04-05-2002, 09:38 PM
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Executive Editor
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Star Trek The Next Generation, The Complete First Season
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005Y1NF/jasonsego
The year was 1987. Ninteen years after the original series was cancelled, Star Trek was still a powerful market force. The movies were making money (although Start Trek: The Movie put me into a coma), and Paramount decided to roll the dice and air a new Star Trek TV series. Would fans accept the new crew? They did, and Star Trek grew into a massive franchise worth billions (I'm guessing).
The point of this off-topic post is that I received the complete first season of Star Trek: The Next Generation on DVD, and I'm in heaven. For any Trek fan, this is a must. I nearly killed myself laughing at the horrible acting in the first episode, "Encounter at Farpoint Station". It's eerie how similar they made it to the original series - cheesy music, cheesy visuals, cheesy acting. Thank goodness is got better! This set is truly worth the money - this is going to be an expensive year in the Dunn house for DVDs. Now wouldn't it be cool if Paramount released these episodes as Pocket PC video files? Not a chance in hell, but great concept.
Amazon has gone crazy with the pre-orders: you can get season two, three, four, five, six and even season seven, all on pre-order. All links are affiliate links.
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04-05-2002, 09:49 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Mar 2002
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Hmmmmmm..... Deanna Troy......... Ooooooooooh!
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04-05-2002, 10:02 PM
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{cough} $105!!! And to beat all of that, you can rarely buy one season since the first episode (starting with season 4) was a continuation of the previous season. Only 1 and 2 stand alone, and they were the worst, which for TNG still means they were good. :-)
Oh well, added to my wish list. {Oh honey.... guess what I want for my b'day.....}
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04-05-2002, 10:14 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Apr 2004
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ST:TNG YES!!!
I think ST: TNG rules! I can't wait until all the seasons are released. Finally, DVD is a practical medium to deliver all the shows a series can air. Remember the days of 50-100 VHS tapes? <sigh>
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04-05-2002, 10:21 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Apr 2002
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Do what I do, get SnapStream http://www.snapstream.com or something similar and have it set to record all your ST:TNGs into a nice format for viewing on PPC.
-Rob
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04-05-2002, 10:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Ed Hansberry
{cough} $105!!!
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Yeah, a little pricey, but remember you're getting 20 hours of ST:TNG over 7 DVDs. An average DVD is 2 hours, so it's like getting 10 DVDs, which would cost around $225 or so. :-)
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04-05-2002, 11:53 PM
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Very cool box set indeed - mine arrives tomorrow morning if all goes well. That will be the end of decorating the bedroom - Q!!! God I just love the interaction with Q and Picard!
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04-06-2002, 12:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Tekguru
Very cool box set indeed - mine arrives tomorrow morning if all goes well. That will be the end of decorating the bedroom - Q!!! God I just love the interaction with Q and Picard!
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John Luck Pickard? ROTFL!!!! I think Qpid was my favorite though. Q and Jennifer Hetrick in the same episode. :lol:
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04-06-2002, 12:27 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Feb 2002
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Cool. I don' t have to rip the TNN rebroadcasts anymore. Just gotta save the $$ to get the collection!
The first episode was rather comical. Picard was a little jumpy in that one:
'Initiate saucer separation!'.
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04-06-2002, 12:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Take1
The first episode was rather comical.
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That's an understatement - everyone was overacting so bad it was hilarious! Tasha Yar..."BUT CAPTAIN!!", Worf wanting to blast a hole in the main viewer. It was truly wonderful to see that hilarious episode again!
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