Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season 1

[iceblu]

Def getting the German steelbook editions, they look so awesome!

[5th-beatle]

Originally Posted by chip75

Attachment 47838

You can just make out the disclaimer saying they couldn't find the 2 seconds of We'll Always Have Paris to remaster.

Sorry if it has been discussed, but will it be Region B-locked on Region A-B-C? I cannot see that info in the above picture.

[Mavrick]

Originally Posted by 5th-beatle

Sorry if it has been discussed, but will it be Region B-locked on Region A-B-C? I cannot see that info in the above picture.

Should be Region Free since it's Paramount.

[zzap64]

Originally Posted by blame_thatcher

I might pick up season 3 onwards which is when the show actually became good. Seasons 1 and 2 were mediocre at best and fans should count themselves lucky the viewing figures were strong enough for it not to be cancelled, because it would have deserved it.

Very true. Season one had some good episodes but generally was very mediocre, the "Please save us Wesley" year. I remember watching it as a kid in 1987 even thinking back then it was poor. Reminds me of Star Trek Original Series season three which suffered a noticeable drop in quality due to brain dead executive decisions to slash the budget and change the timeslot. Season two TNG was a lot better but the show definitely did not hit the ground running until season three including a much improved uniform change. The show then got consistently got better culminating in the best season being season six. Comparing season one to season six is like night and day. I'll buy season one just to be able to watch Star Trek TNG in HD as it will be another year until season three is out.

[BellesBiggestFan]

Thought the high points were probably season 3 and 4. I think there were good and bad episodes throughout the run, and season 1 suffered from the same problem that almost all shows have, just generally finding it's feet and all the cast finding the right chemistry.

I think the only TV shows I would say hit the ground running from the first seasons were the original Star Trek and the original Doctor Who.

[nametag]

Originally Posted by BellesBiggestFan

Thought the high points were probably season 3 and 4. I think there were good and bad episodes throughout the run, and season 1 suffered from the same problem that almost all shows have, just generally finding it's feet and all the cast finding the right chemistry.

I think the only TV shows I would say hit the ground running from the first seasons were the original Star Trek and the original Doctor Who.

I think most modern shows actually have the opposite problem - great first series with such a good concept, that they struggle to move past the first season. But then I can't imagine a modern show having 2-3 seasons of 20+ episodes to 'find it's feet' - it has to be an immediate hit or it gets cancelled.

[WesBlurayCollector]

Originally Posted by Mavrick

Should be Region Free since it's Paramount.

Correct.

[Blu Lemmy]

I want this set, but it's abit pricy for my liking and the chances of it dropping are pretty slim

[Indiana Jones]

Can be had for less than £40 from Tesco Entertainment if you use the 15% discount code and 10% Quidco cash back.

If you have the sampler voucher you will get another fiver back too, think Season 1 is going to end up costing me around £35 which I think is a very good price seeing as the DVD was £70

[WesBlurayCollector]

Originally Posted by Blu Lemmy

I want this set, but it's abit pricy for my liking and the chances of it dropping are pretty slim

Patience...if you wait till around Christmas, it will probably be half the price

[Mavrick]

Originally Posted by Wes_Bluray_Collector

Patience...if you wait till around Christmas, it will probably be half the price

I doubt it, this is star trek we are talking about. I don't belive I've ever seen the star trek blus drop below £40-£45 TOS has been out years and never dropped to a reasonable price.

It's still £100 for the 3 series box set! Thats crazy expensive for 3 series, Even the price on the new complete friends boxset was only about £100 and that has 10 series! Batlestar and Heroes have all been as low as £40 too.

Star Trek is expensive and always will be

[WesBlurayCollector]

Originally Posted by Mavrick

I doubt it, this is star trek we are talking about. I don't belive I've ever seen the star trek blus drop below £40-£45 TOS has been out years and never dropped to a reasonable price.

It's still £100 for the 3 series box set! Thats crazy expensive for 3 series, Even the price on the new complete friends boxset was only about £100 and that has 10 series! Batlestar and Heroes have all been as low as £40 too.

Star Trek is expensive and always will be

Yes, but alot of Stores/Companys will have BIG Sales around Christmas/New Year...so you never know.

[Kurgen1975]

Originally Posted by Wes_Bluray_Collector

Yes, but alot of Stores/Companys will have BIG Sales around Christmas/New Year...so you never know.

A lot of Stores/Companies have had BIG sales aound Christmas/New Year, in the years since TOS was released on Blu Ray and the prices never dropped much, i don't expect this to be any different

[WesBlurayCollector]

Originally Posted by Kurgen1975

A lot of Stores/Companies have had BIG sales aound Christmas/New Year, in the years since TOS was released on Blu Ray and the prices never dropped much, i don't expect this to be any different

Fair enough, but any drop in price is good

[evilzedar]

I wanted the DVD releases for years but was waiting for the price to drop far enough - they never did. I'm biting the bullet with the blus though, don't want to wait any more.

[LordCrumb]

Originally Posted by Mavrick

I doubt it, this is star trek we are talking about. I don't belive I've ever seen the star trek blus drop below £40-£45 TOS has been out years and never dropped to a reasonable price.

It's still £100 for the 3 series box set! Thats crazy expensive for 3 series, Even the price on the new complete friends boxset was only about £100 and that has 10 series! Batlestar and Heroes have all been as low as £40 too.

Star Trek is expensive and always will be

Your dead on Mav!

[Indiana Jones]

Originally Posted by Mavrick

It's still £100 for the 3 series box set! Thats crazy expensive for 3 series, Even the price on the new complete friends boxset was only about £100 and that has 10 series! Batlestar and Heroes have all been as low as £40 too.

I got the TOS Complete Series set for about £75 a few months back from TheHut, had to wait 2 weeks for delivery but the 2nd cheapest was around £95 so was well worth the wait.

[Mavrick]

Has anyones order been posted yet?

I'm not expecting to get mine until at least next Tuesday anyway since I ordered with HMV.

[The Apocalypse]

Originally Posted by Mavrick

Has anyones order been posted yet?

I'm not expecting to get mine until at least next Tuesday anyway since I ordered with HMV.

Nope, also went with HMV, if only for using their 20% discount code. Otherwise, I'd've gone with Amazon. I try to avoid HMV whenever possible.

[Mavrick]

Originally Posted by EclipseSSD

Nope, also went with HMV, if only for using their 20% discount code. Otherwise, I'd've gone with Amazon. I try to avoid HMV whenever possible.

I've been more than happy with HMV over the years. Always got my pre orders early. But now they are moving operations to mainland UK packaging and delivery times have suffered greatly.

Hopefully it's just a temporary thing. All I know is that my order for Total Recall was sent last Tuesday and didn't arrive until yesterday. And since this hasn't even been posted yet I guess I wont be seeing it until middle of next week

As you say, if it wasnt for the 20% discount I would have just went with Play, who have redeemed themselves in my eyes with their packaging and delivery times.