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Star Trek The Original Series - The Complete First Season
Actors: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, and Deforest Kelly
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Retail Price (not our price): $69.98
Release Date: 2004-08-31
Theatrical Release Date: 1966-09-08
Studio: Paramount
Run Time: 1461 minutes
Format: Array
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Discs: 8


Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):

1) Amazon.com
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

2) Description
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 KingFeaturettes: The Birth of a Timeless Legacy, Life Beyond Trek: William Shatner, To Boldly Go... Season One, Reflections on Spock, Sci-Fi Visionaries.

Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5

1) Star Trek Complete first season   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
I only ordered the first season to see if I liked it. It's great fun and many of the stories are very original thought provoking. I'm going to order the remaining two seasons today. Highly recommended.

2) Classic TV at its finest   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
The original "Star Trek". Yum. Good science fiction and good, campy fun. These episodes from the first season have the added bonus of being just a little more wobbly and unsure of themselves than the next two years, where the show's rhythm had been found. The performances are both less assured and a little more serious (the "Trek" crew dove heavily into the inside humor in the later episodes) but the entertainment value remains unparalleled after all these decades. I picked these up just to have a failsafe entertainment option on nights when regular TV falls flat... and boy, are they great! The show is even funnier and more delicious than I remembered from when I was a kid... Great stuff; highly recommended!(PS - but why are the episodes presented out of order? Seems rather odd...) (Joe Sixpack, Slipcue movie reviews)

3) I love this collection...   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
I love this series collection. The playback has been clean as well as the audio. I've been eagerly anticipating its arrival and am not disappointed.

4) Great Fun   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
I bought this for a Christmas Present for my daughter, she actually asked for it! I'm sure she will love it! Its Captain Kirk, after all!

5) Season One - High Quality   [Rating: 4 out of 5]
There are more erudite and expertise opinions in the other reviews about the detail of each of the episodes in Season One. Suffice it to say, I bought this set for my wife, a long-time trekkie, and we have all (including 2 x teenage sons, who had not seen these - being Voyager/Next Generation fans) thoroughly enjoyed the episodes. Great re-mastering (quite astonishing video quality actually considering the age of the episodes), 5.1 sound, and well put together. And at the current Amazon price, an absolute bargain. Highly recommended.