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The
Original Series Volume One
Episode 2:
Where No Man Has Gone Before
& Episode 3:
The Corbomite Maneuver |
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1966
Directors: James Goldstone & Murray Golden |
DVD, Color, Closed-captioned, Dolby
Not Rated
Paramount Studio
ASIN: 6305513406 |
$19.99
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DVD Features:
TV spot(s)
Volume
1 Contains 2 Episodes:
Episode
#2 Where No Man Has Gone Before (Airdate: September 22, 1966) &
Episode
#3 The Corbomite Maneuver (Airdate: November 10, 1966)
Digitally
Enhanced and Remastered
Special
Added Bonus: Original Broadcast Preview Trailers
Amazon.com
This first DVD volume of
episodes from the original Star Trek begins with a show that saved the
series even before it launched. "Where No Man Has Gone Before" was actually
the second Trek pilot produced by Gene Roddenberry after NBC rejected "The
Cage" (now a subject of cult fascination). A retooled cast now included
William Shatner as Captain James R. Kirk (the middle initial T came later),
Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock, George Takei as Ensign Sulu, and James Doohan
as Chief Engineer Montgomery Scott. (DeForest Kelley, Nichelle Nichols,
and Walter Koenig signed on in subsequent episodes.) A lot of thought went
into scriptwriter Samuel L. Peeples's story about a crewman named Gary
Mitchell (Gary Lockwood) who has a close relationship with Kirk and some
natural ESP abilities. When the Enterprise approaches an energy barrier
at the edge of the galaxy, Mitchell metamorphoses into a godlike being
with silver eyes, awesome psychic abilities, and a rapidly developing ego.
As Mitchell becomes an increasing threat to the ship, Kirk is faced with
making a terrible choice to save his crew.
The episode locked in the
very character and themes of Star Trek: science fiction stories told in
mortal terms, the conflict between relationships and duty, and a strong
emphasis on exploring personalities. Lockwood's disciplined, modulated
performance was a big plus. (He went on, of course, to play astronaut Frank
Poole in 2001: A Space Odyssey).
The second show in this volume
was the tenth to air, "The Corbomite Maneuver." While exploring an uncharted
region of the galaxy, the Enterprise encounters a cube-shaped alien probe
(a predecessor of Borg vessels?) that Kirk promptly destroys. That action
brings the wrath of a spaceship called the Fesarius, which locks the Enterprise
in a tractor beam from which it can't escape. The show is perhaps best
known for something of a surprise ending when the "captain" of the Fesarius
(played by Clint Howard, brother of Ron and child star of TV's Gentle Ben)
is revealed. Directed by Joseph Sargent (Colossus--The Forbin Project).
--Tom Keogh
Description
"Where No Man Has Gone Before"
(Ep.2): An energy barrier heightens the psionic abilities of two crew members.
"The Corbomite Maneuver" (Ep.3): Krik bluffs an alien ship to prevent the
Enterprise from being destroyed. |
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The
Motion Picture
The
Director's Edition |
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1979
Director: Robert Wise |
DVD, Color, Widescreen, Dolby
Rated: G
Paramount Home Video
Number of discs: 2
ASIN: B00005JKHP |
$29.99
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Amazon.com
Back when the first Star
Trek feature was released in December 1979, the Trek franchise was still
relatively modest, consisting of the original TV series, an animated cartoon
series from 1973-74, and a burgeoning fan network around the world. Series
creator Gene Roddenberry had conceived a second TV series, but after the
success of Star Wars the project was upgraded into this lavish feature
film, which reunited the original series cast aboard a beautifully redesigned
starship U.S.S. Enterprise. Under the direction of Robert Wise (best known
for West Side Story), the film proved to be a mixed blessing for Trek fans,
who heatedly debated its merits; but it was, of course, a phenomenal hit.
Capt. Kirk (William Shatner) leads his crew into the vast structures surrounding
V'Ger, an all-powerful being that is cutting a destructive course through
Starfleet space. With his new First Officer (Stephen Collins), the bald
and beautiful Lieutenant Ilia (played by the late Persis Khambatta) and
his returning veteran crew, Kirk must decipher the secret of V'Ger's true
purpose and restore the safety of the galaxy. The story is rather overblown
and derivative of plots from the original series, and avid Trekkies greeted
the film's bland costumes with derisive laughter. But as a feast for the
eyes, this is an adventure worthy of big-screen trekkin'. Douglas Trumbull's
visual effects are astonishing, and Jerry Goldmith's score is regarded
as one of the prolific composer's very best (with its main theme later
used for Star Trek: The Next Generation). And, fortunately for Star Trek
fans, the expanded 143-minute version (originally shown for the film's
network TV premiere) is generally considered an improvement over the original
theatrical release.
--Jeff Shannon
Cast List
William Shatner ... Adm./Capt. James T. Kirk
Leonard Nimoy ... Commander Spock
DeForest Kelley ... Dr. L:eonard 'Bones' McCoy
James Doohan ... Cmdr. Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott
George Takei ... Lt. Cmdr. Hikaru Sulu
Walter Koenig ... Lt. Pavel Chekov
Nichelle Nichols ... Lt. Cmdr. Uhura
Majel Barrett ... Dr. Christine Chapel
Persis Khambatta ... Lt. Ilia/V'Ger Probe
Stephen Collins ... Capt./Cmdr. Willard Decker
Grace Lee Whitney ... CPO Janice Rand
Mark Lenard ... Klingon Captain
DVD Features:
Commentary by director Robert
Wise, special photographic effects director Douglas Trumbull, special photographic
effects supervisor John Dykstra, music composer Jerry Goldsmith, and actor
Stephen Collins. |
Disc 1:
The newly restored, director's
edition of the feature film
Text commentary by Michael
Okuda, co-author of the Star Trek Encyclopedia
Disc 2:
3 retrospective documentaries
with cast and crew interviews
3 trailers
8 television commercials
11 deleted scenes
5 additional scenes
Storyboard archives
New Star Trek series Enterprise
promo spot
Widescreen anamorphic format
Other Formats: VHS widescreen,
Theatrical |
Additional features
More than simply a "director's
cut," this new edition features enhanced, and in some cases completely
redone, special effects as well as (for a change of pace) cuts to tighten
the dawdling story. It may not fly with purists, but director Robert Wise
makes his case in the documentary featurette "Redirecting the Future,"
which details the changes with scene-by-scene comparisons, and on the commentary
track, which he shares with special-effects legends Douglas Trumbull and
John Dykstra (revisiting work they created over 20 years ago), actor Stephen
Collins, and composer Jerry Goldsmith. Elder statesman Wise speaks in a
slow and ponderous manner, but he gets his point across. Further documentaries
tackle the project's leap from TV pilot to blockbuster feature and the
making of the film itself, and a supplemental gallery gathers the original
scenes cut or condensed from the theatrical version and all 11 scenes from
the 1983 TV version.
--Sean Axmaker |
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The
Wrath of Khan
Director's
Edition |
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1982
Director: Nicholas Meyer |
DVD, Color, Closed-captioned, Dolby
Rated:
Paramount Home Video
Number of discs: 2
ASIN: B0000683DH |
$29.99
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Amazon.com essential
video
Although Star Trek: The
Motion Picture had been a box-office hit, it was by no means a unanimous
success with Star Trek fans, who responded much more favorably to the "classic
Trek" scenario of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. Inspired by the "Space
Seed" episode of the original TV series, the film reunites newly promoted
Admiral Kirk with his nemesis from the earlier episode--the genetically
superior Khan (Ricardo Montalban)-- who is now seeking revenge upon Kirk
for having been imprisoned on a desolated planet. Their battle ensues over
control of the Genesis device, a top-secret Starfleet project enabling
entire planets to be transformed into life-supporting worlds, pioneered
by the mother (Bibi Besch) of Kirk's estranged and now-adult son. While
Mr. Spock mentors the young Vulcan Lt. Saavik (then-newcomer Kirstie Alley),
Kirk must battle Khan to the bitter end, through a climactic starship chase
and an unexpected crisis that will cost the life of Kirk's closest friend.
This was the kind of character-based Trek that fans were waiting for, boosted
by spectacular special effects, a great villain (thanks to Montalban's
splendidly melodramatic performance), and a deft combination of humor,
excitement, and wondrous imagination. Director Nicholas Meyer (who would
play a substantial role in the success of future Trek features) handles
the film as a combination of Moby Dick, Shakespearean tragedy, World War
II submarine thriller, and dazzling science fiction, setting the successful
tone for the Trek films that followed.
--Jeff Shannon
| Starring: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, See more
DVD Features:
Commentary by director Nicholas Meyer
Theatrical trailer(s) |
Disc 1:
Extended 116-minute director's
edition of the film
Text commentary by Michael
Okuda (co-author of The Star Trek Encyclopedia)
Disc 2:
The Captain's Log (new,
exclusive cast & crew interviews with Nicholas Meyer, William Shatner,
Leonard Nimoy,
Ricardo Montalban, and Harve
Bennett)
"Designing Khan" featurette
(comparisons of Star Trek I and Star Trek II)
"The Visual Effects of Star
Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" (featuring interviews with Meyer and ILM visual
effects
designers)
Original interviews with
DeForest Kelley, William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, and Ricardo Montalban
"The Star Trek Universe:
A Novel Approach" by authors Julia Ecklar and Greg Cox (includes interviews
with the authors of "A Test of Character: The Kobayashi Maru Scenario"
and "The Eugenics Wars: A History of Khan Noonien Singh")
Storyboard archives
Widescreen anamorphic format |
DVD features
On the DVD commentary track,
Nicholas Meyer discusses his directing philosophy, how he scrimped to stay
under budget (Wrath of Khan was the cheapest Star Trek film), and his nautical
approach to Trek, but he doesn't dissect all the various bits of footage
(only a few minutes total, with the most substantial change explaining
Midshipman 1st Class Peter Preston's connection to Commander Scott) that
went into the director's cut DVD. For those kinds of technical details
and trivia, switch on the subtitled commentary track by Michael Okuda (who
cowrote The Star Trek Encyclopedia and did the same honors on the Star
Trek: The Motion Picture DVD). Disc 2 offers substantial featurettes on
how the story developed and how the costumes, ships, and sets were designed,
highlighted by new interviews of Meyer, producer-writer Harve Bennett,
William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, and Ricardo Montalban. There are also 8
minutes of 1982 interviews, 13 storyboard archives, and a feature that
might seem like a 27-minute commercial for Star Trek books, but is actually
an interesting and lighthearted look at how novelists create the back story
for such topics as the Kobayashi Maru test and the Eugenics Wars, which
feature prominently in Khan.
--David
Horiuchi
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Generations |
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1994
Director: David Carson |
DVD, Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby
Rated: PG
Paramount Studio
ASIN: 6305181721 |
$29.99
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DVD Features:
Widescreen letterbox format
Other Formats: VHS, VHS widescreen, VHS subtitled in Spanish |
| There were only
two ways for "classic Trek" cast members to appear in a movie with the
cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation: either Capt. Kirk and his contemporaries
would have to be very, very old, or there would be some time travel involved
in the plot. Since geriatric heroes aren't very exciting (despite a welcomed
cameo appearance by the aged Dr. McCoy), Star Trek: Generations unites
Capt. Kirk (William Shatner) and Capt. Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart)
in a time-jumping race to stop a madman's quest for heavenly contentment.
When a mysterious energy coil called the Nexus nearly destroys the newly
christened U.S.S. Enterprise-B, the just-retired Capt. Kirk is lost and
presumed dead. But he's actually been happily trapped in the timeless purgatory
of the Nexus--an idyllic state of being described by the mystical Guinan
(Whoopi Goldberg) as "pure joy." Picard must convince Kirk to leave this
artificial comfort zone and confront Dr. Soran (Malcolm McDowell), the
madman who will threaten billions of lives to be reunited with the addictive
pleasure of the Nexus. With subplots involving the android Data's unpredictable
"emotion chip" and the spectacular crash-landing of the starship Enterprise,
this crossover movie not only satisfied Trek fans, but it also gave them
something they'd never had to confront before: the heroic and truly final
death of a beloved Star Trek character. Passing the torch to the Next Generation
with dignity and entertaining adventure, the movie isn't going to please
everyone with its somewhat hokey plot, but it still ranks as a worthy big-screen
launch for Picard and his stalwart crew.
--Jeff Shannon
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The
Captains
2003
Calendar |
$12.99
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Calendar
Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN: 0740725998 |
| For the very
first time, all of the captains from every Star Trek series will be featured
in one calendar. Kirk, Picard, Sisko, Janeway, and Archer are included.
This calendar has all the adventures Star Trek fans love. |
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Ships
of the Line
2003
Calendar |
by Adam Lebowitz & Robert Bonchune
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$12.99
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Calendar
Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN: 0740726021 |
| This calendar
features breathtaking, dazzling images of renowned Star Trek ships from
all five series, including the newest starship, Enterprise NX-01. These
images are set among awe-inspiring panoramas of planetary landscapes and
outer space, each capturing a mood of its own, whether it portrays a ship
storming through the fog of San Francisco or floating above the silver
clouds of a distant world. This was a best-selling calendar in 2000 and
2001 and is one that any Star Trek or space odyssey fan will love. |
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Original
TV Soundtracks
The
Best Of Star Trek
30th Anniversary Special! |
$17.98
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Enhanced Audio CD
Number of Discs: 1
Gnp Crescendo
ASIN: B000001P20 |
1. Star Trek [Original Series
Main Title]
2. Suite from the
Trouble With Tribbles: Bartender Bit/They Quibble Over
3. Suite from the
Trouble With Tribbles: Muzak Maker, the/Scherzo Maker
4. Suite from the
Trouble With Tribbles: Matter of Pride, A/No Tribble a
5. Star Trek: The
Next Generation (Main Title)
6. Suite from Heart
of Glory: Moment of Decesion/Battle Signs/Geordi Vis
7. Suite from Heart
of Glory: A Klingon's Feelings/Let's Make a Phaser/H
8. Orchestral Suite
from the Inner Light
9. Star Trek: Deep
Space Nine (Main Title, Season IV)
10. Suite from the Visitor:
Rainy Night |
11. Suite from the Visitor:
Steve O's Cue/Freaked Out
12. Suite from the Visitor:
Dad Admonishes
13. Suite from the Visitor:
One Last Visit
14. Second Chance
15. Start Trek: Voyager
Main Title-Extended Version
16. Suite from Heroes and
Demons: Last Hope
17. Suite from the Visitor:
Dr. Scweitzer
18. Suite from the Visitor:
Armagonnen
19. Suite from the Visitor:
Where's Freya/To the Rescue |
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Originally released in 1996,
to celebrate STAR TREK's 30th anniversary, this CD features music from
the first four television series Each of the sections begins with the theme
for each series. Here's how the CD breaks down:
TOS-Features a suite from
the classic second season episode, "The Trouble With Tribbles" The music
shows off the more whimsical side of a Trek score. This section includes
many of the more familiar cues heard in the episode. My personal favorite
cue is "bar fight."
TNG-Composer Ron Jones was
given the chance to create music for the first "Klingon" show in the series.
The score to "Heart Of Glory" pays homage to Jerry Goldsmith's music for
the Klingons, (first heard in STAR TREK-THE MOTION PICTURE) but, somehow
manages to steer clear of being too similar--not an easy task...Composer
Jay Chattaway's music for the fifth season's "The Inner Light" remains
the most hauntingly beautiful score for any TNG show. The suite heard on
the CD is an orchestral version of the theme, and not taken from the actual
episode The music from that will always be with me...
DS9 and VOYAGER-Composer
Dennis McCarthy's music for the DS9 show "The Visitor" also tugs at you
a bit and is some of his best work for any TREK series that he has been
involved with. In contrast his work on VOYAGER's "Heroes And Demons" is
kind of over done and is the weakest part of the CD Too much fanfare and
it sounds very non-discript for my tastes.
The CD includes some enhanced
features for your PC or MAC It has 19 tracks and a running time of 63 minutes
and 51 seconds. |
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