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Rating:  -
The Bad
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- Video Quality.
I would have expected the producers of the DVD sets to take the original film and produce at least DVD quality. It appears (so far) to be television quality. Although I would have preferred the 16:9 aspect ratio, I knew I was getting 4:3 prior to purchasing.
- Shipping Packaging.
I am a bit on the perfectionist side of things, especially when I'm talking about hundreds of dollars (hey, some people don't have to think twice, but that isn't me, LOL). The "carton" with the faces of the main characters that holds each DVD set (see graphic) was not "new" quality, in that there were slight tears which I reinforced with clear shipping tape. I can only assume this came from shipment and not the warehouse. Also, the box was much bigger than the product itself, yielding about 6 inches of wiggle room on each side, with no packaging whatsoever to keep it from moving around within the shipping box.
- Box Set Packaging
Again being a perfectionist I did immediately notice the "bumps" and "pokes" in the boxed sets. Some of the silver covers do not set right. It just seems that there are indications of "wear" on them. A few of the inner casing that holds the DVDs have impurities on them as well, like white spots.
The Good
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- Delivery Time
Using the complimentary Amazon Prime subscription, I indeed got this within a day using next day shipping.
- DVD Condition
Although the boxed set packaging left much to be desired, the physical DVDs were all in tact and if they were used I couldn't tell, they all look brand spanking new without any scratches, dents, or rivets.
- Its Star Trek
Enough said. ;)
Rating: -
While Star Trek is certainly among the brightest franchises yet to appear on the black hole that is television, a flawed premise underlies each series; namely, that our moral energy will keep pace with our technological prowess. This utopian naivete is most evident in The Next Generation series (even though it's the best of the lot, particularly because of the extraordinary acting of Brent Spiner as Data and Lore). Each character is highly moral, humanity is portrayed as having evolved far beyond today's barbarity, and of course there's a therapist to keep everyone in touch with his feelings (the ubiquitous presence of this therapist is important: it's one sign that though Star Trek is a vision of the future, its vision cannot be divorced from the present).
But is Star Trek's chronological snobbery justified? Look at the chaos we've created throughout history, chaos of every kind reaching unprecedented levels in the last hundred years alone. Is it mere coincidence that this unprecedented chaos has occurred in tandem with the thorough absorption of "Enlightenment" values and the rise of "progressivism"? Has there proven to be a more pernicious idea than the false utopianism of the perfectibility of man? Do not mountains of corpses testify to its depravity? This is nihilism, and is an utter repudiation of moral energy. The word "progressive" as used today is fundamentally ironic, entirely Orwellian - hence perfectly in accord with the dismissal of truth under today's dictatorship of relativism.
Yet Star Trek would have us believe that our moral energy will keep pace with our technological progress. And exactly what is the basis of the moral energy displayed in Star Trek? It certainly isn't religion, in spite of the fact that, with all our faults, religion has been the engine of morality throughout history. Fashionably, the writers clearly believe that an enlightened galaxy is necessarily one without religion. Religion in Star Trek is so much dross to be tossed aside, or at most a token gesture; thus virtually every character leads a spiritually barren life, though some are portrayed as being "spiritual but not religious" (this currently fashionable mantra - "spiritual but not religious" - is itself, in fact, spiritually barren; it's merely a cloak).
Again proving that its vision is fundamentally rooted in the present, the supreme values of Star Trek are these: relativism, tolerance, and multiculturalism. Of course. This secular trinity is the fount of all morality for the Federation, and from them shall spring eternal peace throughout the universe.
Is somebody kidding?
Rating:  -
For those who enjoyed the original series this set is the thing for you. Here like the original series it too takes you where no man has gone before except this is more into the future than the originals. But don't worry a few oringinal characters make a guest appearance in a couple of episodes. My favorite guest characer appearance was Scotty in the episode "Relics" when he was talking to some crew members about some adventures on the old Enterprise as well as recreating the old bridge on the holodeck; this was like looking at my memories from the old series which I have seen dozens of times. In TNG some new characters along with new visitors take place on a new futuristic Enterprise, more advance than old one. My favorite visitor was Lwaxana Troi in her several episodes thoughout the series. Some other favorites that I included "Cause and Effect", "A Fist Full of Datas", and "Q-Who". By watching this series I it just like taking a cruise to unknown worlds on a little vacation like I did. After all it was winter outside and there was nothing to do because of the cold and snow and was the perfect time to watch this.
The things that I did not like about the series is the seasonal finales at the end of several seasons. What has gone wrong the producers and writers? When it aired on the FOX network it was even worst. One episode "The Best of Both Worlds" started off very good and I kept wacthing it and watching it. The the captain was captured, they tried to rescue him but failed, and when Riker gave the order for Date to fire an energy weapon the picture goes dark followed by "To Be Continued". I was furious and when I wanted to next part it nothing but reruns. This was ridiculous because they should ended the season with part II or begin the new season with part I. But anyway with this set I can see both parts togethor in one day not twelve weeks. Another thing I did not like about the set is the outragous prices costing hundreds of dollars compared to other series. Like before Paramont has done this to Trekies before such as forcing them spend amost ten dollars to go to a movie theater to see a TV show that is supposed to be on television. Meanwhile other TV movies such Perry Mason and Columbo played on television right where they belong. As for me I quit seeing Star Trek at the theatre after Star Trek VI. So therefore is up to you to make that choice yourself.
Rating: -
I can't put it better than the reviewers here have all ready done. Any fan of SciFi or Star Trek must have this series. Now that the price dropped, after I had paid $105 a season for first three seasons, I ended up buying the whole set and donating the first three seasons to charity, gee after the tax deduction I come out about even for what I paid for the whole set. A heads up, this is not the cheapest you will find the set. Check deepdiscountdvd.com. Not as cool a site as Amazon with its great reviews and many other features, it does offer better prices from time to time. I own the original set, this set, and DS-9. All excellent sets for anyone that likes science fiction. I highly recommend them.
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1. Darmok
2. The Inner Light
3. Chain of Command
4. Who Watches the Watchers
5. The Measure of a Man
6. Ethics
7. The Best of Both Worlds
8. Brothers
9. The Defector
10. I Borg
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