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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Binding: DVD
Brand: SHATNER,WILLIAM
EAN: 0097360509441
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Label: CBS Paramount International Television
Manufacturer: CBS Paramount International Television
Number Of Items: 7
Publisher: CBS Paramount International Television
Region Code: 1
Release Date: December 14, 2004
Running Time: 1349 minutes
Sales Rank: 3442
Studio: CBS Paramount International Television
Theatrical Release Date: September 08, 1966
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Product Description:
Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the Enterprise travel through space in order to defend the United Federation of Planets and explore new worlds.
Genre: Television
Rating: NR
Release Date: 8-AUG-2006
Media Type: DVD
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Saved from the brink of cancellation by its loyal fanbase, Star Trek's third and final season rewarded them with a number of memorable episodes. Tight budgets and slipping creative control, however, made it the series' most uneven season, though it did have some of the coolest episode titles ('For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky,' 'Is There in Truth No Beauty,' 'Let That Be Your Last Battlefield'). Some of the best moments involved a gunfight at the OK Corral ('Spectre of the Gun'), a knock-down drag-out sword battle with the Klingons aboard the Enterprise ('Day of the Dove'), the ship getting caught in an ever-tightening spacial net ('The Tholian Web'), TV's first interracial kiss ('Plato's Stepchildren,' and it should be easy to guess who participated), Sulu taking command ('The Savage Curtain'), and Kirk's switching bodies with an ex-love interest ('Turnabout Intruder').
Also appearing in the set as a coda are two versions of the series pilot, 'The Cage,' a restored color version and the original, never-aired version that alternates between color and black and white. Starring Jeffery Hunter as Captain Pike, Leonard Nimoy as a relatively emotional Spock, and Majel Barrett (the future Nurse Chapel and Mrs. Gene Roddenberry) as a frosty Number One, this pilot was rejected, but a second was commissioned, 'Where No Man Has Gone Before,' now considered the 'official' beginning of the series. But 'The Cage' is very recognizably Star Trek with its far-out concepts (telepathic aliens collecting species samples), sexy humanoid women, character development, and of course cheesy costumes and special effects. Footage was later reused in the season 1 two-parter, 'The Menagerie.'
The best of the 63 minutes of bonus material focuses on three of the actors: Walter Koenig, George Takei, and James Doohan. Koenig discusses how he was cast and shows off his various collections, one consisting of Chekov figurines. Takei speaks movingly about the Japanese American internment and, in what is probably his last Star Trek appearance, Doohan, slowed by Alzheimer's but still with a twinkle in his eye, recalls his voiceover roles and his favorite episodes. The Easter eggs are amusingly called 'Red Shirt Files' in tribute to those poor saps who everyone knew were only in the landing party so they could die. --David Horiuchi
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Rating:  - Spectre of the Gun - Surreal, Brilliant
I was channel surfing one night and inadvertently stumbled upon an episode of the old Star Trek. The colorful sets caught my eye so I put the remote down. I had already missed the first 25 minutes of the hour episode but watching the remainder of "Spectre of the Gun" was, for me, a mind blowing experience. I don't remember seeing this episode when I was 10 years old (season three, 1968...right?) but to see it now at age 50 was an unexpected treat.
After taping the last 35 minutes of the episode and watching it over and over, I noticed that the sets looked bare. But, the content was far from lacking. The colors they used made me feel as if I were looking at a moving surrealist painting. I loved it! The character actors were fantastic, true craftsmen and women. The bar tender, the sheriff, the woman who fell in love with Chekov, Doc Holiday, the fourth evil sheriff, and those irresistable pair of actors who played the Erps, all played their roles so well I can't get enough.
And the concept of having the crew thrown into the role of the Clanton gang is so far out I can't help but love it. What fun they must have had! The dialogue was brilliant. The producers had a limited budget (I had no idea that the budget for season three was slashed until I began reading the reviews here), but not only did they side step this potentially disastrous problem, they pulled it off with artistic flare! By making this western town a product of alien imagination, the writers were able to make ... Read More
Rating: - Old Trekkie
I'm an Old Trekkie and I don't know what to do...should I hang on to the old or should I grab on to the new???
The product is great...digital quality is excellent. I'm able to see the original Star Trek series with today's technology. Order yours now.
Rating: - If you love Star Trek, the DVD series is a must have
Outstanding idea to come out w. the original series on DVD. I own all 3 seasons. Well written, great plotlines and characters - this show was ahead of its time in addressing social issues such as prejudice, custom and tradition, disaster, grief, power, gluttony, etc.
The special effects are not so bad in the 3rd season, as per the first, but this was the way that things were done back in the day. The series does not have to hang its hat on explosions and such to carry itself.
Rating:  - Too Far Ahead of Its Time
After the first two seasons of Star Trek: The Original Series, the show was set to be cancelled by its network. However, after receiving a flood of letters from devoted fans that wanted to keep the show on the air, the network renewed it for one more season. Of course, since the show was not the culutural phenomena that it has now become, the network buried it in a late-night time slot and forced creator Gene Roddenberry to operate on a shoe-string budget. As a result, the special effects or sets that are needed in a show which regularly shows viewers spectacular events are severely hampered in this season. One episode takes place in an empty Enterprise, one is set in a pitch-black room much of the time, and another takes place in a deserted old West town (as no money existed to pay extras).
Yet, for fans of the first two seasons, this Third Season still delivers some great action, mind-bending drama, and little doses of humor. It is only the physical environment of the scripts that go downhill...not necessarily the scripted material itself.
Here are what I consider to be the highlights of this Third Season:
Day of the Dove: The Enterprise continues its battle with the Klingons.
All Our Yesterdays: Kirk, Spock, and McCoy are thrown into different periods of past galaxies and forced to survive while trying to find a way home.
Turnabout Intruder: A body-switching tale that, while common fare now, had probably never been seen on TV ... Read More
Rating: - .....much maligned and misunderstood
No one seems able to write a positive, straight forward review about Star Trek's much maligned Third Season. As the media seem incapable or unwilling to run articles about Birmingham without the need to accompany absurd pictures of Sphagetti Junction, so Season Three is forever handicapped by the casual image of Mr Spock lobotomised without a single loss of hair!
Most observers tend to agree that the majority of the episodes in Season Three are ultimately lacking and the season's unbelievable opener (Spocks Brain) was certainly indicative of the substantial drop in quality to come. But the real betrayal was to sacrifice Star Trek's literary format, continuity and characterisation by foolishly exploiting Spock's box office potential at every opportunity and in doing so, the final season suffered a dreadful lack of plausibility and credibilty. And yet despite this, there remains an artistic voice about Season Three which few observers readily identify. In episodes such as "The Tholian Web", "Spectre of the Gun" and "All Our Yesterdays" you will find delicious, thoughtful scripts to rival any storyline from the revered First Season. Sadly, these gems are buried deep inside a mass of bland mediocrity, which is such a shame as Season Three contains some of Star Trek's greatest adventures (possibly as many as three of the all-time Top 10). Despite the obvious inadequacies, the final season is still in parts an enjoyable experience and worthy of repeated viewing.
The 7-disc DVD ... Read More
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