| Star Trek - The Original Series, Vol. 12, Episodes 23 & 24: A Taste of Armageddon/ Space Seed | 
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Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Languages: English (Subtitled), English (Original Language)
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Media: DVD
Running Time: 100 minutes
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
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Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
ISBN: 0792156927
UPC: 097366001277
EAN: 9780792156925
ASIN: B00004SPYM
Release Date: May 23, 2000
Theatrical Release Date: 1967
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"A Taste of Armageddon," Ep. 23 - The U.S.S. Enterprise is caught in a bizarre interplanetary war fought entirely by computers, but with real deaths. "Space Seed," Ep. 24 - The U.S.S. Enterprise is commandeered by a 20th century genetic "superhuman," Khan (Ricardo Montalban), who along with his followers has survived for centuries aboard a "sleeper ship." This episode inspired the film "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan."
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Volume 12 in the classic Star Trek series on DVD begins with "Space Seed," which introduced Khan Noonien Singh (a viperlike Ricardo Montalban) to Trek lore. The trouble begins when Kirk & crew discovers a derelict ship and its crew of 70supermen aboard, all in suspended animation. Led by Khan, these strange people turn out to be the product of genetic experimentation in the 1990s and instigators of a so-called Eugenics War, i.e., the Third World War on Earth often mentioned on various Trek programs. Though displaced from his more violent time and place, Khan quickly overcomes his disorientation and shifts into conqueror mode, quickly overtaking the Enterprise with the aid of a comely Federation historian who is swooning at his feet. As any Trek fan knows, "Space Seed" inspired Star TrekII: The Wrath of Khan, regarded by many as the best of the Trek feature films. "A Taste of Armageddon" is one of classic Trek's occasional, obvious metaphors for the absurdity of the then-cold war between East and West. Gene Lyons stars as a Federation ambassador named Fox, who boards the Enterprise to reach the planet EminiarVII, where he hopes to negotiate a peace treaty with the inhabitants. Instead the crew of the Enterprise gets caught in the middle of an interplanetary war between Eminiar and neighboring planet Vendikar. The twist is that the war is being fought on computers, and compliant residents of those "destroyed" areas obediently report to disintegration chambers, where their "virtual" death is made literal. When the Enterprise is "hit" in one of these simulations, both the warlords of EminiarVII and Ambassador Fox fully expect Capt.Kirk & crew to report to the disintegration center. The feisty Kirk has other plans, of course. And while the madness of this controlled armageddon makes a suitably surreal satire of the arms race in the 1960s, the story also evoked the endless, daily reports of body counts during the Vietnam war, with no resolution in sight. Aside from its parable aspect, however, the episode gave Kirk one of his earliest and most compelling scenes of Kirkian preachiness in a bold monologue about peace, reportedly written and rewritten numerous times by series producer and indispensable creative hand, GeneL. Coon. --Tom Keogh
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 prologue to the movie Star Trek 2 June 23, 2008
Every successful story has to have a great villain; Khan is physically and mentally superior and knows it, what more could you ask for? How can Kirk possibly defeat him? This is from the 60's so it's quite primitive TV viewing now, but it was ahead of it's time back then.
This is where the movie franchise got it's start. The second movie picks up the story line 20 years after the TV show.
Space seed is a must have Star Trek episode! February 6, 2008
Star Trek episodes Space Seed and the Taste of Armageddon are on this DVD! These episodes are about War! I recommend "Space Seed" more because This is the episode that inspired the film, Star Trek II the Wrath of Khan! Space Seed tells the first appearance of Khan Noonian Singh (Ricardo Montalban) and his crew of supermen from the Eugenics Wars in the 1990s. They were rescued by Captain Kirk and his party form the starship Enterprise. they were in suspended animation on spaceship called the Botany Bay! This is a great episode that introduces the classic Star Trek villain, Khan to Star Trek lore. I highly recommend this DVD! A-
A Keeper! Among the Very Best Eps of the First Season! August 5, 2006
If you are picking and choosing the best volumes to keep, this one is indispensable. This volume is a must-have for "Space Seed" alone but thankfully, "A Taste of Armageddon" is also an excellent episode. In "Space Seed" we get an introduction to Khan Noonian Singh, the protagonist in what was to arguably become the best classic Trek movie ever. Ricardo Montalban turns in an excellent performance as Singh, a superhuman and the product of eugenics gone wrong awaken from a 200-year slumber.
In the other ep, we get a very strong statement against war in which a society insists that its members commit suicide to maintain an uneasy "peace" which effectively becomes like a real-life game of Battleships except that "casualties" are mathematically decided via computer. When Kirk and the Enterprise end up as "casualties" Kirk has to find a way to break the cycle.
Highly recommended.
A Taste of Armageddon/ Space Seed (Khan) August 4, 2006
The very first STAR TREK tv series (1966-69) was broadcast on NBC on September 8, 1966. It was a DESILU production, a company put togther by Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz ("I Love Lucy") when they bought RKO. It was Lucy who chose "Star Trek" along with other proposed tv series' and said to go with it.
I became a fan of Star Trek when the series was syndicated in the later 1970's. My father had it on. I liked the colorful sets and those red elevator doors, the sound effects were good to hear and the adventures out in space stretched our imagination of fantasy. Remember, this tv series originally aired before our American astronauts landed on the moon for the first time on July 16, 1969. By that time, they had ended the Star Trek tv series (until 1979).
A TASTE OF ARMAGEDDON, episode 23, originally broadcast February 23, 1967.
Captain's Log, Stardate: 3141.9. Captain Kirk (William Shatner) has informed planet Eminiar 7 their wish to open diplomatic relations with them. Their reply is not to approach the planet. It is code 710. Ambassador Fox (Gene Lyons) is aboard the bridge and he tells Captain Kirk to ignore the message to continue en route to Eminiar 7. Once on orbit and have beamed down, Kirk meets Mea 3 (Barbara Babcock, later of Hill Street Blues tv series) and upon meeting Anan 7 (David Opatoshu) they are subjected to an unseen war fought by computers. People are disintegrated in machines at suicide stations. There is more trouble ahead for our Enterprise crew.
Note: Chekov and Sulu do not appear.
SPACE SEED, episode 24, originally broadcast February 16, 1967.
Stardate: 3141.9: The Enterprise spots a derelict Earth vessels. Kirk (William Shatner), McCoy (DeForest Kelley), Scotty (James Doohan) and at the request of Kirk, McGivers (Madlyn Rhue) joins the team due to her knowledge of the 20th Century. They discover on this sleeper vessel, from the 1990's, all of the crew is in a sleeping mode. They have been traveling for 200 years. They revive Prince Khan Noonien Singh (Ricardo Montalban) aboard the S.S. Botany Bay. He becomes a guest aboard the Enterprise, but soon takes control of Lt. McGivers. Khan was a ruler of a quarter of this world from 1992 to 1996. He controlled Asia through the Middle East. Not Khan, not familar with men of 2267, will try to take over the Enterprise.
Note: Chekov and Sulu do not appear.
This story did indeed contiunue 15 years later in the Star Trek motion picture, STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN (1982), with Ricardo Montalban returning as "Khan" in fine physical form.
John Winston appears as the Transporter Techician.
Easter Egg: on the EP #23, when the dot is red, click up. You will see no red dot, but the insigna is lighter. Now press "enter". You can select Next Voyage preview trailers of , A Taste of Armageddon, Space Seed, This Side of Paradise, The Devil in the Dark.
***STAR TREK will be released May 8, 2009. Leonard Nimoy will make an appearance as old "Spock".
Zachary Quinto as "young Spock", Chris Pine as "young Kirk", Anton Yelchin as "Chekov", Zoe Saldana as "Uhura", John Cho as "Sulu", Simon Pegg as "Scotty", Karl Urban as "Dr. 'Bones' McCoy", Bruce Greenwood as "Pike" (Captain of the Enterprise before Kirk), Eric Bana as the evil "Nero", Winona Ryder as "Spock's Mother", Ben Cross as "Sarek".
William Shatner is disappointed he will not be in the new movie. It was the director's decision. Capt. Kirk died in Star Trek: Generations (1994).
Shatner will continue writing his next novel, ME, SO FAR (2008) and in October 2007 published his novel, a prequel, STAR TREK: ACADEMY--COLLISION COURSE. The first meeting of Kirk & Spock.
George Takei and Nichelle Nichols are recurring characters on NBC's "Heroes" tv series.
Eugenics Wars November 22, 2005
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Eugenics selects the best strains for a sampling and promotes this survival strain in a limited population group. In "Space Seeds" the Enterprise encounters the "Botany Bay" spaceship, named after a penal colony. The Botany Bay has been a drift in space for centuries and barely operational. It nuclear fission reactors have managed to keep a group of "super humans" alive and, as Kirk and the crew beam on the Botany Bay, they active the revival routine, for the leader, Khan. The enterprise team immediately becomes fearful of Khan's reputation. Khan will manage to revive his small group of genetically enhanced warriors, who are eager too gain control of the Enterprise.
Eugenics has produced a superior human: improved reasoning capability, improved strength, improved beauty, and improved speed. Khan says, "It is true, man has improved. His technology has improved, but man, himself has not changed. Oh we will do well in this generation" It seems superior strength has produced a super ego. The Eugenic wars lead too World war III. The rhetoric of the cold war threatened a weaker nation by a stronger nation and eventually the stronger nation prevailed. Super ego not satified with mere survival; it required domination of the inferiors.
Khan has seduced, the Historian, "Marlin McGiver" into helping him gain control, of the Enterprise. Khan tells McGiver, "such men, as me, take what they will", "open your heart", the rape of independance, and discloses to McGiver her that he intends on taking the Enterprise. Khan becomes disgused with McGiver and tells her too leave. McGiver has fallen for Khan and says, "I will do anything", sells out herself too power, and agrees with his evil plot too take over the Enterprise.
Khan reasons, he needs the Enterprise as means for conquering worlds. After Khan and his team gain control of the Enterprise, Khan attempts too force the crew of the Enterpise into helping him. The crew see their captain being tortured in the decompression chamber and must make a decision whether too help or watch their captain die. Khan threatens to put all of them one at a time in the chamber, if they do not break too his will. Khan would torture and kill 80 percent of the crew in order too gain the cooperation of 20 percent. Khan idealogy of force was resisted by the democratic loving enterprise crew.
The eugenic warriors did not need the humans to navigate the Enterprise; Khan himself had a complete understanding of the operation manuals; Khan wanted slaves, who would obey him against their wills.
Spock, McCoy, and Scotty were aware of the trap and refused cooperation. The Eugenic warriors were the communists dictators and their promises were all lies. Kirk had previously admired the efficiency of Khan, saying of Khan, "I've always admire this one, he was the was the worst of them all." Spock was shocked and immediately protested. Kirk, Scotty, and McCoy laughed and told Spock, they could admire and oppose Khan, at the same time. Spock replied, "illogical". Isaiah states, "The heavan wept for a son of the morning had fallen"
Eventually, McGiver comes too her senses and frees the Captain from the decompression chamber. Kirk immediately takes actions to gain control of his ship against the tyrant. Kirk gases the Enterprise with knock out gas, but Khan manages too escape and gain control of engineering and put the ship on autodestruct. Khan initiates hand to hand combat against Kirk. Khan says, "I have five times your strength" and toss Jim around like a doll. Khan is too arrogant and Kirk knocks out Khan.
Khan behavior is strange. Khan is a conqueror, one moment and a coward then next. If Khan can't control then he must destroy all, mutual annihilation; a reflection of the philosophies of the cold war. Kirk does not want to see his ship autodestruct, so he fights Khan.
A court hearing is held against Khan and all charges dropped. Since, the Enterprise has no jurisdiction over a people from the past, Khan is somewhat freed; Khan is sent to a barren planet. Khan quotes Milten, "A he wept when their were no more worlds to conquer" - a statement about Lucifer before he was thrust down from heavan. McGiver goes with Khan rather than facing a court martial. Khan says, "It will be difficult at first even to survive" McGiver says, "I will go with him!" Khan says, "I will take her. Superior woman." Life would not go on happily ever after, Spocks plant in our minds, this statement, "If we return in a 100 years, I wonder what plants would sprout from the seeds we planted, today.". Khan would not flourish, bad fruit would emerge, communism would not flourish, and eventually it would rise its ugly head in another survival attempt, in "wrath of Khan". Prophetically, Khan would repeat his same strange behavior, ending up in self annihilation attempt which would be Messiahic defeated by Spock, as he aligned the dialithium crystals bring the warp drives online; and the Enterprise escaped, the KobiHashiMaru tactic test and solution, he never took. Kirk would cheat death, "I've never face death like this." Spock would sacrifice the one for the many. Jesus would sacrifice himself, so that all man could have salvation. In search for Spock, Spock would be resurrected by "Tau Pow".
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