Product Description From Paramount Home Video! The complete first season of Star Trek: The Original Series is now available in HD-DVD/DVD Hybrid disks! This set contains all 29 episodes - in airdate order - from Season One of the original Star Trek series, along with newly produced bonus features exclusive to this DVD release.
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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
Five stars for the Video, but less than desirable 3 for the intro sound, 5 stars for the enhanced CGIAugust 31, 2010 Alex G(Nashville, Tennessee USA) Disclosure: I generally do not like CGI effects, however, in the case of Trek I am very impressed. Gene Roddenberry must be smiling in Trek heaven at this generally noble restoration and enhancement of his most effective baby. While there are some episodes (generally in the later years' episodes, such as The Tholian Web and Elan of Troyious) that were better off than before the upgrade, the overhall was quite worth the wait. The Gallileo 7, Arena, Space Seed, and A Taste of Amageddon, stand out as greatly improved with substantial new material.
The video, as many describe here, does suffer from some grainy issues, but generally, the enhancements are effective and plentiful, giving brand new views of the Enterprise, new space shots and compellingly effective views of shuttlecraft and the many alien planets, which are color cooridinated to the look of the shows'skies (a brilliant move!).
One thing that really gripes me is the intro Space: The Final Frontier speech is very poorly rendered, and is almost inaudible in stereo, and hardly better in 5.1 surround. That is unacceptable as it a trademark of the show. It is almost as if the separate channels of the audio are out of phase with each other, therefore cancelling each other out. Very poor 2 stars for that.
Otherwise the audio I rate at 3 to 4 stars, and occasionally rising to five stars in a few episodes, as they are jpeg for the most of us. It is not unusual for the alarn klaxons to be mixed in stereo, and many of the audio effects that were formerly mono, are now in rich stereo and dolby 5 channel. I believe most of us that do not have the HD DVD are precluded from accessing the HD portion (with the exception being the money grabbing Blu-Ray format) of the video.
Jpeg Dolby 5.1 audio was very expensive in its day and is still pretty steep for most of us now. How many of us really have big 5 channel stereos and a sub? You have to have that to get even a glimpse of Dolby 5.1. Blu-ray's superior audio can only shine if you have multi thousand dollar 5 or seven channel stereos, and how many consumers have that? Even my doctors, with all the money they make, say that studio monitors, which is what blu ray HD audio requires, is out of their reach. Truth is Dolby 5.1 audio was good enough for the majority of us. I have a 5.1 system and believe me it sounds nearly perfect. Dumping all my gear and getting new amps and receivers and a blu ray system would be nuts. I refuse to be a studio chump and dump my good gear for some studios and electronics stores to make a mint off of me is not gonna happen.
I have to agree, this is overpriced and it is true that the packaging being cheap plastic, leaves much to be desired.
This being Star Trek, the show material is first rate and most of us here love Star Trek or we would not be considering this DVD set. This is all I can write for the moment. I will add more later...
Out Of This World!August 21, 2010 Darth Zappya(NY, NY) I am by no means a "trekkie" and have seen only a handful of original episodes in syndication over the years. I can understand the viewpoint of hardcore purists who oppose remastering, altering, or adding CG effects to these classic epiosdes. That being said, from this casual fan's perspective, all changes made to the original series for this DVD release are breathtaking and most appropriate. The color, clarity, and sound is stunning, a modern re-recording of the classic intro theme is "music to my ears", and all effects (especially shots of the Enterprise) are a sheer delight to watch. It makes Star Trek better. Sitting through old grainy footage and a soundtrack recorded on now antiquated equipment would be a torture for today's sci-fi audience. The beauty of this "special edition" (because that's what it is) is that it blends and works... unlike a lot of what George Lucas added to his Star Wars movies... these changes and updates aren't overdone and integrate seemlessly into the rest of the original scenes. I love Star Trek now and watch every episode with edge-of-my-seat fervor! This was never the case previously. I strongly recommend this DVD release and suspect that seasons 2 & 3 are equally well-done. It's an honor to the series, not the detriment closed-minded trekkies would have you believe. BEAM ME UP!!!
Rediscovering Star Trek all Over Again!August 14, 2010 Doug Curtis I grew up with the original Star Trek series in the 1970's as it became popular through syndication. I was a huge fan of the show and could name all of the episodes as well as tell you about each. Over the years, though, other interests replaced my enthusiasm for Star Trek, but now I have rediscovered the thrill of the original series through this remastered edition on DVD. The new special effects do not detract form the show at all. They are tastefully done and in a style that compliments the look and feel of the show. In my opinion they have improved the show and given the original Star Trek new life.
There have been some reviews that criticize the disks for not having labels on them. This is true, but there is a set of cards that come with each box that lists the contents of each disc, so I don't see an issue with not having a label printed on each disc itself.
Other reviews have stated concerns that the case this DVD collection comes in is flimsy. I have to let you know that I accidentally dropped the case full of it's entire contents, from a height of about 5 feet onto a carpeted surface and it wasn't damaged at all, so I think the packaging for these remastered sets is sturdier than some people may think.
I have thoroughly enjoyed this product and highly recommend it to anyone who wants to relive the magic of the original series.
Remasters v originals...settled at last for meJune 20, 2010 Disneygal 4 ever(USA) Much has been said regarding which is preferable, the "enhanced version" or the original unadulterated versions. Having waited a long time for the three season sets to come down to an affordable level I now fall solidly in the "enhanced version" camp!
STAR TREK was singularly the program that sparked my interest in SciFi which continues to this day. While f/x are only part of the appeal in today's programming...a great story being first & foremost, I was very pleased to see the excellent updates presented in the original series. I had not realized the extent to which I have come to expect superior graphics until I started watching this season 1 updated version. All that needs to be said regarding this is that Gene Roddenberry would in no way be disappointed or insulted by the enhanced versions of his still astounding creation.
If you have doubts about purchasing the remasters...don't worry...they are superb.
A+May 18, 2010 FuMeister Quick shipping, everything seems to be in order. Plastic wrapped, brand new! Nothing suspicious. There's a tiny scratch on the front, but, that's probably from the shipping or something. Thank you!
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