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| Star Trek Enterprise - The Complete First Season | 
 enlarge | Directors: Allan Kroeker, David Livingston, David Straiton, James A. Contner, James L. Conway
Actors: Scott Bakula, Jolene Blalock, John Billingsley, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery
Studio: Paramount Home Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $69.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  196 reviews
Sales Rank: 12974
Format: Box Set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 7
Running Time: 1147
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 6.2 x 1.9
MPN: PARD056964D
UPC: 097360569643
EAN: 0097360569643
ASIN: B0007TKH66
Theatrical Release Date: September 26, 2001
Release Date: May 3, 2005
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Under intense scrutiny, the debut season of Enterprise earned a passing grade from critics and Star Trek fans alike. Voyager ended its seven-season run just four months earlier, and fans were skeptical when Enterprise premiered (on Sept. 26, 2001, on UPN) with a theme song ("Where My Heart Will Take Me," composed by Diane Warren and performed by Russell Watson) that defied Trek's revered theme-music tradition. This and other early reservations were dispelled when "Broken Bow" got the series off to a satisfying start, beginning in the year 2151 and establishing a pre-Federation focus on humanity's delicate relationship with the Vulcans, the controversial launch of the NX-01 Enterprise on an exploratory mission, and the potentially devastating consequences of the mysterious Temporal Cold War involving a time-traveling splinter group of the Suliban, a nomadic alien race. While establishing a testy relationship between Enterprise Capt. Jonathan Archer (Scott Bakula) and his smart-and-sexy Vulcan Sub-Commander, T'Pol (Jolene Blalock, in a short-banged wig and form-fitting "catsuit" that were later redesigned), the series introduced engineer "Trip" Tucker (Connor Trineer), whose surprise development in "Unexpected" made him a fan favorite; communications officer Hoshi Sato (Linda Park); helmsman Travis Mayweather (Anthony Montgomery); weapons expert Lt. Malcolm Reed (Dominic Keating), and chief surgeon Dr. Phlox (John Billingsley), a well-mannered Denobulan recruit from Earth's Interspecies Medical Exchange. As a "prequel' series that predates the original Star Trek by 150 years, Enterprise built upon established Trek lore with episodes involving Vulcans ("Breaking the Ice"), Klingons ("Sleeping Dogs"), the blue-skinned Andorians ("The Andorian Incident," "Shadows of P'Jem"), and the Ferengi ("Acquisition") while offering stand-alone episodes (notably "Dear Doctor," "Fortunate Son," and "Shuttlepod One") that further acquainted fans with the Enterprise regulars. Early Trek technology is also introduced (including "phase pistols" and the rarely used, still-risky transporter), and the series drew strength from what many felt would be its primary weakness: unwritten history and the initial indecisiveness of Archer's bold foray into the unknown. Ending with a dazzling "Shock Wave" cliffhanger that leaves Archer stranded in a decimated Temporal Cold War future, Enterprise set a strong foundation for the events of season 2. The bonus features included on the Enterprise: Season One DVDs are almost worth the price of the set, if only to see nearly nine minutes of hilarious outtakes, maintaining a beloved tradition of Star Trek bloopers. The sight (and sound) of Jolene Blalock laughing out of character is pure gold, and it shouldn't surprise anyone that Blalock is just as smart as she is sexy, as proven by her astute observations (along with the rest of the Enterprise cast) in the "Cast Impressions" featurette. It's the usual complimentary fluff included with all Trek sets, but it's obviously sincere, confirming fans' conviction that Enterprise should have lasted beyond four seasons with this close-knit ensemble. Series creators Brannon Braga and Rick Berman deliver a typically dry commentary on "Broken Bow," setting the record straight on debate over the show's "not retro enough" production design (as Braga notes, "you can never please everyone") while defining their concept of "The Right Stuff of Star Trek." As always, Mike Okuda's text commentaries offer a wealth of Trek trivia and detail from Trek's historical canon. Fans will love the "Enterprise Secrets" revealing low-tech solutions to lighting the warp core and dispensing "replicator" beverages, along with an entertaining profile of Vaughan "Admiral Forrest" Armstrong, who holds the record for Trek guest appearances. The other featurettes are perfunctory, but "Creating Enterprise" provides valuable first-season perspective, and the "Time Travel" feature offers a handy reference for the many time-travel episodes from every Trek series. As usual, Easter eggs (three of them, titled "NX-01 Files") are hidden on the special-features menu, offering short interview clips culled from the primary featurettes. The deleted scenes demonstrate how non-essential material can be sacrificed, and because they don't include post-production sound or visual effects, fans can see and hear the actual soundstage atmosphere of Enterprise's principal photography. --Jeff Shannon
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Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 02/05/2008
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 better the second time around January 6, 2009
Even better the second time around. We must have missed some of the episodes since some are unfamiliar (or failing memory), this time we are watching it with a surround receiver, a bluray player and a 52" LCD and there is no comparison to local broadcast (with occasional bad reception) and viewed on a standard def 27" TV. The filming was obviously done well and the newer equipment is able to show that. I am enjoying the story at least as much as the first time so we've ordered the second season.
 Wasted potential October 8, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I really wanted to like this series. The ship looked great, as did the uniforms, and the chance to see how the Federation was formed was too good to be true.
Literally.
Instead of getting the back story of Star Trek (doesn't anyone understand what a prequel is for?), we get all new aliens never before seen or mentioned, despite the massive effect they have on Earth.
Still, I tried to give this series a lit of slack, even defending it to a friend who gave up on it much sooner than I did. I explained away their naive and often idiotic decisions when encountering hostile aliens by the fact that they were more of the astronaught mentality, not military. That could only go so long.
What totally turned me off, however, was the episode in which Flox (sp?) discovered a cure for a dying alien race and decided NOT to treat them. Yep, that's the doctor I want on my ship. "Sorry Captain, but by contracting this disease, you are obviously SUPPOSED to die. Besides, if I cure you, Commander Tucker might not get to be promoted to Captain."
Finally purchased Star Trek Enterprise and glad we did! August 28, 2008
We've been talking about ordering this for a long time and couldn't decide between individual seasons and the boxed set. After reading many reviews with problems people had with sets being foreign releases, we opted for the individual season. It was exactly what we expected and we're having fun watching it and looking forwarding to ordering the following seasons! Shipped in the time frame expected and received ptomptly. Thanks!
The Star Trekie Trek, Part 1 August 10, 2008
Upfront, I love Star Trek. When I was 3 I thought Picard's opening words of TNG were the pledge of allegance. I've seen most, if not all, the Star Treks ever made. So, from NetFlix, I decided to watch all of the episodes in order of every series. Naturally, I began with season 1 of the prequel series Enterprise.
Captain Johnathan Archer (note, JOHN Archer, JIM Kirk, JEAN-LUC Picard, and Kathrin JANEWAY), son of Zephram Cocraine's pal and fellow warp engineer, and warp test pilot, is put in charge of the first human warp 5 vessal, Enterprise. Archer and his crew, including Vulcan science officer T'Pol, engineer Trip Tucker, and Dr. Phlox, seek out new species and new planets (new to humans, at least) and find themselves in the middle of a Temporal Cold War none of them were prepared for...
Season 1 largely deals with humanity beginning its quest amongst the stars. Relations with alien species and the ongoing saga with the Suliban are at a prime in this season, with several of the more minor characters remaining seemingly 1 dimensional for this season. But, for a first season, Enterprise has a surprisingly bold and delightful way about it that only a Star Trek series might have...
It's ok August 8, 2008
Enterprise was an interesting show. Despite the criticism, I watched the entire series while it was on television. The writing improved in the last season. The problem with this show was that it failed to follow previous Star Trek canon. Many people found this disturbing. Someone not interested in the other shows may enjoy this.
I personally like the first season the best. My favorite episodes from the series are in this season with the exception of the mirror universe episode at the end of the series. There are one or two episodes that will put you to sleep. The acting is top notch, although the vulcan character is not very good in the first season.
If you can ignore the problems with the story line and remember there is a lot of time travel episodes, it's a good show. I deal with this by pretending this show has nothing to do with the rest of the star trek universe. In fact, it wasn't even called "Star Trek Enterprise" the first season. They changed the name to improve ratings. I think B&B should have done a different space show without star trek using time travel. That was their mistake.
And remember, whenever you see the security officer, think "Vidal Sassoon ." (search for the 80s ad, it's funny)
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