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From the Ol' Epinions Review Files: "Star Trek: The Original Series - The Trouble with Tribbles"

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(C) 2016 CBS Studios  Pros:  Gerrold's script, fine performances, good directing by Joe Pevney Cons:  None, unless you have the sense of humor of a Klingon Captain's Log: Stardate 4523.3 While on routine patrol in Federation space, the  Enterprise  received a Priority One distress call - the Federation's communications protocol for near- or total disaster - from Deep Space Station K-7, which is located near the strategically important world known as Sherman's Planet. Claimed by both the Federation and the Klingon Empire, this otherwise insignificant planet has a small settlement dependent on food shipments - basically grain - from outside. Because the Organian Peace Treaty stipulates that the planet belongs to the government that can best populate it using peaceful means, it is imperative that the  Enterprise  investigate the nature of the distress call.... Star Trek , as originally conceived by series creator Gene Roddenberry, was intended to be

'Star Trek: The Compendium' Blu-ray box set review*

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(C) Paramount Home Entertainment “Star Trek: The Compendium” Blu-ray Set (2014) Contains: “Star Trek” (2009), “Star Trek Into Darkness - IMAX Edition” (2013) The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the Universe - Dr. Leonard McCoy, “Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home” The Enterprise Runs Aground When Paramount Pictures’ Home Media Distribution division released the Blu-ray edition of J.J. Abrams’ “Star Trek” back in October of 2009, it created several editions which varied in price. Some, like the 1-disc edition, were inexpensive but still offered a standard set of extra features like an audio commentary track and a couple of making-of featurettes. Others were multi-disc sets with an additional extra features disc and a third disc with the digital copy and a “Star Trek D-A-C” game trial. Paramount also created  more expensive versions as exclusive offers for Target and other retailers, but in all of them the extras on the feature film disc, including the comme