NoirFan

From Blu-ray.com:

AmityBoatTours

can not wait and how nice a week before my birthday even better.

Anubis2005X

Season 1 is such an awesome release, will definitely pick up the new Season.

Joe Molotov

I was very impressed with the Season 1 release, and will be picking up the rest of the series.

lamphorn

Making my way through Season 1 now and the picture quality is outstanding. I barely saw a few of TOS as a kid so most of these are new to me.

I'm a bit OCD, so it's taking me a long time to get through them because every time a SFX shot comes up, I have to watch it in both the original version and the new version, which leads to a lot of rewinding.

What do you all think of the new effect? I'm kind of mixed. I feel they were respectful and tried to complement the 60's style, but I can't help but find them jarring. To see a CGI Enterprise and detailed CGI planets just yanks me right out of the show because I know it was added on recently. Kind of feels like the Star Wars Special Editions, only not as awful.

NoirFan

I really hate newly added CGI. I'm a firm believer in preserving the integrity of the original release. At least they saw fit to include the original versions, unlike with THX-1138, the eventual Blu-ray of which I assume will include only the revised travesty.

Mike86

I like the new effects for the most part I guess. Plus its nice that Paramount is giving us the option on these Blu-ray sets to watch the original version or the enhanced version unlike Lucas who doesn't seem to want to release the original versions of Star Wars in decent quality for anything. Yes I'm aware they're available on dvd but it would be nice if they were anamorphic and in better quality, but that's for a Star Wars thread I guess.

But anyways I'm definitely looking forward to getting Season Two on Blu-ray hopefully it'll be around the same price point as Season 1 was.

Breakfast with Girls

If it's done well and unobtrusive, I think it adds something. I dislike the Star Wars special editions because they interfere with the story and dialog.

But even if I like it, I agree that it's important to provide both options (preferably with seamless branching).

Star Trek is a bit of a special case because the original effects were so bad at times. I'm specifically thinking of the space shots where half the ship is missing and you have stars showing through it. I remember seeing that a lot especially in season two.

islandclaws

The S1 set is fantastic. I'll def pick up S2 when it's released.

NoirFan

From DVD Times:

Doctorossi

Woah! That's a major price drop!

I wonder if they're just trying to bring it into line with some of the common street prices of the Season 1 set (which MSRP'd at $129.99!).

Sounds like we may see prices in the $4X.XX range right out of the gate on this set.

Of course, it could always just be a typo...

AmityBoatTours

Trekmovie has the full cover art posted online and there is a special tribbles disk, that so far is known to have the animated episode from the tos animated series, and they are trying to confirm if trials and tribulations will be included as well, god i really hope they do.

http://img.trekmovie.com/images/merc..._Back_Oslv.jpg

PGHFlyer

Yeah, that $79.99 doesn't seem right, Amazon has taken the liberty of pricing the same as the first season's MSRP of $129.

AmityBoatTours

cant wait for sept 22nd

Gizmo

Didn't Paramount just lower the MSRPs of the original DVD sets? I've seen them bundled together pretty cheap before.

Doctorossi

My question is... is it in HD?

Doctorossi

Yeah, but those aren't $$new$$.

AmityBoatTours

That would be nice, probably not, but who knows since its only one episode perhaps they could have. I know there have been discusions on here as to how this episode was shot, the way the special effects were done and the effort it would take to get it ready for an HD release. If its there its probably going to be SD but i cross my fingers it would be in HD

mzupeman2

They very well may be thinking 'hey, if we want more money for all this star trek stuff in a single years time, we need to lower the prices'. Think of it, seasons 1-3, and all 11 star trek films. They know people want it, people will buy it, and they want people not to be discouraged. Just my guess.

JimRochester

I was a 8 year old kid in the late 60's and we had a black and white television set. One night while visiting friends with a color TV, this "Star Trek" show came on will all it's brilliant color. I was completley transfixed. From there my parents would let me stay up on occasion to watch the show, but it just wasn't the same in B&W.

I picked up Star Trek in Beta, then in VHS, then the first DVD release with one decent episode and one crappy one for $15. Although I have no interest in the CGI versions I would love to have these in Blu but I just can't see spending the money. One day I'll run across some seasons cheap and may pick it up. Although I think they tried to remain true to the original feel for the show, the CGI does nothing for me. Lucas does shit just because he can, that doesn't mean he should. (I'm paraphrasing Jeff Goldblum in Jurassic Park here)

mzupeman2

You can watch it with the original effects as well, and the quality of the program is surprisingly good. It's pretty stunning actually considering how old this show is.

WMAangel

Just pre-ordered this last night at Moviestop (since it finally was put into their system), along with the Next Generation Movie Collection! Then I'll just need a release date for TOS: Season 3 to complete my ST on BD collection....

darkside

Agreed. This is the way TV on BD should be done.

Nick Martin

TV Shows On DVD posted the full disc-by-disc specs:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Sta...-Blu-ray/12432

Why is the DS9 episode (as a bonus) "Trials and Tribble-ations" being listed as HD?

This has to be a) a typo, b) a professionally upconverted episode or c) the first real test for rebuilding the episodes of 1990s Trek using the original elements.

Nah, typo is likely it....right?

WMAangel

I seriously doubt it is a typo, considering the Animated episode is also listed as being in HD, and the original Tribbles episode is actually the only S2 episode on that one disc.....I doubt they'd waste that much space on a BD with only SD extras...