| | | 8-Disc Set Featuring 5 Retrospective Featurettes.
Features: DVD, Gift Set, Pan and Scan (TV Format), Aspect Ratio 1.33:1, Dolby Digital (5.1), Dolby Surround Sound, English Subtitled, Featurettes, 8 Discs
For the first time on DVD in a complete set, join the original crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise on their intrepid five year mission, as they boldly go where no man has gone before. Featuring classic episodes such as "Balance of Terror", "Arena", "The Devil in the Dark" and the acclaimed "The City on the Edge of Forever." Now you can experience the first season of the series that started the worldwide phenomenon as you've never seen it before...beautifully remastered in pristine condition with stunning 5.1 audio.The history of the future never looked better... This eight disc collection includes all 29 episodes from The Complete First Season of Star Trek: The Original Series!
"...works as camp when it doesn't work as drama. Sometimes, it works as both at once, as in any of the several episodes in which Shatner must act opposite himself." Keith Phipps, The Onion A.V. Club
"For any sci-fi geek out there, ownership of this set is damned near required to maintain a certan dork credibility." NeedCoffee.com
"...has shaped the very future it envisioned...[with] vital, powerful shows that resonated with the audience." Sandra Dozier, DVD Verdict
Editor's Note
Going boldly where no man had gone before, Gene Roddenberry's cult phenomenon STAR TREK debuted in 1966 and reflected that decade's optimistic preoccupation with space travel. Set in the 23rd century, the series chronicled the intergalactic adventures of the U.S.S. Enterprise on its five-year mission to explore the outer reaches of space. Encountering a now-iconic assembly of innovative alien life forms such as the Klingons, Romulans, and Tribbles, the ship's jumpsuited crew was a then unheard-of font of multiculturism: Asian Sulu (George Takei), African-American Uhura (Nichelle Nichols), and Scotsman Montgomery Scott (James Doohan). But it was the contrasting personalities of cooly logical Vulcan Mr. Spock (Leonard Nimoy), emotionally intuitive medical officer Leonard "Bones" McCoy (DeForest Kelley), and womanizing ship captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner in definitive overacting mode) that lent the series much of its charm--and spawned a rabid cult following that continues to fuel costume sales and convention bookings to this very day. This collection includes all 28 episodes of the series' debut season. Beam me up, Scotty!
| Features | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound | | Interactive Menus | | Life After Trek: William Shatner | | Original Promotional Trailers | | Photo Gallery | | Red Shirt Logs | | Reflections on Spock | | Scene Selection | | SCI-FI Visionaries | | Text Commentary By Michael Okuda & Denise Okuda | | The Birth Of A Timeless Legacy | | To Boldly Go (Season One) | | Text commentary on episodes Where No Man Has Gone Before, The Menagerie, Part I, The Menagerie, Part II and The Conscience of the King | | Full Screen Presentation | | Subtitles: English | | Audio: English Dolby Digital English 5.1, Dolby Surround | | Sci-Fi Visionaries: A look at Star Trek's famous writers, featuring interviews with Gene Coon, Harlan Ellison, George Clayton Thomas, Richard Matheson, D.C. Fontana, Gene Roddenberry, Bob Justman and John D.F. Black. | | Original Preview Trailers | | Photo Log | | Life Beyond Trek: William Shatner: Featured on each volume, this featurette follows one principal cast member around on their most current film and TV projects, charity events, conventions, trips, or hobbies. | | Reflections on Spock: Leonard Nimoy discusses his character in depth, and explains why he chose to write two different books on the subject: "I Am Not Spock" and "I Am Spock." | | To Boldly Go : Includes discussion of "The Naked Time, "The City on the Edge of Forever, "The Devil in the Dark and "The Squire of Gothos by cast and production crew members. | | Disc 7: "The Devil in the Dark," "Errand of Mercy," "The Alternative Factor," "The City on the Edge of Forever" | | Disc 8: "Operation: Annihilation" | | The Birth of a Timeless Legacy: The definitive telling of how it all began: from the first pilot, "The Cage, to reshooting the pilot with William Shatner, to the many challenges leading up to its premiere on NBC in 1966. | | Disc 4: "The Conscience of the King," "Balance of Terror," "Shore Leave," "The Galileo Seven" | | Disc 5: "The Squire of Gothos," "Arena," "Tomorrow is Yesterday," "Court Martial" | | Disc 6: "The Return of the Archons," "Space Seed," "A Taste of Armageddon," "This Side of Paradise" | | Disc 1: "The Man Trap," "Charlie X," "Where No Man Has Gone Before," "The Naked Time" | | Disc 2: "The Enemy Within," "Mudd's Women," "What Are Little Girls Made Of?" "Miri" | | Disc 3: "Dagger of the Mind," "The Corbomite Maneuver," "The Menagerie, Part I," "The Menagerie, Part II" |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Paramount |
| Release Date: 8/22/2006 |
| Running Time: 1461 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1966-1967 | | Catalog ID: 050924 | | UPC: 00097360509243 | | Number of Discs: 8 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Standard 1.33:1 [4:3] |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Nominee (1967) | | | Emmy, Leonard Nimoy, Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series | | | Emmy, Gene Roddenberry, Gene L. Coon, Outstanding Dramatic Series |
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| | Professional Reviews | Entertainment Weekly
"STAR TREK was television that, indeed, boldly went where no one had gone before." 11/26/2004 p.78The DVD Report 9 of 10
Nominated for four Emmys, including Outstanding Dramatic Series two times in its short three-year stint, Star Trek is a true legend of television history. The brainchild of former L.A. policeman Gene Roddenberry, the show premiered in Fall 1966 only to be cancelled after three seasons due to lackluster ratings. But it may well have been NBC's network executives who were the cause of the low ratings as they allotted a less than desirable time slot for the show. When Star Trek moved into syndication, its reruns captured the science-fiction imagination of an entirely new audience, catapulting the Star Trek franchise to new heights. Its newfound popularity would, in the decades to come, spawn novels, comic books, six full-length feature films, and reams of merchandise as fans clamored for anything Star Trek-related. Beginning in the 1980's, spin-offs of the show began to appear such as Star Trek: The Animated Series, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, and Star Trek: Enterprise... - Britt Gillette
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