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It is Star Trek, fantastic.
My main reason for reviewing is to get the word out that nobody should go cheap on the price and get the asian release. Although advertised as the exact same thing, many episodes are cut off, AT THE END!! So you'll miss the ending of every few episodes, unless you use an online review site.
I highly suggest for any trek fan, to give out the extra cash, and purchase the american release. From amazon.com or one of the used ones, make sure it is the american release!
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When it first appeared in 1986, I was skeptical that this series could ever equal the first in quality or excitment or just a sense of wonder at the universe. So I ignored it for over two years, and then by chance, one night I watched an episode and was utterly thunderstruck at its humor, characters, and sophistication of theme. Far superior to the original series, I then became utterly addicted to TNG and watched it and its re-runs for the next ten years.
In retrospect, I see the original Star Trek as rather formulaic. Kirk is a kind of cowboy, getting into a myriad of situations and, quite often, blasting his way out in the last 15 minutes. If he didn't, which often occured, he made points with superior aliens who saw potential in mankind, etc. This is very much a reflection of the era in which the U.S. viewed itself as inherently good and right, with the Vietnam War in the backgound.
In TNG, the use of force is viewed as a failure, though sometimes necessary. Diplomacy, stalemate, and ambiguous outcomes are the rule. I think this is a far more sophisicated view of mankind, which again reflects how much the U.S. has evolved since the simpler era of the 1960s. Furthermore, it must be admitted, the actors of TNG are much better than those of the first series, making it a great pleasure to watch and savor. What's more, the characters evolved from season to season, which is extremely rare for TV.
Now the entire series is available! My wife and I watched this as newlyweds, and now, with this fine set, we are introducing it to our children. They watch it and come back to us with questions and (in our biased view) brilliant observations about the details of character and plot.
Warmly recommended.
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I used to watch this show with my dad and younger sister all the time. I recently was talking about this series with a friend who used to watch it with HIS family too. We both agreed that this series was one of the best, and how nice it would be to have them all on DVD to share with OUR families.
Obviously, our wish was granted. Too bad this is no longer available in stores.
From season one, Start Trek, the Next Generation was exciting and interesting. Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) is the captain of the Starship Enterprise, including a large crew that in later seasons includes Whoopi Goldberg, Brent Spinner, Levar Burton and others.
Watching this show is engaging and interesting because the show takes place in the furture where there are alien races of all sorts and intergalactic wars between cultures and new planets to explore. How lucky the characters are in the show to explore the universe and discover new races of people! They also have better technology, such as the Hollodeck-a deck of the ship that creates holograms in 3-d form. Its like an elaborate dress up room in ANY time and or place.
The episodes are engaging throughout, but many are unforgettable, such as "The Child" Where Dianna Troi becomes pregnant by an alien entity and the child goes from being an infant to an 8 year old in one day, and "Elementary, dear Data" where Data plays a Sherlock Holmes mystery on the Holodeck. Another interesting episode from season 3 is called "Hollow Persuits" in which one of the crew members uses the Holodeck to act out his fantasies about the crew, including having Troi seduce him, and having a swordfight against Data, and Captain Picard!
I would reccomend getting this series in ANY way you can, its worth the VERY high $$. Sure its on TNG now, but someday it won't be on TV anymore, and you'll own all the episodes on DVD, to watch over and over again.
This 48 disc set is well done and spans the many years that the crew of the Starship Enterprise worked together.
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I purchased the "chinese" version. If you investigate the cheaper options, you will find these are "chinese versions" running about $200, a considerable savings from the english versions. The only difference is the style of packaging, and the writing on the box and the DVD's is in chinese (except the title "Star Trek The Next Generation", and the numbering on the discs). Also, chinese subtitles can be enabled if you want them. The text, spoken lines, credits, content, and the entire show is perfectly identical to what was broadcast on TV. English subtitles are also an option, or no subtitles at all. The "catch", however, is that some of the episodes are clipped slightly short. There are four episodes on each disc. The last episode on the disc stops short by about 2 to 4 minutes. Most of the time, this means you just miss the ending credits. However, the first disc of each season runs a little long, and about the last four minutes of the last episode on that particular disc will be lost. Therefore, only seven episodes out of the total are significantly affected, and there is not enough missing to "leave you hanging". But if you are a serious collector who wants every minute accurately archived and obtainable, you might want to pay the extra $400 or so for the english version. For those of you who won't be upset over a total of 20 minutes, that don't significantly affect the content, missing from 7 episodes (of the approximately 175 total episodes), you can save a fair amount of dollars. The quality is similar to the original broadcast, there are some extra features and interviews, and we thoroughly enjoyed seeing all those great episodes again, in order and without commercials. There are about 50 discs in the chinese version that are in induvidual plastic sleeves, and fit compactly into a nice wooden box that is about 8in. x 10in. x 2 in., and doesn't take a large amount of space. Hope this helps you "make it so".
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I own all seven series. Purchased them all about a year ago, when they first came out. I had to wait months for the seasons to be released after each other. It took around 9 months for them to finally release all 7 seasons on DVD. Here you have them all in one set. The picture looks great for all seasons, aside from a few in the first season. The 5.1 is what I've been waitng for. And i wasn't let down eiher. These DVD's serve as the trophy of my DVD collection. If I were to lose them somehow, I would buy the complete seasons 1-7, because I could not be left to watch spike. Who annoy me with their logo and commercial interruptions. The specials are wonderful, but the seasons lack commentary. This i was hoping for. But i live on with behind the scene footage. Interviews from as early as the beginning of the show to 2002. Jonathan Frakes still looks like yesterday in his interviews. I learned how dearly Patrick Stewert still feels towards the cast members. Another bonus are the uncut episodes. Such as "all good things", where you get perhaps 5 or 7 additional scenes. My favorite episode is genesis on the seventh season, or perhaps "the inner light" on the 5th season.
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