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Star Trek The Next Generation - Season 1 (Slimline Edition) [1987]


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Warping into syndication in 1987, Star Trek: The Next Generation successfully launched its seven-season "continuing mission" of the starship Enterprise, and this classy DVD boxed set gathers the show's inaugural season in crisp picture clarity and dazzling 5.1-channel sound. A ratings leader with a sharp ensemble cast, this revamped Trek honoured series creator Gene Roddenberry's original Trek concept, nurtured by returning veterans like producer Robert H. Justman and writers D.C. Fontana and David Gerrold. Several first-season episodes have original-series counterparts, and while the season was awkwardly inconsistent for all involved (including Roddenberry's heir apparent, producer Rick Berman), in retrospect the series began on remarkably solid footing.

Patrick Stewart was perfect as Enterprise Captain Jean-Luc Picard, while Marina Sirtis struggled with a wretched hair bun and an ill-defined character, eventually blessing Counselor Troi with delicate nuance. Denise Crosby made a strong but underutilized impression as Security Chief Tasha Yar, and left the series before season's end, allowing writers to develop Klingon Lieutenant Worf (Michael Dorn) into a fan favourite. Brent Spiner transcended Spock comparisons with his triumphant portrayal of the android Lieutenant Commander Data; and while Jonathan Frakes was accepted as First Officer Will Riker, fans ultimately rejected Wil Wheaton as ensign Wesley Crusher, the teenaged son of the ship's doctor (Gates McFadden). Still, these 25 episodes laid a firm foundation for subsequent seasons, and highlights include the Raymond Chandleresque "holo- novel" of "The Big Goodbye," Data's backstory in "Datalore," the Klingon rituals of "Heart of Glory," and a Romulan encounter in "The Neutral Zone." The DVD supplements (all on the seventh disc) are good enough to make anyone wish for more: four featurettes recall myriad first-season challenges, filled with insider perspective and enough NextGen trivia to satiate all but the most obsessive Trekkers back on Earth. Looking back, it's easy to see why NextGen lived long and prospered. --Jeff Shannon


Excellent season starter
Review date: 2008-11-09 Rating: 10 out of 10

This season is just excellent, true it's not to everyone's like such as i like Enterprise more, however no one can deny the Galaxy class Enterprise-D crew from their Award winning TV Show.

Season 1 kicks off with 3 different encounters, 1. The farpoint incident, 2. the Q contact, 3. the crew. A new commander of the famous Enterprise legacy, Jean-Luc Picard begins the journey by rendevous with the rest of the crew on Farpoint station nearby including Commander William Riker, Picard's new executive officer. However, the Enterprise encounters a non-corporial being who has a strange obsession with the human race, Q. Q, stops the enterprise and provokes the captain to a challenge of humanity and it's pyschological evolution. meanwhile the Commander meets up with the Blind Cheif Engineer, Lieutenant Geordi La Forge and Medical officer Beverly Crusher along with Wesley Crusher who notices something odd, which turns out to be something worth investigating. but back on the ship Q yet again provokes the captain and his sub-ordinates when a trail begins all set in a Japanese courtroom after the Atom bomb exposion over 400 years ago. meanwhile Clues are about back on farpoint which gives riker the opportunity to unite some of the ships senior officers to scout around... and this is just episode 1!.

Pointer: Tasha Yar, who is the cheif security of enterprise-D is killed off near the end of season but is replaced by Klingon, Worf who becomes a major character throughout Captain Picard's command and Cmdr/Capt Sisko's command on DS9.


Brilliant Season, it's recommended to buy season 2 as the whole series is character driven, with some great action later on.

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Neat & compact
Review date: 2008-07-18 Rating: 10 out of 10

I bought all the series in this format because I originally bought all 87 video's and that took up lots of room !
This series is great, they are neat and compact and easy to store, great for when you want a Trekkie fix.

to boldly go......
Review date: 2008-06-16 Rating: 8 out of 10

i wasnt dissapointed when i bought this box set at a fantastic price. I hadnt seen many of the episodes since i was four when they were originally aired but enjoyed watching them all the same. Great that there was extras at the end of the seventh disc throughly enjoyed watching them there could have been more but i was pleased there was any extras at all

Trek official alternatives
Review date: 2007-09-20 Rating: 10 out of 10

If it is Star Trek fix you are looking for, then you really ought to browsers and look for the high fan series that have been created.

Star Trek Hidden Frontier has recently finished a 7 season run,
Star Trek Odyessy looks set to take over, taking Trek to Andromeda
Helena Chronicles another spin off from Hidden Frontier set aboard the USS Helena featured in the latter episodes of HF.
Trinity a UK post production looks to be taking a darker look for a 4 part mini series at the post Nemesis era.
If you are a fan of the Original series Check out the Star New Voyages which are the continuing adventures of the Enterprise from the end of The Original Series, George Takei and Walter Koenig have both featured in recent episodes.
Starship Farragut takes Trek aboard the USS Farragut set in TOS era.
Star Trek Intrepid another UK production of high quality. with a cross over with Hidden Frontier special coming shortly.
Star Trek Of Gods and Men a by the stars of trek from the fans movie directed by Tim Russ (tuvok) featuring many of the cast of various Treks.

For all things truly Trek, look across the vastness of the internet to discover what is really going on.

Brilliant, Star Trek is one of a kind!
Review date: 2007-06-02 Rating: 8 out of 10

Excellent season, see more into the emotions of the crew of Enterprise. Well worth buying for such a reasonable price.

Product Details/Specifications


Artist(s):
Star Trek the Next Generation

Recording label: Paramount Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: Paramount Home Entertainment
EAN: 5014437902931
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 7
Format: PAL,
Release date: 2006-05-22
Audience rating: Parental Guidance
Region code: 2
Running time: 999 minutes
Theatrical release date: 1987
Language: English (Original Language)

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