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Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

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Total reviews: 219 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

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Widely considered the best movie in the "classic Trek" series of feature films, Star Trek IV returns to one of the favorite themes of the original TV series--time travel--to bring Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Scotty, Sulu, Uhura, and Chekov from the 23rd century to present-day San Francisco. In their own time, the Starfleet heroes encounter an alien probe emitting a mysterious message--a message delivered in the song of the now-extinct Earth species of humpback whales. Failure to respond to the probe will result in Earth's destruction, so Kirk and company time-travel to 20th-century Earth--in their captured Klingon starship--to transport a humpback whale to the future in an effort to peacefully communicate with the alien probe. The plot sounds somewhat absurd in description, but as executed by returning director Leonard Nimoy, this turned out to be a crowd-pleasing adventure, filled with humor and lively interaction among the favorite Star Trek characters. Catherine Hicks (from TV's 7th Heaven) plays the 20th-century whale expert who is finally convinced of Kirk's and Spock's benevolent intentions. With ample comedy taken from the clash of future heroes with 20th-century urban realities, Star Trek IV was a box-office smash, satisfying mainstream audiences and hardcore Trek fans alike. --Jeff Shannon

STAR TREK: FAN COLLECTIVE - BORG (4PC) / (FULL WS) - STAR TREK: FAN COLLECTIVE - BORG (4PC) / (FULL WS)

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Borg Episodes - Great News 5 out of 5 stars.
15 of 16 people found this review helpful.

For any of you die hard fans out there complaining that this is another attempt at milking the consumer out of more money, you don't need to buy this set. You already have all these episodes on your season sets. This set isn't marketed for you anyway. This is marketed to a more casual fan who hasn't purchased the season sets, but would still like some of the episodes for their collection. I would fit into that category. The Borg were far and away my favorite storylines and I always though it would be great if I could just get the Borg episodes and not the whole season. And low and behold, here is that opportunity. I am very happy to see this release and am anxious to see which episodes are included. Hopefully it includes the two part STTNG where Picard is trasformed into a Borg and of course the first episode where Q first puts them in contact with the Borg. Anyways, I love this idea of the themed sets and the Borg theme is right at the top of my list. My next wish would be a Q set. Keep them coming!!

Star Trek Next Generation Collection (Widescreen Edition)

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lizzbomb review 5 out of 5 stars.
3 of 38 people found this review helpful.

I AM 1 OF THE FEW ENGLISH TNG FANS.GENERATIONS IS MY FAVOURITE FILM I LIKE THE MIX OF THE ORIGINAL SERIES AND THE NEXT GENERATION.INSURRECTION ALSO HAS SOME VERY GOOD ONE LINERS.IF YOU LOVE STAR TREK,THE NEXT GENERATION AS I DO THIS IS A MUST FOR YOU.BUY IT AND ENJOY,LIVE LONG AND PROSPER!!!!!!

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Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 10/26/1999

Star Trek IV - The Voyage Home

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Total reviews: 219 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

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Widely considered the best movie in the "classic Trek" series of feature films, Star Trek IV returns to one of the favorite themes of the original TV series--time travel--to bring Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Scotty, Sulu, Uhura, and Chekov from the 23rd century to present-day San Francisco. In their own time, the Starfleet heroes encounter an alien probe emitting a mysterious message--a message delivered in the song of the now-extinct Earth species of humpback whales. Failure to respond to the probe will result in Earth's destruction, so Kirk and company time-travel to 20th-century Earth--in their captured Klingon starship--to transport a humpback whale to the future in an effort to peacefully communicate with the alien probe. The plot sounds somewhat absurd in description, but as executed by returning director Leonard Nimoy, this turned out to be a crowd-pleasing adventure, filled with humor and lively interaction among the favorite Star Trek characters. Catherine Hicks (from TV's 7th Heaven) plays the 20th-century whale expert who is finally convinced of Kirk's and Spock's benevolent intentions. With ample comedy taken from the clash of future heroes with 20th-century urban realities, Star Trek IV was a box-office smash, satisfying mainstream audiences and hardcore Trek fans alike. --Jeff Shannon

Star Trek: First Contact [Special Collector's Edition]

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Total reviews: 314 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

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Even-numbered Star Trek movies tend to be better, and First Contact (#8 in the popular movie series) is no exception--an intelligently handled plot involving the galaxy-conquering Borg and their attempt to invade Earth's past, alter history, and "assimilate" the entire human race. Time travel, a dazzling new Enterprise, and capable direction by Next Generation alumnus Jonathan Frakes makes this one rank with the best of the bunch. Capt. Picard (Patrick Stewart) and his able crew travel back in time to Earth in the year 2063, where they hope to ensure that the inventor of warp drive (played by James Cromwell) will successfully carry out his pioneering warp-drive flight and precipitate Earth's "first contact" with an alien race. A seductive Borg queen (Alice Krige) holds Lt. Data (Brent Spiner) hostage in an effort to sabotage the Federation's preservation of history, and the captive android finds himself tempted by the queen's tantalizing sins of the flesh! Sharply conceived to fit snugly into the burgeoning Star Trek chronology, First Contact leads to a surprise revelation that marks an important historical chapter in the ongoing mission "to boldly go where no one has gone before." --Jeff Shannon

Star Trek - The Original Series, Vol. 4, Episodes 8 & 9: Charlie X/ Balance of Terror

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The youth from hell and "The Enemy Below." 4 out of 5 stars.
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Star Trek: The Original Series Volume 4 presents two episodes originally aired in 1966:

"Charlie X:" A troubled adolescent with powerful telekinetic abilites comes aboard the Enterprise and horrifyingly subjects the crew to his undisciplined, torturous powers. Writers Gene Roddenberry and Dorthy Fontana serve up a mature and utterly captivating yarn of space horror that further explores the "power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely" theme, which was well presented in the (second) pilot "Where No Man Has Gone Before" (episode #2). Highly memorable. GRADE A+

"Balance of Terror:" The Enterprise plays cat and mouse with a cloaked (i.e. invisible) Romulan ship in this space version of "The Enemy Below." This is Mark Lenard's first role for Star Trek as the Romulan commander. He is much better known as Spock's Vulcan father Sarek, who first appears in the second season episode "Journey to Babel" (episode #44). Interestingly, Lenard would also go on to play a klingon in "Star Trek: The Motion Picture." He thus holds the distinction for being the only actor to play a Romulan, a Vulcan and a Klingon on Star Trek. Bottom Line: Okay, but generally boring; ridiculously overrated by some. Grade: B- (I'm being generous)

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"Charlie X," Ep. 8 - The cargo ship Antares transfers Charlie Evans (Robert Walker Jr.) to the U.S.S. Enterprise on his way to Alpha Five Colony. When the Antares is destroyed and crew members vanish, Kirk realizes that Charlie is responsible but has little control over his deadly powers. "Balance of Terror," Ep. 9 - It's a game of cat and mouse for Kirk and the Romulan commander (Mark Lenard), whose cloaking device renders his ship invisible--and very deadly!

Star Trek - The Original Series, Vol. 6, Episodes 12 & 13: Miri/ The Conscience Of The King

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MIRI IS MY GRANDDAUGHTER! 5 out of 5 stars.
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"Miri" has always been one our family's favorite Star Trek episodes. So much so, that my son named his first-born daughter "Miri". Miri is now almost 11-years-old, lives with us, and remains our favorite granddaughter/daughter. MIRI RULES!

Above average couple of eps, "Miri" the stronger one! 3 out of 5 stars.
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These are not two of the stronger eps from the first season but they are still worth viewing. The first ep, "Miri" is the stronger one with a very strong "Lord of the Flies" theme running through it addressing the premise: how would a bunch of kids react in a situation without adult supervision for a long period of time? A mysterious virus infects all adults with a dreaded terminal illness but Bones comes to the rescue with a vaccine. Very competent performances especially by the guest actors in what is overall a good episode.

In the second ep., we address the premise: which is more important; justice or mercy and forgiveness? Reminiscent of the Nazi War Crimes Tribunals of Nurenburg after WWII, a fugitive mass murderer is tracked down as a lead actor in a travelling acting troupe whose daughter becomes Kirk's love interest. Kirk and crewman O'Reily actually have lost family members due to the deeds of this man and now have to struggle with feelings of revenge and justice versus mercy and forgiveness. Overall an average ep with passable acting but mostly forgettable.

Verdict: Save your money for some other volume as this is not really a keeper.

Editorial Review:

"Miri", Ep. 12 - After beaming down to a planet that's identical to Earth, Kirk, Spock, McCoy and a landing party find a decaying 20th century city inhabited only by diseased "ancient children." "The Conscience of the King," Ep. 13 - There's a mass murderer aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise! Kirk beams up a man he believes to be Krodos the Executioner, thought to have died 20 years ago.

Star Trek Enterprise - The Complete Seasons 1-4

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Total reviews: 10 Average rating: 3.5 of 5

False Expectations 4 out of 5 stars.
3 of 4 people found this review helpful.

The biggest problem that I saw with Enterprise was that it took place after all the previous series. People's expectations and preconceived ideas as to what the show should be is the biggest downfall to this series. I can't tell how many times I heard people preface their comments with " I like the show but it's isn't like the original" or "it doesn't compare to TNG". Enterprise is a good show. The plots were fine but I think people didn't let go of previous series and judged it against them. Scott Bakula's character was great and the relationship between Trip and Tapal was fun. The ending to the series stank because there were so many potential story lines that could have been explored and weren't. Given that it still was pretty good.

Loss of Roddenberry's vision 1 out of 5 stars.
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I am an avid Star Trek fan, having watched the original series as a young teen. I have found two of the series, DS9 and Enterprise, to be hack writing that seemed intended to slap a "Star Trek" label on swill and sell it to the public.

Enterprise was doomed by bad writing with none of the original thought or vision that the original series or TNG had, and, to some extent, Voyager (Voyager's strength was good writing, good adventure, character development and maturation of the Borg).

I can't tell if the actors on Enterprise were very good or not because I think they were given such corny, cheezy material to use by the writers. The writers were usually, I believe, the producers, and I wonder if they were "double dipping" to supplement their paycheck (getting income from the script writing) rather than trying to produce an excellent SciFi series with radical, ground-breaking new ideas.

While there were a few clique shows intending to oppose gay bashing, support HIV research, etc., all this has been over done (and done better) by others. Star Trek is supposed to original, not "me, too."

In short, this series (and I kept hopefully watching every episode) is, in my opinion, a disgrace to Gene Roddenberry, his family, and the vision of Star Trek. It has the distinction of being the only Star Trek series, since the original, to be canceled before seven years, and the planned finale (the original seies from the 60s was canceled due to a total lack of vision of the management, from what I can tell, not due to lack of quality).

I hope that, should the Star Trek genre be salvagable at this point, an honest, thorough critique of what went wrong with Enterprise (and DS9, in my opinion, for that matter) will be done to prevent these mistakes in future work and to return to the original creativity and vision intended by Roddenberry.

Star Trek Enterprise - The Complete Seasons 1-4

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False Expectations 4 out of 5 stars.
3 of 4 people found this review helpful.

The biggest problem that I saw with Enterprise was that it took place after all the previous series. People's expectations and preconceived ideas as to what the show should be is the biggest downfall to this series. I can't tell how many times I heard people preface their comments with " I like the show but it's isn't like the original" or "it doesn't compare to TNG". Enterprise is a good show. The plots were fine but I think people didn't let go of previous series and judged it against them. Scott Bakula's character was great and the relationship between Trip and Tapal was fun. The ending to the series stank because there were so many potential story lines that could have been explored and weren't. Given that it still was pretty good.

Loss of Roddenberry's vision 1 out of 5 stars.
2 of 8 people found this review helpful.

I am an avid Star Trek fan, having watched the original series as a young teen. I have found two of the series, DS9 and Enterprise, to be hack writing that seemed intended to slap a "Star Trek" label on swill and sell it to the public.

Enterprise was doomed by bad writing with none of the original thought or vision that the original series or TNG had, and, to some extent, Voyager (Voyager's strength was good writing, good adventure, character development and maturation of the Borg).

I can't tell if the actors on Enterprise were very good or not because I think they were given such corny, cheezy material to use by the writers. The writers were usually, I believe, the producers, and I wonder if they were "double dipping" to supplement their paycheck (getting income from the script writing) rather than trying to produce an excellent SciFi series with radical, ground-breaking new ideas.

While there were a few clique shows intending to oppose gay bashing, support HIV research, etc., all this has been over done (and done better) by others. Star Trek is supposed to original, not "me, too."

In short, this series (and I kept hopefully watching every episode) is, in my opinion, a disgrace to Gene Roddenberry, his family, and the vision of Star Trek. It has the distinction of being the only Star Trek series, since the original, to be canceled before seven years, and the planned finale (the original seies from the 60s was canceled due to a total lack of vision of the management, from what I can tell, not due to lack of quality).

I hope that, should the Star Trek genre be salvagable at this point, an honest, thorough critique of what went wrong with Enterprise (and DS9, in my opinion, for that matter) will be done to prevent these mistakes in future work and to return to the original creativity and vision intended by Roddenberry.