Season SIX OFFICIAL TNG Blu-Ray Discussion Thread

I did see that on amazons site. I think I'll double check with the chat option when i get home.

 

I recently bought a couple Blu-rays from Germany. The paper insert was double-sided, with the original artwork on the other side without the age ratings. So I flipped the labels and the age ratings are gone. I appreciate that little touch.

 

Are they still just cleaning it without really redoing the FX? No new angles, ships, etc?

 

Of course they are. That's been the MO from the start. Technically however, every FX shot is being redone using the original elements.

 

Nothing, from my perspective. But from getting a general sense from the board, it's considered one of season 2's worst. Both it and The Outrageous Okona attempted to be lighthearted fun episodes, but while Okona crashed and burned, Royale succeeded.

 

I'm not sure about other countries, but the German region-free blu-ray discs that I buy have a reversible inside cover that lacks the large age-rating things. Any time you can flip the cover around to get rid of it.

 

I mentioned that a few posts ago. I bought a couple from Germany, and they had the reversible covers.

 

I dunno about the consensus of this board, but the general negativity I get is that the episode feels too cliche and doesn't do enough with the concept to make it worth it. Plus many find the ending where we don't learn anything unsatisfactory. Apparently the original script by Torme got a lot of the production/cast excited about the episode, but Maurice Hurley did rewrites that upset a lot of people including Torme, which for him was the moment he decided to leave TNG after the season's end. That's why "Manhunt" was such a rehash of his previous scripts, because he no longer cared and was just coasting.

 

Watching the first disc today. Forgot how much I love and miss this show. This season in particular is my favourite of all 7 seasons. Pure joy to watch. Also the remastering quality seems better to me than season 5. Looking forward to the rest of the season.

 

Could be something to do with the extras. Remember those all have to be rated too.

Probably not a huge concern for CBS/Paramount though, I doubt there are many TNG fans out there who are younger than 12.

 

It'll be the extras being certificated. Even bleeped use of bad language seems to attract attention. I don't know. I always was a lousy lip-reader.

At most I bet the BBFC probably check the runtimes for episodes against their records, factor in 4% variance for 24fps. Maybe rewatch the ones with issues based on their notes. That they might end up cutting scenes is in the back of my mind though. "Sons and Daughters", a DS9 episode involving a Klingon knifing another was edited once. Unless that was a US TV Network decision. Might've been both. The episode cut to begin with, and then cut again by a whole different set of authorities, before VHS/DVD.

 

Sons and Daughters and To The Death are both cut in the UK compared to the US. The former a fair chunk, the latter very little.

 

They didn't hide it too well in Sons and Daughters, you can tell something's missing thanks to a noticeable audio jump.

If DS9 ever gets remastered I'll be interesting to see what happens to those two episodes. Considering that the rationale at the time was to avoid exposing teens to imitable violence (really) they would probably let it pass now uncut but of course that would require resubmitting the episodes and we all know how cheap/lazy CBS can be.

Also the To The Death neck snap was always rather odd to remove, as in a later episode (Strange Bedfellows) Worf snaps Weyoun's neck and that bit survived intact.

 

none of my local Best Buy's have nor Target.

what a crock!!

Amazon it is..

 

Often they retroactively credit your account with the difference. Mine hasn't shipped yet, but it still shows a price of $74 something. I'll be keeping an eye on it...

 

I'd open a chat with Amazon to ensure they refund the difference. The same thing happened with ENT S4 (they lowered the price on release day, but charged me full price) and I never received the difference. They'll happily refund it if you ask though.

 

There's all this talk about sales and if it's worth it to do DS9, but I really wonder what sales does CBS look for with these sets. I get maybe sending out limited supply, but I was looking in the Target ad (online, so I might have missed it) last night and there was no mention of Season 6 or Chain of Command. Then when you go to a store, there is only like 3 or 4 copies. Kind of hard to sell them when you don't have any to begin with.