Star Trek The Original Series - The Complete Second Season
 | Average Customer Rating: Recommend Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 08/05/2008… Product details and pricing info |
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39 Customer Reviews Posted
- Red Shirt Issue
- Given that this is obviously the issue before the Blu-Ray version, perhaps it should come packaged in a red shirt. For those of us who resist the HD charms to come, this is fine, though the extras on the first issue should have been included. Of the three seasons, this is the most stable without the lows of the other two (when it could sink to "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" level, as in "Spock's Brain", the ludicrous first episode of season three, or the standard space monster plot of the very first broadcast) and with several very good episodes. The acting relationships were well established, and the cast secure in their jobs, so they could riff on each other and Shatner could show some humor, though his opinion of his own acting as revealed in the better image is, well, over the top. He is always one of those actors who wears his ego on his sleeve. Roddenberry would have certainly done the better space effects here if he could have afforded them at the time, whether or not he would have wanted the specific choices made (relative to the material, those shots for instance of the circling vehicles in "Tribbles" are nifty). They do invite comparisons for the series to more recent sci-fi productions which on a technical level it can't win, so it's a trade-off. As if your childhood lunches were retroactively made with home baked organic bread; you're a half-inch taller so it's better but you remember and miss the memory of the Wonder Bread all the same.
One unmixed improvement is the colors - which are fauvistically vibrant in many scenes, with very imaginative lighting, very Jack Kirby primary colors used in bold patterns. Like hearing remastered Rolling Stones singles in mono, they didn't ever come through the broadcast channels like this. At this point, there's not a lot to discover in these stories if you grew up with them, but if you want to relive it it's done well. "Star Trek" was the Grimm's fairy tales of the boomer generation. The packing is visually fun but the packaging engineer is no Scotty, mallomars are more carefully enclosed. Given the price (though it's down from the last issue) it could be more ergonomically sound. That thin piece of floppy squared off plastic that slides around the plain multi-disk pack is doomed to die on a lonely planet just before the second commercial. - 2008-11-18, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Star Trek 2nd Season Remastered
- This supplier sent item at breathtaking speed. Extradionary Service.
5 Stars are not enough to express my delight. Perhaps 8 stars. - 2008-11-05, 0 of 2 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Star Trek The Original Series - Second Season (Remastered)
- If your a fan of Star Trek, this is a must have for your collection!
The remastered scenes are done with a lot of care and do not change the
flow of the original story. Great way to get new fans to watch,
and give old fans a little something new to see. - 2008-11-03, 0 of 1 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Star Trek The Original Series - Second Season
- The discs themselves are in great condition. The box however was broken so doesn't work as expected.
- 2008-10-17, 0 of 3 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- big excitement, super detail
- I watched scratchy Star Trek reruns on UHF when I
was younger. The difference is...well, light-years!
These discs seem to beyond even the usual cleanup
effects. There is detail, but the color is spot-on
true to the cheesy props, and some of the added
footage, like in "Amok Time", is super. You can
see the pulp sci-fi art-work, the wardrobe details
in "A piece of the Action", the funky face pigments
on the 'aliens'. Sound is super. My daughter is
enjoying the cool packaging,too.
It costs, but it's great. - 2008-10-06, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
