What do you think? That could be an opportunity to see our heroes in action at a fraction of the cost to produce. I don't think it will ever happen (and in fact, I'm rather happy about that!) but - your thought?

Now's the time to do it. The state of TV animation has never been better. There are a lot of young and talented animators who could really do justice to the characters.

The only downside I can see is that I don't think all the originals are up to doing voice-overs. I saw DeForest Kelley on one the the Star Trek Insights on SF Channel, and he looked awful. I think he must be ill.

If there were an animated ST series, maybe they should think about new characters and new voices. Hey, how about ST:TNG--The Animated Series?

The TNG characters did appear in animation form in a brief scene from the animated comedy series "The Critic".

Todd,

That was actually Hee Haw, the next generation using tng characteers. ROFL

They were also in Star Trek: The X Generation on the same show. They had someone who wrote "Beavis and Butt-Head rules" on the back of Picard's skull. Jay reviewed this movie at about the same time that "Generations" came out.

I'd like the idea of seeing an animated series made in the 00's. I don't think I would like to see one based on the existing series. Kids would want to see something new, so I think that there should be a new cast, and they should up the "coolness" quotient so that they can attract their target audience. What do you think? This would get more younger people interested in ST and it'll give ST more fans for the fifth live-action series.

I'd love to see a new animated Trek. I also agree that the original cast would not be up to the task. Besides, I don't think you could get kids interested in the original cast, and TNG cast would want way to much money. DS9? I would doubt that cast would want to carry on with their characters so soon after the live action shows run. What I would like to see is a totally new series, all new cast and ship. Mike is right, animation has come a LONG way since 1973. With the proper producers, writers, and attitude, a new animated Trek could fulfill the enormous potential envisioned by Gene Roddenberry. It would also be a nice bridge to the next live series since I hear they are gonna wait awhile before they launch a new one. It would have plenty of 'coolness' I'm sure. I'd watch.

Kail--I don't agree with your comment that the TNG cast would want more money. Animation voice-over is a very lucrative business for actors. They put in a half day of work, no make-up, no costumes, and they get paid. Michael Dorn, Jonathan Frakes, Marina Sirtis, Patrick Stewart, Levar Burton and Brent Spiner have all done various amounts of voicework. For example, Dorn is I.M. Weasel, Frakes and Sirtis provided voices on Gargoyles, and Stewart was in The Pagemaster.

As for "Gargoyles," let's not forget Kate Mulgrew, Colm Meany, and Michael Dorn!

Hmmm, well, any actor could do the voice-overs for those shows, and commercials, but if they were doing an animated TNG then only those actors could play the parts, which which means if they didn't do it it would not be produced which gives the actors much more leverage to ask for more money. From what I hear, and these are only rumours of course, Paramount is holding off on another feature for now because of the skyrocketing salaries of Stewart and Spiner. Those actors know the studio doesn't have a film without them. Same would go with a new animated TNG. Just my opinion.

Maybe they could get Gerry Anderson to do a puppet-animation show with the Trek characters.

Does Paramount still have an Animation department? I know they did those old Popeye and Max Flescher's Superman toons and they were the company that sanctioned Beavis and Butt-head Do America. But can they get behind another Trek animated series?
WB has nearly cornered the market on new toons. FOX keeps cranking out prime time toons. But they don't have the rights to Trek.
A new animated series could work since some of the worst episodes of Trek play like cartoons.

I'd love to see another animated series...however they should use the same kind of animation they use in the 1970's-1980's "Tarzan" or "He-Man" cartoon series.

I'd hate to see it with "Simpsons" or "Charlie Brown" animation.

I can hear it now....

"Whak whak whak whak"
"Yes Ma'am?"

Get Marco Palmieri (Pocket editor of the DS9 Relaunch books) to be co-executive producer of an animated Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, continuing hte novel follow-up adventures after "What You Leave Behind". They could easily get Nana Visitor, Aron Eisenberg, Siddig El Fadil and Nicole de Boer to provide voices, along with new actors and actresses to provide voices for the new characters... ;) (http://www.psiphi.org/cgi/upc-db/feature/new-ds9/characters.html)

The only problem would be canonity debates.

My preference for animation would be either totally CGI (e.g. Reboot, Roughnecks: Starship Troopers, etc.) or Warner animation style (e.g. The New Batman Superman Adventures, Batman: The Animated Series).

If they were hypothetically going to produce a new animated series, I for one would think that Peter David's New Frontier novels would be an interesting choice... as long as they didn't try to dumb it down for kids, that is...

As for animation style, I wouldn't like to see it completely CGI. Very nice CGI (Final Fantasy: TSW) takes too much time and money to produce, and I, personally, don't like the look of cheeper, quicker CGI. Now, CGI used as a special effect to augment cel-based animation is fine, as long as the two elements are integrated smoothly.

Does anyone know if they're going to air the old cartoons on a station anytime soon? If not, where do you find them? They're not at the library or Wal-Mart or any of the places I frequent. Thanks.
BTW, another Star Trek series should be drawn in the same style as the old one was. I'm sorry, I'm a traditionalist. I guess CGI would be fine, just not Japanese anime! Not for Star Trek! PLEASE!

They're coming to DVD in 2005.

A CGI Star Trek(TOS) would be terrific! Starship Troopers,Spider-Man,& most recently Iron Man have all had their own CGI TV series & the look for them is incredible.

I doubt that that would happen to be honest. The main sticking point is that after the failure of Star Trek Enterprise there is an understandable reluctance to consider new TV projects.

Trek also 'suffers' in that Cartoons are usually seen and marketed as children's shows, even if their content and format isn't for children. This was the problem that hit the animated series - broadcasters assumed that an animated Trek had been made for kids.

I can't see anyone in the industry being interested in making any type of animated trek at this time. It is unlikely to win over fans if watered down for a younger audience, and it is unlikely to get a good time-slot assuming that anyone would be interested in buying such a series.

The recent Star Wars animated series does indicate that there is a market for such programs. As does the Batman and Matrix animated DvD's. But these are basically filling in parts of the story between films and not trying to be a story on their own - let alone a series.

Now a animated DvD that fills in the story between the recent Trek film and its sequel...that I could see happening, depending on the story of the second film.

Murray Leeder, did you hear about this
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Star Trek: Lower Decks
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Official logo
Genre
Adult animation
Comedy
Created by Mike McMahan
Voices of
Tawny Newsome
Jack Quaid
Noël Wells
Eugene Cordero
Dawnn Lewis
Jerry O'Connell
Fred Tatasciore
Gillian Vigman
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
Production
Executive producer(s)
Alex Kurtzman
Heather Kadin
Rod Roddenberry
Trevor Roth
Katie Krentz
Mike McMahan
Production company(s)
CBS Eye Animation Productions
Secret Hideout
Roddenberry Entertainment
Release
Original network CBS All Access
Chronology
Related shows Star Trek TV series
Star Trek: Lower Decks is an upcoming American adult animated web television series, created for CBS All Access by Mike McMahan as part of an expansion of the Star Trek franchise headed by executive producer Alex Kurtzman. It is the first animated series created for All Access, and follows the support crew of one of Starfleet's least important starships.

Kurtzman's expansion included potential animated series when it began in June 2018, and McMahan was brought on by that October when the series was officially ordered for two seasons. Animation work had begun by the following February.

Star Trek: Lower Decks is expected to be released in 2020.[1]


Contents
1 Premise
2 Cast
3 Production
3.1 Development
3.2 Animation
4 Release
5 References
6 External links
Premise
Star Trek: Lower Decks focuses on "the support crew serving on one of Starfleet’s least important ships" in 2380 (a year after Star Trek: Nemesis).[2][3]

Cast