Oh well i broke down and just bought all 3 seasons of STAR TREK! I own all the episodes now! Wow I will prolly never in my life have enought time to watch all the episodes, but hey they are neat to have anyway. I really wanted the REmastered ones I saw "Where No Man Has Gone Before" and when the spaceship was flying toward the pink could near the edge of the galaxy, boy that looked so pretty. But as i saw upon my viewing of this episode last night and this morning, well it doesn't look all the different in the original version. Plus, as a bonus I was happy to see that the picture looks awesome, so much better than the VHS tapes I had of Star Trek, and even better, which i didn't know it was in stereo!! Holy shipwreck Bruce, this DVD box set is indeed a super value. Back in 1995 I got 3 Star Trek episodes "Journey to Babel" "Wink of BLink of an Eye ( I forget)", and my all time favorite as a kid, "Mirror, Mirror". So after reading so many negative review about the original DVDs i thought they would be awful, ie the picture sucks- not true, theres some dust, but the colors are vibrant! And it is cleaned up alot! Secondly, the effects on here are not that bad, they look very much like TNG's effects at this point in time to me, as a child the looked much worse, but having the original effects is important to me since they were under so many constraints ie time, money, and the ability to find a company who could get it done back in the 60's. These DVDS are great 20 dollars a season, what i paid for 3 tapes back in the day. Bottom line the stories are the same, and the 3 mins of effects added, dont make or break the show, and 20 dollars a season for new DVDS is a monster deal. Anyone else in Baltimore should head to Suncoast in White Marsh mall. The manager is buying the last of em from a company going out of business to be able to see these at such a low price. Record and Tape Traders in Towson also had a couple, (same parent company FYE) so jump on this deal if you live in Baltimore and want these! They are indeed super, after reading so many people bitch about these DVDS i thought they'd be terrible, but just the opposite, the picture is cleaned up and very nice. and menus very pretty!
SO I lost my orignial post again, so this may be confusing as re do it quickly, thanks to the few ppl who helped me make up my mind to get these. Now the only thing i must do is hide them from my girlfriend, she'd flip if she knows i spend 60 dollars on some dorky TV show the 60's LOL (laughing on line), but as long as can keep them hidden wow I am a happy bear indeed!!! Peace , happy lent!
