Posted by Derek Janssen on 01/21/06 00:26

Aaron J. Bossig wrote:
>>
>>>I see that the Animated ST is due out on DVD soon. As I recall, these
>>>were good stories but the animation was mediocre (as was the norm for
>>>the early 70s). Since they have the audio and the scripts, I wonder if
>>>they would consider re-animating these and broadcasting them. It'd be
>>>a nice way to keep Trek alive (or at least in the consciousness) until
>>>Paramount decides to do another series.

(Uh, you'd STILL have the Filmation music and Filmation voice-acting--
You can dress 'em up, but...)

>>I've often wodered why they've never done a fully CGI animated Star Trek
>>- even as a test.
>
> The PC games that came out in the mid-90s were very close to this.

"Judgment Rites" (the Trek:Classic PC game, with original cast voices)
was *SO* Classic-series--right down to the Shatner speeches and Kirk
hitting on the obligatory female character in one mini-game episode,
with appropriate series music--it should effectively end all arguments.

Derek Janssen (there is at least *more* than one "Oh no, they even kept
THAT!" moment by end of game)
ejanss@comcast.net

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