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Star Trek HD Hits Shelves Today

by Cynthia on November 20th, 2007

21tymsooyul_aa_sl160_.jpgHere’s a huge release just in time for the holidays.

Star Trek The Original Series - The Complete First Season (Combo HD DVD and Standard DVD) [HD DVD]

This hybrid combo makes an interesting package. It has an added 80 minutes of featurettes that include interviews with Shatner, Nimoy and other cast members as well a some footage of Gene Roddenberry

“The Birth of a Timeless Legacy,” is a 24 minute featuretter that takes a look at the two pilot episodes and the development of the crew.

“To Boldly Go… Season One,” highlights key episodes, and “Sci-Fi Visionaries,” discusses the series’ great science fiction writers (most famously in “The City of the Edge of Forever”).

Michael Okuda and Denise Okuda provide a pop-up text commentary on four of the episodes filled with history, trivia, and dry wit. But sadly there are still no audio commentaries on these episodes.

This set includes many new special effects sequences that were created to replace outdated work but this is a bone of contention for many fans who feel the originals should not have been messed with.

The set does come with a high price tag - $194.99 retail, $132.95 on Amazon, but hey, it’s a full 29 episodes of original Star Trek in HD! That’s worth the price in my book.

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    Nov 23, 2007 at 12:55 pm

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