The Ultimate Star Trek Collection 414
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."
No figurines (Score:5, Funny)
Hardly "Ultimate".
Re:No figurines (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:No figurines (Score:5, Funny)
Re:No figurines (Score:5, Funny)
Absolutely. Please make the check payable to "Baricom."
Really... (Score:2, Insightful)
The Animated Series!? (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:The Animated Series!? (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:The Animated Series!? (Score:2, Funny)
Someone's been spending too much time on Wikipedia
Re:Validity? (Score:3, Interesting)
Romulans were officially known to Starfleet during TOS "Balance of Terror", although the Vulcans and Romulans had been engaged in minor disputes and actions for a long time before that, some of which were known to other races and Starfleet... the Vulcans hid the existance of Romans by shrugging them off as radical Vulcan splinter factions, although at least some non-Vulcan individuals knew of them.
Klingons look like the
Re:The Animated Series!? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:The Animated Series!? (Score:5, Funny)
The Original Series
The Animated Series
The Next Generation
Deep Space Nine
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.
LALALALALA I CAN'T HEAR YOU!!!!!
Re:The Animated Series!? (Score:2)
TNG was the true triumph of the entire saga...the only one that defied Captain Syndrome (the asinine tendency of scifi captains to put themselves in ridiculously hostile environments and/or situations out of boredom...and somehow survive).
The only detractors from DSN were:
1) the horrible acting on the part of Dr. Julian Bashir (everyone else was superb, especially the lovely Terry Far
Re:The Animated Series!? (Score:2)
Clearly the confusion comes from the fact that there were a total of five Star Wars movies. It's an easy mental slip to make, though I'd expect better from a geek-heavy crowd like this one.
Re:The Animated Series!? (Score:2, Insightful)
6. Enterprise.
Re:The Animated Series!? (Score:5, Funny)
Picard: THERE... ARE... FOUR... SERIES!
Re:The Animated Series!? (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:The Animated Series!? (Score:5, Funny)
(Please don't post pointing out that Assignment: Earth never made it past it's pilot, or I will be forced to invoke Wold Newton, and you won't like that.)
What a waste (Score:5, Funny)
On the other hand $2500 will pay for a lot of hookers.
Re:What a waste (Score:5, Funny)
Amazon was tired of sitting hundreds boxed sets of Voyager. They figured if they bundled them with other stuff people might accidently buy them.
If this plan fails they'll hire Jeri Ryan [google.com] to personally hand deliver every copy of a Voyager season bought. They figure that if she sold the series once, she can do it again.
Re:What a waste (Score:2)
Or 1 really nice hooker.
Re:What a waste (Score:2)
attach his machine to bittorrent and start fetching & burning.
At least i would
No way (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:No way (Score:5, Insightful)
I was so happy when they announced that DS9 was finally coming out on DVD. I hadn't even looked at any of the others, as I wasn't interested (though I've since come to enjoy the original series). It came out, and I was TOTALLY ready to fork out $40 for each season. They might even have gotten $50 or so out of me.
They were something like $110 the first time I saw them. WTF? Those bastards can go to hell. Now I'm so pissed off at them that I'll likely never buy the seasons at all.
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.
Re:No way (Score:2)
a)they come in a big molded box. I was PLEASED that DVDs are so space saving. grrrrrrrr
b)You can't skip the pathetic menu intro. WHY? I HAVE PAID FOR THIS YOU DIPSTICKS.
Unfortunately my geekness overrides my grouchiness and I still buy them...
Re:No way (Score:4, Informative)
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.
Re:No way (Score:3, Informative)
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 [amazon.com] Black Oil [amazon.com], Colonization [amazon.com], and Super Soldiers [amazon.com]. 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
Re:No way (Score:5, Informative)
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 [nyud.net] . 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.
Re:No way (Score:3, Insightful)
The thing is, that's almost certainly not true, because their marketing people almost certainly did some trials on what people would be prepared to pay and picked the sweet spot that maximises their income. As much as I'd like to believe what you wrote, and see various over-priced sci-fi DVDs brought down to the same level as everything else, I can believe that in the case of ST there are enough super-
Re:No way (Score:3, Interesting)
That is where the sweet point is to be found.
Re:No way (Score:3, Interesting)
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
Re:No way (Score:5, Insightful)
Yeah, just those who want it in a week or so.
Like, the time it would take for a purchased set to be delivered.
worth it? (Score:5, Insightful)
Wait until it's at least 30% off.
Re:worth it? (Score:5, Informative)
It already is 36% off! The original price was $3908.99.
Re:worth it? (Score:3, Insightful)
Seriously, who would pay this kind of money? There are the select few but I doubt their numbers are enough to keep this from getting clearanced at some point.
Re:worth it? (Score:2, Interesting)
Consumers are smart. They know this data isn't going anywhere, it'll be around for as long as they are (and then some). They'll hold out for as long as it takes to get a decent price before forking out any cash. Personally I don't think I'd consider paying much more than about $500 for this.
Hollywood needs to provide better and cheapers ways of providing its
Re:worth it? (Score:5, Funny)
List Price: $3,908.99
Price: $2,499.99
You Save: $1,409.00 (36%)
funnier... "You may also be interested in these items..."
Above All Co. L74995CN Forearm Forklift Lifting Straps [amazon.com]
is it really that heavy???
My god! (Score:5, Funny)
I swear, I hear angels singing right now. And is it possible for divine light to shine on a webpage?
More like Penultimate (Score:5, Insightful)
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 [startrek.com] doesn't.
Re:More like Penultimate (Score:2)
I thought this was common practice these days.
Also (Score:4, Interesting)
Over two thousand dollars and they can't throw in a second copy of the best Trek film evar? What a swindle.
Man, I think the first Slashdot post I ever made was a complaint that the two-disc set didn't include the original release. What were they thinking? Extended is great. Replacing certain scenes - that I thought were great - with alternate takes, and then not including both versions a la the Terminator 2 DVD, that's lame.
Where's the torrent? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Where's the torrent? (Score:3, Insightful)
Without the multiple audio tracks it wouldn't be worth the download.
Ogg/MKV please.
Re:Where's the torrent? (Score:3, Informative)
What do you guess a ogg/Mkv container usually contains (besides h264, recently)?
Only protects from the lazy... (Score:2)
Re:Where's the torrent? (Score:2)
Nope. Not big enough. At an estimated 5GB/disc, I imagine this set weighs in at about one terabyte. Sounds absurdly lot, but also consider the time you need to watch 212 DVDs... you'll have a few months to download as well.
Ironic! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Ironic! (Score:2)
http://putfile.com/pic.php?pic=11/31003115627.jpg
Re:Ironic! (Score:3)
That's the most depressing thing I've heard in months!
No, I've never been too interested in the Darwin Awards either. There is something about the death of an actual human being which I cannot laugh at. Call me a killjoy, maybe....
What makes a movie worth watching over again? (Score:5, Interesting)
What makes owning this set of dvds and, presumably, rewatching the material worthwhile?
The only movies I've watched repeatedly are Casablanca, Apocalypse Now and to a lesser extent Alien and Blade Runner, but I've no idea why I can watch Casablanca and Apocalpse Now over and over. I know the material very nearly by heart, but have no idea what the mechanism is that hooks me in.
Re:What makes a movie worth watching over again? (Score:5, Insightful)
But... the point of this kind of set is not to see something again and again. Hell, as one person pointed out, if you did one episode a day it would take you two years to finish. And when you've gone through the entire set, hell, there will be a new series on TV by then. After that new series finished, begin rewatching your set, after two years, you'll probably have forgotten most of the episodes. This set is about possessing it, having he capacity to watch ANY given episode on a whim at any given moment. To no longer be the slave of the fickle schedules of TV re-runs. All that jazz. It doesn't have to be Casablanca, very little of it ever comes close. All it has to be is A LOT of Star Trek.
Re:What makes a movie worth watching over again? (Score:5, Funny)
Does it include cool Yoda and Han Solo posters? (Score:5, Funny)
That explains the 212 DVD's too.
Hard sell? (Score:3, Funny)
Soooo.... (Score:3, Funny)
Too much for too much (Score:5, Informative)
ALL of them? (Score:5, Funny)
LOW PRICE (Score:2, Funny)
somehow $2,400 isn't that low of a price to me, given that's half of my car loan.
It's not complete until it contains (Score:5, Funny)
Animated to be released on Dec 31st (Score:5, Funny)
Star Trek - The Animated Series (1973)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00005JN6D/002-7
So find yourself a gateway into the past (and try to avoid saving any sexy pacifists by accident).
referal fee (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:referal fee (Score:3, Insightful)
Would you rather:
Another poster suggests each purchase through that link is worth around $125 btw.
Perhaps slashdot should setup referer accounts for all the sites it pimps, and then publish and use the revenue to create some form of slash fund, perhaps paying lawyers to fight some of the laws slashdot readers seem to hate so much, or funding development on slash dependencies
Just over three weeks long (Score:5, Interesting)
Here's the tally, this doesn't include any special features, commentaries, or otherwise useless filler:
ST TOS:
47 mins, 79 eps, 22 discs, 3,713min = 2days 13hrs 53mins
ST TNG:
45 mins, 178 eps, 48 discs, 8,010min = 5days 13hrs 30mins
ST DS9:
45 mins, 176 eps, 48 discs, 7,920min = 5days 12hrs
ST Voyager:
45 mins, 172 eps, 47 discs, 7,740min = 5days 9hrs
ST Enterprise:
42 mins, 98 eps, 27 discs, 4,116min = 2days 20hrs 36mins
The Motion Picture (Directors Cut): 136mins 2 discs
The Wrath of Kahn (Directors Cut): 116mins 2 discs
III: The search for spock: 105mins 2 discs
IV: The Voyage Home: 119mins 2 discs
V: The Final Frontier: 107mins 2 discs
VI: The Undiscovered Contry: 113mins 2 discs
Generations: 118mins 2 discs
First Contact: 106mins 2 discs
Insurrection: 103mins 2 discs
Nemesis: 116mins 2 discs
Grand Total (Minus Commentaries, deleted scenes, additional features)
212 Discs
32,638 minutes
3wks 1day 15hrs 58mins
References:
Amazon.com product info [amazon.com]
IMDB Star Trek search [imdb.com]
Re:Just over three weeks long (Score:2)
32,638 minutes
3wks 1day 15hrs 58mins
Greatest SW freak in existance: Pricless
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Re:Just over three weeks long (Score:3, Funny)
Unless you live in a country with PAL or SECAM (Score:2)
Re:Just over three weeks long (Score:3, Interesting)
The sad thing, though, is:
TOS: 47 min
TNG, DS9, Voy: 45 min
Enterprise: 42 min
... those ad breaks just get longer and longer, huh?
i love subjects (Score:2, Funny)
Re:i love subjects (Score:3, Funny)
Bah. By the 24th century, if you want a holographic version you just tell the computer to generate you one, and it'll produce ST:TNG or whatever.
Rumours that the technology to generate a complete ST episode using only a computer program exists today are, of course, wholly unfounded.
You may also be interested in these items...?!? (Score:2)
Got It.
Nope, Got that
Hmm. Got that, too.
Nope, got it.
got that one covered.
Shouldn't it be redirecting you to other SF?
You may also be interested in these items... (Score:2)
Yep, you'll need those to lift the damn thing.
For $2500.00 - buy a new DVD Theater & Netflix (Score:2)
the other story sounds like something from www.fark.com
Borg Cube (Score:3, Insightful)
I wonder if there is an Easter Egg (Score:5, Funny)
ultimate? pfah! (Score:3, Informative)
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.
Animated Series -- Boxed Set! (Score:3, Informative)
Was the link necessary? (Score:2, Insightful)
It was completely irrelevant to the topic at hand and serves no purpose but to make light of a seriously ill person (who subsequently died).
There's something sickening here, and it's the editors' lack of respect for others and journalistic integrity.
Re:Was the link necessary? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Was the link necessary? (Score:4, Insightful)
She was not 'sick', she was a typical member of the parasitic consumer society in which she lives, consuming what the rest of the world produces until they (literally) keel over and die.
Posted anonymously to avoid being modded as a troll
Re:Was the link necessary? (Score:2, Insightful)
Okay, look. A 4'10" woman hits 250 pounds, it's conceivable that she just doesn't get to the gym and maybe likes her bon-bons a little too much, but this woman was way over 400 pounds. You don't just get like that from Twinkies and soap operas. Clearly there had to have been some kind of nasty metabolic problem involved. Could she have maybe fended off such a syndrome with an active lifestyle? Perhaps, but
Re:Was the link necessary? (Score:2)
By your same flawed logic, I shouldn't tell my kids not to smoke if I myself smoke. Sure I should set a better example, but the lack (or presence) of moral authority does not make one's argument any less (or more) valid. Smoking is still wrong, regardless whether a smoker or a non-smoker tells you that. Plus, in this wei
Re:Was the link necessary? (Score:2)
Yes you do, if you don't move at all. Just walking from one room to the other is exercise that burns calories. Her only exercise was moving one arm between the bowl and her mouth. Those twinkies aren't going anywhere. Jeez, she was literally crapping in-situ, the undigested fat was probably working its way back into her body via reverse-osmosis.
Could she have maybe fended off such a syndrome with an activ
The case of the amazing SHE-SOFA (Score:2)
Re:Was the link necessary? (Score:2, Informative)
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 fac
Re:Was the link necessary? (Score:5, Insightful)
Im calling your BS out. (Score:3, Insightful)
Uh, if that isn't 'sick', what is? Something you can see wiggling around under a microscope? The variation you described does indeed constitute sickness, and I'd say we can at least agree millions of Americans fall into its catagory. As you said, she was a 'typical member of...' -- just because it's commonplace, doesn't m
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Re:Was the link necessary? (Score:5, Insightful)
I love it. You post about personal responsibility, then refuse to be held personally responsible for the comment. Classic!
Re:Was the link necessary? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Was the link necessary? (Score:2)
Re:Was the link necessary? (Score:3, Informative)
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 tr
Re:Was the link necessary? (Score:3, Interesting)
Now, is that a serious matter? Yes! Do I feel bad for people who are in that shape? HELL YES! Is it ok to laugh about it? YES!
The reason why we joke about this is because it does several things...it helps us feel better about ourselves and all of the myriad of serious problems we all have going on
Re:Was the link necessary? (Score:3, Insightful)
Because the laugh enables us to handle difficult questions of life. Laugh reveals the empty rhetoric we use to cocoon death and sickness. Laugh goes against what authorities want you to believe. Laugh is serious matter.
Archive.org for Australians (Score:2)
No, (Score:2)
Re:No fat woman??? (Score:2)
Re:No fat woman??? (Score:2)
200+ dvds = a lot of space... screw that, use HD (Score:3, Interesting)
One 600giger will take care of it, though a lof of CPU time to convert though, but more portable
than 3 folders of 80 DVDs each.
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