Star Trek: Alternate Realities Collective

I wish I could say I liked all these episodes. But I don't.My favorites were all the Original Star Trek (OST) episodes, two of the Star Trek: The Next Generation (STTNG) episodes, and all but one of the Voyager episodes. But even among these, there are others I would have preferred to some of the offerings.For instance, why weren't the episodes about the OST trio meeting up with intergalactic mobsters and Nazis included in this volume? I like STTNG "Yesterdays Enterprise", but already have it on the "Time Travel" DVD set. "Rascals", or "A Fist Full of Datas" would have fit nicely in this volume. I don't recall the name of the Voyager episode that had the crew placed in a WWII setting, but I would have liked that two-part episode instead of the one that involved Kes, and the one where the crew were merely replicates of the genuine Voyager crew.I don't care for either Deep Space Nine or Enterprise, but did find the DS9 episodes interesting --especially the first DS9 episode that most directly linked itself to the OST episode "Mirror, Mirror". I understand why the Enterprise episode that had the OST "Mirror, Mirror" theme was included, but I didn't care for it all the same. And, if I were an Enterprise fan, I would been terribly disappointed that one of the remaining Enterprise episodes was a two-part that only included part two! There was a more interesting two part episode from Enterprise that had the Vulcan and the engineer (through genetic engineering --no pun intended) produce a female Vulcan-human hybrid; a better episode I would have liked to have seen instead of the other two Enterprise episodes offered. Yes, it would have meant two two-part episodes, but so be it. At least there would have been two complete two-part episodes --and I would have liked one of them...My husband wonders why we bought this DVD set. At least we purchased it at a greatly discounted price.Live long and prosper by not wasting your money buying this set at full retail!

This collection covers all the mirror universe and alternate reality episodes from all the Star Trek series. Of course it leads off with "Mirror, Mirror" from TOS where a goateed evil Spock is the main attraction. Then it moves on to DS9's mirror universe episodes, then the two part "In a Mirror Darkly" espiodes from Enterprise (which were supprisingly good). Then the focus goes to episodes that address Parallell Dimensions, Twisted Realities, and Alternate Lives. Every sort of alternate episode is covered.I found these episodes refreshing, they allowed our familiar characters and actors to explore "what if" stories. In many of these we get to see different portrayals, like an evil and ambitious Captain Archer, or Kirk who has had his mind and body swapped with that of a woman.The only weak point on this set is possibly the special features. These are mostly done by the producers and some of the cast of Enterprise. I would have liked more of all of the series cast members involved. Regardless, this is still a solid and varied collection.

First off I didnt rate this a 5 for one reaosn alone. I noticed when i played the videos back they where not the original versions as in they are done in 4:10 aspect ratio also the video was dark in some of them meaning they where copied most likely from the originals but not done the best they could be. SOunds quality was good though and for the price you get alot of shows to watch. The menus though where a bit odd to get through....as it put the main episodes up and when you slected one it went to a screen where you had to choose to play with commentary or with out.....not all epsiodes have that feature. To get to the actual documentary style video you have to look up the special features section for each disc for some reason. Anywise for the value this is a great collection. and if you like the Star Trek Genre then you will love this.

Simply a repackaging of existing stories across different Star Trek series. If you want shows with related topics from the various Star Trek series grouped for you, this product is for you.

I think this is one of the best collections to come out of the Star Trek sets they have been making over the last few years. My second favorite Trek Collection is the Time Travel set. In this set the "Mirror Universe" episodes are great and so are the other ones such as the Fan favorite TNG episode "Yesterday's Enterprise" (ST:Voyager& Next Gen didn't have any "mirror" episodes during their 7 seasons). I was never a huge fan of Star Trek:Enterprise, however watching the "In a Mirror, Darkly Pts 1 & 2" made me realize I didn't give that show a fair chance (Enterprise was quite good! Watch it if you haven't). I bought one copy of Alternate Realities for myself and bought one for a friend's birthday. I HIGHLY recommend this particular set over the other ones as it takes our familiar Trek characters and shows a "What IF..??" side to them. I think you'll enjoy having it and watching it as much as I have.

The only reason I did not give this DVD set a better rating is because there were not many extras. This is a recuring problem with all Star Trek DVDS. There is hardly any commentary. You don't see the actors talk about much anything. If you get Doctor Who DVDS the extras are twice as long as the episodes themselves, and they always have full commentaries on every episode. I did like the episode selection. These are some of the best of all of the Star Trek shows shown. These compilation sets are a good idea for those of us who do not want to buy the full set for each show. I only own the originial series and Voyager. I do not desire purchasing the others in their entirety.

I love these fan collections. I know the DVDs were released to raise funds for the bluray sets of TOS/TNG, but despite owning those sets, I still enjoy the fan collections. It's fascinating watching a theme series crossing all of the shows, like the Trek version of a comic book crossover story. Love it! This is cool too have even if you own the full sets of shows. I bought all of the fan collections for my parents who had never watched DS9, Voyager, or Enterprise, and they were surprised at how good those shows were.

i would love to give this 5 stars i really would but since the the last episode on the last disc would not play and then when i recieved the replacment one that did exactly the same thing in the same place i cannot give it anymore than the three stars, if you have bought this but not checked that all the episodes play or not i suggest you have a check or if you are about to buy this the first thing you should check is if the episode i mention in this review.episode wise there is some on there that should not be and should have had better episodes on there to do with alternate realities for instance body swapping is not an alternate reality, but this is a fan collective box set it just might not be what episodes you would pick but on the other hand it could be what other people would pick.i thought the episides that where picked where not all what i would have liked but the majority of them are episodes i like.i wont be having this one replaced tho when sending back as i cant be doing woth the hassle of having to go through replacments til i get one that works fully, if you have the time and the will to go through getting a replacment if there not working for you then yes i would say get it.

Looking for this for a while and found it second hand on Amazon. Box the DVD came in was wrapped a bit but was second hand. The set itself is great if you are a Star Trek fan. Plenty of episode choice.

FIFTEEN HOURS. Fifteen hours' worth of Star Trek. I was unfamiliar with some of the episodes (and honestly some of them haven't aged well. The Alternative Factor in particular feels very dated when you're used to alternate reality stories in Star Trek, but as the first time the story was done you can really see how far they've come) but it's a very good collection. The Mirror Universe episodes of Enterprise are possibly the strongest in Enterprise's entire run, and with Timeless and Course: Oblivion some of Voyager's strongest (and most under-rated episodes) too.If you don't already own much in the way of Star Trek I'd say this is a strong collection with a variety of action-packed and more meditative episodes for a great collection, representative of Star Trek's entire run.

A really interesting mix of episodes from the various incarnations of the Star Trek franchise. A great watch pretty much throughout, and good to have if you want a good selection from across the different series.I particularly enjoyed the various "mirror universe" episodes, including Spock's beard in the original episode, good storylines from DS9, and the Enterprise prequel episode, which I'd very seen before.Also well worth watching is "The Inner Light", where we see what Picard would have been like as a husband, father and even grandfather. There's other good stuff here too though!Sit back and enjoy - over quite a few evenings!

For fans of startrek (and I am) this was a really good boxed set and gives a lot of viewing time for your money. It was also good to have all of the different incarnations of the star trek series in one item and to see how far the special effects have improved. Well worth the money