched the Star Trek The Animated Series how was it aimmed toward kids?
If there is ever a new star trek animated series again what has to be done to make sure that it is not aimmed toward kids?
The scripts in TAS were actually pretty good. Much better than your average 70s Saturday morning offerings
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