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Star Trek: Voyager – The Complete Series (DVD Review)

While searching for a renegade starship, the U.S.S. Voyager is pulled 70,000 light years into the far reaches of space.  Now, Captain Kathryn Janeway must lead her crew on the long journey back to Earth.  During their travels, they will encounter some of the most dangerous alien species in the Galaxy.  It’s going to take everyone aboard to survive and navigate their way home.

I need to start off by correcting a brain fart I had last month when I wrote about the full series Blu-ray release for Star Trek: Enterprise.  In that, I said that Enterprise was the first Star Trek show (Since the resurgence with Next Generation) to be on a network and not sold strictly for syndication.  WRONG!  That show would be Star Trek: Voyager.  Voyager was wanted for and helped to launch UPN back in the 90s.  UPN would also house Enterprise later on.  For those that don’t know UPN, it later joined with a network called The WB and formed what is now The CW.

Voyager’s hook from the start was its Captain.  Or, should we say the Captain’s gender.  While we had seen other female captains on the other shows, this is the first series that would be dedicated to and have one command the ship for the run.  Kate Mulgrew would take on Captain Janeway to what seems among the fanbase to be some divisive ends (Which is kind of a good thing).  The show didn’t stop at her though, it boasted one of the most praised shows in terms of feminism, presence and strength of its female cast.  Take for example, Jeri Ryan’s super popular Borg regular Seven of Nine.  From an outside view, she’d just look like latest hottie on the bridge.  But what they were able to do with the character was much more than that and featured some good writing and legitimacy for this character.

This vessel’s mission was one that sort of was teased at in a Next Generation episode and fully explored here.  A ship lost out in the reaches of space that has forever to get home.  While it had that basis, Voyager took more to the traditional likes of what was expected from Star Trek and hung closer to The Next Generation in terms of how it did things while also taking popular traditions and continuing them (the Borgs and Q).  Next Generation had been off the air and Voyager would be the perfect contrast to Deep Space Nine which was taking a whole new bold direction on Star Trek.  While, yes, there were 2 Treks on at the same time, they made for two completely different vibes and experiences.

Star Trek: Voyager is a pretty fun show.  I see people being hard on it a lot and some maybe think its the worst.  Even so, being the worst would just mean last, I don’t think its bad.  It got to run for its full 7 seasons, which seems like it was the “endgame” for these Star Trek shows in the wake of Next Generation.  It features its own unique, fun crew and adventures while also holding on and honoring time old traditions of the series (As well as things that had been picked up along the way).  Maybe you’ve picked around at it, gave up (before the days of DVRs this happened a lot for reasons that didn’t have to do with the quality of a show), didn’t watch much of it or missed it altogether…if you enjoy Star Trek, you really should go back to this one.  I scored this a 4 here, because I don’t feel its a 3.5, maybe just shy of a 4, but I feel this one is worth rounding up.

Star Trek: Voyager – The Complete Series features every episode from the show’s 168 episode run across 47 discs.

Encoding : MPEG-2 NTSC

Resolution : 480i

Aspect Ratio : 1.33:1

Layers:  DVD-9

Clarity/Detail :  I knowwwww…believe me, I’ve badly wanted this and Deep Space Nine on Blu-ray, but its not happening.  What we are left with are crappy SD streams and then these DVDs.  And honestly, these DVDs are serviceable.  No, they aren’t amazing and there is an entire galaxy of restoration improvements that could be done, but what matters most is that the episodes are watchable.  And, they are.  Maybe there’s a generational gap that may not see it that way, but this is the hand we are dealt.  And if you enjoy the show, you’ve pretty much always seen it like this, so it should be not bother.  No, there’s nothing standout, but its okay and the show is good enough and Trek enough for me to not really worry too much (But damnit, I’d like a Blu-ray haha).

Depth:   Nothing really amazing here.  The image is flat, with a couple moments here and there that prove to interesting, but nothing more.  Then again, you are likely not expecting much here.  A lot of the CGI in space kinda renders hollow-like.

Black Levels :  Blacks are deep and bit lighter.  Lots of defects tend to pop up in the dark areas.  Sometimes things can look a little blocky on deep dark backdrops and night.

Color Reproduction :  Colors are all right.  Uniforms tend to pop some colors on there.  Greens are stronger, especially when they visit a grassy or wooded area.  Yes, this is very much what color will look like on a DVD in terms of dinginess, but its palette is good enough to not make it a horrible ordeal.

Flesh Tones :  Skin tones do manage to keep their look throughout, with minimal flicker.  Details really only show up well in close ups as further out shots result in hidden textures and features as well as a smoothness that typical happens on DVDs with older television.

Noise/Artifacts:  Oh just your regular DVD compression issues, artifacting noise and more.  It sounds awful, but its still fine and watchable.

Audio Format(s) : English 5.1 Surround, English Dolby Surround

Subtitles : English

Dynamics :  Star Trek: Voyager comes with a pretty nice, adequate 5.1 track, or you can go with how everyone watched it broadcast with 2.0.  Either way, you get a solid experience with some pretty good, well rounded and realized effects.

Height:  N/A

Low Frequency Extension :  Ship hums, phaser fire, explosions, stompings, crashes and “sci-fi stuff” all gets some bumbling from the subwoofer.

Surround Sound Presentation :  A lot of the time the rear channels are used for some good ambiance, but here and there every so many episodes you’ll get one where there’s a nice surprise in the mix in terms of uniqueness and impact of the back channels.  Front speakers accurately depict placement and movement.

Dialogue Reproduction : Vocals are clear and clean, set to good volume to be heard at all times and accurate to the speaker’s positioning onscreen.

Star Trek: Voyager – The Complete Series is a 47 DVD disc set.  Aside from a text commentary on the first disc of Season 2, all the bonus material is always featured on the final disc of the season (In all but one case, that’s Disc 7).  With these discs being identical to the ones that have always been on Blu-ray, all the same bonus materials carry over with no additions, subtractions or alterations.  Since the packaging is the only new “feature” with this, I’ve provided photos so you can have a look at it.

Braving The Unknown: Season One (SD, 10:50) 

Voyager Tim Capsule: Kathryn Janeway (SD, 15:15)

The First Captain: Bujold (SD, 8:41) 

Cast Reflections: Season One (SD, 8:42) 

*Easter Egg (SD, 1:43) – Kate Mulgrew on “Caretaker”

*Easter Egg (SD, :58) – Michael Piller talks about how the “Janeway bun” came into being (Studio execs didn’t like her hair down).

On Location With The Kazons (SD, 5:38) 

Red Alert: Visual Effects Season One (SD, 10:34) 

Launching Voyager on the Web (SD, 6:07)

Real Science With Andre Bormanis (SD, 9:02)

*Easter Egg (SD, 1:31) – Brannon Braga on “Phage”

*Easter Egg (SD, 1:27) – Vaughn Armstrong on “Eye of the Needle”

Photo Gallery

Special Text Trivia Version of “The 37’s”

Braving The Unknown: Season Two (SD, 16:30) 

Voyager Time Capsule: Tuvok (SD, 13:57)

*Easter Egg (SD, 2:02) – Kate Mulgrew on “The 37’s”

*Easter Egg (SD, 1:34) – Kate Mulgrew on “Deadlock”

Saboteur Extraordinaire: Seska (SD, 6:42)

A Day In The Life Of Ethan Phillips (SD, 7:03)

*Easter Egg (SD, 1:52) – Dan Curry, visual effects producer, goes over storyboard to pre-vis and execution for the show.

*Easter Egg (SD, 2:23) – Robert Picardo on “Lifesigns”

Red Alert: Visual Effects Season 2 (SD, 12:51) 

Real Science With Andre Bormanis (SD, 11:26)

*Easter Egg (SD, 4:19) – A music video by Tim Russ

*Easter Egg (SD, 2:22) – Brannon Braga on “Threshold”

Borg Invasion 4D (SD, :57)

Braving The Unknown: Season Three (SD, 13:10) 

Voyager Time Capsule: Neelix (SD, 12:05) 

*Easter Egg (SD, 1:49) – Martha Hackett on “Worst Case Scenario”

*Easter Egg (SD, 3:14) – Kate Mulgrew on “Macrocosm”

Voyager Time Capsule: Kes (SD, 12:03)

Flashback To “Flashback” (SD, 13:36)

*Easter Egg (SD, 1:21) – Interview with Robert Picardo

*Easter Egg (SD, 3:38) – Tim Russ on a moment in “Blood Fever”

Red Alert: Amazing Visual Effects (SD, 16:56)

Real Science With Andre Bormanis (SD, 10:40)

*Easter Egg (SD, 2:40) – David Livingston on “Distant Origin”

Braving The Unknown: Season Four (SD, 21:07)

Time Capsule: Seven Of Nine (SD, 13:44)

*Easter Egg (SD, 1:45) – Short interview with Jeri Ryan

Time Capsule: Harry Kim (SD, 14:09) 

The Birth of Species 8472 (SD, 9:35)

*Easter Egg (SD, :56) – Another short Jeri Ryan interview.

*Easter Egg (SD, 1:26) – Ethan Phillips discusses part of “The Killing Game Part II”

The Art of Alien Worlds (SD, 10:42) 

*Easter Egg (SD, 1:30) – A brief interview with Brannon Braga.

*Easter Egg (SD, 2:50) – David Livingston talks “Hunters”

Promotional Trailer: Trekkies 2 (SD, 1:53) 

B raving The Unknown: Season Five (SD, 20:15)

Voyager Time Capsule: B’Elanna Torres (SD, 16:53) 

*Easter Egg (SD, 2:46) – Garrett Wang talks “The Disease”

*Easter Egg (SD, 1:49) – Kate Mulgrew discusses “Counterpoint”

Voyager Time Capsule: Tom Paris (SD, 15:05) 

The Borg Queen Speaks (SD, 6:54) 

*Easter Egg (SD, 4:16) – David Livingston discusses “Infinite Regress”

*Easter Egg (SD, 1:49) – David Livingston discusses “Night”

Delta Quadrant Make-up Magic (SD, 19:34) 

*Easter Egg (SD, 4:56) – David Livingston and actor Tim Russ discuss “In The Flesh”

Braving The Unknown: Season Six (SD, 16:57) 

One Small Step: A Mars Encounter (SD, 9:23) 

*Easter Egg (SD, 2:06) – David Livingston on “Spirit Folk”

*Easter Egg (SD, 1:34) –  Kate Mulgrew on “Fair Haven”.

Voyager Time Capsule: Chakotay (SD, 12:06)

Red Alert!: Amazing Visual Effects (SD, 17:18)

*Easter Egg (SD, 3:01) – Tim Russ on “Unimatrix Zero, Part I”

*Easter Egg (SD, 1:58) – Jeffrey Combs on “Tsunkatse”

Guest Star Profile: Vaughn Armstrong (SD, 10:11) 

*Easter Egg (SD, 3:11) – LeVar Burton discusses the relations of the Star Trek shows and Voyager in relation to his experience on Next Generation.

Braving The Unknown: Season Seven (SD, 18:12) 

Voyager Time Capsule: The Doctor (SD, 15:10) 

*Easter Egg (SD, 1:23) –  Robert Picardo on “Critical Care”

*Easter Egg (SD, 1:28) – Danny Curry goes over a model of how the trap worked in “Unamatrix Zero, Part II”

Coming Home: The Final Episode (SD, 12:38) 

Real Science With Andre Bormanis (SD, 14:02) 

*Easter Egg (SD, 2:57) –  Jonathan del Arco on “The Void”

*Easter Egg (SD, 2:24) – Danny Curry on the Borg Queen and “Endgame”

The Making of Borg Invasion 4-D (SD, 9:34) 

*Easter Egg (SD, 4:34) –  Danny Curry on the visual effects for a building shown in “Workforce, Part I”

Storyboards

Star Trek: Voyager, while not my favorite Star Trek series, is still Star Trek, still fun, still enjoyable and has plenty to bring to the table and easily proves its worth.  This new set is insanely simple to break down.  If you already own every season of Voyager, there’s no need for this.  If you’ve never owned it and don’t mind the consolidated packaged with an incredibly reasonable price, now’s the time.  They Season 1-3 and Season 4-6 portions have actually been available by themselves at Best Buy for a little while now already.  This just adds 7 and collects them all in a nice sleeve. I have a feeling this (Along with the Deep Space Nine set) are going to see some bolstered sales from longtime Blu-ray holdouts (Myself included) finally breaking down after the news of its high definition unlikelihood.  For fans, and those of us who don’t depend or count on streaming (Or it being forever), this is a must have.

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Star Trek: Voyager Complete Series DVD Review

Star Trek: Voyager hit airwaves at a time when television was a very different beast, but even considering a world that didn’t demand ratings in the same way as today’s standards would suggest, there were some serious question marks as this one progressed.

The show was obviously buoyed by the general Star Trek fan base, as well as the success of Star Trek: The Next Generation (which ended just as this one was kicking off), and the relative success of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (which started two seasons before this), but it lasted through the first couple of formative seasons largely because it was the highest rated show on upstart UPN, which had this as one of its initial offerings.

Much as everything Star Trek is bound to win people over, to some degree or another, Voyager was a pretty goofy effort for the first couple of years, moving thing (much as Deep Space Nine did) to an avenue that was almost campy, and at times nearly self-mockery.

The show hooked people with the idea of a female captain taking the spotlight, and Kate Mulgrew (now of Orange is the New Black ) was a solid Captain Janeway, even if you had to wonder about some of her decisions once the ship was lost 70 years from home.

That “lost” premise was a good one too, but the show didn’t figure out how to work with the idea until well into season three and beyond. The premise seemed like an idea that eluded the writers after a while, because while new friends and enemies was a welcome idea, the fact that we would spend months busting our ass towards home only to have the same people show up ahead of us began to detract from the overall effort. It became a serious fan joke to wonder what the hell circles we were flying in.

Still, the show had some great elements, and worked everything it could into the fact that the crew of Voyager was forced to bring aboard former enemies by way of Chakotay (Robert Beltran), B’Elanna Torres (Roxann Dawson), and the rest of their crew. It also tried to mix things up with a black Vulcan, Tuvok (Tim Russ), B’Elanna’s half-Klingon/half-Human status, and Delta Quadrant residents cum crewmembers Neelix (Ethan Phillips) and Kes (Jennifer Lien).

The show mixed interesting ideas with a few too many time travel stories, and the previously-mentioned repetitive encounters with the same people. But, it also fell in love with the holodeck and spent a lot of time with The Doctor (Robert Picardo), ne’er-do-well Tom Paris (Robert Duncan McNeill), and first-mission crew member Harry Kim (Garret Wang). It managed to incorporate a lot of character development episodes, sometimes to its detriment, because these episodes were usually among the campiest curiosities the show had to offer. These episodes often revolved around holoplays, Tom’s favorite Holodeck bar, or a rap session with Leonardo da Vinci (John Rhys-Davies), and while catching some downtime with the crew, and/or the equipment failures/potentially deadly circumstances such would often involve was a cool addition to a show about people forced to be on the ship for 70 years, they were as rambling and pointless as they were entertaining.

As much as Star Trek will pull along a certain demographic no matter what’s going on, the show wasn’t exactly lighting things up. Not only did it not really move much in the ratings, staying comparatively low on the charts and slowly losing viewers over time, it wasn’t quite taking over the community that was its demographic. Trekkies were fans, of course, but the show only had a solid “well, it’s on now” level of buzz.

Then Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan) showed up in season four, and while the ratings didn’t take off, the buzz certainly did. It wasn’t something, unfortunately, that translated into a lot of help in growing the audience, but it launched it into the zeitgeist in a way that was never on the horizon for this show before. Like the iconic names from the original and TNG, people who didn’t watch the show knew who Seven of Nine was.

The show capitalized on her addition during seasons four and five, which might have been the show’s best, but the show began petering out in seasons six and seven, and as the show continued its slow decline, it became apparent that it had tried everything it could to keep interest alive. As the show tried to maneuver through seasons 4-6, it did manage to pick up some interesting guest stars (like Jason Alexander and Dwayne Johnson).

Still, the show is still a lot of fun, and though it did run along the campy line established by Deep Space Nine , it has characters that are well worth taking a ride with. Everyone got their moment to shine, while some of the cast became integral to the show’s ability to deliver its themes. Ethan Phillips stands out as the unsung hero of the show, and the long under-appreciated actor managed to breathe life into every moment he was on screen.

The show also holds up surprisingly well, and that’s perhaps based on the fact that it wasn’t trying to be serious, and wanted to play with the character study possibilities of the voyage.

The 2017 DVD Release

The new set of the complete series is not actually different from a previous release of the seasons, but that shouldn’t dissuade anyone from grabbing the chance to pick this up. It isn’t remastered/reworked, and the truth is that it isn’t likely this show will ever get such treatment. It’s actually bizarrely cost-prohibitive to take a full show like this, from 1995, and work that sort of magic on it. It doesn’t look fantastic, and if you have a truly gigantic screen that you’re hoping to watch this on, you’re going to be disappointed by the aspect ratio limitations and the overall quality. Still, it looks as good as most fans will need, and if you can put up with a few darkness problems and the expected lack of clarity, you’ll be fine. It looks solid enough for what it is.

That said, the release has tons of bonus features and if you put them all together, they are worth the price on their own if you’re any sort of fan.

It doesn’t have new bonuses, but it has a slew of them that date back to about 2003, which were created for the intial release of this set, which I believe was late 2004. There are a multitude of featurettes that have the cast examining their time on the show and their thoughts on certain episodes and/or their characters, and these are really solid gold moments. Each season includes a “Look back” featurette that runs down the creative process of the season, where the ideas came from, cast reactions, and more. Plus, there are featurettes that cover just about every aspect of the show, from the design of new aliens to the Borg Queen. And, there are several featurettes that cover special effects and similar.

It’s a great buy and a show worth having around to rewatch.

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Star Trek: Voyager- The Complete Series DVD Review

“Star Trek: Voyager” is a low point in the franchise.

If you’ve never dipped into “Star Trek: Voyager,” now is your chance to absorb all 7 seasons of the series with this new repackaged complete series DVD set. The series, for those that aren’t in the know, follows the adventures of the USS Voyager and its crew members Captain Janeway, Chaoktay, Tuvok, Tom Paris, The Doctor, Harry Kim, Neelix, B’Elanna Torres, Kes, and later Seven of Nine. Over the course of 172 episodes, the story revolves around the ship’s travels through the Delta Quadrant, alien encounters, time travel, the Borg, technology, the Vidiians, the Maquis, planet exploration, numerous medical emergencies, a visit from Q, the holodeck, the introduction of 7 of 9, telepaths, the USS Equinox, a marriage, the departure of a main character, guest appearances by past Trek cast members, and, of course, everyone trying to get home.

Back in the 90’s, I remember liking “Star Trek: Voyager” well enough to watch it on a fairly consistent basis. As I grew older and my Trek fandom blossomed over time, however, Voyager began to fell out of favor for a number of reasons. For one, the series has not aged well. At all. Not only does the show look and feel corny, but the writing simply doesn’t stack up to the likes of TOS, TNG or DS9. Where are the classic episodes? Where are the poignant and relevant stories that stand the test of time?

Another major issue is that unlike DS9 which was doing new and interesting things with the franchise in the same time period, Voyager felt like a step backwards for Trek. It was essentially a new “Lost In Space” and it was recycling stories that we had seen before. It was running on empty. On top of that, the show was squandering its potentially engaging premise, desperately trying to win over fans with ratings ploys like adding Seven of Nine, overusing the fan favorite Borg, and adding a new big villain (Species 8472).

As disappointing as the series was overall, the diverse cast of characters managed to keep it afloat. It was great to finally see a female Captain and Kate Mulgrew certainly brought her own flair to the character. Even though Tuvok was more or less a Spock wannabe, the character still proved to be a winner thanks to Tim Russ. I don’t think I’m alone in saying that the holographic Doctor was easily the best thing about the entire series. Not only did he bring much needed humor to the show, but the character also felt like a fresh addition to the Trek universe (hence why he crossed over into the film world). Tom Paris (Robert Duncan McNeil) and Harry Kim (Garrett Wang) also proved to be memorable characters who rose above the often mediocre material they had to work with. Even though the characters weren’t entirely successful from start to finish, Chakotay (Robert Beltran) and B’Elanna (Roxann Dawson) were different from the norm. As for Neelix (Ethan Phillips), Kes (Jennifer Lien) and 7 of 9 (Jeri Ryan), they too all had their moments thanks to some involving character arcs.

I couldn’t end this review without mentioning the theme music by Jerry Goldsmith. It is so grand and inspiring that the show often feels unworthy of it!

Video/Audio:

Presentation: 4:3. How does it look? Sadly, we may never see a Blu-ray edition or a restoration, but as standard definition transfers go, it’s pretty solid.

Audio Tracks: Dolby Digital 5.1 and Stereo. How do they sound? The 5.1 track doesn’t disappoint and the Stereo track is fine if you like that sort of thing.

Extras: * Photo galleries for each season. * Voyager Time Capsules for Kathryn Janeway, Tuvok, Neelix, Kes, 7 of 9, Harry Kim, B’Elanna Torres, Tom Paris, Chakotay and The Doctor. These extras contain enlightening interviews with the actor portraying each role. * “Braving The Unknown”- Featurettes about each season. * “The First Captain: Bujold”-Easily the most interesting extra on this entire set is seeing footage of the original Janeway actress. * “Cast Reflections: Season One”- Self-explanatory. * “On Location With The Kazons”- A set tour. * “Red Alert! Visual Effects”- Breakdowns of the FX for the first 3 seasons and season 6. * “Launching Voyager On The Web”- A piece about the first Star Trek: Voyager website in 1995. * “Real Science With Andre Bormanis”- An interview with the science consultant for the first 3 seasons and season 7. * Text trivia for “The 37’s” episode. * “Saboteur Extraordinaire: Seska”- This extra spotlights the character Seska. * “A Day In The Life Of Ethan Phillips”- A sort of video diary of Neelix actor Ethan Phillips on set. * “Borg Invasion 4D”- An ad for the attraction at the now sadly defunct “Star Trek Experience.” A making of extra is also included in the season 7 set. * “Flashback To Flashback”- A featurette about the episode “Flashback” which features George Takei. * “Trekkies 2” trailer. * “The Birth Of Species 8472”- A featurette about the villainous alien species that debuted in season 4. * “The Art Of Alien Worlds”- Images and interviews about various alien planets, cities and so forth. * “The Borg Queen Speaks”- An interview with actress Susanna Thompson. * “Delta Quadrant Make-Up Magic”- The make-up work is spotlighted here. * “One Small Step: A Mars Encounter”- A featurette on the “One Small Step” episode. * “Guest Star profile: Vaughn Armstrong”- The title says it all. * Storyboards. * “Coming Home: The Final Episode”- Last but not least is this bonus feature about the series finale “Endgame.”

Overall Thoughts: To me, “Star Trek: Voyager” stands as the weakest Trek series to date. It did some things right, but it did a lot wrong. It’s easy to see why it’s the most divisive Trek series. With all of that said, I am sure there are plenty of people out there that will find much to enjoy about this sci-fi series not to mention many Trek fans out there will want this set for collecting purposes.

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"Star Trek Voyager" came along late in the "Star Trek" renaissance, launching in 1995. The program, designed to run concurrent with "Star Trek: The Next Generation" and "Deep Space Nine," brought fans another variation of the future as envisioned by Gene Roddenberry, creator of the original "Star Trek," or "classic Star Trek" as it is now referred.

Well, I’m probably going to tick a few fans off from this point, but I never warmed to either "ST: TNG" or "DS9." From what I remember, "TNG" was Roddenberry’s attempt to correct the concept detour that "Star Trek" took with the feature films. Despite really inventive antagonists like the Borg and Q, all I got from "TNG" was everyone acting terribly polite to each other. Something was missing from new Trek. Where was the bickering amongst comrades, the nit-picking that accompanies long stretches of confinement (a box several miles long is still a box), even among the best of friends? Perhaps it was due to chemistry or its uniqueness for its time, but classic "Star Trek" episodes still hold up today, mainly because the characters possessed, as director Nicholas Meyer once remarked, "bundles of charm."

What warmed me to "Voyager" was that the conflict wasn’t necessarily external. Even the pilot episode, "Caretaker," breaks tradition with the Federation interceding in an extraterrestrial civil war between the Cardassians and the Maquis. The U.S.S. Voyager, under the stewardship of Captain Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew), is dispatched to investigate the disappearance of a Maquis vessel in a very hostile cosmic patch called the "Badlands." An unknown force (of course) hurls Voyager 70,000 light years from Earth. Once their mission is complete, the assembled crews wrestle with personal and historical baggage as they find their way back to Federation-chartered space.

For the seven season run of the show, there were as many inner conflicts as "bug eyed aliens of the week" to contend with. Yes, there was all that hoopla over a female captain ("Trek" may have always been culturally conscious, but its sexism stretches back to the mini-skirts from the original series), but the diversity of the crew and the actors took those philosophies to a different plane within the "Trek" canon. "Voyager" is about prejudice in various forms – sexual politics, political dogmas, race relations. Stranded in space, cooped up in confinement, the "Voyager" crew dealt with VERY personal demons and that’s what made it, at least for me, closer to the original "Trek." "Voyager’s" first season was cautious with its storylines, focusing more on the external threats. "Caretaker" is very compelling, better than average in setting up the show’s parameters. Kate Mulgrew, taking over the role from Genevieve Bujold (more on that later), plays Janeway perfectly, with a by-the-book toughness yet not above feeling the consequences of her actions. For a shorthand introduction to the first season, check out "Caretaker," "Parallax," "Heroes and Demons" (showcasing Robert Picardo’s prissy Holographic Doctor), and "Ex Post Facto."

Following suit with their releases of "TNG" and "DS9," Paramount Home Entertainment just released "Voyager" in a complete first season box set. Five discs house fifteen episodes, four to a disc, except disc One which has the two-hour "Caretaker" pilot episode and disc Five containing eight featurettes and a photo gallery.

The video could not look better. Presented in appropriate 1.33 full-frame, the transfers are uniformly excellent with bright, solid colors and full, deep blacks. Details come across crisp and sharp. A personal observation here: the bridge set somehow reads "flat," and not as textured as other sets. The reason I qualify this remark is because I’ve thought that about every bridge from every "Trek" opus – from the series through most of the feature films, the only exceptions in my book being "Wrath of Khan," "Undiscovered Country" and "First Contact". The source elements are immaculate with no blemishes and nada on the digital or compression artifacts.

The show originally aired in two-channel , but underwent 5.1 remixing for DVD. The soundtracks are just as detailed as the picture with very busy surrounds and directional effects occurring regularly. LFE enhancement is present but not with real oomph, given the overall potency of the remixes. In "Caretaker" the explosions just didn’t hit the gut as I expected. Dialogue reproduces clearly through all the whooshes and zaps. A two-channel Dolby Surround option is included, most likely the original TV broadcast mix. (Not much low-frequency punch here, either.) In comparing the two, the 5.1 wins hands down.

Genevieve Bujold (who played opposite Charlton Heston in the 1974 disaster flick "Earthquake") was originally cast as Janeway, dropping out inexplicably soon after. Well, one of the extras solves the mystery. In an eight minute segment called "The First Captain: Bujold," creator/executive producer Rick Berman explains on-camera how the Janeway character evolved, the casting process, and how they "went in another direction," replacing Bujold with runner-up Mulgrew. The few scenes shot with Bujold are edited together, along with screen tests of Mulgrew and others. Judge for yourself.

The remaining supplements are featurette-based and mostly meat-and-potatoes in nature. The eight-minute "Cast Reflections: Season One" takes on-set video interviews with the cast — not all recorded in the first season — commenting on their part in the show and the overall concept. Very PR-y. "Braving the Unknown" focused on interviewing the three creators – Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor and Rick B. – about the series’ genesis, creating Janeway and the challenges of making "Voyager" different from "TNG" and "DS9." Clocking in at fifteen minutes, "Voyager Time Capsule: Kathryn Janeway" offers a newly taped interview with Kate about the character, her thoughts on the Trek mythos and career highlights including playing Katherine Hepburn (the stage makeup was spooky, turning Kate M. into a virtual doppelganger for Kate H.) in the stage play "Tea At Five." "On Location with the Kazons" runs five minutes with Supervising Producer David Livingston pointing out details and guiding the camera through the desert exterior set from the pilot, along with behind the scenes footage. The eleven-minute "Red Alert: Visual Effects Season One" spotlights the special effects for "Caretaker" as reminisced by effects supervisor Dan Curry. The footage of Curry pointing out the details of the "Voyager" miniature is, to coin a term, "fascinating." (Where miniatures still shine in our CG age is the ability to photograph shadow detail in real time.) "Real Science With Andre Bormanis" is a nine-minute interview with science consultant Bormanis discussing how "Voyager" plugs into the "Trek" tradition of incorporating as much grounded scientific theory and reality into the show. (Sorry, the scripts still contain a fair amount of sci-fi techno-babble. "Trek" writers love the word "plasma.") Lastly, "Launching Voyager on the Web" "Voyager" webmaster Marc Wade discusses how he tapped into the then-new Internet to create awareness for the show.

As much as I like "Voyager" and for casual viewers I recommend at least renting a few episodes, the steep $140 tag might put a lump in a few throats. Paramount: when "classic" Star Trek gets re-released in season box sets (it’s only a matter of time), take it easy on the list price. Please…

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Moll and L’ak’s quest for freedom takes a drastic turn for the worse as the criminal pair find themselves within the Federation’s grasp – and the Breen are knocking on the door.

After escaping the I.S.S. Enterprise just before Discovery could capture them, Moll ( Eve Harlow ) and the wounded L’ak ( Elias Toufexis ) are ensnared by the U.S.S. Locherer . Discovery arrives on the scene so Captain Michael Burnham ( Sonequa Martin-Green ) can escort them to Federation HQ, but a last-minute development arrests that plan: the Breen are bringing their biggest, deadliest, meanest-looking dreadnaught to bear against the Federation to get L’ak back.

Admiral Charles Vance ( Oded Fehr ) initially ordered Burnham to jump away from Federation HQ to protect Moll and L’ak, but Burnham reasons having Discovery stand its ground will ultimately lead to a solution to this political and diplomatic crisis. But why are the Breen bringing so much firepower and risking war just to fulfill a blood bounty?

In “Erigah,” we’re treated to a surprise: the return of Commander D. Nhan ( Rachael Ancheril ). Fans may remember her last from season four’s “ Rubicon ,” where she served as a member of Federation Security. Disappointingly, Nhan’s role in this episode feels underutilized. Any member of Federation Security could have filled her position without affecting the plot, which is the telltale sign of a wasted character. What’s missing is any significant development related to her overarching storyline—such as her struggle to reintegrate into her own culture after time-traveling to the future. Given that this is the show’s final season, it’s regrettable that Nhan’s character doesn’t receive a more impactful sendoff. Hopefully, we’ll encounter her again in the remaining three episodes, providing a more fitting conclusion to her journey.

“The word ‘diplomacy’ isn’t even in their vocabulary.” “Then we shall teach it to them.” – Rayner and T’Rina, on the Breen.

Burnham correctly deduces there’s more to the Breen’s interest in L’ak than meets the eye. Six primarchs are aiming for control of the Breen Imperium, and that has led to internal unrest. Moreover, thanks to a report from the still-off-screen Saru (it’s a damn shame Doug Jones isn’t in this season more), we know the Breen’s political quarrels stem from members of the Breen royal family competing for the throne.  A fairly one-sided conversation with the wounded L’ak confirms Burnham’s suspicions: L’ak is a member of the royal family, and is the only way his uncle, Primarch Ruhn ( Tony Nappo ), can claim the Breen throne. Getting L’ak back goes beyond a blood bounty for Ruhn – it’s the only way to gain power.

While Burnham, Admiral Vance, and President T’Rina ( Tara Rosling ) – standing in for President Rillak – stare down the Breen, Moll and L’ak try a last shot at freedom. On Discovery , the pair formulate a desperate escape plan; Moll will make a run for it as L’ak hacks his biobed (sure, why not?) and overdoses himself to cause a distraction. The plan works, unbelievably, but only insofar as Moll escapes the forcefield in which she and L’ak are being held. Her escape backfires when L’ak accidentally takes a lethal dose of the drugs, forcing her to say goodbye to her love.

“L’ak is your world. I know that. I also know what it’s like to lose one. Don’t miss your chance to be with him. For him.” – Book to Moll, as L’ak is dying.

Not quite all is lost for Moll, however, as she sees a narrow chance to still get what she wants. Handing herself over to the Breen and helping them find the Progenitor tech means she might be able to clear the blood bounty she and the now-deceased L’ak share, and perhaps bring him back to life using the life-creating properties of the Progenitors’ tech. So, that’s where Moll’s story ends in this episode – hopping on a Breen dreadnaught, nesting in the lair of the enemy, and trying to help the Federation’s adversary find the galaxy’s ultimate treasure first. What could go wrong?

Commander Rayner ( Callum Keith Rennie ) is more than his typical hard-edged self in this episode. The Breen’s arrival rustled up painful memories, and it takes a bit of convincing for him to tell his captain why he’s so hostile against the alien race.

It turns out his homeworld, Kellerun was once occupied by the Breen, and Rayner saw firsthand how ferocious and unforgivingly violent Breen can be. He even lost his family to the helmeted off-worlders, so yes, Rayner has an axe to grind against the brutalists now on the Federation’s doorstep. Much to T’Rina’s and Burnham’s chagrin, Rayner isn’t afraid to advocate total annihilation of the Federation’s newest enemy. (How long before we get a novel filling in Rayner’s tragic backstory?)

Rayner’s tale does give Burnham an idea for how to deal with Ruhn, but we must wonder: Why doesn’t Rayner voluntarily offer his intel in the face of the Breen’s overwhelming threat, which he has experienced firsthand? Despite the painful memories the Breen elicits for him, shouldn’t he understand every advantage helps Federation leadership concoct a defense against the massive dreadnaught?

An offer to trade an enormous amount of dilithium, likely still uber-valuable in the post-Burn galaxy, doesn’t convince Ruhn to back off wanting L’ak and Moll. So, the Federation plays hardball, and T’Rina asserts that instead of giving Ruhn his bounty, she will hand Moll and L’ak over to another Breen primarch, Tahal, who supposedly gave a competing offer for the criminals. Ruhn thinks the Federation is bluffing, until Rayner supports their ruse with detailed knowledge of Tahal, knowledge he undoubtedly gained from Tahal’s occupation of Kellerun. Ultimately, Ruhn agrees to let the Federation keep L’ak, as that would ensure other Breen primarchs can’t use the royal family member as a shortcut to the throne. But as we’ve seen, Ruhn doesn’t walk away from Federation HQ empty-handed.  

Despite the confrontation with the Breen, Discovery ’s crew still needs to figure out the next step in the Progenitor puzzle. A metal card attached to the clue found in the last episode – complete with a Betazoid logo and the phrase “labyrinths of the mind” – points to a Betazoid book authored by Marina Derex, one of the scientists who fabricated the puzzle trail to the Progenitor tech.

The metal card is actually a library pass, a realization Adira Tal ( Blu del Barrio ) and Sylvia Tilly ( Mary Wiseman ) have thanks to the niche knowledge of Jett Reno ( Tig Notaro ), who points them in the direction of a traveling library in space, called the Eternal Gallery and Archive. Thanks to Stamets and Cleveland Booker ( David Ajala ) working on the location of the next clue, we know where this library is now. It’s a familiar place for Deep Space Nine and Voyager fans: the Badlands. We certainly look forward to seeing what this iconic location looks like in 2024.

There are three episodes left in the season, and plenty of opportunities for twists and turns in the path to the Progenitors tech, never mind time for Discovery to show the audience its take on the Progenitors tech itself, with all the technological and spiritual elements that might entail. Intriguingly, things are a bit more personal after the events of “Erigah.” Now that Moll is working with the Breen, will Book end up doing something foolhardy to protect the only family he has left, and how will he weigh that motivation against his residual love for Burnham? What will Moll sacrifice to bring back her partner? How will Culber’s spiritual journey play out as the crew gets closer to the secret of life itself, and will that journey foreshadow spiritual awakenings other crewmembers might experience? Discovery has set up quite the expectations for the last half of its final season, and we’re holding our breath that they stick the landing.

Stray Thoughts:

• The Breen attack on Earth hundreds of years ago referenced in this episode was seen in the Deep Space Nine episode “The Changing Face of Evil.”
• It can’t be a coincidence that the first name of the Betazoid scientist who worked on the Progenitors tech, Marina, has the same first name as Marina Sirtis, the actress who played Star Trek ’s most famous Betazoid.
• Rayner recalls a Romulan saying: “Never turn your back on a Breen.” This same saying was referenced in Deep Space Nine ’s “By Inferno’s Light.”
• Why would Tilly be taking a shuttle to Federation HQ, and not a transporter? Is it perhaps so Stamets could intercept her and keep her on the ship?
• Besides seeing a Breen dreadnaught in the time bug cycle, how could Burnham be sure it’s the same one as what ultimately arrives at Federation HQ?
• When Burnham was first learning about who she would pick as her first officer, wouldn’t Rayner’s homeworld’s occupation by the Breen show up in her research?
• At the end of Rayner’s monologue about his past, Burnham asserts he just gave them a way to deal with the Breen. Why doesn’t Rayner ask how, or what Burnham’s plan is?
• Who else aren’t fans of the swinging camera technique employed in this episode’s fight scenes?
• Wouldn’t scans taken after Moll was captured show she has implanted cloaking technology, as Zora ( Annabelle Wallis ) assumes when Moll mysteriously evades capture?
• Burnham asserts Rayner did “really well today” at the end of the episode, but did he? If not for Burnham’s persistence, he likely wouldn’t have revealed his knowledge of the Breen, which helped in negotiations with Ruhn, and just continued to be a thorn in the side of Federation leadership.

New episodes of Star Trek: Discovery stream Thursdays on Paramount+ , this season stars Sonequa Martin-Green (Captain Michael Burnham), Doug Jones (Saru), Anthony Rapp (Paul Stamets), Mary Wiseman (Sylvia Tilly), Wilson Cruz (Dr. Hugh Culber), David Ajala (Cleveland “Book” Booker), Blu del Barrio (Adira) and Callum Keith Rennie (Rayner). Season five also features recurring guest stars Elias Toufexis (L’ak) and Eve Harlow (Moll).

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| June 10, 2024 | By: TrekMovie.com Staff 29 comments so far

The fifth and final season of Star Trek: Discovery  just wrapped up on Paramount+ less than two weeks ago and now we have details on the physical media release coming later this summer.

Disco S5 coming home

Today Paramount and CBS Home Entertainment announced the home release of season 5 Star Trek : Discovery The Final Season for DVD and Blu-ray arriving on August 27. A digital release for season 5 arrives on August 26.

Box art for DVD edition

Check out the announcement trailer…

The home and digital releases include nearly 2 hours of special features. Here is a breakdown of what is included…

• Audio Commentary (Exclusive to Home Entertainment)
• Deleted Scene (Exclusive to Home Entertainment)
• Being Michael Burnham (Exclusive to Home Entertainment)
• Character Development (Exclusive to Home Entertainment)
• Gag Reel (Exclusive to Home Entertainment)
• Star Trek: Discovery™: The Voyage of Season 5
• A Team Effort
• Discovery’s Creative Force

And for collectors, there is also a limited edition Steelbook Blu-ray arriving the same day.

Steelbook Blu-Ray

New Series Box Set

Paramount is also releasing a new complete series box set on DVD and Blu-ray on August 27.  The set features all 65 episodes and over 15 hours of special features including a bonus disc “that takes you on a never-before-seen journey through all five seasons with the cast and crew.”

Box art for Blu-ray edition

Available for pre-order

You can pre-order Discovery Season 5 at Amazon on Blu-ray for $43.99  or DVD for $34.99 . The limited edition Steelbook Blu-ray can be pre-ordered for $50.99 .

The complete series box set can be pre-ordered for $62.92 on Blu -ray and $55.99 on DVD .

Steelbook box art

Find more news on  streaming and home video at TrekMovie.com .

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No HDR release for disc is disappointing

We will get it in a year as a new release :)

Of course it’s Burnham by herself in the artwork.

Sigh. After 5 seasons, do people still not know that the series… from its conception… was supposed to be about Burnham and HER journey. That was the original concept.

They know. It’s just that their only personality trait is being an a$$hole.

Maybe 7 or 8 years ago but not now. The official synopses each season talks about “the crew of the USS Discovery”

The overall five season arc of DSC is really Michael Burnham’s redemption arc. Like it or not, it seems appropriate packaging to me.

If Sonequa wasn’t a part of this show, there is, NO WAY, it would have lasted 5 seasons.

Season 1-3 synopsis: Follow the voyages of Starfleet on their missions to discover new worlds and lifeforms, and one Starfleet officer, Michael Burnham, who learns that to truly understand all things alien, she must first understand herself.

Season 4 synopsis: Season four of Star Trek: Discovery finds Captain Burnham and the crew of the U.S.S. Discovery facing a threat unlike any they’ve ever encountered. With Federation and non-Federation worlds alike feeling the impact, they must confront the unknown and work together to ensure a hopeful future for all. Season 5 synopsis:

The fifth and final season of Star Trek: Discovery finds Captain Burnham and the crew of the U.S.S. Discovery uncovering a mystery that will send them on an epic adventure across the galaxy to find an ancient power whose very existence has been deliberately hidden for centuries. But there are others on the hunt as well … dangerous foes who are desperate to claim the prize for themselves and will stop at nothing to get it.

Don’t know about you, but it certainly sounds like a focus on Burnham’s journey to me.

I’m old enough to remember when the show first came out. They never said that. That many people think they did, or claim they did, is odd but telling.

Well we do know before even casting was announced that “the lead and focus of the show would be a women who is not in command of the ship”.

“We’ve had six characters from the Captains point of view”, “putting a different character front and center will give the story a richer context”.

So while true what the earlier poster stated isn’t verbatim what was said from very near the get go. This is from Fuller, who also in part of the announcement states that” this is her journey”.

And if that doesn’t give you the hint that the show is focused on Burnham, and that the bulk of the show is her story. Well watching even the first season should make it absolutely clear.

You’re old enough to remember seven (or even eight) years ago!? Well, grandpa/grandma, they did indeed say that. Repeatedly.

That many people think that they didn’t (or claim that they didn’t) is odd but telling.

https://www.slashfilm.com/545911/star-trek-discovery/ (one of multiple sources, including Entertainment Weekly)

You’re old enough to remember seven (or even eight) years ago!? Well, grandpa/grandma, they did indeed say that. Repeatedly. 

That many people think that they didn’t (or claim that they didn’t) is odd but telling. 

This site doesn’t like links, but there are multiple sources from 2016, including Slashfilm and Entertainment Weekly, quoting Fuller and others.

I don’t think people would be this triggered by Burnham being the central focus of the show if she was a male character.

Oh, most definitely. I completely agree with you. They wouldn’t have any issues if Burnham was a white male character.

We just wanted all the characters to have there own episode, would have liked to explore Tilly’s character more including detma and Owo Ect

Or simply an interesting well written character?

The regular Blu-Ray/DVD is the season five cast poster.

Awesome i have bought every steelbook release so far and can’t wait to get the S5 steelbook. I do hope we get a 4K release at some point.

So I already pre-ordered the S5 standalone Blu-Ray steelbook. Of course there would be an added bonus disc on the complete series set … I don’t really like “complete series sets” because there’s almost always disc damage. But, being a completist I ordered that set as well just for the disc. Take my money Paramount/CBS.

I will likely do the same.

It is really disappointing that the only show in 4K is Strange New Worlds. On UHD disc.

Now that I have a 4K tv I want TOS in 4k, and I’m still waiting for 2k Deep Space Nine and Voyager.

Loved Season Five. Thanks trekmovie for the announcement and the links.

Since the Prodigy debacle happened with P+ taking it off the site, it gave me a big appreciation for physical media I haven’t had in over a decade. So I started to buy all the movies and shows since last year and now own all the classic shows (TOS-ENT) and all 13 movies. I have been holding off buying any of the newer shows until they have ended. I won’t lie, I’m conflicted on getting Discovery because I just haven’t been much of a fan as much as I wanted to be. I did like the last season but still highly mixed on it overall.

But I’ve gone this far so it looks like I will be picking it up. I’ve turned into a completest lol.

The Blu-ray link goes to Lower Decks season four.

Is there a chance they will include the Disco Star Trek Shorts in the complete set? If not, this would be a significant oversight, as many of these shorts are crucial to the Discovery storyline and legacy. For instance, without watching ‘Calypso,’ viewers will never understand the full context of the final episode!

Let’s hope so!