Abrams’ Star Trek Set to Boldly Beam Into Your Home

Tuesday, November 17, 2009
By: Thomas J. Mclean

The future comes home this week, which will go down as an important one in the lives of Trekkers everywhere.

This week sees the release of J.J. Abrams’ hit revamp of the classic sci-fi series in Star Trek (Paramount, DVD $30.99, special edition DVD $37.99, Blu-ray $40.99). The film grossed more than a quarter billion dollars in the U.S. alone. Fans of older versions of Trek can reminisce with The Best of Star Trek: The Original Series, Vol. 2 (Paramount, $14.99) and The Best of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Vol. 2 (Paramount, $14.99).

But that’s not all sci-fi TV fans have to look forward to, with the release of Farscape: The Complete Season Four (A&E, $49.95) and Farscape: The Complete Series (A&E, $149.95).

Animation fans can get real with the medium’s first “reality show” format by digging into Drawn Together: Complete Series, Party In Your Box (Paramount, $56.99).

Also out this week for fans of more current animation is Ben 10: Alien Force, Vol. 5 (Warner Bros., $14.98) and The Spectacular Spider-Man: Vol. 5 (Sony, $19.94)

Classic cartoons are represented this week by the release of The Smurfs: World of Wonders (Warner Bros., $14.97) and Smurfs: Vols. 1-3 (Warner Bros., $60.43).

And the anime aisle of the DVD store will welcome Bleach Vol. 22 (VIZ, $24.92) and Evangelion: 1.01 (FUNimation, $29.98).

Reader Comments

• Gab and Dad : film critics : GabandDad Productions

  Tuesday, November 17, 2009

  Our family enjoyed Star Trek on multiple levels (and with an age range from 7 to 65!).... A worthy DVD for any hip, bright family! See a father and daughter review it together at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bikMNsPPWoE