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The Ultimate Star Trek Collection (Widescreen Gift Set) [VHS]

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4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(6)
2 star:		(5)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

I'm a big Star trek fan and a big DVD collector, but I own no Star Trek movie DVDs. Why? Because up until November 6th's release of The Motion Picture, the ST movie DVDs have had NO extras except for a trailer! Besides being overpriced for such bare bones editions, I found it insulting that Paramount would release such obviously collectible movies as anything less than Special Collector Editions jam-packed with extras... and had a feeling that they would start doing that AFTER they were finished releasing the bare bones editions, to make fans eat it twice - and lo and behold, Paramount has announced plans to revisit the movies as Special Editions... So its incredible that even then they're releasing this boxed set. WHY buy it? Wait until they release the Special Editions!

Ever since I bought a DVD player, this has been the day I have been waiting for!!! The day when Star Trek comes out with a collection set of all their DVD's.

As I feared, the colleciton comes with all the what I call "naked" DVD's in it.

What a waste!!! Paramount had the perfect opportunity to hit us with a collection of DVD's that were packed with extra features from all the films!!! You will not convince me otherwise that Paramount is doing this just to make money and turn around and sell the better version of these DVD's later!!! If that is the case Paramount, then shame on you!!!!

You have enough money, so give the people what they deserve!!!!! A collection with deleted scenes, commmentary, still photos(there are millions of those!!!).

This is basically pathetic!! Don't waste your money so Paramount will come out with a product worthy of Star Trek fans!!!

Greetings, all. I was gonna warn you to not get this set 'cause Paramount will soon be releasing all of these in Special Edition format. Slowly. One by one. Probably on a monthly-to-bi-monthly basis, so they can all revel in the glee of the DVD-collectin' Trekkies' frustration whilst rakin' in the bucks from the sorry people who bought the regular-edition flicks. Like I did, unfortunately.

However, it looks like a couple folks have beaten me to it in the kvetching department. So, just ignore my review, and take a look at what my other fellow Amazonians are saying about this sad collection. As you can see, we're pretty much on the same page regarding this situation. Thank you for your attention.

'Late!

I was patient. I waited and waited for this box set. I steadfastly held out and did not buy the individual DVDs so I could buy them all at once with the new, exciting features I was sure this set would contain. I should have known better.

Mind you, the box itself is nice, but that's about it. Paramount is once again finding a way to milk the Trek fans for more money with a sub-standard product. There are virtually no extras, the sound and picture quality are nice (the Motion Picture does have a cleaner look & clearer sound) but almost every DVD I own is better than these. I am very, very disappointed. Not surprised, though. Paramount is famous for this. Look at the DVDs for the TV shows. While other big TV shows put out beautifully packaged box sets with extras and cool features (see X-Files, Sopranos, & The Simpsons for best examples) Paramount makes us pay (dollar amount) per DVD for 2 episodes with nothing special about them at all. At that pace, you'll spend over (dollar amount) for the whole series. I have the first 4 seasons of the X-Files (nearly 100 episodes - Original Trek had around 65) & I've spent (dollar amount). This is called greed, ladies and gentlemen.

But I digress. My advice is this: Next year, the 10th Trek movie comes out. This gives them 18-20 months to come up with some new extras & package all 10 films. Hold out, be brave, and pray that Paramount decides to be nice to the fans who have supported them and Trek for more than 30 years.

To reiterate: They ARE releasing Special Editions of ALL of these movies, one by one, over the next several months. Do NOT waste your money on this overpriced, underfeatured box set.

There's not much to be said about the Star Trek movies that you don't already know. Either you don't care for the series, in which case you're not reading this review. Or you know them, love them and you're just trying to decide how to spend your hard-earned money. So I'm not going to aim this review at describing the movies, but the DVD set.

It's simple: If you MUST have the movies today, you might want to buy the set. They're all in widescreen, the transfers are top notch. Not a lot of extras for the most part, except for Star Trek I. But you will not be displeased.

On the other hand, you should strongly consider whether you're going to let Paramount double-dip you on this one. They are slowly releasing special edition/director's cuts of the movies. So this box, with one special edition, will soon get replaced with one with two special editions (Wrath of Kahn SE is due out in August), then one with three, etc. With each one, you will get more extras, some restored scenes and possibly improved sound. This especially applies to the early movies. The Star Trek I special edition is a noticeable and substantially improved over the old DVD.

So I'd personally save my money and buy each special edition as it comes out or wait until the whole set is done. The more you let studios double-dip and take your money from you twice, the more that will encourage them to do it.

This set doesn't work out to much of a bargain. And with no special packaging (like the tapes had) or additional DVDs (like a "A Tribute to Star Trek" or "How We Made All These Movies: A Ken Burns Film" or something value-added) this collection seems a little more like a convenience item for someone who hasn't already purchased the DVD's than a must have for the collector.

5 Stars for the movies, 2 stars for the package.

I've been an avid fan of Star Trek for several years now but I was truly disappointed with this box set of Star Trek movies. It lacked special features, one of the many features that were supposed to make the DVD stand out above the rest. Although the movies were up to par with the quality and sound expected from a DVD, it still wasn't enough. Star Trek is known for their high tech equipment and the DVD producers didn't even put in deleted scenes or other behind the scene footages except for the first disc, Star Trek the Motion Picture. I was even more dissatisfied when I heard that they were releasing Star Trek movies on DVD again this time with the Special Features that were not included in the box set and have been digitally restored. I suggest that you wait for Paramount to release a box set of the Star Trek movies that have been restored and have special features in them.

I am a long time Star Trek fan, but I would not spend my money on getting this set of all nine films. First, I didn't like all nine films. Second, only one out of nine films in the set contains a director's cut and extra material.

Paramount will be releasing each of the Star Trek films as director's cuts. "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn" was just released as a director's cut and I have read that the director's cut of "Star Trek III" will be coming out later this year.

I'm really dissappointed that Paramount released the nine Star Trek films with only one director's cut. Sometime after the theatetrical release of "Star Trek X: Nemesis" later this year, I expect all of the Star Trek films to be available as director's cuts and to contain other bonus material. A set of all 10 director's cuts would be a truly great set!

There is no point in purchasing this set when it only includes a few of the special edition DVDs. Despite the attractiveness of the box itself, it is best to wait until all of special/director's edition movies come out.