STAR TREK THE ANIMATED SERIES {1st./2nd. Season Complete} (DVD Review) - 26/11/06

Having recently got together with Mr. Periwinkle to sort out and organise a DVD Recorder because Paramount had shelved the issue of this series - Lo and behold if they didn't sort out the legal wranglings between themselves and CBS and eventually issue the last series of Star Trek finally to DVD several months down the line - Hurrah! There are 3 things I don't like about this set: Firstly the plastic case's opening clip is hard to undo and secondly the actual discs sit inside a cardboard slipcase that is unfortunately propped onto two plastic struts - Over a period of time this will certainly wear and damage the casing. Thirdly we have some wonderful pictures from the series inside the attached booklet - But for some strange reason they have coloured these all orange so you can't really make them out properly? The above picture shows the outside cardboard casing and the one below is minus the outer cover.
Boldly continuing where Star Trek The Original Series left off, these animated adventures chart the progress of Captain Kirk and his crew in a universe unconstrained by "real-life" cinematography and gives us another 22 adventures to enjoy again once more with Star Trek in all it's glory!!
With this version of Star Trek the actors (minus Walter Koenig) we find the ideals of the original Star Trek shining through in Production and Story values and we even get some slight Special Features. On selected episodes we get either Audio or Text Commentaries and even a Storyboard Gallery. We get a very nice 2006 Featurette "Drawn To The Final Frontier: The Making Of Star Trek The Animated Series" with a very brief Text feature on the Show History and rounding it off a "What's The Star Trek Connection?" with small snippets covering the animated series contribution to later Star Trek history.

Available on Region 1 (USA) & Region 2 (UK) DVD as a 4-Disc Boxset with a plastic outer case. Region 1 (USA) Not Rated - NTSC Colour. Canadian Rating: G. Full Screen Format. Dolby Digital English 5.1. Surround with Spanish/English Mono. Subtitles: English, Spanish & Portuguese. CC. Special Features Not Rated and some not Close Captioned. 1973-1974. Runtime: 526 Mins. CBS, Paramount/Viacom 2006. 03167/11111006490/ ISBN # 097360316728. The naff 70's Filmation animation is a joy to behold....