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PARAMOUNT HOME VIDEO
Publisher: Paramount
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound
Actors: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Arnold Moss, Barbara Anderson, DeForest Kelley
Space. The Final Frontier. The U.S.S. Enterprise embarks on a five year mission to explore the galaxy. The Enterprise is under the command of Captain James T. Kirk. The First Officer is Mr. Spock, from the planet Vulcan. The Chief Medical Officer is Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy. With a determined crew, the Enterprise encounters Klingons, Romulans, time paradoxes, tribbles and genetic supermen lead by Khan Noonian Singh. Their mission is to explore strange new worlds, to seek new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before.
In 1966, Star Trek set out to boldly go where no series had gone before, beginning a three-year mission that led to a franchise that would last decades. Here at last is the first season of the original series all in one box, 29 episodes in their original broadcast order. That means starting with "The Man Trap," and soon followed by "Where No Man Has Gone Before," the second pilot filmed and the first one starring William Shatner as Captain Kirk. The many highlight episodes include "Balance of Terror" and "Errand of Mercy" (introducing, respectively, the Romulans and the Klingons), the two-part "The Menagerie" (which recycled footage from the original pilot, "The Cage," which featured Christopher Pike as the captain of the Enterprise and is not included in this set), "Space Seed" (introducing Ricardo Montalban's Khan character), and "The City of the Edge of Forever" (written by sci-fi giant Harlan Ellison and considered by many the best-ever episode of the series). The first-season DVD set is supplemented by 80 minutes of featurettes incorporating 2003-04 interviews with Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, other cast members, and producers, and some 1988 footage of Gene Roddenberry. The longest (24 minutes) featurette, "The Birth of a Timeless Legacy," examines the two pilot episodes and the development of the crew. Slightly shorter are "To Boldly Go... Season One," which highlights key episodes, and "Sci-Fi Visionaries," which discusses the series' great science fiction writers (most famously in "The City of the Edge of Forever"). Shatner shows off his love of horses in "Life Beyond Trek," and, more interestingly, Nimoy debunks various rumors in "Reflections of Spock." As they've done for many of the feature-film special editions, Michael Okuda and Denise Okuda provide a pop-up text commentary on four of the episodes filled with history, trivia, and dry wit. It's the first commentary of any kind for a Star Trek TV show, but an audio commentary is still overdue. The technical specs are mostly the same as other Trek TV series--Dolby 5.1, English subtitles--but with the welcome addition of the episode trailers. The plastic case is an attempt to replicate some of the fun packaging of the series' European DVD releases, but it's a bit clunky, and the paper sleeve around the disc case seems awkward and crude. Still, the set is a vast improvement both in terms of shelf space and bonus features compared to the old two-episode discs, which were released before full-season boxed sets became the model for television DVDs. --David Horiuchi
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| Both versions for one low price! |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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I have wanted to own all the episodes of the original series of Star Trek for quite some time. I noticed that the prices for the dvd releases of this series are ridiculously expensive at or about $100 per season. I found that I was also torn between which version to get, either the original production or the new re-mastered "Lucasfied" version. I then came across this product right here on Amazon in Blu-ray for a fraction of the cost. I quickly realized that with the purchase of a Blu-ray drive (LITE-ON iHOS104) I could finally start a blu-ray collection and begin it with the entire collection of Star Trek the original series (BOTH VERSIONS!!!) for less money then what the dvd sets would cost. A NO BRAINER!
In Full HD, the video is astonishing; the color, blacks and detail of these episodes makes this set on blu-ray a must own for any fan. Every episode can be watched with its original special effects or the newly redone (Lucasfied) version. Each version is re-mastered with amazing visual clarity and quality.
The ONLY downfall is the audio, I am no expert but it seems that the studio cut some serious corners in this aspect. The volume levels for the 8 channel audio are unbalanced. Voices seem to come only from the left front while effects come from the right and the score comes from the center... to correct this one must tweak the control panel for their system or simply place the audio to the optional original broadcast mono. I have settled for the mono as this is still a phenomenal audio presentation.
LITE-ON 4x Blu-ray Disc SATA Internal Optical Drive iHOS104
The Original Pilots are included in season 3.
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| The Original Star Trek looks better than ever!!! |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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In the early 70's I used to run home after school after the bus dropped us off out in the country and race up to the house to watch Star Trek at 4 p.m. every day. Star Trek made a huge impression on me growing up on a farm in the midwest. It started my love for techlogy and computers. I believe it's a big reason I'm in the computer industry today.
Well getting on to the review. I recently picked up a PS3 to use as a blu ray player and gaming console. My first TV episode blu ray purchase was Star Trek: The Original Series - Season 1. On a big screen TV these episodes look simply amazing. I have an Apple TV and have downloaded the remastered episodes from Apple and these look noticably better to me. Like other reviewers said, the colors and picture quality is amazing. I started out with one of my favorite episodes "Where No Man Has Gone Before". This looks better than any movie I've seen from the 60's and 70's. It's a great but tragic story too. Sally Kellerman and Gary Lockwood are excellent guest stars. I wish they would have figured out a way to bring them back in other episodes or movies.
The Billy Blackburn home movies are a hoot. It's really great to see the behind the scenes stuff. You'll notice that Leonard Nimoy is deadly serious most of the time even when off camera. Blackburn says he rarely got out of character. Plus there is some other surprises with Blackburn that I won't spoil.
If you're a SciFi lover or just a lover of good writing and television. I would add this to your collection without hesitation. I hope they do a similiar restoration to the "Twilight Zone" series and "The Next Generation".
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| Of course the content is fantastic, but the packaging. . . . |
| Customer Rating: 4 out of 5 |
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No real need to comment on the high-def first season. It's swell. However, it took me three times to get a copy of the first season that did not arrive with the bluray case shattered. I finally settled on one that came just cracked, and not totally broken. And the first season did not come with the pretty little slip cover, so it won't match season 2 and 3.
But if you don't let the minutiae bother you, you will without a doubt enjoy the content!
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| WNMHGB tombstone error |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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Unbelievable quality. I have never seen Star Trek look as good as it does on blu ray. Has anyone noticed the tombstone says "James R. Kirk" in the Where No Man Has Gone Before episode? Perhaps this error was not discernible in the standard TV broadcast of the day.
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| Star Trek The Cage |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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I have been looking for this DVD for quite a while. It arrived within 2 weeks, exactly as shown. I am extremely satisfied.
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