Animated Trek Vrs Animated POTA

[Seeker]

Time for another point counterpoint thread. In the 70s two very popular series branched into the Saturday morning line up.

First there was Star Trek. Voiced by several of the original actors and written by several series writers this show went were the origional could not go. More creative aliens, more space ships. Not limited by budget constraints. The sad thing is it only went on for 22 episodes.

Next is POTA. I havent seen it recently so I'm going by memory here. This was actually closer to the original book. The Apes had some modern technology. The astronauts, Two men and a woman also salvaged a laser from thier ship. The series expanded on the underdweller/mutants storyline.
There was also a cool WWII salvaged plane and a few mutated creatures one would expect after a few thousand years of radioactivity and evolution.

I liked both. I cant pick a better one. Animation was critisized on both shows but I was happy that they were continued in any form.

[Mikey]

I didn't care for the Apes cartoon

I never could get over the General sounding like Fred Flintstone

[raider5gt]

Star Trek annimated,all of the original cast from the tv series,in a cartoon it was a nice touch that they added the 2 alien officers LT. M'ress and LT Arex.

This series is on my DVD want list

Never saw POTA annimated.

[palitoy]

I never could get over the General sounding like Fred Flintstone

*Fake* Fred Flinstone you mean.

I enjoy both, they seem to have the same hangups, limited animation and a generous helping of cycles. The stories for both though are kind of above and beyond saturday morning kids shows ...

[jessica]

I haven't had the time to view the POTA cartoon series DVD yet. It was something I remembered looking forward to every Saturday morning. I don't think I would feel the same about the cartoon now as I did when younger.

I don't remember much of the animated Star Trek, but the renditions are beautifully made.

[toys2cool]

I thought the Star trek was alright,I've never seen the POTA

[Bo8a_Fett]

Trek animated all the way

[Hotfoot]

Have not seen either in years. Probably simplistic compared to todays toons but should be viewed in the mindset of when they were made. I liked both.

[Raydeen1]

Love them both but POTA for me. Mostly because it's POTA. I had no real memory of the show other than I watched it when I was little until I heard Zira call Bill Blue Eyes. That brought it all back.

[shellhead]

I own the animated Star Trek and think it's every bit as good as the live action series.Story wise,I apreciate it more as an adult than I did as a kid.
On the other hand, I loved apes as a kid , but now I find the cartoon painfully slow moving and monotonous,and Fred Urkstone bugs the crap outta me!

The animated Star Trek is also the first place you will hear Capt. Kirk's middle name of Tiberius, so in short ,it's real Star Trek!

[twilitezoner]

Here is a link to some Apes episodes on youtube. I don't have any childhood memories of this series, but I do remember the Trek series.

YouTube - First Ever Planet of the Apes Cartoon (1/3)

[Seeker]

Here is a link to some Apes episodes on youtube. I don't have any childhood memories of this series, but I do remember the Trek series.

YouTube - First Ever Planet of the Apes Cartoon (1/3)

I was just viewing the old youtube Apes episode while you posted it here. It was alot better then I remembered. Really ahead of its time, Its a shame Trek and Apes didn't last longer.

[HardyGirl]

I love the Trek toon! I never saw it in it's first run, but when I came out to CA to visit my older brother when I was 11, it used to be on the afternoon cartoon line-up, and then my mom would take me to the park, where there was a huge flying saucer structure (Astro Park), and all us kids (whether we knew each other or not) would play Trek and fight over who was to be Captain Kirk. Now I own all of the Trek toons on tape, and love watching them all, and thinking of those times.

Regarding the Apes toon, I never saw this in it's original run either. I remember catching the end of it a few times on the Sci-Fi Channel when they had the Cartoon Quest. What struck me at first was the animation. Very classic comic book like. But as it turned out, that's all I liked about it. Yes, it's closer to the book, apes driving cars, listening to hick songs about humans on the radio, a few drawn out psychedelic scenes when they apes are after the girl...and I didn't care for it. In fact, I've been trying to get rid of my volume 1 video of this tape, and if anyone wants it, it's yours. Just PM me.

[AUSSIE-Rebooted-AMM]

LOVED the trek. . .never saw the POTA.. . . that I can rfemember anyway.

I still have my Viewmaster reels from the episode with Spocks Teddy Bear. I like the way that the treks were often expansions or sequels to some of the origial episodes.

[HardyGirl]

LOVED the trek. . .never saw the POTA.. . . that I can rfemember anyway.

I still have my Viewmaster reels from the episode with Spocks Teddy Bear. I like the way that the treks were often expansions or sequels to some of the origial episodes.

I have those too! The talking and plain versions. The ep was called Yesteryear, but the view-master called it Mr. Spock's Time Trek.