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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Binding: DVD
Brand: Paramount
DVD Layers: 2
DVD Sides: 1
EAN: 9780792173465
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
ISBN: 0792173465
Label: CBS Paramount International Television
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 5.1EnglishSubtitled
Manufacturer: CBS Paramount International Television
MPN: PARD600404022
Number Of Discs: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Pan & Scan
Publisher: CBS Paramount International Television
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 24, 2001
Running Time: 100 minutes
Studio: CBS Paramount International Television
Theatrical Release Date: September 08, 1966
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Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 04/24/2001 Run time: 101 minutes Rating: Nr
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"Bread and Circuses"
Captain Kirk (William Shatner), Dr. McCoy (DeForest Kelley), and First Officer Spock (Leonard Nimoy) discover that Captain Merik (William Smithers), commander of the long-missing Starfleet vessel S.S. Beagle, has become "First Citizen of the Empire" in a re-creation of ancient Rome on an obscure, unnamed planet. Under orders from the Emperor, Merik forced his own crew to die in gladiator battles and lured other Starfleet personnel to the same fate. Now with Kirk, McCoy, and Spock in hand, the Emperor's barbaric (and televised all over the planet) amusements carry on another day. While the script takes a swipe or two at the sometimes less-than-elevated tastes of global audiences, the episode's most interesting idea is the existence of a long-suffering cult of sun worshippers, a parallel to the suppressed Christian groups in Roman times. For Trekkers, however, this one is full of the essentials: a surreal premise, a hostile planet, lots of fighting, and Scotty (James Doohan) on the bridge. --Tom Keogh
"Journey to Babel"
Years before George Lucas knocked us out with his wildly imaginative bar scene in Star Wars (in which a broad mix of exotic creatures mill about), Star Trek did much the same thing in "Journey to Babel." Serving as a transport for a variety of extraterrestrial diplomats, the Enterprise becomes a warp-capacity hotel for truly eclectic visitors. (Director Joseph Pevney credits the makeup artist with this episode's impressive array of alien species.) The story finds murder committed aboard the ship and an attack on Captain Kirk (William Shatner), all in an effort to sabotage the imminent signing of a peace treaty. But against this mystery is an even more curious family drama featuring Spock's conflicts with his parents, the Vulcan ambassador Sarek (Mark Lenard), who disapproves of his son, and his human wife, Amanda (Jane Wyatt). Story editor Dorothy Fontana wrote the script after deciding it was time to show us the oft-mentioned mother and father of the Enterprise's first officer (Leonard Nimoy). We can thank her for inventing all the fascinating details of a complicated family relationship that ultimately became crucial to a couple of feature films and even a memorable episode of The Next Generation. --Tom Keogh
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Hundreds of diplomats are aboard the Enterprise enroute to a secret location called Babel. Sarek and Amanda arrive by shuttle and receive an ambassador greeting by all the Enterprise senior officers. Sarek and Amanda are Spock's parents from Vulcan. Sarek seems disguisted with Spock. Sarek is disguised by Spock human element, never expression or show love or a mind melt with his son. Sareks family has massive Vulcan land ownership and significant class prestige and status among the Vulcan elite ... Read More
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If you are choosing which volumes to keep, this one falls under the must have category, although the second episode, "Return To Babel" is clearly the stronger one. In that episode, we get the return of Mark Lenard as Spock's father, a reincarnation from his previous role in season one as a Romulan commander who meets his doom pitting his wits against Capt Kirk. This time, Lenard shows more staying power as his new role as Ambassador Sarek will endure for years to come and even through to the ST: TOS ... Read More
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"Sarek's accomplishments were many, and included the Coridan admission debate in 2267 before the UFP Council, early Klingon treaties, and his incredible 93-year effort to bring about a Federation-Legaran treaty"
Sarek, in "return to Babel" came as a retired ambassador, yet some of his most important treaties would be in the future. The Coridan admission debate increased Sareks prestige and importance as a key negotiator for the Federation.
Sarek accuses the Tellarites that their ... Read More
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Volume 22 of the Star Trek DVD collection contains two episodes from season two's high point. By high point I mean that half way through the second season a sudden burst of classic excellent episodes were being produced including the likes of TROUBLE WITH TRIBBLES, A PIECE OF THE ACTION and JOURNEY TO BABEL etc; The beginning of the second season was good but just didn't seem to compare to the first until half way through when these episodes were made.
The first episode here is BREAD AND CIRCUSES. ... Read More
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I've got mixed feelings about this mixed bag. I'm a trekker with a tilt towards the original series (Classic Trek or, to others, "TOS"), yet even I can't ignore that incarnation's weak spots which abound in "Bread and Circuses", but are ably compensated for in "Babel".
In "Bread", the Enterprise searches for the crew of a missing starship. A clue turns up when finding that a nearby planet, supposedly stuck in the pre-industrial age, now shows appears to have advanced to something comparable to 20th ... Read More
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