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Summary: An important notice!
Review: After living in Russia for four years without any Trek, I had to buy the DVDs. It's been wonderful to re-live and share the series with my friends and we are all looking forward to DS-9 and Voyager as the season sets arrive.Only one small complaint about formatting. I normally skip the prolog "Space, the final frontier ..." and skip to the second track. However, the second track does not always take you to the begining of the first scene after the "commercial break". As a rule of thumb, if after 5 seconds you don't see the name of the episode, track back until you do. You could be missing up to 5 minutes!!!
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Summary: Season 7. The End Of The Beginning...
Review: Although this is the final DVD release season of TNG - we have much to look forward to with DS9 & Voyager. Season 7, just like all previous seasons takes you away...to far off planets. The characters in TNG developed so well over the 7 seasons - it's simply amazing to watch.
Although a bit pricy to own all 7 seasons on DVD - if you are a die hard TNG fan...you must. If you cannot afford them, then I would definately say season 7 is a must own...it ties up a lot of curiousitys.
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Summary: Season 7. The End Of The Beginning...
Review: Although this is the final DVD release season of TNG - we have much to look forward to with DS9 & Voyager. Season 7, just like all previous seasons takes you away...to far off planets. The characters in TNG developed so well over the 7 seasons - it's simply amazing to watch.
Although a bit pricy to own all 7 seasons on DVD - if you are a die hard TNG fan...you must. If you cannot afford them, then I would definately say season 7 is a must own...it ties up a lot of curiousitys.
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Summary: The Best Season....... Ever
Review: By far this is the best TNG season, it has some great episodes that really get you envolved, like Genesis, Attached, and of course All Good Things... Which i feel is the best TNG epsiode out of them all. I would definetly Recommend this season to anyone.
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Summary: STTNG season seven was affected by too much Star Trek.
Review: By season 7,STTNG had suffered the fate of having two Star Trek series being made at the same time.The budget had been cut as more money had been put into DS9,the movie was being prepared as well as the new ST Voyager series.This Star Trek overkill caused season seven of STTNG to suffer.In fact,writers were not even called to pitch for the last seven episodes which resulted in a very disappointing last few episodes of the series.This could be called "the relatives season" as there were many episodes about brothers,mothers and sons.The season started with some average episodes in Descent Part 2(Datas's Brother),Liasons,Gambit parts 1 and 2,Phantasms and the awful Dark Page(Troi's mum).
But by episode seven,the season improved with some good episodes like Attached(Picard and Dr Crusher linked),a poor one in Force Of Nature but then a run of good episodes in Inheritence(Data's mother),Parallels(alternate universe),The Pegasus,Homeward(Worf's Brother),another average one in Sub Rosa(Dr Crushers mother) and two more good ones in Lower Decks(the younger officers)and Thine Own Self(Data with amnesia).But then the money saving decision not to call writers in for the last seven episodes caused the standard to drop and we had the truly awful Masks,an average murder mystery episode in Eye Of The Beholder,A fun monster episode in Genesis(the crew de-evolves)followed by a series of very poor episodes in Journey's End(an awful Wesley episode),Firstborn(Worf's son),Bloodlines(Picard's 'son'),the truly dreadful Emergence followed by one last good episode in Pre-emptive Strike(Ensign Ro makes her decision) and the muddled time travel finale in All Good Things which,like the pilot,had the awful "mankind on trial" premise.
It was a case of too much Star Trek being made or prepared,but if you overlook the bad episodes there are some good ones and STTNG had the best cast of any Star Trek series.It was truly a great seven season run and a wonderful series.
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Summary: The best season
Review: Descent, part 2- 1/10
Liasons- 7/10
Interface- 3/10
Gambit, part 1- 9/10
Gambit, part 2- 9/10
Phantasms- 7/10
Dark Page- 9/10
Attached- 9/10
Force of Nature- 5/10
Inheritance- 3/10
Parallels- 10/10
The Pegasus- 2/10
Homeward- 9/10
Sub Rosa- 7/10
Lower Decks- 7/10
Thine Own Self- 8/10
Masks- 9/10
Eye of the Beholder- 9/10
Gensis- 9/10
Journey's End- 5/10
Firstborn- 10/10
Bloodlines- 7/10
Emergence- 9/10
Preemptive Strike- 9/10
All Good Things, part 1- 10/10
All Good Things, part 2- 10/10
The best episodes of this season are: All Good Things, part 1, All Good Things, part, Firstborn, Parallels, Genesis, Emergence, Gambit, part 1, Gambit, part 2, Preemptive Strike, Masks, Eye Of The Beholder, Homeward, Dark Page, Attached
The worst episodes of this season are: Descent, part 2, The Pegasus, Inheritance, Interface
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Summary: Great Season Finale. A Lot Better than the others
Review: Descent, Part II -- Picard, Troi and Geordi are held prisoner by Data, who has joined his evil brother Lore in assuming leadership of the Borg. (Stars Jonathan Del Arco who reprises his role as Hugh from Season Five's "I, Borg") Liaisons -- While the crew plays host to a cultural exchange with some Iyaaran ambassadors, Picard is stranded on a barren planet with a woman who falls desperately in love with him. Interface -- Geordi defies Picard's commands and risks his life in what appears to be a futile attempt to rescue his missing mother. Gambit, Part I -- Picard and Riker becomes part of a mercenary ship and crew. (Stars Richard Lynch from Invasion U.S.A., and Puppet Master 3. Also stars Robin Curtis from Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, and Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home) Gambit, Part II -- Picard and Riker masquerade as mercenaries in order to retrieve a potentially lethal Vulcan artifact. (Stars Richard Lynch from Invasion U.S.A., and Puppet Master 3. Also stars Robin Curtis from Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, and Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home) Phantasms -- Data's first bad dream turns into a real-life nightmare for the rest of the U.S.S. Enterprise crew. Dark Page -- Troi must probe her mother's psyche when a traumatic secret causes a psychic breakdown that threatens Lwaxana's life. Attached -- Imprisoned and telepathically joined by an alien race, Picard and Beverly are forced to face the deep feelings they have always had for each other. Force of Nature -- An alien brother and sister resort to desperate measures to prove their theory that warp drive is destroying the universe. Inheritance -- A routine mission to save an endangered planet brings Data face-to-face with a woman who claims to be his mother. Parallels -- Returning to the U.S.S. Enterprise from a competition, Worf finds reality changing, and is troubled when no one else seems to notice. (Stars Wil Wheaton who reprises his role as Wesley Crusher) The Pegasus -- Riker is torn when his former commander, now an admiral, orders him to hide the real purpose of a risky mission from Picard. (Stars Terry O'Quinn from Stepfather 2 - Make Room for Daddy, and Tombstone) Homeward -- Worf's foster brother violates the Prime Directive in an effort to save a doomed alien race. (Stars Paul Sorvino [father of Mira Sorvino] from Goodfellas, The Rocketeer, Nixon, William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet, Money Talks, and Bulworth.) Sub Rosa -- Shortly after her grandmother's death, Beverly falls under the spell of a ghost lover who has been in her family for generations. Lower Decks -- While enduring the promotion evaluation process aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise, four junior officers find themselves involved in a top-secret mission. Thine Own Self -- Having completely lost his memory, Data is stranded on a primitive planet where the inhabitants fear he is carrying a deadly plague. Masks -- While an alien archive transforms the U.S.S. Enterprise into its ancient society, Data is taken over by several different personalities from the extinct civilization. Eye of the Beholder -- While experiencing empathic visions after an officer's mysterious suicide, Troi becomes romantically involved with Worf. Genesis -- Picard and Data return to the U.S.S. Enterprise to discover that the entire crew has de-evolved into prehistoric beings. Journey's End -- While Picard is forced to relocate a group of North American Indians from a planet they have settled, one of the colonists causes Wesley to re-examine his future. (Stars Eric Menyuk as The Traveler from Season One's "Where No One Has Gone Before") Firstborn -- A mysterious family friend arrives to help transform Worf's reluctant son Alexander into a warrior. (Stars Armin Shimerman as Quark) Bloodlines -- Picard learns that he has a son, and that the young man has been targeted for murder by an old enemy in search of revenge. Emergence -- The lives of the U.S.S. Enterprise crew are endangered when the ship suddenly develops its own intelligence. Preemptive Strike -- Ro Laren is forced to choose between her loyalty to Picard and her hatred toward Cardassia when she accepts an assignment to infiltrate the Maquis. All Good Things... Part I -- Picard finds himself traveling between the past, present, and future while attempting to prevent the destruction of humanity ... by his own actions. (Stars Denise Crosby who reprises her role as Tasha Yar) All Good Things... Part II -- Picard finds himself traveling between the past, present, and future while attempting to prevent the destruction of humanity ... by his own actions.. (Stars Denise Crosby who reprises her role as Tasha Yar)
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Summary: Happy Trails to All You NextGenners Out There
Review: Even if there hadn't been any advance announcements that the seventh season of NextGen was gonna be the last, you'd have been reasonably able to see the writing on the wall by simply watching the eppies that eventually led to the show's swan song. Delving further into the family lives of some of the crewmates was one indicator of the fat lady gettin' ready to belt out her tune. You have LaForge™ attempting to rescue his mother from a "ghost ship" in Interface ©. Worf™ clashes once again (for the first time on the show, however) with his human brother Nikolai™ in Homeward ©. Counselor Troi™ reaches into the confines of her comatose mother's mind to discover a hidden family tragedy in Dark Page ©, which I found to be quite jarring, despite my less-than-friendly opinions about the Lwaxana Troi™ character. Another harbinger were the shows that sought to bring closure to the series' various open ends. The most dramatic of the seventh season's "tie-'em-up" eppies is Attached ©, where an implanted mental link forces Jean-Luc™ and Dr. Crusher™ to reveal their previously-hidden romantic feelings for each other. Will the good captain and lovely ship's physician, shall we say, consummate these mutual feelings and desires before the closing credits start rolling? You're just gonna have to find out for yourself... A few other good seventh-season shows (and a few silly ones as well) worth taking a look at: - Lower Decks©: a look at the lives of a few of the Enterprise™'s junior officers, one of whom must overcome her disgrace in the eyes of Captain Picard™. - Force of Nature©: the eppie that established a "speed-limit" for all warp-drive vessels in the Alpha Quadrant. - Pre-emptive Strike©: The return of Ro™ as she infiltrates a cell of Maquis™ freedom fighters and finds her burgeoning sympathy for their cause conflicting with her sworn duties as a Starfleet™ officer. - Genesis ©: Picard™ and Data™ race against the clock to reverse the de-evolution of their crewmates. Are they not men...? - Parallels ©: After realizing he shifting through endless parallel realities, Worf™ struggles to find his way back to his own reality. - All Good Things...©: Saving the absolute best of the final season for last, the omnipotent super-entity Q throws his ultimate challenge at Picard, with the very existence of humanity at stake! If ever there was a perfect signoff for one of pop culture's greatest hits, this double-length show comes pretty close. But, let's not forget the klinkers that sometimes made NextGen's final year a painful one to witness. Sub Rosa © takes a look at Beverly's family 'curse' in a cheesy dime-store romance novel kind of way. The two-part cliffhanger Gambit ©, an attempt to make Picard™ into more of an action-oriented captain in the spirit of Jim Kirk™, didn't exactly get my adrenalin goin'. Especially pathetic was Journey's End©, featuring the return of Wussley-- whoops, I mean Wesley Crusher as he finally discovers his true destiny as he decides to drop out of Starfleet™ Academy (YAY!) and learns to harness and control his 'travelling' powers (BOO!). And if that ain't bad enough, you'll be "treated" to Wil "Wussley" Wheaton pontificating on his character's evolution in disc 7's supplemental materials. As if any self-respecting NextGen geekoid actually cares... Speakin' of the supplemental materials: If you're itchin' to watch sappy and way-too-self-congratulatory 'love-fest'-style interviews with the cast & crew, you'll likely enjoy the Special Features that are contained on platter number seven. Y'know, I really like these actors, producers, writers, etc. and all that, but for once I'd like to hear one of 'em say something even slightly denigrating about a fellow NextGen cast-/crew-mate. Wouldn't it be great if LeVar Burton made remark about Michael Dorn's lazy eye creepin' him out? Or Brent Spiner making cracks about Jonathan Frakes' penchant for striking an overly-dramatic pose right before a station break on every other episode? Then Frakes could counter by stating his annoyance with Spiner's incessant Jimmy Stewart impressions? Now, THAT would make for some truly interesting interviews! Hey, you don't want the old-school crew to have all the fun with their mutual enmity towards William Shatner now, do ya? As I expected, the sound quality of each episode is really good, far better than their preceding VHS presentations. The subtle background sounds are more perceptible. I found the picture quality to be very sharp most of the time, and pretty good (but not perfect) the rest of the time. There are a few parts here and there that looked a bit grainy. There are a few scenes here and there that appear somewhat grainy, but I believe this is due more to the quality of the source material rather than that of the digital transfer. 'Late
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Summary: THIS BOX SET ISN'T NEARLY EXPENSIVE ENOUGH, ...
Review: First of all, it's not an hour, it's more than 19 and a half hours! Yeah yeah, I know you meant "other box sets of shows that are an hour in broadcast", but either way, this is an extremely handsome package, with all discs authored in full-on 5.1 surround (as opposed to the pseudo-surround offered by box sets like the X-Files). This kind of packaging, with specially designed menus that make navigating feel like it must feel to pilot the Enterprise, is expensive to make, yes... But the price is more than justified by the fact that there are 25 (!) episodes, one of which is two hours long, and plenty of extra features on the last disc. If you're a fan of the show at all, grab this, one of their stronger seasons, and see if you don't agree wholeheartedly. Oh, and don't be such a [skinflint]. Treat yourself once in a while!
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Summary: Don't waste your time.
Review: Get Deep Space Nine or wait for Voyager on dvd.
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