Back in the early 1970s, fans were clamoring for the return of Gene Roddenberry’s science fiction universe on the big or small screen. However, before Star Trek flew onto the big screen with feature films, The Animated Series brought the USS Enterprise and company back. Today, shows like Star Trek: Prodigy and Star Trek: Lower Decks reveal audiences are more into the idea than they were 50 years ago. In fact, the series from The Next Generation era that still have stories to tell can turn to adult animation where live action isn’t possible. Prodigy is clearly a show for younger kids, though adult Trekkies and Trekkers alike are charmed by it. So much so, a fan campaign inspired Netflix to save the Prodigy series after it was pulled from Paramount+.Lower Decks, however, is definitely a show for adults and teenagers with “cool” parents, firmly entrenched in comedy and Star Trek minutiae. Some people (both in the industry and in the audience) look at animation as “less than” its live-action counterpart. Still, even a show fans want desperately like Star Trek: Legacy is, sadly, bound by the limits of time, space and budget. People who want to see stories set in the years following the end of shows like Star Trek: Deep Space Nine or Star Trek: Enterprise have only animation to turn to. Despite the high-quality work of the teams on both Prodigy and Lower Decks, animation is significantly cheaper to produce than live-action. Not only that, it’s a viable medium that would allow the franchise to bolster its legacy like the cartoons have done for that other “Star” franchise.When the idea of a Next Generation sequel series was first proposed, actor Patrick Stewart had conditions for his return. Luckily for the fans, most of them were ignored immediately. Yet, even if he had been game to do Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 8, the producers would still have had to account for the 30 real-life years that passed since the story ended. Seven of Nine, for example, had a long, untold history between the final shot of Star Trek: Voyager and when Picard beamed her onto La Sirena in Star Trek: Picard Season 1.Is Star Trek the Animated Series Canon?
Back in the early 1970s, fans were clamoring for the return of Gene Roddenberry’s science fiction universe on the big or small screen. However, before Star Trek flew onto the big screen with feature films, The Animated Series brought the USS Enterprise and company back. Today, shows like Star Trek: Prodigy and Star Trek: Lower Decks reveal audiences are more into the idea than they were 50 years ago. In fact, the series from The Next Generation era that still have stories to tell can turn to adult animation where live action isn’t possible. Prodigy is clearly a show for younger kids, though adult Trekkies and Trekkers alike are charmed by it. So much so, a fan campaign inspired Netflix to save the Prodigy series after it was pulled from Paramount+.
Lower Decks, however, is definitely a show for adults and teenagers with “cool” parents, firmly entrenched in comedy and Star Trek minutiae. Some people (both in the industry and in the audience) look at animation as “less than” its live-action counterpart. Still, even a show fans want desperately like Star Trek: Legacy is, sadly, bound by the limits of time, space and budget. People who want to see stories set in the years following the end of shows like Star Trek: Deep Space Nine or Star Trek: Enterprise have only animation to turn to. Despite the high-quality work of the teams on both Prodigy and Lower Decks, animation is significantly cheaper to produce than live-action. Not only that, it’s a viable medium that would allow the franchise to bolster its legacy like the cartoons have done for that other “Star” franchise.
When the idea of a Next Generation sequel series was first proposed, actor Patrick Stewart had conditions for his return. Luckily for the fans, most of them were ignored immediately. Yet, even if he had been game to do Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 8, the producers would still have had to account for the 30 real-life years that passed since the story ended. Seven of Nine, for example, had a long, untold history between the final shot of Star Trek: Voyager and when Picard beamed her onto La Sirena in Star Trek: Picard Season 1.
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