Star Trek - The Motion Pictures (Special Edition) (DVD, 2005, 20-Disc set)

I grew up on the original Star Trek series on TV, and like many girls my age, couldn't decide which of the main male characters I was most in love with. I was not ultimately enthralled with the spin off series that came later; it seemed that they were trying way too hard, and the original innocence of the story was lost.

Later, when the movies started coming to the theater, it was like a gift to be able to see the original characters in their original roles, and for the most part the innocence of the story was carried to the movies as well. I have to admit to having seen only the first four of the movies, so the opportunity to purchase all ten on DVD was just too good to pass up.

The format is in Widescreen, which is not my favorite; I prefer Full Screen movies so that there is no distracting black band at the top and bottom of the screen. I also have no desire to acquire one of the cumbersome space-hog Widescreen televisions; they are ugly and unwieldy in addition to being one of those items that takes an unreasonable amount of space for whatever benefit it supposedly provides.

Even considering the second-choice format, the purchase of the set is now an indispensible part of my video library; I am one of those who can watch a movie over and over and still be entertained by it, which is why it is my preference to own rather than rent these movies. The ten of them each have the thicker covers with excellent graphics and the heavy clear covers over them, and each of the ten contains a second DVD of special features, so you get a total of 20 DVDs for many hours of first rate viewing.

I would recommend this purchase to anyone who loved the original TV series as well as anyone who was thrilled by the second series; I guarantee that it will be a priceless part of your movie collection. I would also recommend it to people who are too young to remember the original TV series so that they can get at least an idea of how it all started. The original series was actually responsible for some ground-breaking television in social ways as well as being one of the best futuristic series of the past century; it left earlier characters like Flash Gordon and series like Lost In Space looking like the poorly done pretenders that they were.

This is a must have for anyone who enjoys movies in the futuristic space venue, and also for people who are tired of movies that want to make you socially aware, to make you think and consider aspects of our actual lives. Movies are supposed to entertain unconditionally without requiring you to ponder the ramifications later; our day to day lives make us do that already, and we watch movies for a respite from that, however brief. This set will do that admirably, and leave you wanting to find other movies in the same venue.

I much prefer buying boxed sets over finding the movies in a series one at a time. I am impatient by nature and do not have the tolerance for being denied one part of a series because of current unavailability; I want what I want, and I want it all together, right now, in one neat package.

So make space on one of your DVD storage shelves, and buy this set for yourself. If the seasons of the original TV series are either now or in the future available, I will certainly buy those as well, and would recommend that you do the same. To own the entire package, thereby owning an entire concept from start to finish, would round this boxed set out perfectly.

the complete dvd set of all 10 Movies for Star Trek on individual DVD's. The Movies which are included are:

Star Trek: The Motion Picture (The Director's Edition)
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Star Trek: Generations
Star Trek: First Contact
Star Trek: Insurrection
Star Trek: Nemesis (has a cool promotional disc attached on back)

Star Trek: The Motion Picture is a 1979 science fiction film released by Paramount Pictures. It is the first motion picture based on the Star Trek television series.
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is a 1982 motion picture released by Paramount Pictures. The film is the second feature based on the Star Trek science fiction franchise.
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock is a 1984 motion picture released by Paramount Pictures. The film is the third feature based on the Star Trek science fiction franchise.
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (Paramount Pictures, 1986) is the fourth feature film based on the Star Trek science fiction television series.
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (Paramount Pictures, 1989) is the fifth feature film based on the Star Trek science fiction television series.
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country is the sixth feature film in the Star Trek science fiction franchise. It was released in 1991 by Paramount Pictures, and is the last of the Star Trek films to include the entire core cast of the 1960s Star Trek television series.
Star Trek Generations is a 1994 science fiction film, and the seventh feature film based on the Star Trek science fiction television series.
Star Trek: First Contact is the eighth feature film in the Star Trek science fiction franchise. It was released in late 1996 by Paramount Pictures.
Star Trek: Insurrection is a 1998 science fiction feature film, directed by Jonathan Frakes, written by Michael Piller and Rick Berman, and with music composed by Jerry Goldsmith. It is the ninth film in the Star Trek franchise, and the third to feature the cast from the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Star Trek Nemesis is a 2002 science fiction film directed by Stuart Baird, written by John Logan, and with music composed by Jerry Goldsmith. It is the tenth feature film in the Star Trek franchise, and the fourth and final film to star the cast from the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation.