Star Trek: The Original Series - Season Two [Blu-ray]
Star Trek: The Original Series - Season Two [Blu-ray]
Space. The Final Frontier. The U.S.S. Enterprise embarks on a five year mission to explore the galaxy. The Enterprise is under the command of Captain James T. Kirk. The First Officer is Mr. Spock, from the planet Vulcan. The Chief Medical Officer is Dr. Leonard ‘Bones’ McCoy. With a determined crew, the Enterprise encounters Klingons, Romulans, time paradoxes, tribbles and genetic supermen lead by Khan Noonian Singh. Their mission is to explore strange new worlds, to seek new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before.
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars excellent bluray release for a classic tv series
After buying the seasons 1-3 on dvd a lot of the extra content is very much the same however the big time winner for the bluray release is the “tastefuly” done special effects (thank god no star wars jabba mistakes) and also you can elect watch every episode with the original effects for any purests fans.
The next best thing is the wonder video transfer done , its probably the best overall transfer I’ve ever seen and a true benchmark for bluray technology. Another huge positive mark is the DTS-HDMA 7.1 soundtrack , crystel clear and wonderful however due to series being recorded in mono its nearly all coming out the center channel.
In final this the best season of star trek shown in the best format for one of the most classical series in TV history, if you even remotely are a fan pick this up without question.
3 Stars Some good, some bad.
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.
4 Stars Seriously glorious… with two exceptions.
Everything about this set is fantastic, except that for some reason the episodes “Amok Time”, and “The Trouble With Tribbles” (both enhanced and original versions) won’t play on my machine. I don’t know if it’s a problem with the discs or with my player, as I haven’t tried to play them on a different one. But all other episodes from the Season 2 set play fine… as well as those on both Season 1 and Season 3 sets, so I’m inclined to think it’s a problem with the discs.
5 Stars Star Trek OS looks great in Blu Ray
A definite must have for the Star Trek fan.
Blu Ray makes it look great on my Samsung 52 inch LCD.
5 Stars As no man has seen before
I’m a great fan and I must say I never thought it would get such a fantastic treatment. The blu-ray edition is just great.
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