This new Blu-Ray release will not be the final word on the classic Star Trek series this year, since September marks the original show’s golden anniversary, a prime merchandising tie-in hook. A few months from now, Paramount/CBS is scheduled to issue a mega-box set, including not only the 79 episodes from the classic Star Trek series that are here on Blu-Ray, but also the Star Trek movies featuring the original TV show cast members and a complementary collection of the animated Star Trek episodes. But if you don’t need or want the movies or the cartoon series, this is the newly repackaged Star Trek collection to get. Twenty discs, and a price already reduced to $59.99 on Amazon, less than $1 per episode. And there are some evocative memories here, from green-skinned alien women to cuddly tribbles, in one of the most durable and influential sci-fi TV series ever made. – David Bianculli