I like the animated series quite a lot, and this blu ray should please trek fans. Star trek is an american media franchise based on the science fiction television series created by gene roddenberry. The original star trek series suffered from several challenges of the political, financial and technical variety, but none of these was as inhibitory. Featuring most of the enterprise crew voicing their characters plus members of the original series writing and production team, its an imaginative. Uncut, 3 discs, bd 3x, hd sound englisch, extras in hd teilweise, digipak. Star trek series one starfleet access no audio problem. The original series, it wasnt all doom and gloom for trek fans before the first motion picture was released. I too have a problem with star trek into darkness, on my sony blu ray bdps490 in to an lg 3d smart tv 32lm620t. The series is noted for the voice acting of actress majel barrett, who voiced various characters and the main computer.
As expected, cbs has announced the forthcoming release of star trek. Everything you need to know about star trek the animated series. Creator gene roddenberrys animated version of star trek features the voices of nearly the entire cast of the original liveaction series, including william shatner, leonard nimoy, deforest kelley, george takei, james doohan, nichelle nichols and majel barrett, as well as many of the original series writers, and guest stars. Hd talk star trek series one starfleet access no audio problem i just got the new oppo blu ray player with on friday. Star trek the animated series on blu ray glad i didnt dump my dvd set even though im not a fan of the clunky huge plastic case. There are some episodes that inadvertently had their front channel designations incorrectly mapped, resulting in an undesired playback experience when listening to them in a 7. The series would still remain faithful to the original series and providing the voices for the animated counterparts was non other than william shatner. The next generation season one is a blu ray disc release, featuring the complete first season of star trek. When i did get it to play the sound cuts out every few minutes. Star trek 50th anniversary blu ray collection unboxing. Scheduled for a june 2 release in north america, the. When the original series went of the air the demand for more star trek thanks to the loyal fans was still very much alive in trek fandom.
A few of these tracks were also used in others filmations cartoons like lassie and the rescue rangers and tarzan lord of the jungle. Because star trek the animated series had a limited budget, there was not enough money to bring back walter koenig to play chekov. I wrongly assumed that the audio mixing would be the exact same as it was on the sampler, and therefore skipped over the first episode and continued on with the subsequent episodes. The animated series is an important part of the franchises resurrection between the 1966 series and the later movies. I made this as much for those who have not watched it yet as for those who have. Paramountcbs has remastered them all in high definition and with this release the entire series is now available on blu ray. This is one of the biggest animated series resources on the net and as such have one of the largest databases of information and media for the series ever compiled. Short treks is an american anthology web television series created for cbs all access by bryan fuller and alex kurtzman.
The animated series tas which arrives in a standalone bluray set this week in north america. If you are a star trek fan, definitely pick up star trek the animated series. The animated series comes to bluray from cbs films, distributed. I dont think you should encounter and player specific issues however, in my case there is one.
The animated series, containing all 22 episodes of the 1970s animated series featuring the voices from the original cast. Regarding the mono audio is it the genuine original presentation. The animated series, you immediately fear the worst. The bluray set features all 22 episodes, presented in 1080p hd, spread across three discs, with audio and text commentaries, storyboard. The complete animated series, which debuted in september 1973, is available now to order from. One of the best scores created for a animated series on the 1970s. The next generation on blu ray last week there have been a number of fan complaints about. Though usually dismissed as a afterthought or forgotten entirely, star trek. All three also have a short trailer for dts audio before the menu. Cbs offering free replacement bluray discs to fix star.
While im not a full blown trekkie i am definitely glad to add this to my near complete star trek collection just lacking a blu ray release of ds9 and voyager that im happy with. Its ok but the remastering of the video is not as high quality as star trek. It originated as a spinoff companion series from star trek. The star trek canon includes the original series, an animated series, six spinoff television series, and thirteen films. First i got a warning that i must update the firmware, but i checked and im on the latest firmware. Thinking about finally pulling the trigger on tos on bluray, because i have heard there is a way to watch the episodes in their essentially. Dear star trek fans, we have discovered an anomaly in the english 7. Released in july 2012, the set had an impressive debut in the united states, with more than 95,000 copies sold in the first week of release. Cbs offering free replacement bluray discs to fix star trek. The first television series, called star trek and now known as the original series, debuted on september 8, 1966 and aired for three seasons on nbc. The crew of the starship enterprise are still boldly going where no man as gone before in the animated series. The next generation sampler disc came out a few months ago, i watched encounter at farpoint and had no problems with it.
Thompson former contributor opinions expressed by forbes contributors are their own. The animated series beams down to blu ray, worth any scifi fans time luke y. The series would still remain faithful to the original series and providing the voices for the animated counterparts was non other than william shatner leonard nimoy and the rest of the original crew from the original series was the masterstroke. Discovery, and consists of several shorts that use settings and characters from that series and the wider star trek universe. Since its not so much a television show as it is a pop culture behemoth, its easy to forget that the original star trek series only lasted for three seasons. With star trek s 50th anniversary in full swing, today we can report that star trek.
Kaufen sie star trek the animated series gunstig ein. With the release of the animated series dvd, the studio appears to have changed its stance, and is leaning towards the animated series being part of established star trek canon. I cant imagine this not having been discussed here, but i could not find anything with a search. Star trek the animated series filmation soundtrack the. The original series season 1 on the hd dvd format in november of 2007.
Does anyone know why the audio for the enhanced audio. The animated adventures of gene roddenberrys star trek now on blu ray 22 episode first season of the animated version of gene roddenberrys seminal scifi series. As youve also probably heard, both star trek 2009 and star trek into darkness are getting released this summer on 4k ultra hd format, and likely star trek beyond will too later this year. The original series the roddenberry vault contains a collection of 12 episodes that have previously been released on disc and that fans undoubtedly know very well and have seen many times. But the show is a fine example of how trek could work in animation. The blu ray brings us mostly positive picture and audio along with a few useful supplements. That 10disc box set was very impressive, but it contained only the remastered versions of the episodes, and was burdened with some gimmicky and quite flimsy. It seems to me the audio sync problem people have reported has to do with the poor quality of.
The animated series was remastered in hd back 2006 for the dvd release which was released in 48024p enhanced definition, and the tosr dvd and blu ray sets as well as the current complete tas blu ray just reused those masters. The first television series, simply called star trek and now referred to as the original series, debuted in 1966 and aired for three seasons on nbc. Its on the lone disc dedicated to the trouble with tribbles i believe its disc 5 in both sets. List of star trek films and television series wikipedia.
Staring nichelle nichols, james doohan, deforest kelley and george takei. The animated series is also coming to blu ray in time for the holidays from cbs, which again paramount distributes. The animated adv of gene roddenberrys star trek blu ray. Amazons choice for star trek animated series blu ray.
Today i popped in the star trek series one, and was going to see one of the episodes with the starfleet access. In truth, however, animated offers a surprisingly effective and intelligent series. For example, in season 3, the video resolution looks something between 720p and 1080p. Majel also had roles in the liveaction series for voice acting, but also as number one, nurse christine chapel, and lwaxana troi. Blu ray sound issues star trek into darkness avforums. Captain kirk and the animated series star trek crew find themselves trapped between warring robots in disguise. The animated series on blu ray 032429252197 from paramount pictures. In 1973, at the peak of the original series success, roddenberry made an animated version of star trek featuring the voices of nearly all of the. Here is the complete library of music recorded by filmation for star trek the animated series.
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