Description: 25 episodes on 7 discs: Encounter at Farpoint, The Naked Now, Code of Honor, The Last Outpost, Where No One Has Gone Before, Lonely Among Us, Justice, The Battle, Hide and Q, Haven, The Big Goodbye, Datalore, Angel One, 11001001, Too Short a Season, When the Bough Breaks, Home Soil, Coming of Age, Heart of Glory, The Arsenal of Freedom, Symbiosis, Skin of Evil, We'll Always Have Paris, Conspiracy, The Neutral Zone. Four new exclusive featurettes: "The Beginning" (the genesis of Star Trek: The Next Generation and Gene Roddenberry's vision), "Selected Crew Analysis" (first-season cast members discuss their roles), "Making of a Legend" (first-season production staff reminisce about their favorite episodes), "Memorable Missions" (cast and crew discuss key episodes and events of the first season).
Amazon.com: Warping into syndication in 1987, Star Trek: The Next Generation successfully launched its seven-season "continuing mission" of the starship Enterprise, and this classy DVD boxed set gathers the show's inaugural season in crisp picture clarity and dazzling 5.1-channel sound. A ratings leader with a sharp ensemble cast, this revamped Trek honored series creator Gene Roddenberry's original Trek concept, nurtured by returning veterans like producer Robert H. Justman and writers D.C. Fontana and David Gerrold. Several first-season episodes have original-series counterparts, and while the season was awkwardly inconsistent for all involved (including Roddenberry's heir apparent, producer Rick Berman), in retrospect the series began on remarkably solid footing.
Patrick Stewart was perfect as Enterprise Captain Jean-Luc Picard, while Marina Sirtis struggled with a wretched hair bun and an ill-defined character, eventually blessing Counselor Troi with delicate nuance. Denise Crosby made a strong but underutilized impression as Security Chief Tasha Yar, and left the series before season's end, allowing writers to develop Klingon Lieutenant Worf (Michael Dorn) into a fan favorite. Brent Spiner transcended Spock comparisons with his triumphant portrayal of the android Lieutenant Commander Data; and while Jonathan Frakes was accepted as First Officer Will Riker, fans ultimately rejected Wil Wheaton as ensign Wesley Crusher, the teenaged son of the ship's doctor (Gates McFadden). Still, these 25 episodes laid a firm foundation for subsequent seasons, and highlights include the Raymond Chandleresque "holo- novel" of "The Big Goodbye," Data's backstory in "Datalore," the Klingon rituals of "Heart of Glory," and a Romulan encounter in "The Neutral Zone." The DVD supplements (all on the seventh disc) are good enough to make anyone wish for more: four featurettes recall myriad first-season challenges, filled with insider perspective and enough NextGen trivia to satiate all but the most obsessive Trekkers back on Earth. Looking back, it's easy to see why NextGen lived long and prospered. --Jeff Shannon
Excellent It came to me in perfect condition, in packaging like I was told it would. Could not be happier....
Star Trek Next Generation Season 1 I liked the first season. I always enjoy watching production changes, like outfits, hairstyles, or even makup. I believe the show kept on improving visually( special effects) and personal relationship between characters. I love Star Trek if you love Star Trek you won't go wrong purhasing any season. even if some episodes may be a little lame. this show to me was always ahead of it's time. A Classic, Amazon Service is as always exceptional
Star Trek After seeing the new ST movie I realized how much of a Trekie I actually was. Next Generation is the best in the series and the first season is great I highly recomend it for any Trekie or sci fi addict
Space...the banal frontier. It's the twenty-fourth century, and someone has finally made John Lennon's dream come true: no religion! No war! No money!
Yawn.
Gene Roddenberry's idealistic vision of the future may be admirable, but does it make good entertainment? Based on my viewing of this first season, hardly. Roddenberry and his crew clearly want us to be moved by less-than-subtle appeals to abandon the transgressions of our own time, and unite in creating the world of the Federation. But what could have been a postmodern metanarrative of human evolution comes across more often as saccharine and trite, an after school special dressed in sci-fi garb. Cringe-inducing dialogue about the dangers of doing drugs ("Symbiosis") and the evils of capitalism ("The Neutral Zone") don't help. And while the lead performances, especially from the classically trained Patrick Stewart, are quite solid, there are some truly abysmal moments from less talented guest actors.
To be fair, the show gets better in subsequent seasons. But in this era of highly charged realist programs like Battlestar Galactica, this first season of Star Trek:TNG is as feckless as a soap opera in space.
Finally I will own this... I have seen these episodes so many times over the past twenty years and then lost the ability to watch them. It is with great pleasure that a show from my childhood is finally all on DVD! I was always mesmerized by the variety of storylines, the technology (especially the holodeck!), the struggles they faced in outer space, as well as how much better the graphics are when compared to the original series.
I used to be a huge Trekkie and though I don't consider myself that much of a fanatic about much of anything (except Mozart), I am going to enjoy this DVD set. I am betting that you will too!
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