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Star Trek - The Next Generation, Episodes 1 & 2: Encounter at Farpoint, Parts I & II (Premiere) [VHS]
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Product Details/SpecificationsActor(s):
LeVar Burton
Gates McFadden
Director(s):
LeVar Burton Gates McFadden Gabrielle Beaumont Robert Becker Cliff Bole
Recording label: Paramount Home Video EAN: 9786302105858Binding: VHS TapeISBN: 6302105854Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC, Release Date: 1996-03-19Universal product code (UPC): 097360072136Number of discs: 1Audience rating: NR (Not Rated)Amazon.com
The two-hour pilot of The Next Generation holds up well after all these years and many, many subsequent episodes and four feature films. Gene Roddenberry's second go-round with Star Trek on television boldly goes where no other soul had gone, overcoming Trekker skepticism at the time about new characters and a new cast. After introducing Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart) and the rest of the crew, the script by Roddenberry and former Star Trek story editor Dorothy Fontana plunges them into a familiar Trek confrontation with a superior power, Q (John De Lancie), in a weirdly archaic setting drawn from Earth history (in this case, the bloody kangaroo courts of Robespierre's day). Declaring mankind barbarous and unworthy of existence, Q gives Picard 24 hours to prove humans are not just a "grievously savage race." The story is punctuated with various delights, particularly first meetings between the characters (watch for Riker's houndish introduction to Dr. Crusher) and a surprise cameo from a Trek icon. There are bumps: originally shot as a 90-minute special, "Encounter" had to be padded a bit (ergo the ship separation scene) to make it two hours. --Tom Keogh
Running time: 92 minutesLanguage: English (Unknown)
Language: English (Original Language)
Language: French (Original Language)
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