Star Trek: The Original Series - Season Two (Remastered Edition)
Starring: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, Nichelle NicholsStudio: Paramount
MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Format: AC-3, Box set, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, Original recording remastered, Subtitled, NTSC
Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Running Time: 1311 minutes
DVD Release: August 5th 2008
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Great second season/remastering! - Rating: 5/5
A great second season (I like all 3), but this may very well be the best, and the remastered shots/audio look great (as with all 3 seasons), the stains, cuts, and so forth has all been cleaned up, and I can compare, I have 38 of the episodes on VHS that Paramount released back in the 80s.
Now, the first season is in HD/DVD format, this season is not, nor is season 3, but oh well, I just love that I can watch any episode, any time I want, and that's what it's all about!
Standout episodes...all are great to me, but these are the best to me.
Mirror, Mirror
Patterns of Force
A Piece of the Action
Bread and Circuses
The Gamesters of Triskelion
Obsession
The Deadly Years.
Great season, great remastering job, if you are a Trek fan, I do not think you will be dissapointed, if you are a purist, you may be, but I am not.
Thanks Paramount/CBS!
Amazing - Rating: 5/5
A must have if you're a trekkie. The added CG breathes new life into the original series. Watch one new remastered episode and you'll be hooked...again!
Improving on perfection - Rating: 5/5
As a fan of the original Star Trek since it first aired, I've always been honest enough with myself to admit that the effects back then were not the greatest. Also, given the fact that Gene Roddenberry had only a shoestring budget, he could never quite realize his dream to perfection. In spite of that, the stories always carried Star Trek where no science fiction story had gone before. These new remastered episodes go back and neatly bring the look of the show into the 21st Century of television effects. I still have my DVD's of the shows as originally aired, but having this is a nice supplement to any Star Trek collection.
Fantastic "makeover"! - Rating: 4/5
A beautiful remastering work, although some of the episodes look quite tacky today. Anyway it's still a lot of fun and my friends and I loved watching this timeless sci-fi series again. The only technical "flaw" we found were the closed-captions which in many instances cut out a few letters at end of the lines, although it really didn't affect our understanding of the dialog, as we all understand English quite well (however, I don't know if could be a problem for those who actually have hearing impairment)
Cleans up nicely! - Rating: 5/5
If you don't mind new SFX on principal, this set is wonderful. Despite the fact that this is a regular DVD, the image and integration with the new SFX is something really nice to behold. And I actually zoom in on the 4x3 frame on my 42" hdtv and enjoy it big screen. Just use a better upconverting player and you're set. Blu-Ray would, of course, be the best, but believe me, the plain old DVDs look better than TOS ever looked on analog broadcast or cable.
And upon seeing these episodes again, one may just realize that they have forgotten how great the Original Series was.
