DVD Verdict reviews: THE STAR WARS TRILOGY, STAR TREK: THE ORIGINAL SERIES, SEASON ONE, and more!

Today, DVD Verdict posted reviews of COCOON, SEALAB 2021: SEASON ONE,
SHOAH, SLACKER: CRITERION COLLECTION, STAR TREK: THE ORIGINAL SERIES,
SEASON ONE, STAR TREK: VOYAGER, SEASON TWO, THE STAR WARS TRILOGY, and
TREKKIES 2:


COCOON (reviewed by Eric Profancik, overall score 82/100):
"You have Antareans who can traverse the galaxy, have lived 'forever,'
and 100 centuries ago built a colony on an island on Earth, but they
forget to bring their own boat when doing 'the most important thing
they've ever done'? How very odd of those silly little aliens."

FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/cocoon.php

SEALAB 2021: SEASON ONE (reviewed by Mike Pinsky, overall score 92/100):
"And so came Adult Swim. Work therapy for the frayed nerves of the
Williams Street team. After all, you have to keep animators busy, or
they become like rabid animals, wandering the streets biting people. And
they frown on that sort of thing in Atlanta, at least nowadays."

FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/sealab2021season1.php

SHOAH (reviewed by Joel Pearce, overall score 100/100):
"I think this documentary should be a required purchase for every school
and library, so that as many people as possible can have an opportunity
to experience it. The cost will be prohibitive for many potential
viewers, but this is a film worth tracking down one way or another."

FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/shoah.php

SLACKER: CRITERION COLLECTION (reviewed by Bill Gibron, overall
score 97/100):
"The 'think for yourself' ideal of Slacker goes much deeper than just a
bunch of braggarts running around spouting off at the mouth. This movie
is a direct attack on the concept of truth. The vast majority of the
film's segments revolve around conspiracies, secrets, unanswered
questions, insider information, and outrageous personal insights -- all
of which fly directly in the face of the mainstream media and what they
deem are the facts."

FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/slacker.php

STAR TREK: THE ORIGINAL SERIES, SEASON ONE (reviewed by Sandra Dozier,
overall score 95/100):
"Star Trek was not an infallible show -- not every episode was a gem,
and the budget never really got bigger; the makers just had more
material to reuse in clever ways as the show went on. However, it was a
series that did a lot with what it had to work with, and understood that
good science fiction is built on a solid foundation of good ideas and
storytelling rather than flashy special effects."

FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/startrektosseason1.php

STAR TREK: VOYAGER, SEASON TWO (reviewed by Bryan Byun, overall
score 80/100):
"The second season of Voyager demonstrates some of the chief strengths
of the series -- its willingness to tackle thorny moral and ethical
issues with forthright honesty. 'Tuvix,' for instance, inspired some of
the most heated philosophical arguments that I've ever seen among Trek
fans, and its moral implications are hotly debated even today."

FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/startrekvoyagerseason2.php

THE STAR WARS TRILOGY (reviewed by a panel, overall score 93/100):
"There is no question. No debate. No alternative. Darth Vader is
unequivocally the silver screen's greatest bad-ass mofo. Forget for a
moment that the supreme vision of galactic evil used to be a whiny
little puke with a bowl cut. Just watch the dude traipse through the
Holy Trilogy as the unholiest of bastards, leaving death, destruction,
and one heck of a dysfunctional family in his wake and tell me this guy
isn't untouchable in the world of movie villains."

FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/starwarstrilogy.php

TREKKIES 2 (reviewed by Sandra Dozier, overall score 87/100):
"Turns out, rabid fans in Germany, England, or Italy aren't that much
different from Trekkers here in the good old U.S. of A. Just ask the guy
who redesigned his entire flat as a ship's interior, or Klingolaus (the
Klingon Santa), or that German guy who looks just like Mr. Spock and
acts in fan films with his friends."

FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/trekkies2.php

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