Review(s): DVD Star Trek Voyager - The Complete Seasons 1-7
Prices, oh boy
Since the reviewer before me talked about pricing, I will too.
I love Star Trek. My favorite series was TNG (have the whole thing on DVD) but I still loved Voyager. As a result I have had this complete set on my Amazon Wish List for some time now, but, still being in school, haven't been able to afford the set due to constant college expenses.
Anyway, when I first put the set on my list I recall Amazon had it listed at about $485, and I thought $69 a season was pretty good compared to the $100 I paid for each of my TNG ones. Then, a few months later, to my dismay, Amazon jumped the price up to $607. $86 a season. Fine, I'll still take it.
But now, $809?! $115 a season? I find that funny, because it would only be $753.93 total if you were to buy the Seasons individually through Amazon. Complete sets like this one are supposed to save you money, like it was when it was $485. I have never been so disappointed over a purchase I was intending to make eventually and will wholeheartedly purchase from someplace else.
The prices for Star Trek DVDs are ridiculous!!
I LOVE this series and miss it dearly. I am not a "trekkie", but I am a Sci-Fi fan and I cannot fathom the reason for the prices on Star Trek DVDs. Making a simple comparison between the seven seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer at $239 and the seven seasons of Voyager at $607 I can't see ANY reason for Voyager to cost so much. Both programs could be said to have the same demographic appeal and cult followings as well as comparable popularity during their broadcast runs. So why is the Star Trek franchise so overpriced? There isn't a scarcity of consumers willing to purchase these series for a fair price, rather there are a great number looking forward to purchasing these series (or bootlegs and pirated copies of these series) at reasonable prices.
I enjoy the Voyager series and think it is the best series from the Star Trek Universe. It took the advancements and great storytelling of the Next Generation and fused it with the pioneer spirit and raw "do-or-die" drama (or melodrama) of the Original Star Trek. I had high hopes that after Nemisis they would start making Voyager movies, but then they came out with the new show with Scott Bakula which I personally found unwatchable (maybe it was Dr. Neelix or the Vulcan 7-of-9). It was less than interesting, plus the fact that established elements of the Star Trek reality were supposed to be regarded as new and amazing never really thrilled me. It just seemed like a retread, and a bad one at that. As for Deep Space Nine, despite a strong cast and interesting characters, that was a missed oppurtunity to tell some compelling stories and the finale isn't even worth mentioning.
Anyway, the fact is that Voyager was the only crew that really saw changes and faced "real" threats and was forced to really think outside-of-the-box and make life and death decisions on the fly in everything they did. There was never a routine day for the Voyager crew because everyday was a never before seen part of space with new allies, conflicts and enemies. Hands down, the best Star Trek of them all!
Love this series
Okay I have been a star trek fan since I was about 6 years old and my friends dad would watch the next generation every single night. Since then I have been watching the next generation, the original, deep space nine, voyager and now enterprise. Let me tell you my favorite is and will always be Voyager!
The first season was sort of lame however from 2 until 7 it is GREAT. When this season ended on tv I cried... I would seriously plan my nights around Star Trek... Now that I am nearly done with them on DVD I am about to cry again... even though I own them!!!!!
There is such a great difference between Voyager and other star treks! Voyager is showing the determination of the crew to get home. The fact that Voyager just cant fly a day to earth and get repaired/doesn't have help with a push of a button unlike other star ships. Voyager has to fiend for itself and show the human emotions of being put on a ship together without a break. I truly love the tom and blanna relationship! Those two you always wonder what will happen to them... and harry kim was always my favorite! You wonder what will happen next... he always seems to get the bad end of the deal ever since season one! However, he is seen as the baby of the ship's crew and Janeway protects her "children" with an iron fist!
I really wish this series would have made a few more season... just to explain things a little bit more and to show what happened directly after coming home (the following months)... what had happened to everyone...
Oh well I guess... the series has ended... but if you want a good star trek series that both trekies and non trekies alike can enjoy this is your series... it has drama, action, romance, well to sum it up it has a little bit of EVERYTHING in it....
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