Summary of "The Jean-Luc Picard Collection - The Best of Jean-Luc Picard": This set isn't geared towards those of us who own the complete TNG series on DVD, it's aimed at the casual Star Trek fan that didn't want to drop a wad of cash on the boxed sets. It's a good way to make a bit more money off something that's made Paramount a ton in the past, and it doesn't upset the hard core fan, unless the hard core fan wants "From Here to Infinity." If that's you, then let me tell you it's not worth buying this set just for that one program. I found it rather boring, and the special effects are dated. You'd be better off finding somewhere that rents this set than purchasing it for yourself.
If you're a casual fan of the series then I'd recommend picking up this set. It's only $23 from Amazon.com, and it'll provide you with 6 hours of entertainment. The hard core fan would be advised to rent the second disc for "From Here to Infinity" - it's not worth purchasing the set for that one program. (read entire review)
Summary of "Season 7 - Trek no more...": Paramount deserves a round of applause for the most aggressive release schedule for a TV show. 7 seasons and 178 episodes in less than a year is amazing. This show is one of the greatest sci-fi shows ever. The actors are top notch, and the writing is superb. There are episodes that refer to events that happen a handful of episodes, or even years previous. It's this level of storytelling that made the show what it is.
Look for these guest stars in the final season: Benito Martinez (The Shield), James Horan (Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles), Ben Vereen (Oz, Roots), Madge Sinclair (Roots), Kirsten Dunst (Spider-Man, Jumanji), Terry O'Quinn (Alias, Harsh Realm, Millennium), Penny Johnson (24, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, The Larry Sanders Show), Paul Sorvino (Romeo + Juliet, Law & Order, Goodfellas), Duncan Regehr (V, Zorro), Dan Gauthier (Beverly Hills 90210), Brian Bonsall (Growing Pains), Armin Shimerman (Star Trek: Deep Space 9) and Michelle Forbes (24).
While I'm sad that the series has come to an end, 2003 is the year of Deep Space 9, so we won't be without Trek for long. (read entire review)
Summary of "Season 6 - Romulans!": Look for these guest stars in season six: Jerry Hardin (X-Files - Deep Throat), James Doohan (Scotty, Original Star Trek), Lanei Chapman (Space: Above and Beyond), Olivia d'Abo (Wonder Years), Brian Bonsall (Growing Pains), James Cromwell (Babe), Tim Russ (Star Trek Voyager), Linda Thorson (The Avengers) and Stephen Hawking. Look for our review of Season 7 coming soon... (read entire review)
Summary of "Season 5 - Ensign Robin Lefler": Look for these guest stars in season five: Ashley Judd (Double Jeopardy, Kiss the Girls), Paul Winfield (Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan), Frank Collison (Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman), Erika Flores (Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman), Jana Marie Hupp (Ed), Erick Avari (Stargate), Leonard Nimoy (Star Trek), Stephen Root (Newsradio), Daniel Roebuck (Final Destination, Nash Bridges), Matt Frewer (Max Headroom), Brian Bonsall (Family Ties), Liz Vassey (The Tick), Kelsey Grammer (Fraiser), Robert Duncan McNeill (Star Trek Voyager), Ray Walston (My Favourite Martian), Famke Janssen (X-Men), Scott Jaeck (ER), Daniel Stewart (son of Patrick Stewart) and Jerry Hardin (Melrose Place). It's hard to believe there are only a few seasons left, and we'll see them both in December! (read entire review)
Summary of "Season 4 - Jean Luc Borg": As I predicted in the last review, the chapter problems still exist. I guess we'll have these problems throughout the series now....hopefully they can get DS9 right. Look for these guest stars in season four: Jeremy Kemp (Conan), Chad Allen (Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, Our House), Christopher Michael (7th Heaven), Suzie Plakson (Mad About You), Chris Demetral (The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne), Andreas Katsulas (Babylon 5), Alan Scarfe (Seven Days), Michael Ensign (Titanic) and Tony Todd (Candyman, Final Destination, The Crow, The Rock). It was also nice to see Denise Crosby return for the final episode. All said and done, it's a nice way to watch the fourth season, even if you have to skip back on a few of the episodes. (read entire review)
Summary of "Season 3 - Great Trek!": One of the best seasons of one of the best Sci-Fi series makes for some pretty darn good TV. I really hope the person responsible for checking the chapter placement either wakes up or is replaced, but the pessimist in me is expecting season four to contain the same problems as the previous ones. Look for these actors guest staring in the third season: Ken Jenkins (The Stand, Scrubs), Amy O'Neill (Honey, I Shrunk the Kids), Mark L. Taylor (Melrose Place), James Greene (Adventures of Brisco County Jr.), Ray Wise (Twin Peaks), Albert Hall (Brimestone, Ali), Andreas Katsulas (Babylon 5), Marc Lawrence (The Shipping News), Stephen Lee (The Sopranos), James Cromwell (Citizen Baines, Babe), Richard Cox (Sliders), Corbin Bernsen (L.A. Law, Major League), Christopher McDonald (Flubber, Family Law), Michael Cavanaugh (C-16: FBI, Collateral Damage), Charley Lang (Dark Skies) and Dwight Schultz (A-Team).
Summary of "Season 2 - Enterprise, meet the Borg": I really enjoyed going through the 16 hours of material in this set. Look for these actors guest staring in the second season episodes: Billy Campbell (The Rocketeer, Once and Again), Teri Hatcher (Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman), Kieran Mulroney (From the Earth to the Moon), Joe Piscopo (Saturday Night Live, Wise Guys), William Morgan Sheppard (Max Headroom), Barbara Alyn Woods (Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show), Brian Thompson (Kindred: The Embraced, X-Files), Mädchen Amick (Twin Peaks), Dana Sparks (J.A.G), Sam Anderson (Perfect Strangers, Angel), John Tesh (Entertainment Tonight), Nikki Cox (Nikki), Daniel Benzali (The Agency, Murder One, A View To A Kill), Mick Fleetwood (Fleetwood Mac), Diedrich Bader (The Drew Carey Show), Anne Ramsay (Mad About You) and Glenn Morshower (C.S.I.).
Summary of "Season 1 - Make it so...": I really enjoyed going through the 20 hours of material in this set. I recognized quite a few guest actors on the show, some of which include Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (Nash Bridges, Rising Sun, Mortal Kombat), Jerry Hardin (Deep Throat on X-Files), Brenda Strong (Mrs. Mackoul on 7th Heaven) and Walter Gotell (General Anatol Gogol in many of the James Bond movies). And I finally got to see the death of Tasha Yar.
I can only hope that some of the video problems will be taken care of in the future sets. I can tolerate a little grain and some dust, but color shifting and scenes that are too dark are rather annoying. (read entire review)
Paramount's Press Release for The Complete Series Has All The Details
For Immediate Release
20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LANDMARK SERIES
TO BE CELEBRATED WITH A DEFINITIVE COLLECTION
OF ALL SEVEN SEASONS
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
The Complete Series
Embarking... (read entire news item)
7/17/2007
Exterior and Interior Packaging Pics for Star Trek: TNG - The Complete Series
CBS/Paramount's new Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Complete Series DVD release is on-the-way for an October 2nd release, and can be pre-ordered from Amazon at a current discounted price of $395.09... (read entire news item)
6/17/2007
Hints From Wil Wheaton about TNG - Complete Series Featurettes
I lived through the original broadcast run of Star Trek: TNG, and experienced the online experience as it could only be experienced at that time, in the pre-Internet days (i.e., via the "HOM-9" SciFi... (read entire news item)
6/15/2007
Online Store Posts Info About Complete Series Pricing, Extras
Earlier this week Paramount Home Entertainment announced that October 2nd will see the release of Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Complete Series, a new set with all seven seasons included. No further... (read entire news item)
6/12/2007
ENGAGE! Studio Announces Complete Series Set Release Date!
Make it so. The industry rumors we passed along in early May have come true: this morning Paramount Home Entertainment has formally announced Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Complete Series. This... (read entire news item)
5/01/2007
Will Paramount Boldly Go with a complete series set?
We've heard industry rumors that Paramount will release a new "complete series" box set during the first part of September, which means either the 4th or the 11th. No word yet on whether there would... (read entire news item)
5/16/2006
Audio Commentaries on Klingon Set!
We thought we had everything covered for the Klingon Fan Collective set coming out on August 1, but Paramount surprised us with the news that select episodes on the set will feature audio commentary by... (read entire news item)
4/27/2006
Episode list for Q Collective
StarTrek.com has obtained the list of episodes featured on the upcoming Q Collective DVD coming on June 6. The set includes all 12 "Q" appearances from his time on The Next Generation, Deep Space 9 and... (read entire news item)
4/20/2006
Episodes for Klingon Fan Collective
Sci-Fi Universe scored the list of episodes included in the upcoming Star Trek: Klingon Fan Collective, out on August 1. The 4 disc set will include episodes from all 5 Star Trek series; 11 episodes in... (read entire news item)
4/18/2006
Klingon Artwork
Paramount/CBS have made artwork for the fourth "Fan Collective" available which we announced a few weeks ago. The title will street on August 1; the episodes are still unknown. (read entire news item)
2/22/2006
It's Hard To Work In Groups When You're Omnipotent...But Q Will Try In The 3rd Fan Collective!
Red alert, mon Capitaine! Q the liar, Q the misanthrope, Q the anything-but-ordinary is coming to DVD in a special 10-story Fan Collective 4-disc set on June 6th. Following up on the Borg and Time Travel... (read entire news item)
2/09/2006
Time Travel Episode List, Extras & Detailed Specs
Last week we received a list of episodes featured on the Star Trek: Fan Collective - Borg release, and now Paramount has sent us a list of the episodes on the upcoming Star Trek: Fan Collective - Time... (read entire news item)
2/02/2006
Episode List, Extras & Detailed Specs for The Borg Fan Collective!
Since last November, we've been expecting a March 7th release of Star Trek: The Borg Fan Collective. This 4-DVD collection features the Top 10 most popular episodes from Star Trek: The Next Generation... (read entire news item)
12/12/2005
The 'Fan Collective' Releases Continue with a Time Travel Set!
Paramount has already announced the Borg Fan Collective for March (7th), and now they've announced a followup release: Star Trek - The Time Travel Fan Collective.
If this news sounds vaguely familiar,... (read entire news item)
11/08/2005
TNG, Voyager, Enterprise Fans: RESISTANCE IS FUTILE. YOU WILL BE ASSIMILATED!
I am Locutus of Borg. Resistance is futile. Your life, as it has been, is over. From this time forward, you will service us.
This DVD release was inevitable: Paramount Home Entertainment is preparing... (read entire news item)
6/21/2004
This October, get the whole shebang!
TheDigitalBits.com is saying this morning that Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Complete Series will be released on Oct. 26th. It ought to be all 7 seasons of the show packaged together into one... (read entire news item)
6/16/2004
Official Jean-Luc Picard Collection Episode List
Back on April 21st we posted this news item about Star Trek: The Next Generation - Jean-Luc Picard Collection and its contents. In discussing it, we mentioned the Region 2 counterpart of this release,... (read entire news item)
5/19/2004
Cover Art for Jean-Luc Picard Collection
It's been about a month since we brought you these details about the upcoming 8/3/04 release of Star Trek: The Next Generation - Jean-Luc Picard Collection. Now Paramount has provided us with the cover... (read entire news item)
4/21/2004
Street Date & Info for Picard Box Set
Two weeks ago we broke the news that Paramount was planning a July release of Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Picard Box Set. This morning, DVDEmpire reports on details for this release, and puts... (read entire news item)
4/07/2004
More DVDs? Yep!...Paramount pulls a 'Picard' Maneuver! *UPDATED*
With every single episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation already available in season sets from Paramount Home Video, just what more can the studio provide to consumers in terms of DVD releases?
It... (read entire news item)
11/02/2002
Rebate Offer
Fans of Star Trek: The Next Generation will be pleased to know that Paramount has a gift for you this holiday season: a $25 rebate!
According to an ad on page 4 of the Nov. 2-8 issue of TV Guide (Shania... (read entire news item)
3/30/2002
Season 3 & 4 artwork
We have the recently released box-art for Star Trek: TNG Seasons 3 & 4.
Star Trek, Star Trek: The Next Generation and related marks are registered trademarks of Paramount Pictures. All... (read entire news item)
1/10/2002
Season One news!
That's right, Paramount Home Entertainment has posted all the news about Star Trek: The Next Generation Season One on StarTrek.com. Season One will be released on March 28th as a 7 disc set and the other... (read entire news item)
10/28/2001
Season One and Two Announced
Paramount Home Video will release Star Trek: The Next Generation Season One on March 19 with Season Two to follow on May 7. (read entire news item)
9/30/2001
TNG Season One
We should see Star Trek: The Next Generation season one released in March, 2002. Paramount has decided to go with season sets over the 2 episodes per disc for the original series. Good job Paramount! (read entire news item)
