HTF REVIEW: "Star Trek: The Next Generation" Season Three (with screenshots) (1 Viewer)

[DanHaya]

Somebody better tell Ric that it's time to roll out his Season 3 cover art! lol

 

[Will_B]

Maybe if we all refuse to buy it, they'll lower the price to Buffy levels? ($45 instead of $100+)

 

[Chris M]

That would certainly be nice. I wonder if Fox will go reprice all their seasons of X-Files to that level? I'd buy them then!
(my ex-wife got all 4 previous X-Files seasons.. grr)
Chris.

 

[Ric Easton]

Maybe if we all refuse to buy it, they'll lower the price to Buffy levels? ($45 instead of $100+)

Well, I don't think I have that kind of will power to say I ain't buying unless you lower the price... But it sure would be nice if they could release them at Buffy prices. Those boxsets must be the best deals on DVD.
-Ric

 

[JJR512]

I think the prices have stayed the same (someone earlier said it looked like they went up for the earlier ones?), at least around me...Wal*Mart still $100, Best Buy still $110, Borders still $125, Suncoast still $150. Heh...I have half a mind to buy one from Wal*Mart and do an exchange at Suncoast for $150 worth of stuff...j/k

 

[Trace Downing]

Oh' why did I wait to upgrade my TV this year? I really want these, and now it's stacked up to $300 for me.:frowning:
Off topic:
Ron, you might want to clean your carpet before season 4 arrives. It looks like you stepped on a moth, right above disc 7. EEEWW!

 

[Jeff Pryor]

The review notes ST:TNG began airing in 1986. It was 1987.

 

[DanHaya]

Folks, keep digging around...there are plenty of places out there selling the set for less than $100. I preordered mine from DVDPlanet.com for around $95, and I have heard that there's a site called NorthAmericanDVD.com that has it even cheaper than that...but don't quote me.

--Dan

 

[Jeremy Conrad]

My bet is that the menu for BOBW looks like a Borg interface, and no, I don't have to set!

You are correct. I'll have a screen capture of it later tonight. I'm writing my review right now

 

[Aryn Leroux]

If you stop by Costco the trek sets are $89.99. I look forward to season #3.

 

[Patrick_S]

Fry's has had the first two seasons on sale for $89.99 the first week they are out.

I usually buy the set at Best Buy on release day and then price match a few days later when Fry's posts the sale price.

That way I get a great price and the bonus discs that the Best Buy sets have had in the first two seasons.

 

[Jeremy Conrad]

As promised, here's the menu for Best of Both Worlds:
Linkage
I also like this image:

 

[BrianP]

It's very easy to get the ST:TNG sets from Amazon for around $84 each shipped.

 

[David Lambert]

Jeremy, how about changing that menu shot for BoBW to a LINK, with appropriate spoiler warnings?
The other shot with Data is cool, though!

 

[Frank Anderson]

 

[Tim_P_76]

Wow!! My set shipped today!! Holy UPS! if looking for a very cheap price on box sets or this go to northamericandvd.com....I've dealt with the guy alot. Great stuff...82.99 before shipping

 

[Wayne Bundrick]

Interesting. I wasn't aware that the season boxset packages were all going to be color-coded according to Starfleet rank.

Not quite. Season 1 was red. Season 2 was orange. Season 3 is yellow. If you remember your 3rd grade science and/or 2nd semester college freshman physics, you see the pattern here. And conveniently, there were 7 seasons of TNG to fit the pattern.

But when did uniform colors ever correspond with rank (or any other consistent meaning) in the Star Trek universe?

 

[Rob T]

I also like this image:

I love that pic!
thanks for making a screenshot of it, Jeeremy.

 

[Andrew Hintz]

Woo hoo! Life is good. Just checked the site I preordered from, and they've already shipped Season 3. Thanks, once again, for the review Ron. I've been looking forward to this season since I watched Encounter at Farpoint, and your review helped to remind me why my anticipation was well founded. And thanks to Par for releasing TNG at this rate. I just finished watching Buffy Season 2, and waiting 6+ months for season 3 is not nice. At least Par seems to get how to release TV shows on DVD!
--Andrew

 

[David Lambert]

But when did uniform colors ever correspond with rank (or any other consistent meaning) in the Star Trek universe?

There IS a pattern, supposedly. It's just that it wasn't always followed in the real world of making a TV show!


As far as the colors of the TNG sets, didn't Martin Blythe himself say somewhere that the coloring would follow the rainbow (i.e., "ROYGBIV") pattern?