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The Ultimate Star Trek Collection
roelbj writes "For those Star Trek fans wondering what to ask for this Christmas, you may wish to consider The Ultimate Star Trek Collection to be released on November 15. For just (cough) $2499.99, you'll get 212, count them, 212 DVDs with everything ever produced under the name, including all seasons of all five telvision series as well as the ten feature films. Before loading up your disc changer and hitting play, remember to get up once in a while."
Wait until it's at least 30% off.
It already is 36% off! The original price was $3908.99.
This is only worth it if: 1) You are a huge Star Trek Fan (no problem I'm sure these people are out there) 2) You are a fan of 4+ of the serries: It's cheaper to buy any 3 seasons individually + all the movies 3) You aren't already collecting the dvds. Now here is my POV: I am a huge tv on dvd collector but there is a limit to how much I am willing to spend (example: I'm going to pick up the BuffyBox when it comes out, even though I already have the first four seasons.) I am also a fan of all of Star Trek, and would love to pick this up, except for the fact that I bought TNG as it came out, DS9 as it out and voyager as it came out. I'm not saying that this is intended for everyone, infact if they sell more then say, a thousand of them, I will be impressed. Anyway just my $.02 oh and wtf is with Enterprise costing 120+ per season before discounts?
In nature, there are neither rewards or punishments, there are only consequences.
Paramount needs to put the crack pipe down and get those seasons in the $49-$59 range.
EXACTLY!
I am so tired of these morons trying to suck every penny from the franchise as they possibly can while ignoring simple facts. The truth is, if they cut the price in half, they would likely sell more than double what they are now. It has nothing to do with production or advertisement, it's all the greedy bastards at Paramount. X-Files was the same way until just recently when they dropped the price (at least at my local Costco) from $100/season to $40. Stargate SG-1 (owned by MGM) seasons have been $35-40 since they were first released, and they are already committed to 10 seasons. Hell, Enterprise is only 4 seasons and it's still over $100/season. Why can't others follow MGM's suit?
The truth is that the people behind the Star Trek franchise are complete and utter fools. They embrace such asinine marketing such as this. They continue to allow the failures known as Berman and Braga to rape the franchise. They blame poor box office ratings for Nemesis on the fans and other big-name movies and not piss-poor writing and directing . They blame the failure of Enterprise on the fans and not piss-poor writing and directing.
In reality it's probably a good thing the franchise is "resting". You can only screw something up so long before people give up on it. Hopefully when they try resurrecting it they'll have found people to produce it with something called talent.
"What do you despise? By this are you truly known." --Princess Irulan, Manual of Muad'Dib
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For those who object to the parent as lacking a sense of humor, I think there's something key to remember: it's easy to laugh at fat people partially because there's a somewhat submerged belief that it's at least partially their fault - I mean, if they would just stop being lazy and get their act together, they'd be fine, right? And, I'm sure, for some of us the issue is indeed simply one of disciplining ourselves to take better care of ourselves - excercise once in a while, watch what we eat, etc - it's true that everyone who's overweight is not a helpless "victim."
However, in a case like this, it seems extremely likely that this person struggled with mental health issues as well - I think that there almost has to be something more going on for someone's skin to graft into a couch - can you even imagine what that would be like? A mental health disorder is most certainly not anyone's fault and is not something a person can overcome by sheer willpower (anyone who thinks otherwise has clearly not overcome mental health issues themselves nor been close to anyone who has).
While there's nothing inherently wrong with finding humor in illness and death (hey - we all have a morbid streak in us), if it's OK to point to the linked article as humorous, then to be consistent it has to be OK to find AIDS, cancer, MS, smallpox, dementia, leprosy, and a multitude of other debilitating diseases to also be funny as well.
I'm currently downloading all 7 seasons of StarTrek DS9, including the DVD extras, using BitTorrent. It'll take a few weeks to finish, but the total space required is only 65GB; 65GB only costs about $25 these days (@ $0.40/GB for IDE HDs).
Help my download go faster by joining in on the torrent. Here are the Azureus magnet links:
ST:DS9 Season 1 - magnet:?xt=urn:btih:O2GOUZEKKNEUDQYZMWQ6PUCZBB7SVV ZFD GBF XTF 2IV LJV X5V RB
ST:DS9 Season 2 - magnet:?xt=urn:btih:MS6AALM4P2PK45CE2APLFS7LT6NYB
ST:DS9 Season 3 - magnet:?xt=urn:btih:UUBDZZJ2EOLNIKTMUOANYVRSEHGCA
ST:DS9 Season 4 - magnet:?xt=urn:btih:XP6KPVEJTDS625PN6CRKZKPWXILPV
ST:DS9 Season 5 - magnet:?xt=urn:btih:WM6KRXD2BZVDDEYEATL3KLHNAGCVQ
ST:DS9 Season 6 - magnet:?xt=urn:btih:OSLSLJW54QHW5JQPY5D3MCUAHIKRU
ST:DS9 Season 7 - magnet:?xt=urn:btih:ALPUUDY2CPTVVZV665XUDTUV5AGCS
"arrrrrrr! be seeing ye, landlubbers!"
> No, actually, that's only four. There were only four Star Trek TV series ever made.
> I don't see where you people are getting five, let alone six.
1. Star Trek (The Original Series) 1966-1969
2. Star Trek (The Animated Series) 1973-1974
3. Star Trek: The Next Generation 1987-1994
4. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 1993-1999
5. Star Trek: Voyager 1995-2001
6. Star Trek: Enterprise 2001-2005
You could always register your displeasure by buying some bootlegs on Ebay... ;)
What annoys me even more about all the Trek boxsets is that they have virtually no extras. There are no commentaries to speak of, there's just one set of extras on the last disc of the season. Usually they are just a bunch of archived interviews and the occasional retrospective from the cast and crew. For the money they're asking I'd expect a lot more than that.
I already own all the movies and series except Enterprise. I put the sets together a hell of a lot cheaper than list price by buying new, sealed collections on eBay. They look quite nice in my living room.
Most people on eBay aren't willing to fork out enough cash for a whole series, so I was able to get TNG, for example, for about $350 - a bargain compared to the $700+ retail price.
Just be careful that you buy the authentic, non-Asian "collector's edition" sets.
It is only in societies where even those considered poor can afford lots of food where other factors become decisive.
Hate to say it, and knowing attitudes on /., I'll pay for it, but this is not a completely valid statement.
Having *less* food can often impact you in the same way as having too much. Someone who eats very little food (and in the case of poverty, not always the most healthy food) and does very little exercise in any amount (walking instead of driving/bus-ing) will invoke a much ignored fact that an inactive lifestyle with small amounts of food intake reduces the usage of energy (in any format) in the body, storing said energy as fat. Your body sees lack of use and low intake of foods the same way an animal hibernates in the winter.
I aim to misbehave.
Spoken like a true moron.
What do you guess a ogg/Mkv container usually contains (besides h264, recently)?
HI O WISE PRINCE. WHT TOOK U SO DAM LONG?
Being overweight is a choice. Unlike any other physical abnormality, there is absolutely no reason for anyone to be overweight unless they choose to be overweight.
A mental health disorder is most certainly not anyone's fault and is not something a person can overcome by sheer willpower
Bull. Maybe not alone, but just like if someone with AIDS, cancer, MS, smallpox, or whatever else you can come up with refused to get help for their disorder, it's their fault. Yes, it may not be possible to overcome a mental health disorder on your own without outside help, but it's YOUR responsibility to get that outside help. If you don't, then it's YOUR fault.
Just like, if you're moribidly obese, it's YOUR responsibility to go get help at a gym to lose the weight.
Being overweight is, 100%, a personal choice. No one has to be overweight. If you're overweight, it's a choice. Talk to your doctor. They can get you the help needed to become healthy. NOT talking to your doctor is most certainly a personal choice.
It was the same thing with the X-Files. I don't know if it's changed, but it was about $100 when it came out. Totally crazy.
Actually, they are now selling them in mythology sets: Abduction Black Oil, Colonization, and Super Soldiers. I'm considering buying them this way. It might actually cost more per episode. I haven't figured that out but these sets are affordable and you only get the ones you want. Now if only they come out with the Lone Gunmen set. Not the Lone Gunmen series. I already have that. I want the X-Files episodes that feature them.
But why is the rum gone?
from the editorial review:
The only omissions from the set are the animated series (1973-75), which as of 2005 was not available on DVD, and the two officially sanctioned fan-focused documentaries, Trekkies and Trekkies 2. So perhaps The Ultimate Star Trek Collection isn't quite as ultimate as it could be...
'nuff said.
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For whatever its worth (not much to most people, I guess), the animated series was released some years back as a boxed set of Laserdiscs. You remember Laserdiscs, right? They were just as good as DVDs in most respects, only bigger. And yes, I have the discs, I just don't have a working LD player at the moment.