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I'm not sure how I could tell if it is a compositing error. Normaly you create the matte pass so that the shilouette is blocking everthing that is behind the ship (in this case the stars), even if the ship (or parts of it) is very dark. But in this case I'm convinced that a star is moving right beneath the visible parts of the ship, leading me to the assumption that the dark area is not part of the ship.
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I don't have S4 yet (in Germay it will only be released next month!) but did anybody checked if the registry of the USS Cochrane is now legibable? Unfortunately Memory Alpha has not been updated with the new material. It still shows a picture from the DVDs (were you barlely see nothing).
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Just wanted to point out that Amazon has TOS and TNG (both on Blu Ray) on sale for $34 (for TOS) and $50 (for TNG 1 - 3) and they are totally worth every penny.
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Well, that was disappointing. Until I clicked through, I didn't realize that you meant those prices were per season.
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I've often wondered why it is that Star Trek seasons are so damned expensive. Even the regular DVDs are still outrageous for a season of a show that was originally aired 20+ years ago.
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I've often wondered why it is that Star Trek seasons are so damned expensive. Even the regular DVDs are still outrageous for a season of a show that was originally aired 20+ years ago.
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They're priced so high because people are willing to buy them at that price.
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At least they got the right idea with the TNG DVDs and have released that new "silhouette" set for I think $40 a season. Which is more in line with most other TV shows out there.
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At least they got the right idea with the TNG DVDs and have released that new "silhouette" set for I think $40 a season. Which is more in line with most other TV shows out there.
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Star Trek: TNG (DVD) £16 per 26 episode season, £76 for complete set Battlestar Galactica (new series, DVD) £24 for season 1 (13 episodes), £10 for season 2 or 3 (20 episodes) Quantum Leap (DVD) roughly £10 per 22 episode season Red Dwarf (DVD) roughly £6 per 6 episode season.
TNG is a bit more expensive but I wouldn't call it "outrageous". The Quantum Leap DVDs have no extras and extensive music replacement. BSG has slightly less episodes for a third off the price, but I don't think the difference is enought to make TNG seem hugely overpriced.
The blu rays are a different proposition, because there isn't anything to compare them with. Modern TV shows are shot in HD for blu ray release. I can't think of any other TV shows that have required the amount of work TNG has received in order to "HD-ize" it, and bear in mind they will receive less money than they would if it was a new TV show because they're still selling a 20 year old 4:3 show. A better comparison might be Enterprise, which WAS a modern HD show. Amazon are showing those seasons for £40 a pop, which is slightly less than TNG, but again not significantly cheaper.
Are the blu-rays expensive? Probably. OTOH, a film usually costs at least £13 on blu-ray, so £40 for a 24 episode season with lots of good quality extras seems great value for money. At the end of the day as MinutiaeMan they are priced at what they think people will pay for them. I've bought them, even thought they're showing on satellite TV now. But then, I'm also the guy who's about to spend over £100 on a two-foot tall Transformer (with articulated eyes!), so I'm not the best judge of value.
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The Startrek.com shop still lists each season of the shows for $70US for the DVDs, which is the price I usually see them retailing for in stores. The new silhouette set is also listed for $70US on the website, but I know it was at Costco for $40CDN per season not too long ago (my local store is sold out currently).
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The Startrek.com shop still lists each season of the shows for $70US for the DVDs, which is the price I usually see them retailing for in stores. The new silhouette set is also listed for $70US on the website, but I know it was at Costco for $40CDN per season not too long ago (my local store is sold out currently).
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After recently watching Redepemption Part II I made a small obervatation I like to share with you: In the scene aboard the USS Sutherland, where Data is accessing the computer, the LCARS screen has been redone for the remastered release. Some of the text is now readable, but some thing is bothering me: The reference to the USS Ahwahnee is not there anymore. It looks like to me that the same three pages are beeing used over and over and maybe the guys who were doing the update where not aware of the fact that the Ahwahnee is shown on one page with registry. Here is the link to the screen shot from the DVDs:
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