Star Trek The Next Generation, The Complete First Season

[Jason Dunn]

<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005Y1NF/jasonsego">http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005Y1NF/jasonsego</a><br /><br />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).<br /><br />The point of this off-topic post is that I received the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005Y1NF/jasonsego">complete first season of Star Trek: The Next Generation</a> 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.<br /><br /><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00005Y1NF.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg" /><br /><br />Amazon has gone crazy with the pre-orders: you can get <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000062XFG/jasonsego">season two</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000063V8R/jasonsego">three</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000063V8S/103-7959958-0720628">four</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000063V8T/jasonsego">five</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000063V8U/jasonsego">six</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000063V8V/jasonsego">even season seven</a>, all on pre-order. All links are affiliate links.

[Chubbergott]

Hmmmmmm..... Deanna Troy......... Ooooooooooh!

[Ed Hansberry]

{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.....}

[kagayaki1]

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? &lt;sigh>

[RobPPC]

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

[Jason Dunn]

{cough} $105!!!


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. :-)

[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!

[Ed Hansberry]

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!

John Luck Pickard? ROTFL!!!! I think Qpid was my favorite though. Q and Jennifer Hetrick (http://www.starfleetlibrary.com/tng/jenniferhetrick.htm) in the same episode. :lol:

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[Take1]

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!'.

[Jason Dunn]

The first episode was rather comical.


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!

[Ed Hansberry]

That's an understatement - everyone was overacting so bad it was hilarious! Tasha Yar..."BUT CAPTAIN!!", Woft wanting to blast a hole in the main viewer. It was truly wonderful to see that hilarious episode again!

The camera shots were funny too. Looked too much like ST:TOS. Those close ups of Picard from about 45degrees below his face. Reminded me of the shots of Kirk when he was in trouble.

I wonder if they will offer season 2 in two flavors, with and without Pulaski. I'll take without thank you.

[Will T Smith]

I would really like to see some discs burned that featured "best of" episodes for the various characters. Lets all admit it. We have our favorites.

I'm a big fan of Data myself. I thought that the "top 10" shown before the finally really shorted Data. His story lines were so unusual and out their. They really showed off Brent Spiner's acting talent at times.

Tin Man, Data-Lore, the "dreams" episode, the Data/Mark Twain two parter. The episode where Data loses his memory on an away mission was truly spectacular. The Sherlock-Homes episodes were by far the best "holedeck" episodes. BTW, Moriarty was just as great a villain in the 23rd century as he was in the nineteenth.

Anyway, I'm glad to see that they're no longer charging $15 for a single episdoe.

[harry]

For those of you in the US if you have a Costco near you they have the set for $94.99. I got it tonight and I'm watching it right now. I haven't watched these episodes in forever and Jason is right; that first one is a hoot. 8O

[docnilay]

:o As I mentioned in the subject....

$92.38 at DeepDiscountDVD.com - free shipping too! (At least in the US).

All the best,
- Nilay

[Foo Fighter]

Bah! I never did like TNG. It was too sanitized for my taste. And, come on...what military/science organization would place a therapist in the command and control structure of a ship? That's just crazy! What purpose does Troi even serve? Does she give Picard a shoulder to cry on when he makes bad decisions? :?

And who the hell designed the Enterprise-D? It looks ridiculous! It's a disgrace to the talented artists at ILM. The Excelsior looked much more sleek.

I'll take the new "Enterprise" series over TNG any day! 8)