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Star Trek TOS DVD Box Sets Forthcoming

Posted by simoniker on from the shatner's-bassoon dept.

bluethundr writes "According to Trek Today: the diabolical Trek 'powers that be' have come up with yet another way to separate the hapless trekkie from his hard earned cash. The Original Series is being re-released as a Box Set. Reportedly, the sets should feature enough extras to make (they hope) the die-hard pony-up against their better judgement. They have an image of the box set on the R2 Project. One interesting aspect of this release is that the Region 2 release will package all original season eps in order of original air-date! One also has to wonder why in the world they are still refusing to offer the The Animated Series on DVD, forcing one to buy the bootlegs if you want to get your hands on a copy. VHS only, as far as official release goes. TAS featured most of the original cast, many of the original writers. What's more, is that one episode was penned by another author you may have heard of in which he mingled concepts of his own distinct mythology with that of trek-lore." Update: 05/06 14:54 GMT by S : Phrase by original submitter removed - apologies, I was completely unaware of etymology.

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  1. You ripped yourself off, bub by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    YOU chose to buy 2 episodes for $20 (and you bought the ENTIRE series?), so don't complain to the supplier if you are willing to buy.

  2. Re:Who was that weird orange alien in TAS? by Hatta · · Score: 5, Informative

    They did have Sulu at the helm. The orange guy just filled in for him when Sulu was on an away mission.

    BTW, TAS is available on bittorrent. Get the .torrent at Digital Distractions. Crappy encodes, but it's better than giving money to a bootlegger.

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  3. For those of you unware by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Of the Star Trek animated series, here is the IMBD entry

  4. Re:Solly Cholly??? by skermit · · Score: 5, Informative

    Etymology for those who wanna know:

    http://groups.google.com/groups?q=%22Solly+Cholly% 22&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&selm=19961218211501 .QAA03185%40ladder01.news.aol.com&rnum=1

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  5. Re:Solly Cholly??? by simoniker · · Score: 5, Informative

    The phrase has been removed by me and an update posted - apologies, I edited this submission extensively last night, and even Googled for 'solly cholly' to see if it was a swearword, because I had't heard of it, but saw lots of other people (who obviously also didn't know its original etymology) using it in normal speech, so I let it pass.