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List Price: $69.98 | | Label: CBS Paramount International Television
Salesrank: 19480
Released: August 31, 2004 |
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Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
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.
Description of Star Trek The Original Series - The Complete First Season:
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
Star Trek The Original Series - The Complete First Season Reviews:
Could be better, could have been worse 
2009-09-09 - GOOD:
Nice picture, complete episodes
Good interviews
Thank GOD no dual discs full of errors like Universal uses
BAD:
Cheap cardboard sleeve and shell that breaks after dropped once
Have to fast forward thru credits on every episode
Bridge annimation at beginning is cute the first two time, after that it is REALLY ANNOYING!!!!!
Where's the pilot episode
How about including the blooper reel?
He Loved It!!!! 
2009-09-09 - I was not sure about getting this for my daughter to give to her Dad for Father's Day because I have never ordered anything like this online before.
I was not sure if it would be in good shape or not, and if it would even work!
I was very pleased, and so were they! It works and it was in great shape!!!
It was like buying it from a store!
Thank you!!!
Very good
2009-07-06 - Good quality on the shows (the trailers are not very good) the extras are too few. These are the originals not remastered which I liked
Excellent Purchase
2009-07-05 - The item was shipped and received promptly, and in the condition as stated by the seller. I would definitely buy from this seller again. Thanks!
Star Trek Memories
2008-11-02 - Watched the 1st DVD - was amazed by the picture quality and sound - well done!!!!!
