Star Trek: The Original Series - Season Two (Remastered Edition) |  | Actors: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, Nichelle Nichols
Studio: Paramount
Category: DVD
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Format: AC-3, Box set, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, Original recording remastered, Subtitled, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 8
Running Time: 1311 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 5.5 x 2.3
MPN: PARD132664D
UPC: 097361326641
EAN: 0097361326641
ASIN: B0017VG69U
Release Date: August 5, 2008
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The most famous episode in franchise history, "The Trouble with Tribbles," is one of the highlights of the second season of Star Trek: The Original Series. A deserved classic, the humorous story centers on an ever-expanding mass of furry creatures that memorably rain themselves down on top of Captain Kirk (William Shatner) and into the middle of a Federation-Klingon showdown. It inspired one of the most memorable episodes in the spin-off series Deep Space Nine, "Trial and Tribble-ations." Also in the second season, the Vulcan culture of Mr. Spock (Leonard Nimoy) is fleshed out in "Amok Time" (in which Spock is faced with the possibility of killing his captain and friend) and "Journey to Babel" (introducing Spock's father, played by Mark Sarek, in what would turn out to be a long-recurring role). A new character, navigator Pavel Chekov (Walter Koenig), was introduced; his Monkees haircut was intended to appeal to the younger audience, but he was also a Russian, which at the height of the cold war reflected Gene Roddenberry's optimistic vision of a more enlightened future. Other social-commentary opportunities presented themselves in "The Omega Glory," "The Doomsday Machine," and "Assignment: Earth," the last also one of those periodic opportunities to scrimp on the budget by time-traveling to an earlier version of Earth. Another example was "A Piece of the Action," a comic episode set in the Roaring Twenties and memorable for, among other things, Kirk's teaching a made-up card game called Fizzbin. In other significant episodes, "I, Mudd" saw the return of the bounder from season 1, "The Changeling" was the original inspiration for the first Trek feature film a decade later, "Wolf in the Fold" (penned by the author of Psycho) provides an example of the series' great writing, and "Mirror, Mirror" introduced the concept of the parallel universe inhabited by vicious, amoral counterparts of the regular crew, another theme later borrowed (more than once, and to good emotional effect) by DS9. On the DVD
The remastered episodes are the highlight of the 2008 second-season release; like in season one, the reworked visual effects might irk purists but are an improvement overall, and some of the space exteriors are very exciting. It's not in high definition, however; season one was released in 2007 on two-sided combination HD DVD and standard DVD discs, which are now obsolete. Season two mimics the packaging, but is only standard-definition DVD, not Blu-ray. The picture, while obviously not high-definition quality, is still much improved over the 2004 DVD release. Special features here mostly mirror that 2004 set: 80 minutes of featurettes ("To Boldly Go" season recap, " Kirk, Spock & Bones: The Great Trio," "Star Trek's Divine Diva," "Designing the Final Frontier," and "Writer's Notebook: D.C. Fontana"), though missing from this set are the text commentaries on two episodes, the Red Shirt Logs, the production art, and the photo gallery. There are two new featurettes: "Star Trek's Favorite Moments," in which cast members of later Trek franchises and fans recall certain episodes, and "Billy Blackburn's Treasure Chest, part 2," in which a Trek extra tells stories and shows some of his on-set home movies. And because season 2 includes "The Trouble with Tribbles," the set includes two bonus episodes: "More Tribbles, More Troubles" from the Animated Series and "Trials and Tribble-ations" from Deep Space Nine. Conveniently, all three Tribble-centric episodes are on the same disc, and include the bonus features from the earlier DVD releases (the commentary by writer David Gerrold on "More Troubles" and the two featurettes--"Uniting Two Legends" and "An Historic Endeavor"--from "Tribble-ations"). The bonus episodes were not remastered, and you can tell the difference when comparing the original Tribble episode on this set with the grainier footage that was used in the DS9 episode. A minor annoyance is that the discs are one-sided but appear to be two-sided, as if they had been designed for combo HD DVD again before a late change. That means the info on the disc is restricted to a ring around the middle, rather than a full label that could have listed the episodes on each disc; as is, they're only listed on the glossy "collector's data cards." And once again, the plastic shell is clunky and the disc spindles are way too tight. All in all, it's a nice package, especially if one doesn't already have the other Tribble episodes, but it feels like it's floating in a standard-definition limbo, stuck in the transition between HD DVD and Blu-ray. --David Horiuchi
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 Hubby was very happy!! February 6, 2010
xynthee
He's very happy with the picture quality and sound. Also, in every episode we've watched, there are scenes he's never seen before, which totally delights him.
 Season 2 problems with Panasonic DMP-BD10A February 6, 2010
Arthur R. Valencia (Exeter, California United States)
I wish I could review this Star Trek: Season 2, But my Panasonic BD-10A player will NOT play it. Seasons 1 & 3 plays just fine and they are both great productions. There is a blog going about this problem below. I would like to know, what Blu-Ray Players all of you used to watch this Season 2? That would be most heplful in choosing a new BD Player. Thanks.
Star Trek Season 2 Remastered February 4, 2010
Karen L. Fullerton
I watched this with a family member. We were both VERY IMPRESSED over the quality of the remastered version. It really is worth buying for your collection. I was also impressed over the delivery of the product. I ordered it on a Monday and had it by Friday of the same week, and it was durig the Christmas season.
Season 2 is my favorite and I will not hesitate to order Season One.
outstanding service! February 3, 2010
Rik
The short period of time I had to wait to receive this product was great. I had bought a similar item through columbia house and it took 19 days to receive it! Plus I paid almost 3 times the shipping cost! Keep up the good work!
Some good, some bad. January 22, 2010
Mr. Eddie (New York, NY)
I'm glad I waited for Blu-Ray to buy some Star Trek. I am also glad that I bought only one season, because I'm finding myself only moderately satisfied: when Trek was good, it was great, but more often than not it had some pretty dodgy shows. And I'm REALLY glad I resisted getting overly nostalgic and purchasing the 3-season Blu-ray set for $170 -- which was very tempting, as it was meant to be.
Season 2 includes what are probably my two favorite episodes: "Mirror, Mirror" and "The Doomsday Machine". The former is a very fun and surprisingly poignant take on the capacity of man for good and evil, nature versus nurture, and excels at all of Trek's finest attributes. Great old Sci-Fi in the Frederic Brown tradition. "The Doomsday Machine" might be the very best episode in the entire series, as it features not only a fascinating science fiction premise but outstanding interplay between the characters. It is undoubtedly 60s TV at its finest and strikes just the right balance between all of the show's ingredients.
Alas, you also get the standard Trek fare with flimsy premises and melodrama. "The Apple"', "Who Mourns for Adonis" and "Catspaw" contain ridiculous science fiction and/or an abundance of Captain Kirk pillowtalk. There are a lot of episodes which fall into this category, and I find them pretty annoying. Similarly, a lot of Trek is essentially just melodrama and good old adventure stories told against the backdrop of space: beloved episodes such as "Journey to Babel" and "The Deadly Years" come to mind. It's part of what makes Star Trek different from say a British TV Sci-Fi show, and I love the characters, but it seems the producers got a little too enamored with contrived plot devices.
Surprisingly, the new special effects are actually done exceedingly well, with some moderately overzealous animations but all things considered they stayed true to the original look. But somebody did change the opening credits' Enterprise "swoosh" to sound like somethinig more out of a Swiffer commercial which is awful. As for the hi-def overall, it's nice but Star Trek was filmed with such relative minimalism that it really doesn't enhance the overall experience too much.
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