Odd Numbered Star Trek Syndrome
921363
This series is starting to show symptoms of "Odd Numbered Star Trek Syndrome"  I like the characters and the story line is okay but as much as #7 and #8 could not be read separately; this follows the same pattern. It is good but hardly complete.
2363920
Very funny for Trekkies and sic-fi nerds...
26490
Five new assignees to the Intrepid quickly learn that everyone on the ship is leery of being on an away team. Not only does this exploration ship have an elevated death rate, the deaths are by horrible means, and none of the five ranking officers ever die.

The new guys try not to freak out, but they also find themselves suddenly knowing information that didn't know a moment before. Clearly, something is very off about this ship. One of the peculiar things is that all the mid-level staff and some ensigns seem to disappear when the ranking officers are looking for away team members.

With a brilliant tip of the hat to the Star Trek universe, Scalzi has created a vastly entertaining novel which I am most certain to reread. Thats a high honor in my world.
3965426
I love the enhanced versions of Star Trek. Great job on the graphics. I hate the DVD operation. The problem I have is that the disc will not let me skip over an episode to watch the one I was watching. On a normal DVD, when I stop in the middle of the movie and restart it later, the disc starts right where I left it. These DVD's start you back at the beginning of the disk and you can't skip to the episode you were watching or to one I have not watched. The episodes are not in progressive order and are mixed up.
2044854
I liked the dark twists with Spock, a real roller coaster watching Spock come to terms with his truly fearsome choices in the name of peace quite dark. It is one of the best trek series ever.
548109
even though this is what, the 18th? I still enjoy them.  I read the last 3 in a binge session since I had fallen behind.  That's not at all a bad way to do these, as the last two were more or less contiguous in the location (shipwise and galaxywise) and the timeline, which is actually unusual.  He usually switches the ship or journey a bit more.
2847363
Star Trek has always been one of my favorite topics.  As when I read Shatner's latest, I am drawn into it.  The book had a thrill to it.  But I  have noticed one thing missing, the last piece, which is why that 5th star  isn't there.  A few months, I saw that he had a new book in the making, now  I can no longer find it.  So in conclusion, I am saddened for Shatner to  have that kind of loss in his life and I want to add my most sincere  condolences, but I would love for him to make the magic happen one last  time.
1723928
Plot:  A Federation colony is destroyed, and a Bajoran militant group claims responsibility.  The Enterprise meets up with Adm. Kennelly, who orders them to track down Orta (the leader of the group) and stop him from doing it again.  He also sends Ensign Ro Laren (who has a history of disobediance that cost the lives of some crewmembers from the USS Wellington), much to the discomfort of the entire crew.  When they finally meet Orta, he claims that he never attacked the colony.  This is rather interesting, but since Ro nearly jeopardized the mission by going alone to meet Orta without anyone's knowledge (and everyone having to follow her afterward), Capt. Picard confines her to quarters.  Ro realizes that she is going to have to tell the captain something that she didn't originally.

An excellent episode and it's really interesting seeing how both the captain and Ro butt heads at times.

As far as the parallel thing that someone said that the Federation=USA, Cardassians=Israel, and Bajorans=Palestinians, I really don't think this was the point of the episode (another reviewer says that Rick Berman said that the Bajorans don't represent any group from today), so I recommend not reading into it and coming up with an interpretation.

Great episode with a solid 4 stars.
3866695
This is a great Star Trek episode. If you don't think so then you either analyze star trek too deeply or have no sense of humor, possibly both. It was obviously done tongue in cheek and with a nod to 50's sci fi.
Some highlights:
1. Cool wrist bands which render the star trek crew unconsious. A writer of the Wonder Years had been impressed with this part of the episode and did an homage to it in a Wonder Years episode.
2. The facial expressions of McCoy, when he wears the helmet which temporarily emparts advanced surgical knowledge to him are priceless!
3. The fact that the crew members can converse with Spock's brain which had been previously disembodied is hilarious. In addition, the fact that Spock can move about without his brain is very amusing. Does the gadget which makes this possible look similar to the device used on Checkov to revive him in The Voyage Home?
4161919
"These are the continuing voyages of the USS Enterprise" in blu ray.

Okay, we all know what Star Trek is about, so I'm not going to go over the plot.  I will say that the stories are very interesting, well thought out, well written, and well acted. I really like how Star Trek touches on the 'Human Emotion and "Human Element".

I want to talk about the blu ray transfer, and it's outstanding.  The image is crystal clear and sharp as a razor.  I was honestly speechless watching it. I grew up with ST:TNG, and it was like I was watching it all over again. The colors are very sharp, and I couldn't believe what I was seeing.  I'm always amazed on how colorful and vibrant the images are.

When I was reading other reviews, there were a lot of complaints on the sound.  UPDATE:  It seems that the further you go into the episodes, at times, the worse it gets. One of the episodes sounds like it was recored in a bathroom, a lot of echo and muffled.  Even though it's not perfect, I'm still glad I have it.

***UPDATE 10/6: If you have the early set, you'll have problem with sound on some of the episodes.  CBS/Paramount is having a disc exchange. Just send them an e-mail to: phe.stng@bydeluxe.com.  They'll ask for the code on the back of the disc on the inner right. It may be hard to see, but it's there. It took them about a week to send me the replacements blu rays. ***

Usually, I don't care about extras when it comes to DVD, but this has a lot of them, and they're fantastic.

Now, for the price. Yes, it's very expensive, but man, it's worth it.  I passed on buying the dvd and waited for the blu ray, and man, I'm glad I did. It was worth the wait.

If you know someone that's a Star Trek fan, this is a must have for them.  They won't be sorry to get this, and neither was I when I bought it.  I can't wait for the rest of the seasons to come to blu ray.
2497740
It should be noted that not all Star Trek Episodes are included here. Two examples: "Shore Leave"; "Squire Of Gothos", perhaps others. But, it's a great volume and a quality hardbound book that I am proud to add to my library. Star Trek. Man's imagination, desire for adventure, A+++++
4930426
This is one of the most really SF-like Star Trek books in the series. I say this because in this books, next to the normal first contact episodes, the ever present klingon warriors, the torpedo's, the bantering between the 3 leading characters, in this book two interesting alien societies are sketched. Esspecially the strongly individualistic culture of geneticly manipulated humans, that have adopted themselfs to their tasks, their waterful environnement and their own wishes is fascinating.
2021668
William Shatner stars as himself who encounters two 30 year "Trekkies" who find out that Shatner is nothing at all as his alter-ego...Captain Kirk. They find out that he doesn't easily "score" with women! Together, the 30 yr old men & Shatner help each other out with their problems. Really funny! They should have left the "deleted scenes" in though...Let's release a "director's cut" with the deleted scenes intact!
2029033
Stories were good, but the artists messed up Kirk's and Spock's eye color!! In what universe does Spock have blue eyes??? Bizarre. Otherwise, it was good.
2269007
I LOVE THIS BOOK! The cross overs of Seven of Nine from Star Trek: Voyager and Captain Kirk from Star Trek: The Original Series makes this the best Star Trek book I ever read. You won't be disappointed with this book!
1323794
Volume 36 of the Star Trek DVD series includes two of the better episodes from the tail end of the TV series' third and final season on NBC.  Both these epiosdes are fairly decent despite the typical third season flaws.
WHOM THE GODS DESTROY is simply a fun Star Trek episode.  Kirk and Spock beam down to the prison planet Elba II to find that Garth of Izar (Steve Ihnat), an infamous Star Fleet Captin who wiped out an entire race, has taken control of the prison complex from Governor Cory.  Using his ability to shapshift into different characters Garth attempts to take over the Enterprise.  This episode is actually pretty laughable.  Garth's evil plan is way too far fetched to even work.  But perhaps the producers wanted to point out that the character was utterly insane.  It's the cast of colourful characters and the over the top acting that save this one.  Ihnat is great as the bantering Garth and Yvonne Craig (Batgirl from the TV show Batman) makes a great acting appearance as Marta (the green alien woman).  Ironically the third Batman guest star to appear in a consecutive Star Trek episode.  Too bad Adam West, Burt Ward, Burgess Meredith and Caesar Romero never showed up as guest stars huh?
MARK OF GIDEON is a little more serious and almost creepy.  Another Star Trek issue oriented episode.  This time tackling overpopulation problems and contraception.  Most of the screen time is given to Shatner and guest star Sharon Acker who plays Odana.  There is great chemistry between the two and the acting in this episode is quite good.  Good casting and a strong plot overshadow the obvious production budget flaws on this episode (most of it was filmed on the Enterprise set).  The Gideon council leader, Hodin, is played by David Hurst, who made a hilarious appearance as Baron Von Klutz on the Monkees TV series.  Here though he plays a suprisingly serious role as the main antagonist.
Overall a good set of third season episodes.  One laughable one a little more dark and serious.  Considering that the tail end of the final season was filled with bad episodes this is quite refreshing to watch becuase these are a few better episodes from the wildly uneven third season.  Highly recommended!
2636889
The series progresses in Season Two. In this season we see the Voyager crew go through a number of adventures. They stem from just being in a strange, unknown part of the galaxy as well as fighting a new adversary they made along the way-the Kazon. Also the Voyager crew are dealing with a race called the Vidiian's-a race that steals body organs from other and all life forms.

At this point the Federation and Maquis crews have intergrated and are working together. But all is not well. It will be determined that there is a spy on Voyager that's sending information to the Kazon. The spy will be found out and revealed by rather unorthodox methods.

One big event on this season is a baby is born on Voyager. Ensign Samantha Wildman will give birth to a baby girl who will be named Naomi Wildman. The infant is a mixed species: Human/Ktarian. This will cause her to grow and mature rapidly, more so than an all human child. Throughout the series Naomi Wildman will have visible roles and I will add that she is a sweetheart.

The season will end with a cliffhanger. On the final episode of Season Two Voyager will be taken over by the Kazon. The crew will be forced off Voyager and left stranded on a planet. Voyager flies off and the crew encounters humanoid lifeforms. At this point it is not known if they are friendly or hostile. The episode ends with the words "to be continued". The second part will be seen on Season Three.

It would take me a while to watch all the discs. There were no problems with the discs. Also Amazon did its usual good job in getting the items to me in a timely manner. Again I used the free Super Saver shipping and had that item along with some other items I ordered in a manner of days. Once again, Good job.