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Spanning two decades and countless light years of interstellar adventure, Star Trek: The Motion Pictures Collection is a testament to the enduring goodwill of Gene Roddenberry's optimistic sci-fi concept. Long before Star Wars sparked an explosion of big-screen science fiction, Roddenberry had planned a second Star Trek TV series; the project fizzled, but its pilot script evolved into the first film in Paramount's most lucrative movie franchise. Despite its sluggish pace and bland "pajama" costuming, Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) offered a welcomed reunion of the "Classic Trek" cast, packed with Douglas Trumbull's still-dazzling special effects. Trekkers were even more ecstatic when The Wrath of Khan (1982) revived the spirit of the original series, even though director Nicholas Meyer was a Trek neophyte. With Leonard Nimoy directing, The Search for Spock (1984) began where Khan left off, with a thrilling (albeit contrived) obligation to resurrect the formerly ill-fated Mr. Spock.
A box-office smash, Nimoy's The Voyage Home (1986) is the franchise's most accessible adventure--a high point offset by William Shatner's comparatively dreadful Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989). Meyer (and his penchant for quoting Shakespeare) returned for The Undiscovered Country (1991), a conspiracy thriller that put the series back on track, inspiring fans to invoke the "even number" rule in rating their franchise favorites. Generations (1994) gracefully passed the torch to TV's The Next Generation, bidding farewell to Captain Kirk with honor and integrity intact. Highlighted by the evolving humanity of Brent Spiner's android Lt. Cmdr. Data, First Contact (1996) explored Star Trek history with a logical (hint) surprise encounter, and Insurrection (1998) provided an adequate expansion of the successful NextGen series. Taken as a whole, these ten films demonstrate the consistent vitality of Roddenberry's original vision, stoking any Trekker's appetite for "ongoing missions" in Nemesis and beyond. --Jeff Shannon Most of the feature films were released early in the DVD era, but are represented here in their vastly improved two-disc special editions, which boast widescreen anamorphic pictures, director's cuts of the first two films, numerous commentary tracks by cast and crew, humorous and informative trivia subtitle tracks by Michael and Denise Okuda, and a wide variety of new and vintage documentaries and galleries.
Customer Reviews:
Star Trek Movie Collection.......2007-07-22
The DVDs were without flaw (not always the case for Star Trek disks). As usual - The Voyage Home - & - First Contact - were the best. Paramount could have never made Insurrection and Nemesis and nothing would have been lost. The CGI in the last two are second to none but; the story line is wanting. If it were not for the last two movies I would have rated this collection 5 stars.
GREAT SET.......2007-07-16
This is a GREAT set of the star trek movies. And at a GREAT PRICE. Love that they are the special edition 2 discs for each film.
Star Trek Movie Collection.......2007-06-27
Overall this is an excellent collection of films. The Special/Director's Editions are wonderful upgrades to the original Dvd releases of the films. I would rate each individual movie as follows:
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
B-
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
A+
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
A-
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
A
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
C+
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
A-
Star Trek: Generations
A-
Star Trek: First Contact
A
Star Trek: Insurrection
A-
Star Trek: Nemesis
A+
A Must Have!.......2007-06-27
I have seen all the movies before but with the extras it is a new expeience.
Star Trek DVD.......2007-05-29
100% Satisfied.
Bonus CD's are marvelous.
Delivered well within the time limit in perfect condition
Average customer rating:
- One of the worst movies ever
- B-budget Die Hard/Titanic-esque Piece of Trash
- WALSHED AWAY
- SUPRISINGLY GOOD ACTION MOVIE
- 2 hours of my life I'll never get back
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Final Voyage
Starring:
Dylan Walsh ,
Ice-T ,
Erika Eleniak ,
Claudia Christian , and
Rick Ducommun
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Release Date: 2001-10-23 |
Customer Reviews:
One of the worst movies ever.......2005-07-14
You know how airlines, aside from Quantas, don't show in-flight movies that involve crashes or hijackings?
Well, a ferry that I was on in eastern Indonesia showed this film, centered around a hi-jacked sinking ship, which was pretty funny considering their ferry system is plagued with sinkings and the country is also plagued with terrorists. The programming director for their ferries must be a true nihlist
What was even funnier was that the movie was subtitled in Thai, which meant only people that could understand English or read Thai would follow what was happening.
The best moment of the movie was when the terrorists hi-jack the sinking cruiser and my travelling companion, who is English, commented, "What are these guys, Irish?"
This comic relief was the only thing that made the ferry trip tolerable. I don't think this movie would be tolerable in any other situation.
B-budget Die Hard/Titanic-esque Piece of Trash.......2004-08-05
Another film by the 'king' of B-budget disaster movies, Jay Andrews (AKA Jim Wynorski; a few of his others being, "Ablaze" and "Sonic Impact"). Like all of Andrews' films, the description on the back cover is very wrong from the actual story portrayed. This film is just a B-budget attempt to cash in on the Titanic/Disaster Movie craze of the late ninties, and it fails miserably.
"Final Voyage" is the story of a male security officer (Dylan Walsh)who successfully kills off some terrorists who hijack a commercial airliner, while protecting some old movie star from harm. He then gets reassigned to protecting the daughter of Henry Franklin, named Gloria Franklin (I do wish that B movie people would come up with more interesting names for their characters). He saves her when her small plane malfunctions and crash lands (heaven forbid a woman actaully save the day!)and this sparks a whole new view between the two.
Gloria (Erika Elaniak)then decides to take a cruise aboard the brand new cruise ship, Britannic (or 'Brittanic' as it is mispelled on the cheap life-preserver that hangs around the 'ship' at miscellaneous points)which has been completely rebuilt and refurbished. The ship then starts out on its maiden voyage but gets hijacked by the terrorist-who-is-nothing-more-than-a-petty-thief character (Ice-T) and his group of foul-mouthed anarchists. They have come to steal all the 'valueables and artifacts' that are in the ship's vault (a large brightly-blue painted tank).
Two crewmen then find that the ship has a hairline fracture in the hull (made out of concrete!) that is leaking water and they say that the ship's vault is just on the other side of the bulkhead (even though the sea should be on the other side if it's leaking water!) but they are killed before they can tell anyone. We then find out the theship's owner cut costs while rebuilding the ship and that the Britannic is a 'Death Ship.'
Anyway, the terrorists end up killing a bunch of people for no reason and Dylan Walsh decides that he must save the day and bring Erika and Rick Ducummn with him on his escapade where they shoot an infinite amount of bullets that rarely hit their mark. Then the robbers try to blow the vault open, but end up blowing a whole in the ship's side, causing a jet of water to shoot in, yet it is enough to sink the whole ship! So now Walsh must try to save everyone on the ship, including his ex-girlfriend who is a reporter, and kill all the bad guys, before the Britannic founders.
The whole story is rather stupid and horribly played out, the cast and acting are poor, almost all of the special effects came from other movies. All of the exterior ship shots came from the 1974 film, "Juggernaut" and all of the interior sinking/blowing up shots came from "Deep Rising." The all of the Aircraft Carrier/rescue operations shot were taken from various films, as were all of the exterior airplane shots. THe only special effects that the film company actually made themselves were a man falling from the airplane, the hole in the ship's side, and lifeboats being lowered, a couple of explosion shots, and the ship's final plunge, that's it! And they were all very cheap cgi effects.
THe sets were also terrible, the 'Grand Salon' was stock footage from "Deep Rising," the 'Main Ballroom' was a crummy LA nightclub, the cabin corridor and 'staterooms' were at a motel, the engine room stuff was all shot at some department of water and electricity in LA (with concrete walls and floors!), then their were like two actual sets, the bridge and the comms room, and the few exterior deck places they used (plus a corridor and stairway) were filmed on the Queen Mary (one shot has Ice T walking past one of the QM's large red smokestacks on deck, but the ship they're supposed to be on has no such smokestack!).
Overall, "Final Voyage" is a terribly planned out and executed piece of B-movie garbage, the only thing that kept me from giving it two stars is the enjoyable audio commentary with Andrews and actress, Claudia Christian. Plus I find this film fun to watch when I'm feeling down and want to watch a movie that I can laugh at, a movie that they actually tried to make look good, but failed entirely.
WALSHED AWAY.......2004-03-28
I like Dylan Walsh. His boyish good looks and ability to throw off some clever lines has been a part of most of his movies. However, in FINAL VOYAGE, Dylan is merely window dressing, along with lovely Erika Eleziak in this muddled, confusing and ultimately ultraviolent mess. Ice T is awful as the hedonistic leader of this motley crew; Claudia Christian is gorgeous as always but looks she belongs in another movie. The obvious differences in what ship was being filmed are glaring, and while it packs some interesting action, it ultimately falls into the B movie, subdivision. Oh, Rick Dicommun as Jasper saves the movie with his comic relief.
SUPRISINGLY GOOD ACTION MOVIE.......2003-12-17
A GANG OF PIRATES [LEAD BY ICE-T] HIJACK A CRUISE SHIP. AND ONE MAN, WHO HAS ESCAPED THESE PIRATES, IS THE ONLY KEY TO STOPPING THEM FROM KILLING A LOT OF INNOCENT PEOPLE. ICE-T DOES A VERY GOOD JOB OF PLAYING THE LEADER OF THE PIRATES. DYLAN WALSH ALSO DOES A GOOD JOB OF PLAYING THE HERO OF THIS MOVIE. GOOD ACTION, GOOD ACTING, AND AN INTERESTING STORYLINE MAKES THIS A HIGHLY ENTERTAINING ACTION MOVIE. GET THIS ONE AS SOON AS YOU CAN.
2 hours of my life I'll never get back.......2003-09-05
I can't describe how awful this movie is. I'd give it no stars if I could. It's like the makers have never heard the word "continuity" before... or plot... or knew anything about character development, let alone ANYTHING about ships. The only parts even remotely redeeming were the shots taken on board the Queen Mary.
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Devoted Star Trek fans will surely cite the "even number" rule in evaluating the Original Crew Movie Collection, but all six of these films qualify as rousing entertainment. Undeniably, the even-numbered films in Paramount's lucrative Trek franchise tended to be the best, as demonstrated by the superiority of The Wrath of Khan, The Voyage Home, and The Undiscovered Country. And yet each film has something to offer die-hard Trekkers, beginning with the epic-scale wonders of the first Motion Picture (presented here as a two-disc special edition). Evolving from Gene Roddenberry's aborted attempt at a second Star Trek TV series, the effects-laden Motion Picture divided fans while proving that Star Trek had a promising big-screen future. Nicholas Meyer's The Wrath of Khan made good on that promise, reviving the Star Trek spirit and proving, in the case of Mr. Spock, that beloved characters "never really die." It's widely regarded as the best of these half-dozen features.
With its deadly Klingon confrontation, the Leonard Nimoy-directed Search for Spock was a thrilling (albeit contrived) excuse for Spock's inevitable resurrection, and its somber tone was readily countered by the Earth-based humor of Nimoy's The Voyage Home, combining a planetary crisis with a lively--and phenomenally popular--time-travel plot line. Unfortunately, William Shatner then lobbied for the director's chair, and The Final Frontier--an uneasy mixture of cheesy humor and grandiose themes--was the regrettable outcome. Paramount rallied by inviting Nicholas Meyer to repeat his Khan success, and Meyer rose to the occasion with the sharply scripted thrills of The Undiscovered Country. By ending the film with an official signature send-off from the "classic Trek" cast, the original crew brought their big-screen legacy to a graceful and upbeat conclusion, setting the stage for a transitional adventure in Star Trek: Generations. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews:
star trek.......2007-08-27
DVD format and restoration make these movies fresh as new ones. They are classic stories with the original cast but formatted in the latest technology and surround sound. Good investment and value.
Nothing compares to the original.......2007-08-21
If you are or are not a Trekkie but just enjoy a classic, adventure box set, this is the ideal box set for you. In my opinion, the original Star Trek cast was by far the best ever created. With William Shatner playing the role of Captain of the USS Enterprise and Leonard Nimoy as his commander, no other Star Trek cast could ever compare. With the exceptional supporting cast of DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Walter Koenig, and Nichelle Nichols, The Original Star Trek Movie Collection, stands on it's own two feet. All movies are unique, with a flair for adventure, a touch of humor, and a deep human touch. If you are not a Star Trek fan, I would greatly suggest you rent or borrow the Fourth Movie first "The Voyage Home" and then decide whether or not to continue with the set. I promise you, you won't be dissapointed. And the others are equally as good.
Turn Off Your Mind, Relax...And Go Where No Man, etc........2007-06-16
This was an inpulse purchase. Short version of a long story, while wiki-ing the night away, one link led to another which led to Ebert's review of "The Voyage Home" (you know, the one with the whales). He liked it. Since it was 3:00 AM, logic was not a factor so I found this box-set on Amazon, and one-click later...
I have to say that although I was never much of a Star Trek fan, I ended up watching all 3 of the "arc" movies: Wrath of Khan, Search for Spock, and Free Willy, I mean, Voyage Home. I enjoyed them all. They had the same old corny, humanistic, vaguely-mystical, always-swashbuckling appeal that made the original "Star Trek" series pleasant, albeit mindless, TV-viewing. And it is fun to see Montalban's plastic pecs (I don't buy his coy demurral that "everyone was in great shape".)
Unlike other space movies, like Stars Wars, let's say, these movies do not take themselves at all seriously, and therein lies their charm.
Caveat emptor: If you have seen these movies before, they do NOT improve with age. They are timeless...sort of like memories of childhood. The science is questionable...like "slinging" around the Sun to time-travel. Just don't think about it.
Even numbered Star Trek movies don't suck.......2007-05-20
A lot of Star Trek was about dealing with Aliens;
communicating with people who are different in fundamental ways.
Today we get the feeling that the human race can't even communicate
with itself when it comes to science.
Science has clearly warned about extreme climate change
dangers ( very like those of the genesis planet in StartTrek III),
yet politicians,leaders of industry and those who are generally
getting rich from the rape of the planet Earth refuse
to substantially change their damaging behavior.
We keep contributing to the future's "plastic Layer"!
I think in Star Trek II with the genetically engineered
ego maniac shows us that humanity has a lot to learn
about itself!Star Trek IV is one of my all time favorites.
Star Trek.......2007-02-02
The Star Trek movies are really great movies. I am very glad that I bought them.
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Upon reaching Neo-Terra, Yattaran's invention disables the Fata Morgana's revitalization abilities, but then the planet itself attacks the Arcadia! After the ship barely survives the first attacks, Herlock forces the crew off of the ship and pursues the Noo by himself. Will Herlock be able to prevent a dark future for everyone, or will terrible secrets be revealed?!
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- One of the worst movies ever
- B-budget Die Hard/Titanic-esque Piece of Trash
- WALSHED AWAY
- SUPRISINGLY GOOD ACTION MOVIE
- 2 hours of my life I'll never get back
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Final Voyage
Starring:
Dylan Walsh ,
Ice-T ,
Erika Eleniak ,
Claudia Christian , and
Rick Ducommun
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Jim Wynorski
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Release Date: 2000-06-20 |
Description
Wealthy passengers line up to be the first on a nostalgic trip across the Atlantic on the USS Britannica. But things take a dangerous turn when Josef and his gang of death-dealing pirates hijack the Britannica, threatening to sink the ship unless all their demands are met. One man manages to escape the pirates' detection - Aaron Carpenter, a security guard for a wealthy heiress, who is the only person on board who may be able to avert disaster. But history begins to repeat itself when a stray bullet breaches the ship's hull, sending a wall of icy water crashing onto the ship's deck. Racing against the clock, Carpenter must struggle to disarm the pirates, while trying to save the passengers from a horrifying death at sea.
Customer Reviews:
One of the worst movies ever.......2005-07-14
You know how airlines, aside from Quantas, don't show in-flight movies that involve crashes or hijackings?
Well, a ferry that I was on in eastern Indonesia showed this film, centered around a hi-jacked sinking ship, which was pretty funny considering their ferry system is plagued with sinkings and the country is also plagued with terrorists. The programming director for their ferries must be a true nihlist
What was even funnier was that the movie was subtitled in Thai, which meant only people that could understand English or read Thai would follow what was happening.
The best moment of the movie was when the terrorists hi-jack the sinking cruiser and my travelling companion, who is English, commented, "What are these guys, Irish?"
This comic relief was the only thing that made the ferry trip tolerable. I don't think this movie would be tolerable in any other situation.
B-budget Die Hard/Titanic-esque Piece of Trash.......2004-08-05
Another film by the 'king' of B-budget disaster movies, Jay Andrews (AKA Jim Wynorski; a few of his others being, "Ablaze" and "Sonic Impact"). Like all of Andrews' films, the description on the back cover is very wrong from the actual story portrayed. This film is just a B-budget attempt to cash in on the Titanic/Disaster Movie craze of the late ninties, and it fails miserably.
"Final Voyage" is the story of a male security officer (Dylan Walsh)who successfully kills off some terrorists who hijack a commercial airliner, while protecting some old movie star from harm. He then gets reassigned to protecting the daughter of Henry Franklin, named Gloria Franklin (I do wish that B movie people would come up with more interesting names for their characters). He saves her when her small plane malfunctions and crash lands (heaven forbid a woman actaully save the day!)and this sparks a whole new view between the two.
Gloria (Erika Elaniak)then decides to take a cruise aboard the brand new cruise ship, Britannic (or 'Brittanic' as it is mispelled on the cheap life-preserver that hangs around the 'ship' at miscellaneous points)which has been completely rebuilt and refurbished. The ship then starts out on its maiden voyage but gets hijacked by the terrorist-who-is-nothing-more-than-a-petty-thief character (Ice-T) and his group of foul-mouthed anarchists. They have come to steal all the 'valueables and artifacts' that are in the ship's vault (a large brightly-blue painted tank).
Two crewmen then find that the ship has a hairline fracture in the hull (made out of concrete!) that is leaking water and they say that the ship's vault is just on the other side of the bulkhead (even though the sea should be on the other side if it's leaking water!) but they are killed before they can tell anyone. We then find out the theship's owner cut costs while rebuilding the ship and that the Britannic is a 'Death Ship.'
Anyway, the terrorists end up killing a bunch of people for no reason and Dylan Walsh decides that he must save the day and bring Erika and Rick Ducummn with him on his escapade where they shoot an infinite amount of bullets that rarely hit their mark. Then the robbers try to blow the vault open, but end up blowing a whole in the ship's side, causing a jet of water to shoot in, yet it is enough to sink the whole ship! So now Walsh must try to save everyone on the ship, including his ex-girlfriend who is a reporter, and kill all the bad guys, before the Britannic founders.
The whole story is rather stupid and horribly played out, the cast and acting are poor, almost all of the special effects came from other movies. All of the exterior ship shots came from the 1974 film, "Juggernaut" and all of the interior sinking/blowing up shots came from "Deep Rising." The all of the Aircraft Carrier/rescue operations shot were taken from various films, as were all of the exterior airplane shots. THe only special effects that the film company actually made themselves were a man falling from the airplane, the hole in the ship's side, and lifeboats being lowered, a couple of explosion shots, and the ship's final plunge, that's it! And they were all very cheap cgi effects.
THe sets were also terrible, the 'Grand Salon' was stock footage from "Deep Rising," the 'Main Ballroom' was a crummy LA nightclub, the cabin corridor and 'staterooms' were at a motel, the engine room stuff was all shot at some department of water and electricity in LA (with concrete walls and floors!), then their were like two actual sets, the bridge and the comms room, and the few exterior deck places they used (plus a corridor and stairway) were filmed on the Queen Mary (one shot has Ice T walking past one of the QM's large red smokestacks on deck, but the ship they're supposed to be on has no such smokestack!).
Overall, "Final Voyage" is a terribly planned out and executed piece of B-movie garbage, the only thing that kept me from giving it two stars is the enjoyable audio commentary with Andrews and actress, Claudia Christian. Plus I find this film fun to watch when I'm feeling down and want to watch a movie that I can laugh at, a movie that they actually tried to make look good, but failed entirely.
WALSHED AWAY.......2004-03-28
I like Dylan Walsh. His boyish good looks and ability to throw off some clever lines has been a part of most of his movies. However, in FINAL VOYAGE, Dylan is merely window dressing, along with lovely Erika Eleziak in this muddled, confusing and ultimately ultraviolent mess. Ice T is awful as the hedonistic leader of this motley crew; Claudia Christian is gorgeous as always but looks she belongs in another movie. The obvious differences in what ship was being filmed are glaring, and while it packs some interesting action, it ultimately falls into the B movie, subdivision. Oh, Rick Dicommun as Jasper saves the movie with his comic relief.
SUPRISINGLY GOOD ACTION MOVIE.......2003-12-17
A GANG OF PIRATES [LEAD BY ICE-T] HIJACK A CRUISE SHIP. AND ONE MAN, WHO HAS ESCAPED THESE PIRATES, IS THE ONLY KEY TO STOPPING THEM FROM KILLING A LOT OF INNOCENT PEOPLE. ICE-T DOES A VERY GOOD JOB OF PLAYING THE LEADER OF THE PIRATES. DYLAN WALSH ALSO DOES A GOOD JOB OF PLAYING THE HERO OF THIS MOVIE. GOOD ACTION, GOOD ACTING, AND AN INTERESTING STORYLINE MAKES THIS A HIGHLY ENTERTAINING ACTION MOVIE. GET THIS ONE AS SOON AS YOU CAN.
2 hours of my life I'll never get back.......2003-09-05
I can't describe how awful this movie is. I'd give it no stars if I could. It's like the makers have never heard the word "continuity" before... or plot... or knew anything about character development, let alone ANYTHING about ships. The only parts even remotely redeeming were the shots taken on board the Queen Mary.
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- Do Not Buy This -- Be Patient!
- Hold out
- The First 9 -- some extras, but not a lot.
- Captains Log 6/11/03 Star Trek just got better
- Sci-fi adventure, with mixed results.
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Spanning two decades and countless light years of interstellar adventure, Star Trek: The Motion Pictures Collection is a testament to the enduring goodwill of Gene Roddenberry's optimistic sci-fi concept. Long before Star Wars sparked an explosion of big-screen science fiction, Roddenberry had planned a second Star Trek TV series; the project fizzled, but its pilot script evolved into the first film in Paramount's most lucrative movie franchise. Despite its sluggish pace and bland "pajama" costuming, Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) offered a welcomed reunion of the "classic Trek" cast, packed with Douglas Trumbull's still-dazzling special effects. Trekkers were even more ecstatic when The Wrath of Khan (1982) revived the spirit of the original series, even though director Nicholas Meyer was a Trek neophyte. With Leonard Nimoy directing, The Search for Spock (1984) began where Khan left off, with a thrilling (albeit contrived) obligation to resurrect the formerly ill-fated Mr. Spock.
A box-office smash, Nimoy's The Voyage Home (1986) is the franchise's most accessible adventure--a high point offset by William Shatner's comparatively dreadful Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989). Meyer (and his penchant for quoting Shakespeare) returned for The Undiscovered Country (1991), a conspiracy thriller that put the series back on track, inspiring fans to invoke the "even number" rule in rating their franchise favorites. Generations (1994) gracefully passed the torch to TV's The Next Generation, bidding farewell to Captain Kirk with honor and integrity intact. Highlighted by the evolving humanity of Brent Spiner's android Lt. Comdr. Data, First Contact (1996) explored Star Trek history with a logical (hint) surprise encounter, and Insurrection (1998) provided an adequate expansion of the successful TNG series. Taken as a whole, these nine films demonstrate the consistent vitality of Roddenberry's original vision, stoking any Trekker's appetite for "ongoing missions" in Nemesis and beyond. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews:
Do Not Buy This -- Be Patient!.......2004-12-26
There is no point in purchasing this set when it only includes a few of the special edition DVDs. Despite the attractiveness of the box itself, it is best to wait until all of special/director's edition movies come out.
Hold out.......2004-02-25
The special editions are coming! They're done with the first six already, making this collection out of date. Another blow to the set is Nemesis' DVD release. The two together tell me about how old this set is.
(Eric, Montalban's chest is real. Meyer says so on one of the featurettes. It's his trainer's fault if it looks cheesy.)
The First 9 -- some extras, but not a lot........2004-01-03
This Box set was one of the first DVD sets I got, almost a year ago. It includes all of the Star Trek movies up to and including Insurrection. This set does not have Nemesis.
A NEW BOX SET with that 10th Movie is out now.
Heads Up -- this 9 movie set (which I own and watched) and the other 10 movie collection do not include all of the Special Editions. So you get a little less bonus material, and it is pricey. But hey, it is Star Trek.
The First 3 films in this set have two discs with lots of extras, interviews, trekkie stuff. The other six are single discs only, and honestly they are pretty light on anything "bonus". Like nil.
The Films are old, and it shows. Just look at the trailers on STTMP, and you'll know what I mean. The effects really do look corny by today's standards, but the stories are solid and the acting is decent -- more or less throughout the whole series.
I will skip the review of each film, and sum it up -- this is a solid buy for the first 9 movies, but additional special edition discs will be coming out soon. You might be better off picking and choosing. But I got this and started my DVD collection with a decent beginning.
Captains Log 6/11/03 Star Trek just got better.......2003-06-11
This is the date i wrote my review and got this box set. It is so kool + 9 awesome flicks. I have watched 1,2,3,& 4 so far and let me tell you they are nothing like i imagined. I thought they would be like the star trek TV show. But there not they have the same characters and all but so much more. I would really buy this before it goes out of stock again.
Sci-fi adventure, with mixed results........2003-01-29
(Opinions of The Motion Picture and The Undiscovered Country are based on years old memory)
The original Star Trek crew worked solely on the basis of its lead trio. William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, and DeForest Kelley made for arguably the most charismatic and enjoyable trio to watch in cinematic history. As for the rest of the crew, I didn't much care for anyone else, though George Takei probably came across the best as Sulu, mostly because he never succumbs to the silliness that pervades the other three (Scotty's prat falls, Chekov's accents and mispronunciations, and Uhura's horrific dance number in Star Trek V).
It's been years since I've seen The Motion Picture, and memory serves that it was an engrossing adventure that was so far off from the camp I'd been used to while watching the original TV series. Basically, I liked it, and this is without having seen the director's cut, which I hope to catch some day. The Motion Picture is decidedly an attempt at the kind of cerebral science fiction that 2001 attempted, and while I'm quite certain it's not in the same league as that film, it holds its own.
Ooh, boy, it's with The Wrath of Khan that I'm sure people will shouting blasphemy when I state that I actually didn't much enjoy the film. Sure, the effects were good and the trio was as entertaining to watch as usual, but Nicholas Meyers' direction is stale, Ricardo Montalban is a cheesy-looking villain (that fake chest can't help, either) who talks tough without actually proving his dangerousness, and the space battles prove to be little different than two submarines stalking each other. The idea of two starships battling each other has never appealed to me, and the case is no different here. I will admit, however, that Spock's death scene is poignant.
Star Trek III is even worse than II. Cheap-looking sets, meaningless blather, and the overall snail pace make this easily the most boring film of the entire franchise. The only highlight is Christopher Lloyd as a Klingon commander.
Star Trek IV is a marked improvement, an enjoyable and funny fish-out-of-water tale. There's little else going on here than seeing our beloved crew interact in the 20th century, but that alone is enough to inspire a barrage of belly laughs, particularly Spock's use of colorful metaphors. Catherine Hicks' rather neurotic performance as a whale specialist is pretty annoying, and a downspot in an otherwise entertaining outing.
Star Trek V is easily the silliest of the lot, but it's also kind of fun and the premise is the most ambitious of them all: it's an all-out quest for God, who is believed to live in the center of the galaxy. The trio is given more screentime together here than in any other film, Jerry Goldsmith's score is marvelous (the best of the series), and there's actually a genuine sense of awe when they reach their destination. Oh, this isn't a good movie, but it's an undeniable watchable and often entertaining one, and I personally liked it more than Star Trek III.
Star Trek VI is the standout, the best movie of the original crew's series. It delivers the most solid plot of the bunch, good and plentiful action scenes, and a healthy dose of witty repartee. The ending is very sentimental, but it's welcome, considering this is the end of the journey for our long-running intrepid heroes.
Customer Reviews:
Great finish!.......2004-08-24
This series overall is a fantastic buy. Anime fans alike will love this one. It's great for seasoned fans of Leiji Matsumoto (and more specifically fans of Harlock) but if you're a Harlock newbie you might get confused since there's alot of stuff that's mentioned from previous series and characters. I suggest checking out "Arcadia of My Youth" before seeing this one if you are a newbie.
As for the release of disc 4, you can't be more happy! They did a wonderful job with this one. This is a two disc set, with a bonus disc full of goodies (such as storyboards for episodes 1 and 13, interviews with Matsumoto and Rin, trailers, and a 250+ art gallery...WOW!!). Also this specific set comes with a beautiful box that fits all four of the DVD's. The regular disc with the last three episodes has the same design and features as the past 3 discs had.
Just a great buy overall! I love this series and the finished touches they did with disc 4. The Harlock geek in me is most satisfied and pleased!
Average customer rating:
- Do Not Buy This -- Be Patient!
- Hold out
- The First 9 -- some extras, but not a lot.
- Captains Log 6/11/03 Star Trek just got better
- Sci-fi adventure, with mixed results.
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Star Trek - Nemesis (Two-Disc Special Collector's Edition)
ASIN: B00005OAZZ
Release Date: 2001-11-06 |
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Spanning two decades and countless light years of interstellar adventure, Star Trek: The Motion Pictures Collection is a testament to the enduring goodwill of Gene Roddenberry's optimistic sci-fi concept. Long before Star Wars sparked an explosion of big-screen science fiction, Roddenberry had planned a second Star Trek TV series; the project fizzled, but its pilot script evolved into the first film in Paramount's most lucrative movie franchise. Despite its sluggish pace and bland "pajama" costuming, Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) offered a welcomed reunion of the "classic Trek" cast, packed with Douglas Trumbull's still-dazzling special effects. Trekkers were even more ecstatic when The Wrath of Khan (1982) revived the spirit of the original series, even though director Nicholas Meyer was a Trek neophyte. With Leonard Nimoy directing, The Search for Spock (1984) began where Khan left off, with a thrilling (albeit contrived) obligation to resurrect the formerly ill-fated Mr. Spock.
A box-office smash, Nimoy's The Voyage Home (1986) is the franchise's most accessible adventure--a high point offset by William Shatner's comparatively dreadful Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989). Meyer (and his penchant for quoting Shakespeare) returned for The Undiscovered Country (1991), a conspiracy thriller that put the series back on track, inspiring fans to invoke the "even number" rule in rating their franchise favorites. Generations (1994) gracefully passed the torch to TV's The Next Generation, bidding farewell to Captain Kirk with honor and integrity intact. Highlighted by the evolving humanity of Brent Spiner's android Lt. Comdr. Data, First Contact (1996) explored Star Trek history with a logical (hint) surprise encounter, and Insurrection (1998) provided an adequate expansion of the successful TNG series. Taken as a whole, these nine films demonstrate the consistent vitality of Roddenberry's original vision, stoking any Trekker's appetite for "ongoing missions" in Nemesis and beyond. --Jeff Shannon
Description
Star Trek: the motion picture director's edition, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Star Trek: Generations, Star Trek: First Contact, Star Trek: Insurrection.
Customer Reviews:
Do Not Buy This -- Be Patient!.......2004-12-26
There is no point in purchasing this set when it only includes a few of the special edition DVDs. Despite the attractiveness of the box itself, it is best to wait until all of special/director's edition movies come out.
Hold out.......2004-02-25
The special editions are coming! They're done with the first six already, making this collection out of date. Another blow to the set is Nemesis' DVD release. The two together tell me about how old this set is.
(Eric, Montalban's chest is real. Meyer says so on one of the featurettes. It's his trainer's fault if it looks cheesy.)
The First 9 -- some extras, but not a lot........2004-01-03
This Box set was one of the first DVD sets I got, almost a year ago. It includes all of the Star Trek movies up to and including Insurrection. This set does not have Nemesis.
A NEW BOX SET with that 10th Movie is out now.
Heads Up -- this 9 movie set (which I own and watched) and the other 10 movie collection do not include all of the Special Editions. So you get a little less bonus material, and it is pricey. But hey, it is Star Trek.
The First 3 films in this set have two discs with lots of extras, interviews, trekkie stuff. The other six are single discs only, and honestly they are pretty light on anything "bonus". Like nil.
The Films are old, and it shows. Just look at the trailers on STTMP, and you'll know what I mean. The effects really do look corny by today's standards, but the stories are solid and the acting is decent -- more or less throughout the whole series.
I will skip the review of each film, and sum it up -- this is a solid buy for the first 9 movies, but additional special edition discs will be coming out soon. You might be better off picking and choosing. But I got this and started my DVD collection with a decent beginning.
Captains Log 6/11/03 Star Trek just got better.......2003-06-11
This is the date i wrote my review and got this box set. It is so kool + 9 awesome flicks. I have watched 1,2,3,& 4 so far and let me tell you they are nothing like i imagined. I thought they would be like the star trek TV show. But there not they have the same characters and all but so much more. I would really buy this before it goes out of stock again.
Sci-fi adventure, with mixed results........2003-01-29
(Opinions of The Motion Picture and The Undiscovered Country are based on years old memory)
The original Star Trek crew worked solely on the basis of its lead trio. William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, and DeForest Kelley made for arguably the most charismatic and enjoyable trio to watch in cinematic history. As for the rest of the crew, I didn't much care for anyone else, though George Takei probably came across the best as Sulu, mostly because he never succumbs to the silliness that pervades the other three (Scotty's prat falls, Chekov's accents and mispronunciations, and Uhura's horrific dance number in Star Trek V).
It's been years since I've seen The Motion Picture, and memory serves that it was an engrossing adventure that was so far off from the camp I'd been used to while watching the original TV series. Basically, I liked it, and this is without having seen the director's cut, which I hope to catch some day. The Motion Picture is decidedly an attempt at the kind of cerebral science fiction that 2001 attempted, and while I'm quite certain it's not in the same league as that film, it holds its own.
Ooh, boy, it's with The Wrath of Khan that I'm sure people will shouting blasphemy when I state that I actually didn't much enjoy the film. Sure, the effects were good and the trio was as entertaining to watch as usual, but Nicholas Meyers' direction is stale, Ricardo Montalban is a cheesy-looking villain (that fake chest can't help, either) who talks tough without actually proving his dangerousness, and the space battles prove to be little different than two submarines stalking each other. The idea of two starships battling each other has never appealed to me, and the case is no different here. I will admit, however, that Spock's death scene is poignant.
Star Trek III is even worse than II. Cheap-looking sets, meaningless blather, and the overall snail pace make this easily the most boring film of the entire franchise. The only highlight is Christopher Lloyd as a Klingon commander.
Star Trek IV is a marked improvement, an enjoyable and funny fish-out-of-water tale. There's little else going on here than seeing our beloved crew interact in the 20th century, but that alone is enough to inspire a barrage of belly laughs, particularly Spock's use of colorful metaphors. Catherine Hicks' rather neurotic performance as a whale specialist is pretty annoying, and a downspot in an otherwise entertaining outing.
Star Trek V is easily the silliest of the lot, but it's also kind of fun and the premise is the most ambitious of them all: it's an all-out quest for God, who is believed to live in the center of the galaxy. The trio is given more screentime together here than in any other film, Jerry Goldsmith's score is marvelous (the best of the series), and there's actually a genuine sense of awe when they reach their destination. Oh, this isn't a good movie, but it's an undeniable watchable and often entertaining one, and I personally liked it more than Star Trek III.
Star Trek VI is the standout, the best movie of the original crew's series. It delivers the most solid plot of the bunch, good and plentiful action scenes, and a healthy dose of witty repartee. The ending is very sentimental, but it's welcome, considering this is the end of the journey for our long-running intrepid heroes.
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Devoted Star Trek fans will surely cite the "even number" rule in evaluating the Original Crew Movie Collection, but all six of these films qualify as rousing entertainment. Undeniably, the even-numbered films in Paramount's lucrative Trek franchise tended to be the best, as demonstrated by the superiority of The Wrath of Khan, The Voyage Home, and The Undiscovered Country. And yet each film has something to offer die-hard Trekkers, beginning with the epic-scale wonders of the first Motion Picture (presented here as a two-disc special edition). Evolving from Gene Roddenberry's aborted attempt at a second Star Trek TV series, the effects-laden Motion Picture divided fans while proving that Star Trek had a promising big-screen future. Nicholas Meyer's The Wrath of Khan made good on that promise, reviving the Star Trek spirit and proving, in the case of Mr. Spock, that beloved characters "never really die." It's widely regarded as the best of these half-dozen features.
With its deadly Klingon confrontation, the Leonard Nimoy-directed Search for Spock was a thrilling (albeit contrived) excuse for Spock's inevitable resurrection, and its somber tone was readily countered by the Earth-based humor of Nimoy's The Voyage Home, combining a planetary crisis with a lively--and phenomenally popular--time-travel plot line. Unfortunately, William Shatner then lobbied for the director's chair, and The Final Frontier--an uneasy mixture of cheesy humor and grandiose themes--was the regrettable outcome. Paramount rallied by inviting Nicholas Meyer to repeat his Khan success, and Meyer rose to the occasion with the sharply scripted thrills of The Undiscovered Country. By ending the film with an official signature send-off from the "classic Trek" cast, the original crew brought their big-screen legacy to a graceful and upbeat conclusion, setting the stage for a transitional adventure in Star Trek: Generations. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews:
star trek.......2007-08-27
DVD format and restoration make these movies fresh as new ones. They are classic stories with the original cast but formatted in the latest technology and surround sound. Good investment and value.
Nothing compares to the original.......2007-08-21
If you are or are not a Trekkie but just enjoy a classic, adventure box set, this is the ideal box set for you. In my opinion, the original Star Trek cast was by far the best ever created. With William Shatner playing the role of Captain of the USS Enterprise and Leonard Nimoy as his commander, no other Star Trek cast could ever compare. With the exceptional supporting cast of DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Walter Koenig, and Nichelle Nichols, The Original Star Trek Movie Collection, stands on it's own two feet. All movies are unique, with a flair for adventure, a touch of humor, and a deep human touch. If you are not a Star Trek fan, I would greatly suggest you rent or borrow the Fourth Movie first "The Voyage Home" and then decide whether or not to continue with the set. I promise you, you won't be dissapointed. And the others are equally as good.
Turn Off Your Mind, Relax...And Go Where No Man, etc........2007-06-16
This was an inpulse purchase. Short version of a long story, while wiki-ing the night away, one link led to another which led to Ebert's review of "The Voyage Home" (you know, the one with the whales). He liked it. Since it was 3:00 AM, logic was not a factor so I found this box-set on Amazon, and one-click later...
I have to say that although I was never much of a Star Trek fan, I ended up watching all 3 of the "arc" movies: Wrath of Khan, Search for Spock, and Free Willy, I mean, Voyage Home. I enjoyed them all. They had the same old corny, humanistic, vaguely-mystical, always-swashbuckling appeal that made the original "Star Trek" series pleasant, albeit mindless, TV-viewing. And it is fun to see Montalban's plastic pecs (I don't buy his coy demurral that "everyone was in great shape".)
Unlike other space movies, like Stars Wars, let's say, these movies do not take themselves at all seriously, and therein lies their charm.
Caveat emptor: If you have seen these movies before, they do NOT improve with age. They are timeless...sort of like memories of childhood. The science is questionable...like "slinging" around the Sun to time-travel. Just don't think about it.
Even numbered Star Trek movies don't suck.......2007-05-20
A lot of Star Trek was about dealing with Aliens;
communicating with people who are different in fundamental ways.
Today we get the feeling that the human race can't even communicate
with itself when it comes to science.
Science has clearly warned about extreme climate change
dangers ( very like those of the genesis planet in StartTrek III),
yet politicians,leaders of industry and those who are generally
getting rich from the rape of the planet Earth refuse
to substantially change their damaging behavior.
We keep contributing to the future's "plastic Layer"!
I think in Star Trek II with the genetically engineered
ego maniac shows us that humanity has a lot to learn
about itself!Star Trek IV is one of my all time favorites.
Star Trek.......2007-02-02
The Star Trek movies are really great movies. I am very glad that I bought them.
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