STAR TREK – THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON features the adventures of the U.S.S. Enterprise under the command of Capt. James Kirk (Shatner) and his first officer, Lt. Cmdr Spock (Nimoy) during the 23rd century. They are on a mission in outer space to explore new worlds, where the Enterprise encounters Klingons, Romulans, time paradoxes, tribbles and genetic supermen. All 29 first-run episodes on eight discs: The Man Trap, Charlie X, Where No Man Has Gone Before, The Naked Time, The Enemy Within, Mudd’s Women, What Are Little Girls Made Of? Miri, Dagger of the Mind, The Corbomite Maneuver, The Menagerie Part I, The Menagerie Part II, The Conscience of the King, Balance of Terror, Shore Leave, The Galileo Seven, The Squire of Gothos, Arena, Tomorrow is Yesterday, Court Martial, The Return of the Archons, Space Seed, A Taste of Armageddon, This Side of Paradise, The Devil in the Dark, Errand of Mercy, The Alternative Factor, The City on the Edge of Forever, Operation: Annihilate!
Text commentary by Michael Okuda and Denise Okuda on Where No Man Has Gone Before, The Menagerie Part I, The Menagerie Part II, The Conscience of the King
Featurettes: The Birth of a Timeless Legacy, Life Beyond Trek: William Shatner, To Boldly Go… Season One, Reflections on Spock, Sci-Fi Visionaries.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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March 22, 2010
#1
Whats going on here!$80.00 dollars,for what?I have all three seasons,yes even Season Three,on DVD.I bought the episodes I liked when there were only two on one disk for $20 a pop!Love Star Trek,old school,but not that much!
March 23, 2010
#2
I realize that this is seven disc’s…But…Blue Ray is WAY WAY WAY Over Priced. I have this on the original release and it was over priced. Is the difference in Blue Ray and original worth it?…In my opinion HELL NO. This is simply a gimmick to steal your $ I rated 1 star for the price…Not the content.
March 23, 2010
#3
WHO’S THE MORON’S? YOU FOLKS OUT THERE ARE ARE LIKE SHEEP TO THE BUTCHER! YES STAR TREK WAS AND IS A GREAT CLASSIC, YES THE PRICE IS OK, BUT WHEN YOU ALL REALIZE THAT THIS FORMAT WILL COME AND GO LIKE ALL THE REST AFTER THEY HAVE SOLD AND MADE MILLIONS OF THE “BLU RAY” SYSTEMS AND THEIR SALES ARE LAGGING THEY WILL RELEASE YET ANOTHER MEDIA TYPE THAT THEY HAVE HAD IN STORAGE UNTIL THE TIME WHEN THEY NEED A MONEY BOOSTER!
March 23, 2010
#4
I am a devout Trekker, I came of age during the time that the original series aired. I found it childish and I had no interest in watching it. However, Gene Roddenberry’s vision inspired me, I had the feeling that better things were on the way. I was right, the Next Generation series was proof that his vision was alive. Further proof was provided by Deep Space Nine and Voyager.
The fetus, the original series, was simply an absurd “William Shatner Show”, the acting was ludicrous and Shatner’s overweight and over acting destroyed the essence Roddenberry intended.
The Star Trek legend was born when Patrick Stewart and company came on TV in 1987. Before TNG, Star Trek was childs play and nothing more. No exploration of characters was possible with Shatner’s vanity, he ruined the original series. Majel Roddenberry said that and I agree with her.
March 23, 2010
#5
I tried these discs in two different Blu ray players and they would not play in either one. I was disappointed.