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The stong point of the Original Star Trek series from the Sixties was the stories. While Season Three is the weakest of the three, it still features some great episodes. Jerome Bixby's script for "Requiem For Methusala" could be a sequel (pequel?) to his movie "Jerome Bixby's Man From Earth". The greatest thing about this Blue Ray set are the new special effects. They truly enhance the stories (but if you get nostalgic, you can still view the original effects on these same discs). The improvements are never more evident than in "The Enterprise Incident". When making the original series, they couldn't find the Romulan ship model, and had to substitute Klingon ships, adjusting the script to explain this. In the remake, a Romulan ship is now included with the two Klingons. The story is intact, and now makes even more sense. If you've ever enjoyed Star Trek, then this is a whole new way to discover it again.Read full review
The Original Series was made with 1960's technology, and it worked well enough to be influential, even iconic, for over 40 years. Why mess with it? Yes, Michael and Denise Okuda, and the FX techs who spoke in the commentaries, respected the original, but the entire effort seems to indicate either their own hubris that they could somehow "improve" it, or their doubt that younger viewers can adjust from 21st century CGI to appreciate Star Trek as it is. I watched the whole 3rd season with the new digital effects, and thankfully, they didn't ruin the experience of the drama. But they did nothing to improve that experience, either. Most of the time, replacing matte paintings of planets with CGI renderings was unobtrusive, and even unnoticed. But some things were joltingly out of place. In the Season One set, for example, the replacement of the mechanical flip-leaf chronometer on Sulu's console with an obvious digital "display" simply shocked me into realizing that they had tampered with the original. I found myself watching the disc, instead of being in the moment of the story. BTW - in the 1960's, the original hardware used in production was actually called a digital clock (as opposed to a round analog clock face). Again, a plank-owner might or might not experience this disturbance, and the new Trek fans probably wouldn't even notice the anachronism. But it's there, and it's disappointing. To me, the biggest flaw is the digital ENTERPRISE. It is incomplete, like a bodysnatcher pod that hasn't finished replicating. The ship's curves are too smooth. Hull markings are faint, or not even reproduced. The rear of the engine nacelles aren't matched correctly, sometimes putting the gray hemispheres there, sometimes not. This ENTERPRISE is like those stress relief squeeze toys that come in the shape of animals or other objects; you just know if you touch it, it will be soft and squishy, not something that is space-worthy. As I struggled to find words to explain this degradation of the image, I settled on comparing current TV ads of the Old Navy mannequins and the Pillsbury Dough Boy. You know the mannequins are real; Like the original ST scenes, they are photographs of models that actually, physically, exist. The Dough Boy and the digital ENTERPRISE are cartoons. After thinking of the Dough Boy comparison, I considered the Michelin Man, but that isn't right; the Michelin Man has more detail than the digital ENTERPRISE. I'm sure for people under 40, who never lived in the 1960's and don't have the memory of how Trek fit into that period in history, the digital changes won't be as jolting as they are to someone who actually lived the Star Trek experience. Many folks in their 50's and older may like this re-creation of Star Trek, too. I prefer Gene Roddenberry's original. It highlights how they were able to use existing technology and ingenuity to create the feel of space travel - and on a modest budget. Not the huge amount of money that CBS threw at this project. To me, this "upgrade" is, as Spock might say, a fascinating exercise in modern CGI. But when I want to watch Star Trek with these blu-ray discs, I'll always choose the original versions. No room to say more. :c(Read full review
a very good price on the original series.you can watch the eplsodes re-mastered with either the original special effects or with the c.g.i.new effects.x-tra features are plentiful and informative.a must have for anyone who watched the series originally on NBC.
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Awesome set.
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There is something very good about star trek original series. An amazing luminosity.
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