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Couverture:
TNG, Box saisons complêtes: (édition mars-dec. 2002)
Saison 1   Saison 2   Saison 3   Saison 4   Saison 5   Saison 6   Saison 7  
 
Les films:
01 - Le film   02 - La colere de Kahn   03 - A la recherche de Spock   04 - Retour sur Terre   05 - L'ultime frontiere   06 - Terre Inconnue   07 - Generations   08 - Premier Contact   09 - Insurrection   10 - Nemesis   Coffret - Les films 1 a 10 (attention: 1 a 4 = special edition, 5 a 9 = v.initiale sans aucun extra, 10=copie du DVD indiv.)  
 
DS9, Box saisons complêtes: (édition fev-dec. 2003)
Saison 1   Saison 2   Saison 3   Saison 4   Saison 5   Saison 6   Saison 7  
 
 
Voyager, Box saisons complêtes:
Saison 1  
 
ENTERPRISE, épisodes:
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Star Trek 1: The Motion Picture - The Director's Edition
Paramount Home Entertainment (UK)
DVD - 6 May, 2002
List Price: £24.99
Amazon Price (May 2002): £19.99
Region 2 encoding (Europe, Middle East & Japan only)
PAL
ASIN: B00005UO5T
Amazon.co.uk Review
It was an event that every fan had waited a decade for: the first Star Trek movie. But after its cinema release in 1979 Star Trek: The Motion Picture was quickly dubbed "The Slow-motion Picture". In the opinion of general audiences, fans and critics alike, the snail-like pace of the film was a crippling flaw. It bothered one person even more, though: but when preparing this Director's Edition, Robert Wise finally got to scratch that itch.
In an unprecedented display of confidence from a movie studio, Wise was allowed to re-edit the film and commission new visual effects sequences that were planned but unrealised for the original release. The result is frankly mind-boggling. Finally we are able to see how Vulcan was supposed to amaze and alienate us, how integral the B-crew's role was to the mission, and just how spectacular the V'ger ship was imagined to be.
Is the pace problem addressed? Undoubtedly it is. Scenes are trimmed and a new "busier" effects soundtrack helps considerably. Does it look better? Definitely. The shades of beige and puce have never seemed more crisply defined. Does it sound better? Jerry Goldsmith's music score (arguably one of the best ever written) is as majestically represented as the Enterprise herself.
On the DVD: in ascending order of wow-factor, this spectacular two-disc set starts off with: three trailers, eight TV ads, a storyboards gallery and a complete library of all scenes deleted from both the original and new versions. The picture quality varies throughout all these, but it's worth putting up with for the (Wise-ly) excised material such as the unfinished effects work. An audio commentary from Wise, special effects director John Dykstra, composer Jerry Goldsmith and Commander Decker himself (Stephen Collins) is far more engaging than the "this is CGI" style of The Phantom Menace DVD.
This is an appraisal for movie aficionados more than Trek fans, however. The latter will be far more interested in a text commentary from Trek author and scholar Mike Okuda, who points out endless amounts of trivia. Better even than all these are three new documentaries that chronicle the film's history from then to now. Each is brightly put together (they don't drag), informative without being overly technical, and exude a pride without bragging. Star Trek fans will be left hoping that the DVD adventure is just beginning. --Paul Tonks
Video Description
DVD Special Features:
Disc 1:
Widescreen version enhanced for 16:9 TVs
Dolby Digital English/German 5.1 Surround
Group commentary by Robert Wise, Douglas Trumbull, John Dykstra, Jerry Goldsmith, Stephen Collins
Text commentary by Michael Okuda, co-author of "The Star Trek Encyclopedia"
Feature subtitles: English for the hearing impaired, English, Arabicv, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Swedish, Turkish
 

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Star Trek 2 - The Wrath Of Khan [1982]
Paramount Home Entertainment (UK)
DVD - 24 December, 2001
List Price: £19.99
Amazon Price (May 2002): £15.99
Region 2 encoding (Europe, Middle East & Japan only)
PAL
ASIN: B000059L9E
Amazon.co.uk Review
Inspired by the "Space Seed" episode of the original series, the classic swashbuckling scenario of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan was much more of a success with fans than the somewhat turgid drama of Star Trek: The Motion Picture. The film reunites newly promoted Admiral Kirk with his nemesis from the earlier episode--the genetically superior Khan (Ricardo Montalban)--who is now seeking revenge upon Kirk for having been imprisoned on a desolated planet. Their battle ensues over control of the Genesis device, a top-secret Starfleet project enabling entire planets to be transformed into life-supporting worlds, pioneered by the mother (Bibi Besch) of Kirk's estranged and now-adult son. While Mr. Spock mentors the young Vulcan Lt. Saavik (then-newcomer Kirstie Alley), Kirk must battle Khan to the bitter end, through a climactic starship chase and an unexpected crisis that will cost the life of Kirk's closest friend. This was the kind of character-based Trek that fans were waiting for, boosted by spectacular special effects, a great villain (thanks to Montalban's splendidly melodramatic performance), and a deft combination of humour, excitement, and wondrous imagination. Director Nicholas Meyer (who would play a substantial role in the success of future Trek features) treats the film as "Horatio Hornblower in space", and then adds lots of spicy seafaring Moby Dick references, plus a sprinkle of Shakespearean tragedy and World War II submarine thriller, all driven along by one of composer James Horner's finest scores. Wrath of Khan set the successful tone for the films that followed. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com
Unfortunatley the DVD transfer is not the best out of the Trek films, but still superior than Vhs. It would be great to see this movie remastered and re-edited as it does seem like it was rushed through the editing process.
The DVD's only Suffers from being poolry stocked with extra features. All fans have this on Video, give us something more than a trailer on the DVD.
 

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Star Trek 3-Search for Spock
Paramount Home Entertainment (UK)
DVD - 1 October, 2001
List Price: £19.99
Amazon Price (May 2002): £18.99
Region 2 encoding (Europe, Middle East & Japan only)
PAL
ASIN: B000059H2B
Amazon.co.uk Review
The name says it all--Star Trek III: The Search for Spock--so you didn't think Mr. Spock was really dead, did you? When Spock's casket landed on the surface of the Genesis planet at the end of Star Trek II, we had already been told that Genesis had the power to bring "life from lifelessness". So it's no surprise that this energetic but somewhat hokey sequel gives Spock a new lease of life, beginning with his rebirth and rapid growth as the Genesis planet literally shakes itself apart in a series of tumultuous geological spasms. As Kirk is getting to know his estranged son (Merritt Butrick), he must also do battle with the fiendish Klingon Kruge (Christopher Lloyd), who is determined to seize the power of Genesis from the Federation. Meanwhile, the regenerated Spock returns to his home planet, and Star Trek III gains considerable interest by exploring the ceremonial (and, of course, highly logical) traditions of Vulcan society. The movie's a minor disappointment compared to Star Trek II, but it's a--well, logical--sequel that successfully restores Spock (and first-time film director Leonard Nimoy) to the phenomenal Trek franchise ... as if he were ever really gone. With Kirk's wilful destruction of the USS Enterprise and Robin Curtis replacing the departing Kirstie Alley as Vulcan Lt Saavik, this was clearly a transitional film in the series, clearing the way for the highly popular Star Trek IV. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com
Apparently nothing else than the film itself on the dvd. Seen somehing else on it (please send me details if you know about it).
 

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Star Trek 4 : The Voyage Home [1986]
Paramount Home Entertainment (UK)
DVD - 6 August, 2001
List Price: £19.99
Amazon Price (May 2002): £18.99
Region 2 encoding (Europe, Middle East & Japan only)
PAL, Widescreen
ASIN: B000059H1W
Amazon.co.uk Review
The most popular movie in the "classic Trek" series of feature films, Star Trek IV was a box-office smash that satisfied mainstream audiences and hardcore fans alike. The Voyage Home returns to one of the favourite themes of the original TV series--time travel--to bring Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Scotty, Sulu, Uhura, and Chekov from the 23rd century to present-day (ie, mid-1980s) San Francisco. In their own time, the Starfleet heroes encounter an alien probe emitting a mysterious message--a message delivered in the song of the now-extinct Earth species of humpback whales. Failure to respond to the probe will result in Earth's destruction, so Kirk and company time-travel to 20th-century Earth--in their captured Klingon starship--to transport a humpback whale to the future in an effort to communicate peacefully with the alien probe. The plot sounds somewhat absurd in description, but as executed by returning director Leonard Nimoy, this turned out to be a crowd-pleasing adventure, filled with a great deal of humour derived from the clash of future heroes and contemporary urban realities, and much lively interaction among the favourite Trek characters. Catherine Hicks plays the 20th-century whale expert who is finally convinced of Kirk's and Spock's benevolent intentions. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com
 

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Star Trek 5 : The Final Frontier [1989]
Paramount Home Entertainment (UK)
DVD - 7 May, 2001
List Price: £19.99
Amazon Price (May 2002): £18.99
Region 2 encoding (Europe, Middle East & Japan only)
PAL, Widescreen
ASIN: B000058E3A
Amazon.co.uk Review
Almost universally derided on its first release as the worst of the Star Trek movies to date, The Final Frontier may just have been the victim of bad press. Following in the wake of the massively successful fourth instalment The Voyage Home didn't help matters (notoriously, even-numbered entries are better), nor did having novice director and shameless egomaniac William Shatner at the helm. But if the story, conceived and co-written by Shatner, teeters dangerously on the verge of being corny at times, it redeems itself with enough thought-provoking scenes in the best tradition of the series, and a surprisingly original finale. Granted there are a few too many yawning plot holes along the way, and the general tone is over-earnest (despite some painfully slapstick comedy moments), but the interaction of the central trio (Kirk, Spock and McCoy) is often funny and genuinely insightful; while Laurence Luckinbill is a charismatic adversary as the renegade Vulcan Sybok. True, the rest of the cast scarcely get a look in, and the special effects betray serious budgetary restrictions, but with a standout score from Jerry Goldsmith and a meaty philosophical premise to play around with, Star Trek V looks a lot more substantial in retrospect. Certainly it's no worse than either Generations or Insurrection, the next "odd-numbered" entries in the series.
On the DVD: This is a non-anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1) print, with only two trailers as extra features. Quite frankly, Star Trek fans are being short-changed. --Mark Walker
 

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Star Trek 6 : The Undiscovered Country [1991]
Paramount Home Entertainment (UK)
DVD - 2 April, 2001
List Price: £19.99
Amazon Price (May 2002): £18.99
Region 2 encoding (Europe, Middle East & Japan only)
PAL
ASIN: B000058E39
Amazon.co.uk Review
Star Trek V left us nowhere to go but up, and with the return of Wrath of Khan director Nicholas Meyer, this sixth instalment restored the movie series to its classic blend of space opera, intelligent plotting and engaging interaction of stalwart heroes and menacing villains. Borrowing its subtitle (and several lines of dialogue) from Shakespeare, the movie finds Admiral Kirk (William Shatner) and his fellow Enterprise crew members on a diplomatic mission to negotiate peace with the revered Klingon Chancellor Gorkon (David Warner). When the high-ranking Klingon and several officers are ruthlessly murdered, blame is placed on Kirk and crew. The subsequent investigation, which sees Spock taking on the mantle of Sherlock Holmes, uncovers an assassination plot masterminded by the nefarious Klingon General Chang (Christopher Plummer) in an effort to disrupt a historic peace summit. As this political plot unfolds, Star Trek VI takes on a sharp-edged tone, with Kirk and Spock confronting their opposing views of diplomacy and testing their bonds of loyalty when a Vulcan officer is revealed to be a traitor. With a dramatic depth befitting what was to be the final movie mission of the original Enterprise crew, this film took the veteran cast out in respectably high style, with the torch being passed to the crew of Star Trek: The Next Generation in the following movie, Star Trek: Generations. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com
Remarks:
_ I wish I could say the DVD is one of the best of ST's series. Forget the fact that there are hardly any extras. What's really bad is that the DVD is not anamorphic. The picture is presented in 4:3 letterbox format even on a 16:9 set, and if you blow that up to fix the 16:9 screen the subtitles (in another language, or English subs for the Klingon sequences) fall off the screen.
_ A few trailers are all we get for the DVD premium price.
 

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Star Trek : Generations [1995]
Paramount Home Entertainment (UK)
DVD - 2 October, 2000
List Price: £19.99
Amazon Price (May 2002): £18.99
Region 2 encoding (Europe, Middle East & Japan only)
PAL, Widescreen
ASIN: B00004W0W6
Amazon.co.uk Review
There were only two ways for "classic Trek" cast members to appear in a movie with the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation: either Captain Kirk and his contemporaries would have to be very, very old, or there would be some time travel involved in the plot. Since geriatric heroes aren't very exciting (despite a welcomed cameo appearance by the aged Dr McCoy), Star Trek: Generations unites Capt. Kirk (William Shatner) and Capt. Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) in a time-jumping race to stop a madman's quest for heavenly contentment. When a mysterious energy coil called the Nexus nearly destroys the newly christened USS Enterprise-B, the just-retired Kirk is lost and presumed dead. But he's actually been happily trapped in the timeless purgatory of the Nexus--an idyllic state of being described by the mystical Guinan (Whoopi Goldberg) as "pure joy". Picard must convince Kirk to leave this artificial comfort zone and confront Dr Soran (Malcolm McDowell), the madman who will threaten billions of lives to be reunited with the addictive pleasure of the Nexus. With subplots involving the android Data's unpredictable "emotion chip" and the spectacular crash-landing of the starship Enterprise, this crossover movie not only satisfied Trek fans, but it also gave them something they'd never had to confront before: the heroic and truly final death of a beloved Star Trek character. Passing the torch to the Next Generation with dignity and entertaining adventure, the movie isn't going to please everyone with its somewhat hokey plot, but it still ranks as a worthy big-screen launch for Picard and his stalwart crew. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com
Remarks:
_ No complain about the lack of extras on this disk, because they really do not matter. DVD does this film justice, it looks great, my only complaint is that some of the subtitles are wrong! But everything else is in order.
_ The DVD package was a real disappointment (the film itself notwithstanding). At the time the film came out there were documentaries on Sky Movies, etc. about how the film was made, location reports, how the special effects were achieved - always good fun where ILM are involved. Nothing here.
 

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Star Trek : First Contact [1996]
Paramount Home Entertainment (UK)
DVD - 31 July, 2000
List Price: £19.99
Amazon Price (May 2002): £15.99
Region 2 encoding (Europe, Middle East & Japan only)
PAL, Widescreen
ASIN: B00004TT87
Amazon.co.uk Review
Even-numbered Star Trek movies tend to be better, and this one (number eight in the popular series) is no exception--an intelligently handled plot involving the galaxy-conquering Borg and their attempt to invade Earth's past, alter history, and "assimilate" the entire human race. Time travel, a dazzling new Enterprise, and capable direction by Next Generation alumnus Jonathan Frakes makes this one rank with the best of the bunch. Capt. Picard (Patrick Stewart) and his able crew travel back in time to Earth in the year 2063, where they hope to ensure that the inventor of warp drive (played by James Cromwell) will successfully carry out his pioneering warp-drive flight and precipitate Earth's "first contact" with an alien race. A seductive Borg queen (Alice Krige) holds Lt. Data (Brent Spiner) hostage in an effort to sabotage the Federation's preservation of history, and the captive android finds himself tempted by the queen's tantalising sins of the flesh. Sharply conceived to fit snugly into the burgeoning Star Trek chronology, First Contact leads to a surprise revelation that marks an important historical chapter in the ongoing mission "to boldly go where no one has gone before". --Jeff Shannon
 

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Star Trek : Insurrection [1998]
Paramount Home Entertainment (UK)
DVD - 5 June, 2000
List Price: £19.99
Amazon Price (May 2002): £18.99
Region 2 encoding (Europe, Middle East & Japan only)
PAL, Widescreen
ASIN: B00004TL8I
Amazon.co.uk Review
Star Trek fans were decidedly mixed in their reactions to this, the ninth big-screen feature in Paramount's lucrative Trek franchise. Die-hard loyalists will appreciate the way this Next Generation adventure rekindles the spirit of the original Trek TV series while combining a tolerable dose of New-Age philosophy with a light-hearted plot for the Next Gen cast. This time out, Picard (Patrick Stewart) and his executive crew must transport to a Shangri-la-like planet to see why their android crewmate Data (Brent Spiner) has run amok in a village full of peaceful Ba'ku artisans who--thanks to their planet's "metaphasic radiation"--haven't aged in 309 years.
It turns out there's a conspiracy afoot, masterminded by the devious, gruesomely aged Ru'afo (F. Murray Abraham, hamming it up under makeup resembling a cosmetic surgeon's worst nightmare), who's in cahoots with a renegade Starfleet admiral (Anthony Zerbe, in one of his final screen roles). They covet the fountain-of-youth power of the Ba'ku planet, but because their takeover plan violates Starfleet's Prime Directive of non-interference, it's up to Picard and crew to stop the scheme. Along the way, they all benefit from the metaphasic effect, which manifests itself as Worf's puberty (visible as a conspicuous case of Klingon acne), Picard's youthful romance with a Ba'ku woman (the lovely Donna Murphy), the touching though temporary return of Geordi's natural eyesight, and a moment when Troi asks Dr. Crusher if she's noticed that her "boobs are firming up".
Some fans scoffed at these humorous asides, but they're what make this Trek film as entertaining as it is slightly disappointing. Without the laughs (including Data's rousing excerpt from Gilbert & Sullivan's HMS Pinafore), this is a pretty routine entry in the franchise, with no real surprises, a number of plot holes, and the overall appearance of a big-budget TV episode. As costar and director, Jonathan Frakes proves a capable carrier of the Star Trekflame--and it's nice to see women in their 40s portrayed as smart and sexy--but while this is surely an adequate Trek adventure, it doesn't quite rank with the best in the series. --Jeff Shannon
Remarks:
_ As for the DVD (based on region 1) - all I can say is dreadful ! What a waste of the format. An opportunity missed ! A couple of trailers, a short featurette is all you get
 

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Star Trek : Nemesis [2001]
Paramount Home Entertainment (UK)
DVD - 11 aout 2003
List Price: £19.99
Amazon Price (Dec 2003): £13.99
Region 2 encoding (Europe, Middle East & Japan only)
PAL, Widescreen
Run time : 112 min
ASIN: B00006FMGL
Amazon.co.uk Review
Despite Nemesis bearing strong echoes of the Star Trek franchise's 1982 zenith, The Wrath of Kahn, the tenth film in the series sadly lacks Kahn's enormous conviction and resonance. That aside, Nemesis is still a strong, enjoyable effort containing all the Trek hallmarks, while making few concessions for non-fans. Following the wedding of Riker and Troi, the Enterprise is called to negotiate peace with longtime Federation enemies the Romulans, now led by the mysterious Reman, Shinzon (a malevolent Tom Hardy), who bears an unnervingly close link to Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart). At the same time, Data's (Brent Spiner) surprise discovery of an inferior prototype of himself leads him to make to some harsh human decisions.
Certainly, the film has a comfy familiarity to it, and there are no shocking changes of direction, but scriptwriter John Logan (Gladiator) and director Stuart Baird (Executive Decision)--both franchise newcomers--make some fine contributions. Logan imbues some scenes with fine seething drama, particularly between Picard and Shinzon, and introduces, in a psychic assault on Troi (Marina Sirtis), a hitherto unseen darkness in the Trek universe. Baird, meanwhile, offsets the series "talkiness" with some superbly realised--and brutal--action sequences. Should this indeed be the final voyage for The Next Generation Enterprise, then it could have been far worse. --Danny Graydon
Synopsis:
The crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise pick up energy readings identical to those emitted by the brain of Data. Upon further investigation they find a collection of disassembled parts of an android named B4. As they reassemble B4 the crew soon realise that they have been lured into a plan to destroy the Earth...
 

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Star Trek Movies 1-10 Box Set [1979-2001]
Paramount Home Entertainment (UK)
DVD - 11 aout 2003
List Price: £109.99
Amazon Price (Dec 2003): £82.49
Region 2 encoding (Europe, Middle East & Japan only)
PAL, Widescreen
ASIN: B00009W5F1
Sur les DVDs:
La collection des films de Star Trek en DVD est un ense;ble complet de 10 disques avec livret et photographies du film en format cartes postales. Cependant, seuls les 4 1ers films sont presentes dans leur version edition speciale -- ils ont le meme contenu que leur version individuelle en 2 disques chacun. Le disque Nemesis contient aussi des commentaires, des documentaires et les scenes coupees. Les films V-IX sont les sorties initiales, sans aucun extra dont on peut parler. Les fans ne trouveront donc aucun interet dans cette compilation par rapport aux editions speciales individuelles. --Mark Walker
Amazon.co.uk Review
Even if (when) more big-screen adventures come along, this Star Trek DVD Movies Collection will remain a fitting memento of this astonishingly long-running franchise. Containing all 10 movies from The Motion Picture (1979) to Nemesis (2003), this box set charts the voyages of the USS Enterprise(s) from the original ship's first major refit since its legendary five-year mission to the last outing for the Enterprise E in the next century. After this, there will be new ships and new crews. The most famous starship in the galaxy has finally retired.
Along the way, there have been many highs and just a few lows. The Motion Picture's Director's Edition solved many of the theatrical release's problems. Its follow-up, The Wrath of Khan, is still regarded as the series' finest hour. Movies III and IV chart Spock's fall and resurrection in quasi-religious terms, but also add welcome humour in The Voyage Home. Taken together II, III and IV make for a satisfyingly self-contained trilogy, which is one reason why the next entry, The Final Frontier, seemed like a disappointment. Khan director Nicholas Meyer returned for the superior VI, The Undiscovered Country, allowing the original crew to sign-off in style. Attempting to please fans old and new, the messy Generations ended up pleasing almost no one. Thankfully, the second Next Generation film, First Contact, comes in a close second to Khan in the series-best stakes. Neither Insurrection or Nemesis could quite match what had gone before, but both were solidly entertaining adventures nonetheless.
Synopsis:
A box set featuring 'Star Trek The Motion Picture', 'The Wrath Of Khan', 'The Search For Spock', 'The Voyage Home', 'The Final Frontier', 'The Undiscovered Country', 'Generations', 'First Contact', 'Insurrection' and 'Nemesis'
 

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