Another attempt at Re-animation!

[Pauln6]

Personally, I think the only things wrong with TAS were that the episodes were not as long as a TOS episode, no Chekov or Rand, and not enough guest actors playing guest characters.

I wouldn't mind if voice actors wanted to have a pop at the guest characters and if scenes were added or extended to pad the episodes to 40 minutes and if Chekov and Rand appeared in a couple of episodes per season.

And wth are those field effect suits? Why didn't they keep some version of those in subsequent versions of Trek?

 

[Firebird]

Filmation didn't have enough money to even bring Walter Koenig in as a cast member. Ain't no way they would've bothered with Grace Lee Whitney or any memorable guest voices at that point. That's why Nichelle, Jimmy, and Majel did so many additional voices.

The show wasn't intended as an hour-long series. It was always going to be a half-hour Saturday morning cartoon.

 

[Mr. Spook]

Filmation didn't have enough money to even bring Walter Koenig in as a cast member. Ain't no way they would've bothered with Grace Lee Whitney or any memorable guest voices at that point. That's why Nichelle, Jimmy, and Majel did so many additional voices.

The show wasn't intended as an hour-long series. It was always going to be a half-hour Saturday morning cartoon.

The fact that we got Stanley Adams, Roger Carmel and Mark Lenard was a damned miracle. Not to mention Ted Knight and Ed Bishop - not that they were big starts at this point but they were beyond the Filmation stable of regulars.

 

[JonnyQuest037]

I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit.

It's the only way to be sure.

 

[The Friendly Jewish Ghost]

And wth are those field effect suits? Why didn't they keep some version of those in subsequent versions of Trek?

The life-support-belt "halos" were an animation shortcut so that stock character cels could be used without the time and expense of having to draw and animate spacesuits.

 

[Count Korbula]

it's built into the later jumpsuits, obviously

 

[Mr. Spook]

The life-support-belt "halos" were an animation shortcut so that stock character cels could be used without the time and expense of having to draw and animate spacesuits.

Weren't these suggested for The Tholian Web but conversely space suits were cheaper than illustrating a force field in live action? @Maurice please correct me here.

 

[Pauln6]

They make sense as a high tech, short term emergency piece of kit to plug a crack in a visor, protect against unforseen hazards. In how many episodes could it have saved lives?

 

[Maurice]

Weren't these suggested for The Tholian Web but conversely space suits were cheaper than illustrating a force field in live action? @Maurice please correct me here.

Justman mentioned the idea in a memo. Thankfully, they didn't go that way.