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List Price: $69.98 | | Label: Paramount Home Video
Salesrank: 15286
Released: May 3, 2005 |
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MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Set in the 22nd century, a hundred years before James T. Kirk helmed the famous starship of the same name, ENTERPRISE takes place in an era when interstellar travel is still in its infancy. Captain Jonathan Archer (Scott Bakula) has assembled a crew of brave explorers to chart the galaxy on a revolutionary spacecraft: Enterprise NX-01. As the first human beings to venture into deep space, these pioneers will experience the wonder and mystery of the final frontier as they seek out new life and new civilizations.
Description of Star Trek Enterprise - The Complete First Season:
Under intense scrutiny, the debut season of Enterprise earned a passing grade from critics and Star Trek fans alike. Voyager ended its seven-season run just four months earlier, and fans were skeptical when Enterprise premiered (on Sept. 26, 2001, on UPN) with a theme song ("Where My Heart Will Take Me," composed by Diane Warren and performed by Russell Watson) that defied Trek's revered theme-music tradition. This and other early reservations were dispelled when "Broken Bow" got the series off to a satisfying start, beginning in the year 2151 and establishing a pre-Federation focus on humanity's delicate relationship with the Vulcans, the controversial launch of the NX-01 Enterprise on an exploratory mission, and the potentially devastating consequences of the mysterious Temporal Cold War involving a time-traveling splinter group of the Suliban, a nomadic alien race. While establishing a testy relationship between Enterprise Capt. Jonathan Archer (Scott Bakula) and his smart-and-sexy Vulcan Sub-Commander, T'Pol (Jolene Blalock, in a short-banged wig and form-fitting "catsuit" that were later redesigned), the series introduced engineer "Trip" Tucker (Connor Trineer), whose surprise development in "Unexpected" made him a fan favorite; communications officer Hoshi Sato (Linda Park); helmsman Travis Mayweather (Anthony Montgomery); weapons expert Lt. Malcolm Reed (Dominic Keating), and chief surgeon Dr. Phlox (John Billingsley), a well-mannered Denobulan recruit from Earth's Interspecies Medical Exchange. As a "prequel' series that predates the original Star Trek by 150 years, Enterprise built upon established Trek lore with episodes involving Vulcans ("Breaking the Ice"), Klingons ("Sleeping Dogs"), the blue-skinned Andorians ("The Andorian Incident," "Shadows of P'Jem"), and the Ferengi ("Acquisition") while offering stand-alone episodes (notably "Dear Doctor," "Fortunate Son," and "Shuttlepod One") that further acquainted fans with the Enterprise regulars. Early Trek technology is also introduced (including "phase pistols" and the rarely used, still-risky transporter), and the series drew strength from what many felt would be its primary weakness: unwritten history and the initial indecisiveness of Archer's bold foray into the unknown. Ending with a dazzling "Shock Wave" cliffhanger that leaves Archer stranded in a decimated Temporal Cold War future, Enterprise set a strong foundation for the events of season 2.
The bonus features included on the Enterprise: Season One DVDs are almost worth the price of the set, if only to see nearly nine minutes of hilarious outtakes, maintaining a beloved tradition of Star Trek bloopers. The sight (and sound) of Jolene Blalock laughing out of character is pure gold, and it shouldn't surprise anyone that Blalock is just as smart as she is sexy, as proven by her astute observations (along with the rest of the Enterprise cast) in the "Cast Impressions" featurette. It's the usual complimentary fluff included with all Trek sets, but it's obviously sincere, confirming fans' conviction that Enterprise should have lasted beyond four seasons with this close-knit ensemble. Series creators Brannon Braga and Rick Berman deliver a typically dry commentary on "Broken Bow," setting the record straight on debate over the show's "not retro enough" production design (as Braga notes, "you can never please everyone") while defining their concept of "The Right Stuff of Star Trek." As always, Mike Okuda's text commentaries offer a wealth of Trek trivia and detail from Trek's historical canon.
Fans will love the "Enterprise Secrets" revealing low-tech solutions to lighting the warp core and dispensing "replicator" beverages, along with an entertaining profile of Vaughan "Admiral Forrest" Armstrong, who holds the record for Trek guest appearances. The other featurettes are perfunctory, but "Creating Enterprise" provides valuable first-season perspective, and the "Time Travel" feature offers a handy reference for the many time-travel episodes from every Trek series. As usual, Easter eggs (three of them, titled "NX-01 Files") are hidden on the special-features menu, offering short interview clips culled from the primary featurettes. The deleted scenes demonstrate how non-essential material can be sacrificed, and because they don't include post-production sound or visual effects, fans can see and hear the actual soundstage atmosphere of Enterprise's principal photography. --Jeff Shannon
Star Trek Enterprise - The Complete First Season Reviews:
Good season of a slightly different kind of "Trek" series 
2009-09-08 - Combining a grittier, more dangerous period of space exploration with the usual "Trek" optimism, the first season of "Enterprise" delivers an entertaining array of often-ambitious stories, likable characters, and generous special effects. On that last point, the show doesn't cheap out when characters have to take a shuttle down to a planet (which happens almost every episode in the show's "transporters only used as a last resort" era) and we get to see many nicely done sequences of the crew heading to and returning from their planetside adventures. A small point to be sure, but the detail was appreciated.
More importantly, the main crew members and their interactions are entertaining and fun, again mixing unpredictability (even Vulcan science officer T'Pol often acts in ways one wouldn't expect, based on our previous experience of the stoic Vulcan race) with the expected loyalty and cameraderie we're used to seeing among previous "Trek" crewmen. Also adding to the unpredictable nature of the show is the fact that the famed "Prime Directive" doesn't yet exist, so solutions to delicate problems are quite varied and freewheeling.
Season one of "Enterprise" looks and sounds great on standard DVD and there are a variety of interesting extra features, along with some commentaries. Be warned, though: A pretty good cliffhanger, capping a solid closing episode, will likely have you ordering season two as soon as you complete this set.
Star Trek Enterprise season 1 review 
2009-08-03 - Item got to me in the promised condition and speedy delivery.
Star Trek Enterprise is an awesome show
Star Trek Enterprise
2009-06-12 - I love the Enterprise series. Just sad I had to wait till the DVDs want on sale to buy one. Yes I still plan to buy the other seasons. I have watched each disc 2 or 3 times since it arrived at my house!! I LOVE THE THEME SONG!!
Enterprise First Season
2009-05-29 - To my disappointment as a fan of Star Trek since the 60's television series and as a 30 years plus expat the Enterprise series was not picked up by overseas and international television broadcasters I could view as were the original series, STNG, Voyager and Deep Space Nine (being re-run, re-run and re-run). So I was very happy when I stumbled on a set of the second season of Enterprise in a local DVD outlet. Although I am old and jaded I enjoyed the set so turned to Amazon to order more. I thought I would start with the first season and am glad I did. The first season lacks the sophistication of the second season but episodes like "Acquisition" have been enjoyable watches nevertheless. My only disappointment is not with this series but with the outrageous price increase in the product since April when I ordered the first season. Prices have been hiked from US$37.49 for each season to US$56.99 for the 3rd season and US$44.99. Ouch! Why? Gouge? Not a smart marketing strategy to increase prices over 50% in a shrinking global economy.
surprised by enterprise!
2009-05-26 - I have previously purchased star trek voyager and deep space nine so I basically thought i knew what to expect with Enterprise. I was happily wrong! This one, from it's outer casing and cd guide providing brief descriptions of every episode along with pics from scenes to the actual episodes themselves is without a doubt, fantastic! Love the wide screen view and especially the text commentaries on some of the episodes. Really gives trekkies an insider view into one of our favorite shows!
