Customer Reviews

Star Trek: Ships of the Line: 2008 Wall Calendar

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4 star:		(7)
3 star:		(17)
2 star:		(5)
1 star:		(7)

 

 

The months are not laid out in the standard 7-day week format, but instead list a seemingly random number of days across, starting at whatever day the month started out.

An example is February, where the days are laid out in two rows of 14 days each, starting on Tuesday.

Ridiculous.

These Ships of the Line series have been top heavy with TNG 1701-D. Only one NX class ship and a few -1701. A great opportunity was missed here to drive more interest in Star Trek during these "dry" years.

The 2010 calendar has some truly lovely images this year. Although there is plenty of the Original series & Original movie Enterprise representation, this time around, there is no hint of Voyager or the Enterprise E in sight & only one image dedicated to the Enterprise NX. Although I have no qualms about the quality of the images, I do think over the run of this entire line of calendars, that more than enough space has already has been dedicated to the Original Enterprise & Enterprise D. I wouldn't mind seeing more images of the rest of Starfleet! ( On that note, I loved the picture of the Aventine & hope to see more of her in further installments)

First /Rant on..

I don't know if some of the people reviewing below have purchased the Ships of the line calendar for the first time or not however since the last 3 years or so these calendars have always been in a wide-screen "paranomic" format(the way they are supposed to be). The emphasis with this series of star trek calendars is to showcase the excellent almost movie quality art in the widest format as possible on a calendar. As a result the images nearly have a poster quality look to them and hence the 16*9 reminiscent layout. This calendar is not supposed to be used for writing stuff up as the images will loose their "epic paranomic quality" if they are in horizontal format. Go buy a $1.99 flatback calendar if you sooo need to write stuff up on your calendars but leave us trekkies alone to enjoy the star trek art the way its supposed to.

/rant off

As always an excellent star trek ships of the line calendar. I have been buying these calendars since 2002. The last two calendars were tad bit disappointing as they were focused on just one series. This time around we have orginal enterpise, NX-02, NCC1701-C & E, the prototype ships shown in Voyager, the hypothetically refitted NCC-1701-C among others. The images are far better in quality than the last two years. Though bit hazy in some shots but they are more epic and action oriented than the previous two calendars. I will whole-heartedly recommend this calendar to any Trekkie or Trekker out there.

As with past ships of the line calendars this one agains adorns my office wall. I just want to make sure that no one ever forgets(atleast in my company) that I will forever be a Trekkie or Trekker no matter what.

Those of you expecting the 2007 calendar to be exclusively dedicated to the Next Generation in keeping with the 2006 format are in for a surprise. A splendid & varied assortment of scenes from the entire Star Trek universe are represented instead. Included are reinterpretations from all five series & the TNG movie era minus the Enterprse E (she doesn't get enough respect I say) and some interesting "What ifs?" The only real dissapointment is the centerfold scene which should have provoked the most awe... the infamous Borg Battle at Wolf 359 is rather uninspiring. Other than that, I am very happy with this year's entry! Since these calendars are starting to be peppered with non-canon material, I hope future calendar's include references to ships in the Pocket Books corner of the Star Trek Universe as well... the Excalibur, the Challenger, the Da Vinci & the Titan.

No surprises here again. Mostly the same type of images we've been seeing in this series--which is, as usual, still a bit disappointing. Only a couple of real standouts this time, both from ST:Enterprise: a really cool shot of the Arctic One vessel over the North Pole encampment from the Borg episode "Regeneration" and a great image of the NX-01 flying over 1940's New York (in sepia tone!) from the season four two-part opener. The big disappointment comes from the centerfold image. Just a re-use of the cover of last year's Ships of the Line hardback. Yes it's a fine image but nothing new. Most surprisingly (or perhaps not surprisingly) only a single picture that utilizes new imagery from Star Trek Remastered--a shot of the old NCC-1701 protecting a couple freighters (like the one shown recently in the remastered "Charlie X", itself based on a ship from the 70's animated series) from the often shown D-7 Klingon ship. And why, oh why are we getting yet another image of the Enterprise in drydock? A quick flip through the SOTL hardback and you get at least six previous calendar images of ships in drydock. With so many years' worth of material you'd think the artists could come up with something else. This years' non-canon conjectural vessel is a strange looking ice-shuttle (sort of a Starfleet shuttle-snowmobile combo). I really wish they'd leave these flights of fancy out. And, as previously mentioned elsewhere, DS9, TNG and Voyager are barely represented here.

I've been purchasing this product since its inception and chances are, if you are considering buying it so have you. It is exactly what you'd expect, no more, no less. I'd like to say that the featured artists' compositions have gotten more imaginative but sadly (and predictably) I cannot. Not to say that's bad (it's just a calendar after all). It's just that it merely meets one's expectations and doesn't surpass them.

Pretty pictures, but useless as a calendar. As other reviews have stated, the calendar is not laid out in a normal (useful) fashion, so good luck using it to plan anything.

The latest Ships of the Line calendar has the excellent artwork that has previous calendars have displayed. I especially like the artwork for the NX-01 Enterprise upgrade. Would recommend this calendar for others.

My roommate (I'm a student) purchased this calendar for himself and showed it to me. I liked it so much that I bought it for Christmas for my brother who is a fan of Star Trek: the Next Generation. He was thrilled! He loves the art and thinks the ships are amazing. This is a really worthwhile purchase for anyone who loves (or knows someone who loves) Star Trek.

Just as great as all the others before it! I will continue to get them as long as they come out and I have the money!