WEBVTT 00:27.700 --> 00:30.100 I don't think animation posed any different challenges. 00:30.100 --> 00:31.100 It was 00:31.100 --> 00:34.300 a matter of giving us more work with really 00:34.300 --> 00:36.100 One Challenge was the time 00:36.100 --> 00:38.000 the fact that it took far more time to 00:38.000 --> 00:40.100 do an animated episode than it did to do 00:40.100 --> 00:40.700 a 00:40.700 --> 00:42.600 live-action episode. 00:42.600 --> 00:44.800 So we had to start very early and people 00:44.800 --> 00:46.500 had to work very hard 00:46.500 --> 00:48.700 and I know they kept the animation department 00:48.700 --> 00:50.500 at filmation, 00:50.500 --> 00:51.900 you know long hours 00:51.900 --> 00:52.900 because 00:52.900 --> 00:55.000 it was a complex show to do these alien 00:55.000 --> 00:56.700 backgrounds 00:56.700 --> 00:57.100 the 00:57.100 --> 00:57.400 fall. 00:57.400 --> 01:00.200 Life Flight characters they weren't cartoon characters who were 01:00.200 --> 01:01.300 trying to emulate 01:01.300 --> 01:03.500 the actual actors 01:03.500 --> 01:05.000 and then of course, we have lots of different 01:05.000 --> 01:06.600 aliens every week 01:06.600 --> 01:08.300 because we could 01:08.300 --> 01:10.600 so I think those are the challenges for the 01:10.600 --> 01:12.000 animation department for us. 01:12.000 --> 01:13.300 It was 01:13.300 --> 01:15.600 a real Joy because we could do those strange 01:15.600 --> 01:16.500 aliens 01:16.500 --> 01:17.800 and not have to worry about the zipper up 01:17.800 --> 01:19.100 the back or the 01:19.100 --> 01:20.700 you know, the strangeness of movement. 01:20.700 --> 01:23.500 So we could have a try poedel character on 01:23.500 --> 01:25.400 our bridge for instance we could have 01:25.400 --> 01:27.300 is empty who are 8 foot orange cat. 01:27.300 --> 01:27.900 That's 01:27.900 --> 01:29.700 although we didn't do their stripes because it's hard 01:29.700 --> 01:32.100 to animate Stripes. 01:32.100 --> 01:33.400 But 01:33.400 --> 01:35.000 I think it was a joy to be able 01:35.000 --> 01:35.900 to do what we could do. 01:35.900 --> 01:38.300 We could do an underwater episode The Margaret Armand 01:38.300 --> 01:40.200 episode about Sirens 01:40.200 --> 01:41.800 we could do 01:41.800 --> 01:43.200 because in see 01:43.200 --> 01:45.600 that was a Larry Niven based story which was 01:45.600 --> 01:48.500 and I read the script also 01:48.500 --> 01:49.500 and 01:49.500 --> 01:51.400 that was the great the only problem with that 01:51.400 --> 01:52.800 one was the 01:52.800 --> 01:53.800 my back was turned. 01:53.800 --> 01:55.300 I found out that they had 01:55.300 --> 01:56.300 painted the 01:56.300 --> 01:57.600 because in t 01:57.600 --> 01:58.400 Pink 01:58.400 --> 02:00.100 and 02:00.100 --> 02:01.000 I can't see 02:01.000 --> 02:02.300 a foot orange 02:02.300 --> 02:03.600 cats who are 02:03.600 --> 02:04.200 who are 02:04.200 --> 02:06.100 carnivores and warriors 02:06.100 --> 02:07.700 running out of space in a pink space suit 02:07.700 --> 02:08.300 is a spaceship. 02:08.300 --> 02:09.400 So I had to 02:09.400 --> 02:11.200 apologize to Larry Niven as soon as I saw 02:11.200 --> 02:12.100 the episode. 02:12.100 --> 02:13.400 I didn't realize 02:13.400 --> 02:15.500 that that had happened but it happened 02:15.500 --> 02:16.900 because he'll Sutherland 02:16.900 --> 02:18.100 our director 02:18.100 --> 02:20.000 is color blind. 02:20.000 --> 02:21.600 So he didn't know it was pink. 02:21.600 --> 02:30.100 He didn't know what pink was. 02:30.100 --> 02:32.000 This is the Traders Claude calling. 02:32.000 --> 02:32.300 Mr. 02:32.300 --> 02:33.500 Sulu. 02:33.500 --> 02:36.300 We have the female prisoner 02:36.300 --> 02:37.800 when you bargain 02:37.800 --> 02:43.200 or must we take harsh action. 02:43.200 --> 02:50.000 It will not be pleasant for her. 02:50.000 --> 02:51.700 In terms of 02:51.700 --> 02:53.400 telling the Star Trek stories. 02:53.400 --> 02:55.700 They Sam people's episode was very good. 02:55.700 --> 02:58.600 I like mine of course, but I'm prejudiced 02:58.600 --> 03:00.200 I think 03:00.200 --> 03:02.800 David Joel's to Bam and 03:02.800 --> 03:04.400 what troubles more troubles 03:04.400 --> 03:06.900 very much got across the Star Trek feeling in 03:06.900 --> 03:07.500 mode. 03:07.500 --> 03:10.600 If you got them 03:10.600 --> 03:11.600 just putting them together. 03:11.600 --> 03:19.200 No, sir. 03:19.200 --> 03:20.800 Think 03:20.800 --> 03:22.000 we know 03:22.000 --> 03:23.600 that man. 03:23.600 --> 03:25.600 It appears to be I don't want to think 03:25.600 --> 03:26.700 about it 03:26.700 --> 03:29.100 Cyrano Jones 03:29.100 --> 03:32.100 and he's got troubles with mm 03:32.100 --> 03:36.900 trembles, 03:36.900 --> 03:39.100 but we could do more in animation than we 03:39.100 --> 03:41.100 could do, 03:41.100 --> 03:43.000 you know in live action, which was very nice. 03:43.000 --> 03:46.600 We could show more Alien aliens for instance. 03:46.600 --> 03:47.600 We could show 03:47.600 --> 03:50.200 really alien backgrounds and not have to worry 03:50.200 --> 03:53.500 about everyone will recognize Vasquez Rocks again 03:53.500 --> 03:55.800 that kind of thing. 03:55.800 --> 03:58.000 I also thought that 03:58.000 --> 04:01.800 I'm trying to remember the episode now. 04:01.800 --> 04:03.800 Larry Brody's 04:03.800 --> 04:07.000 which caused quite a bit of 04:07.000 --> 04:08.000 consternation. 04:08.000 --> 04:09.000 We still a good episode. 04:09.000 --> 04:11.400 This was the one about a g had 04:11.400 --> 04:13.200 the actually it was now I'm sorry was na 04:13.200 --> 04:15.500 ji had it was about the devil 04:15.500 --> 04:18.600 and the devil has problems, you know, 04:18.600 --> 04:19.000 but 04:19.000 --> 04:20.400 we were also saying if there's a double then 04:20.400 --> 04:21.700 there must be a God but 04:21.700 --> 04:23.100 a lot of people took offense to the fact 04:23.100 --> 04:24.400 that we were 04:24.400 --> 04:30.200 supposedly showing the devil in a sympathetic manner 04:30.200 --> 04:31.400 my friend. 04:31.400 --> 04:32.900 It cannot 04:32.900 --> 04:34.400 it is not 04:34.400 --> 04:35.300 logical 04:35.300 --> 04:36.400 logic 04:36.400 --> 04:38.600 whose logic my elephant friend. 04:38.600 --> 04:40.200 Look around you Spock. 04:40.200 --> 04:41.800 Everything is working 04:41.800 --> 04:43.200 welcome. 04:43.200 --> 04:47.600 I knew eventually humans would come searching for me. 04:47.600 --> 04:48.900 Who are you 04:48.900 --> 04:50.700 gonna do Lucien? 04:50.700 --> 04:52.100 Call me friend. 04:52.100 --> 04:55.000 Never could I abandon those who come to rowlock 04:55.000 --> 04:56.100 with me, 04:56.100 --> 04:57.200 but not up here. 04:57.200 --> 04:57.500 No. 04:57.500 --> 04:58.200 No, 04:58.200 --> 05:01.000 let us leave this vessel and go where 05:01.000 --> 05:13.400 a true Delight sly 05:13.400 --> 05:15.700 I think the Animated Series came to an end 05:15.700 --> 05:18.100 after it was essentially two-year run 05:18.100 --> 05:21.700 because NBC didn't feel it was getting the numbers 05:21.700 --> 05:23.500 for a cartoon show 05:23.500 --> 05:26.000 that it should have had 05:26.000 --> 05:27.000 traditionally. 05:27.000 --> 05:29.200 We did 16 episodes in the first year and 05:29.200 --> 05:30.700 then we did six more and then they were 05:30.700 --> 05:32.300 rerun and rerun and rerun 05:32.300 --> 05:37.800 and I believe in that rerunning you lose audience. 05:37.800 --> 05:39.500 Well, I think it would depend on which Star 05:39.500 --> 05:42.100 Trek you pick to do 05:42.100 --> 05:44.100 when you curse originally only had the classic trick 05:44.100 --> 05:45.600 to work with 05:45.600 --> 05:46.000 today. 05:46.000 --> 05:47.700 You would have choices. 05:47.700 --> 05:49.400 It might be interesting 05:49.400 --> 05:54.200 to see a combination of next-gen DS9 and Voyager 05:54.200 --> 05:55.800 as a 05:55.800 --> 05:56.800 collaborative 05:56.800 --> 05:58.800 effort 05:58.800 --> 06:00.200 because it's always do tied together. 06:00.200 --> 06:01.800 They do linked to one another 06:01.800 --> 06:03.700 and that might be kind of fun if someone 06:03.700 --> 06:05.400 you know chose to 06:05.400 --> 06:06.800 try to put that together.