Page 34 THE VILLADOM TIMES I & III • April 10. 2013 DVD releases (continued from Restaurant page) people of Earth, works in progress. In the expansive “Star Trek” franchise -- both on the big and small screens -- “Enterprise” was the last TV series, coming long after the successes of “The Next Generation,” “Deep Space Nine,” and “Voyager.” It was the first “Star Trek” series to be produced and broadcast in high-definition video, but lasted only four seasons. Bonus features on the six-disc Blu-ray release include a new three-part documentary containing new cast and crew interviews and vintage behind-the-scenes footage, cast and crew commentaries on select episodes, and “In Conversation,” a candid interview with creators Rick Berman and Branon Braga. “Deadball” (Well Go USA) may be the first sports splatter comedy. Baseball prodigy Jubeh Yakyu (Tak Sakaguchi) is the most feared and dangerous juvenile delinquent in Japan. After accidentally causing the death of his father with a super-powered, deadly fireball pitch, Jubeh swore off baseball and turned to crime. At 17, he is sent to a reformatory for hardened criminals. Headmistress Ishihara, the granddaughter of a World War II Nazi collaborator, runs the institution with an iron fist and the enthusiastic help of sadistic assistant, Ilsa. Shortly after arriving, Jubeh learns that his younger brother had done time there and died mysteriously. Jubeh is presented with an ultimatum by the governor: join the reformatory team in the national tournament for juvenile inmates, or witness the death of his innocent cellmate. Knowing that the death of his brother is in some way connected to the team, Jubeh agrees. “Deadball” is an outrageously over-the-top movie filled with impossible situations, killer baseballs, grisly gore, and cartoonish, Amazon-like women. It intentionally attempts to offend practically every race, ethnicity, gender, and institution imaginable as it barrels along. Bonus features on the Blu-ray release include a makingof featurette, cast interviews, a spinoff short, and theatrical trailers. “Vietnam: The Ten Thousand Day War” (Star Vista Entertainment) is a documentary series first aired in 1981. Narrated by Richard Basehart, the 26 episodes trace the collapse of the French colonial regime after World War II to the puppet democracies propped up by the United States, leading to the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution and the undeclared war of ideologies that devastated the American military-industrial complex and the White House. Writer and former CNN correspondent Peter Arnett’s script mixes military, political, and intelligence testimony from key historical figures, straightforwardly with journalistic balance, using proprietary footage, much of it from North Vietnamese sources. Rather than lay blame at the feet of the French, or Kennedy, Johnson, or Nixon, the film illustrates how the war’s progress and escalation were never clear-cut, but tragically led to thousands of deaths and laid waste to the country of Vietnam.