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Title: Star Trek: The Original Series: Season Three Remastered DVD-Video Edition 7-Disc Set
Region: One
Genre: Classic Science Fiction TV Series
Episode Disc One: “Spock’s Brain”, “The Enterprise Incident”, “The Paradise Syndrome”, “And The Children Shall Lead”
Episode Disc Two: “Is There In Truth No Beauty”, “Spectre Of The Gun”, “Day Of The Dove”, “For The World Is Hollow And I Have Touched The Sky”
Episode Disc Three: “The Tholian Web”, “Plato’s Stepchildren”, “Wink Of An Eye”, “The Empath”
Episode Disc Four: “Elaan Of Troyius”, “Whom Gods Destroy”, “Let That Be Your Last Battlefield”, “The Mark Of Gideon”
Episode Disc Five: “That Which Survives”, “The Lights Of Zetar”, “Requiem For Methuselah”, “The Way To Eden”
Episode Disc Six: “The Cloud Minders”, “The Savage Curtain”, “All Our Yesterdays”, “Turnabout Intruder”
Episode Disc Seven: “The Cage – Restored Version”, “The Cage – Original Version”
Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Deforest Kelley, James Doohan, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, George Takei, and Majel Barrett Roddenberry
Guest Stars: France Nuyen, Joanne Linville, Melvin Belli, Michael Ansara, Marj Dusay, Kathryn Hays, Ian Wolfe, Michael Dunn, Liam Sullivan, Katherine Browne, Harry Landers, Frank Gorshin, Jeff Corey, Skip Homeier, Victor Brandt, Barry Atwater, James Daly, Sandra Smith, Lee Bergere, Jeffrey Hunter, John Hoyt, Peter Duryer, Laurel Goodwin, and Susan Oliver
Writers: Lee Cronin, John Meredyth Lucas, Margaret Armen, D.C. Fontana, Edward J. Lasko, Jean Lisette Aroeste, Joyce Muskat, Judy Burns, Chet Richards, Rik Vollaerts, Jerome Bixby, Meyer Dolinsky, Arthur Heinemann, Oliver Crawford, Lee Erwin, Jerry Sohl, George F, Slavin, Stanley Adams, Jeremy Tarcher, Shari Lewis, David Gerrold, and Gene Roddenberry,
Created By: Gene Roddenberry
Executive Producer: Gene Roddenberry
Feature length: 22 hours and 29 minutes
Extras:
Billy Blackburn’s Treasure Chest: Rare Home Movies And Special Memories Part
3, “To Boldly Go…” Season Three, A Star Trek Collector’s Dream Come
True, Life Beyond Trek: Walter Koenig, Chief Engineer’s Log, Memoir From Mr.
Sulu, Star Trek’s Impact, Collectible Trek, Captain’s Log: Bob Justman
Languages:
English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound and French and Spanish Language
Monaural Sound
Subtitles: English Closed Captions and French and Spanish Language Subtitles
Packaging: Seven-Disc Mini Digipack Within A Plastic Case
Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound and Monaural Sound
Year of Television Broadcast: 1968-1969/DVD Release: 2008
Home Video Distributor: CBS DVD & Paramount Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Reviewer: Mark A. Rivera
After the second season of Star Trek NBC cancelled the show, but due to a then unheard of fan letter writing campaign, the original series was given a reprieve and a third season of episodes were produced. Unfortunately Gene Roddenberry had already left the Paramount lot to develop new programming elsewhere and the show’s regular time slot of Monday nights at 8pm was changed to Friday nights at 10pm, causing a loss in much the show’s core audience. Without Roddenberry’s presence some of the episodes seemed to veer off the course the series was taking too. However there are still some great episodes in the third season. Not all of them can be discussed here, but generally some of the more memorable episodes include “Is There In Truth No Beauty”, “Spectre Of The Gun”, “Day Of The Dove”, “For The World Is Hollow And I Have Touched The Sky”, “The Tholian Web”, “Plato’s Stepchildren”, “Wink Of An Eye”, : “Elaan Of Troyius”, “The Way To Eden”, “The Cloud Minders”, “The Savage Curtain”, “All Our Yesterdays”, and “Turnabout Intruder.
“Spock’s Brain” is memorable if only for it might be one of the worst episodes of the entire original series, but even in that installment there are a few moments like Spock’s brain giving Bones direction on how to reconnect the various nerve endings and so on that are humorous. Also included on the third season set are both the original and restored versions of the series’ first pilot “The Cage” starring Jeffrey Hunter. Both versions of “The Cage” contain many elements that would be incorporated into Star Trek: The Next Generation. The original black and white and color reconstructed version runs over 70 minutes. Actor Jeffrey Hunter, who portrays Captain Pike is best known for feature film roles in King Of Kings and Hell To Eternity, which also featured George Takei in a supporting role before appearing on Star Trek. Footage from the episode was used for the two-part “Original Series” episode, “The Menagerie. This episode effectively establishes Spock as the crewmember with the most time aboard the Enterprise. The jackets worn by the crew when they first beam down are similar to the ones worn by Kirk, Spock, McCoy, and Decker when they arrive at the heart of V’Ger in Star Trek: The Motion Picture. “The Cage” in it’s high definition glory was given a brief theatrical release when the remastered high definition series premiered in syndication in 2006. Bruce Greenwood portrays the character of Captain Pike in J.J. Abram’s upcoming prequel feature film, which will at once stay respectful of the legacy of Star Trek, but the time travel aspect to the plot will create possible variance in the future adventures of the characters. So I like to think of these episodes, which have been beautifully restored with new effects in a manner that enhances the episodes rather than produce new eye candy for the sake of it as being the adventures post J.J. Abrams even though as far as I know he had nothing to do with the restoration. Since the original series DVDs are still available so I consider those to be the events as they occurred before Abrams’ movie possibly changed the continuity just a bit. This is just my way of looking at it and not any official cannon by any means.
As with the previous season sets in the DVD series, Star Trek: The Original Series: Season Three Remastered DVD-Video Edition presents each installment in digitally enhanced and remastered (1.33:1) aspect ratios with English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound, making these episodes look and sound better than they ever have before. The colors are vibrant with no bleeding, high detail, and minimal grain.. French and Spanish Language Dubbed Monaural Soundtracks and English Closed Captions for the hearing impaired as well as French and Spanish Language Subtitles are encoded on to the discs as options. The TV spots for all of the third season episodes are also included on the first six discs.
The bonus features include “To Boldly Go… Season Three” (22:36), which touches upon the series cancellation and renewal, the timeslot shift and the history making first interracial kiss to ever appear on television as depicted in the episode “Plato’s Stepchildren.” “Life Beyond Trek: Walter Koenig” (10:58) focuses on the impact “Star Trek” has had on his career and he even pays respect in turn to Babylon 5, which gave sci-fi fans the opportunity to see Koenig in a totally different character light than what he had previously appeared in Star Trek as Chekov. Koenig also reveals himself to be an avid collector of various genre materials. “Memoir Of Mr. Sulu” (8:42) emphasizes George Takei’s involvement in the Japanese American Museum for which he is among the Board members. His story is actually quite moving. “Chief Engineer’s Log” (6:11) is also somewhat poignant with James Doohan discussing his multiple roles on the series. Featurettes with Gene Roddenberry’s son discussing “Star Trek’s Impact” (9:03) and a look at John Long’s development of “Trek” prop memorabilia in “A Star Trek Collector’s Dream Come True” (7:06), which has led to a professional career for him in Hollywood. Exclusive to the set are more of Billy Blackburn’s super 8mm home movies from the production and Captain’s Log: Bob Justman featurette. The interactive menus are all well rendered and easy to navigate.
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Trek: The Original Series: Season Three Remastered DVD-Video Edition 7-Disc Set
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