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purchased individually, though... what parts *wouldn't* you buy, even at 50 a season?

at ahem, NORMAL pricing...
28 total seasons @ 49.95
10 feature films @ 19.95
comes to a grand total of: 1598.10
so they've over priced it by 900 bucks. they must still be trying to recoup losses from enterprise or something. if it (upn) wasn't on a pissy little low-power uhf around here, i would probably have watched it (reception lousy even on digicable). (btw, the enterprise dvd sets must be selling well if startrek.com only had 10 copies to give away in a recent promotion http://www.startrek.com/custom/exclude/giveaways/0 51004_enterprise/detail.jsp)

a more fan-friendly company might even discount the whole set a bit over separate prices to encourage sales of it, otherwise people would just purchase the individual items periodically as sort of a payment plan to getting the whole set. 20 percent off "my" total would be about half what amazon's charging.

the movies by themselves at amazon (se versions) is 122. which means at 2500 you're paying 85 for each and every season. a very generous discount from tptb, don't ya think? when mainstream tv series sell for 35-50 a season and have been spotted at 20 or less on sale lately.

considering the cost to duplicate, package and distribute, they could sell for 499 and still be in the black. the star trek empire has already paid for itself many times over (and no wonder with the prices they charge).. so why not do something crazy like deep discounts on an "ultimate collection" for a holiday season.. star trek could even end up being more popular than elmo dolls instead of being something only a google shareholder can afford.

they could even do it on hd-dvd or bluray instead and bundle a player. all for 399. that'd be one way to really get the new players on the market real quick. if this could get rolling and out the door before new format players hit the general market, whatever format they pick could very easily wind up being the "winner". even if priced at a loss, the future revenue for the hardware makers (& studios themselves by folks buying 2nd, 3rd, or even 4th formats of other movies they already have) over the next 20 years is huge and more than enough to subsidize a promo like this.

It's missing The Animated Adventures, which Paramount has said they plan on releasing on DVD at some point next year.

And I think it's sad that of the Star Trek stories to be posted, this makes the front page where as the passing of Michael Piller doesn't.

There was also the TNG episode Angel One. Given the choice between the native men's clothing in that episode and the uniform skirt, I'd take the skirt!

Was one of the developers name "Bussard"?

"Just keep them away from the cheese, Gromit!"

Re:Where no man has gone before
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by aussie_a (778472) on Saturday October 22, @04:37AM (#13851314)

Yes but Kird never did it with McCoy or Spock or Ensign Rand. That's the important part. NASA isn't banning interspecial sex, just sex among the crew (what NASA will do if it decides to send George Bus^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H a moneky
(emphasis added)

Bah! Any Trek fan knows we got velcro from the Vulcans.

Wikipedia is part of the conspiracy to keep the information secret...

...and I will build you the LARGEST collection of computer junk you could ever imagine!

I wonder if they have the W.O.P.R. (War Operation Planned Response) computer system?

Do they also have the M-5 from Star Trek? It sounds like something right up Microsoft's alley:
from: http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/TOS/e pisode/68766.html

The U.S.S. Enterprise is chosen to be the test ship for the new M-5 multitronic computer system, a computer meant to be able to run a starship without human intervention. Also aboard for the test is Dr. Richard Daystrom, the inventor of the M-5 and an obsessive and unstable individual. Initially the M-5 performs well, but when it decides to destroy a robot freighter, Kirk orders the test canceled. The M-5, however, protects itself and makes it impossible for it to be disconnected. The computer becomes increasingly erratic, a result of Dr. Daystrom's decision to impress his engram onto the computer as part of its programming. Starting a scheduled war games drill, M-5 uses the full arsenal of the U.S.S. Enterprise to attack four other Federation starships.

In a last-ditch appeal to the M-5, Kirk makes the computer realize that it has committed the sin of murder. Since Dr. Daystrom would be ethically abhorred at such an act, the M-5 is equally penitent and tries to commit suicide by leaving the U.S.S. Enterprise defenseless against a counter-attack by the remaining other starships. At the last moment, Spock and Scott are able to finish disconnecting the M-5 unit. Kirk keeps the shields down, gambling successfully that the attacking ships would not fire on an undefended vessel. Restoring communications next, the fleet is called off.

Most people are afraid of being alone.
... Kirk, "The Mark of Gideon," stardate 5423.4..

Odona, the daughter of Gideon Council leader Hodan, is returned to her people delighted that she will cause a lethal plague to reduce the overpopulation.

I really shouldn't feed the ACs, but I just can't help myself.

Data was neither an engineer nor a virgin.

He was the Science officer.

He got down with Lt. Yar (as portrayed by Denise Crosby) very early in the series.

-Peter

These are my favorite in no particular order:
Quantum Leap, Star Trek: Next Generation, Stargate SG-1, Battlestar Galactica (2004), Andromeda, and Tripping the Rift

Right over his head...

And move on to Photonic CANNONing. After all, the Borg are gonna hit is one of these days, and not just through Bill

Because all Star Trek technobabble will eventually become true, someone will inevitably invent a device to control the weather on the Earth.

Jeff Albertson

As for Velcro, "The hook and loop fastener was invented in 1948 by Georges de Mestral, a Swiss engineer. The idea came to him after he took a close look at the seed pod burrs which kept sticking to his dog on their daily walk in the Alps."

No it wasn't. It was sold to a businessman in a big city near Carbon Creek, Pennsylvania, by a strange woman with pointy ears in the late 50's.

Yup, I know I'm going to get modded down for referencing that, but I've got karma to burn...

Screw with dimensions and unleash species 8472
http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/library/alie ns/article/119943.html/

Actualy you need to turn over your geek card =p

Hopefully not :)

I wasn't implying that Chekov was actually on Enterprise when Kirk picked up Khan. It's fairly obvious that he recognizes the name Botany Bay, and he seems to be very familiar with the story behind Khan and Kirk ("Captain Kirk was your host! You repaid his hospitality by trying to steal his ship and murder him.") This would lead me to believe that when he heard that the Reliant was going to the Ceti Alpha system, he would have recalled those incidents.

All that said however, if you look at this and then at this, Chekov was stationed on the Enterprise in 2263 and the Botany Bay was picked up in 2267. But who the heck really knows. Like you said, the ST universe is filled with inconsistencies so it's hard to tell for sure what's really supposed to happen :)

Actualy you need to turn over your geek card =p

Hopefully not :)

I wasn't implying that Chekov was actually on Enterprise when Kirk picked up Khan. It's fairly obvious that he recognizes the name Botany Bay, and he seems to be very familiar with the story behind Khan and Kirk ("Captain Kirk was your host! You repaid his hospitality by trying to steal his ship and murder him.") This would lead me to believe that when he heard that the Reliant was going to the Ceti Alpha system, he would have recalled those incidents.

All that said however, if you look at this and then at this, Chekov was stationed on the Enterprise in 2263 and the Botany Bay was picked up in 2267. But who the heck really knows. Like you said, the ST universe is filled with inconsistencies so it's hard to tell for sure what's really supposed to happen :)

Star Trek: Secret of Vulcan Fury.

Written by D.C. Fontana, whom true fans will recognize as the author of many episodes, most of them good. Voiced by the original actors, minus the late DeForest Kelley.

One can only wonder what it could have been. It's my biggest "could'a been", and that includes myself as both an Ultima and Fallout fan. (Fallout3 would probably have been at least OK, hopefully outstanding, but after Ultima 9, I'm not sure we needed a 10...)

Take a lesson from Flint my friend.
You don't want to live forever.
Unless of course you have your own planet and personal "companion".

im sure it will be tried at some point, somewhere... And claimed to be 'theraputic'.

They've been doing this for years

im sure it will be tried at some point, somewhere... And claimed to be 'theraputic'.

They've been doing this for years

His ashes will go into space, according to http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article /12920.html, just probably not on the shuttle.

'He has literally been an inspiration to generations of new engineers. A few years ago Doohan was awarded an honorary doctorate in engineering from the Milwaukee School of Engineering. The reason was, more than half the students applying to the school responded to the question "Why do you want to be an engineer?" with the answer, "Scotty."'

Gerrold, of course, is an author who also frequently gets the "who?" reaction, despite having written possibly the best loved Science Fiction story, ever.

I keep intending to read some of the Chtorr(sp?) books, but keep putting it off. I want to be certain he'll finish the series first. :)

Could be that's where Armus is hanging out... Send down your security officers first!

The leader of Global Frequency is the enigmatic Miranda Zero, played by actress Michelle Forbes. (Forbes is fast building a tech-geek pedigree: She's also the voice of Dr. Judith Mossman in the video game Half Life 2).

Funniest line in the story. Forbes has been a tech-geek actress for a long time. Perhaps some may remember her recurring role playing the compelling Ensign Ro Laren in Star Trek: The Next Generation?

was said to be impossible too, but it happened...somehow.

DS9-Episode Explorers.

Just like some other craft we happen to know.

...this is a space station. I wouldn't mind sticking my 'finger' in a wormhole, just to watch it open and close and screw with the aliens inside.

With Berman altering the timeline, you may even dig up a couple ice thawed Borgs. http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/ENT/e pisode/128643.html

But they're primarily interested in learning new technology, and getting it however they can. Kinda like the Borg.

Actually, most of what was seen in that episode was just some sort of 'empathic hallucination' Troi had in that room (which ends in her killing Worf in jealousy), mixing what had happened there and her own feelings for others in the crew - including her attraction to Worf. Eye of the Beholder

You're getting your scifi universes mixed up...

The sixth Trek TV series is Star Trek: The Animated Series. I never heard of it until reading reference it on USENET some years back, and its existence is confirmed on the Star Trek official site. I've never seen ST:TAS, and I don't know anyone who has.

Uhmm it's not "All Our Yesterdays", it's "City on the Edge of Forever"

http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/TOS/e pisode/68716.html

While that severely made me mad, I still watched.

Turns out a few episodes ago they explain what happened to Klingons; a genetic disease that apparently wasnt able to be removed until the early 24th century.

http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/ENT/e pisode/8684.html
Torrent

http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/ENT/e pisode/9204.html
Torrent

While clearly this was an attempt to fix what they had broken atleast they fixed it.

While that severely made me mad, I still watched.

Turns out a few episodes ago they explain what happened to Klingons; a genetic disease that apparently wasnt able to be removed until the early 24th century.

http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/ENT/e pisode/8684.html
Torrent

http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/ENT/e pisode/9204.html
Torrent

While clearly this was an attempt to fix what they had broken atleast they fixed it.

http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/library/epis odes/ENT/detail/128643.html

The life of Zefram Cochrane

Just what we need, another generation inspired to become astronauts because it means "we can have sex with green women in bikinis".

Ah, but in Soviet Ru^W^Wseason 4 episode 17, the green women enslave you!

For the curious.

And no, it wasn't very good at all (of course this is Voyager we're talking about...)

The actors seem to know something you all don't.

This show is as dead as a doornail right now and won't be coming back.

Speaking of Star Trek, when I read the article summary, one of the first things that came to mind was TOS episode Miri (genetically engineered virus kept kids young for hundreds of years, but when they hit puberty, they aged and died within days).

Didn't make me feel particularly comfortable...

It's not made into a stylish visor.

How do we expect Star Trek to hold any weight if we do an end run around the technology!

Not to be confused with Paramount ending the 10-year old Voyager program -- that happened three years ago.

Not to be confused with Paramount ending the 10-year old Voyager program -- that happened three years ago.

Why can't they outlaw April Fool's things on the internet? I rather enjoyed the RFC's in the old days (Pigeons HAH!) and the new Klingon thing, but it's really getting tired.

Looking forward to tomorrow ...

Everyone's got Kreetassan pathogen, Kreetassan pathogen, Kreetassan pathogen!

Kreetassan pathogen
Kreetassan pathogen
Kreetassan pathogen
!!!
Kreetassan pathogen
Kreetassan pathogen
Kreetassan pathogen
!!!