Star Trek Voyager - The Complete Third Season

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After proving its long-term potential in season 2, Star Trek: Voyager served up some of the best episodes in its entire seven-year history. The second-season cliffhanger was intelligently resolved in "Basics, Pt. II," and the fan-favorite "Flashback" placed Tuvok (Tim Russ) aboard the U.S.S. Excelsior from Star Trek VI, under the command of Capt. Sulu (Star Trek alumnus George Takei). It was a brilliant example of interseries plotting, just as "False Profits" was a Ferengi-based sequel to the NextGen episode "The Price." The two-part time-travel scenario of "Future's End" is a Voyager highlight, with clear echoes (including dialogue lifted verbatim!) of Star Trek's classic "The City on the Edge of Forever," featuring delightful guest performances by actress-comedienne Sarah Silverman and Ed Begley Jr. Character-wise, the season belonged to Kes (Jennifer Lien, whose tenure on the series was now near its end), Neelix (Ethan Phillips), and the Doctor (Robert Picardo), who shined (respectively) in "Warlord," "Fair Trade," and the surprisingly touching "Real Life" (the latter directed by "Potsie" himself, Happy Days veteran Anson Williams). By infecting B'Elanna (Roxanne Dawson) with a fellow officer's "Blood Fever," Voyager delved into the turbulent Vulcan ritual of Pon Farr, while the cliffhanger "Scorpion" introduced the relentless, Borg-destroying villains of Species 8472, which would pose a continuing threat in subsequent episodes.

Season 3 had a few clunkers (the guilty pleasure "Macrocosm" puts Janeway in stripped-down "Ripley" mode against invading macro-viruses, and Ensign Kim is an awkward "Favorite Son" to a bevy of babes), but for every misstep there's a strong science-fiction concept, like the highly-evolved Hadrosaurs in "Distant Origin," which doubles as a compelling indictment of institutionalized repression. Overall, this is rock-solid Trek, and the DVD features are equally engaging, albeit growing more perfunctory (especially the season 3 summary) with each full-season release. Don't forget the Easter eggs hidden on the special-features menus, however; they contain some of the set's happiest surprises. --Jeff Shannon

Customer Reviews:

Probably the best season of Star Trek Voyager........2007-07-29

The only season of Star Trek Voyager I have not seen is season 7 because it was yanked during season six off of the fox network, and I did not get the channel that picked it up. I think the original cast in its final whole season together represents the best work of the series. I think it was a mistake to get rid of Kes(Jennifer Lien) at the beginning of Season 4. I like the Seven of Nine character, but they could have just as easily gotten rid of Neelix. I think the Kes character was not only interesting but also just as pretty as any of the Star Trek women in any of the Star Trek series' ever made. There are absolutely no commentaries (audio or subtitled) on any of the episodes. The container like all Voyager containers is as cheap as can possibly be imagined. If it cost them more than $0.10 to make it I would be suprised. I have no idea why they could not do the same thing they did with the original series. Those containers are some of the best I have ever seen. Most good DVDs have commentary from the actors. I have no idea why they did not do that. I think Future's End(Part I and II), Scorpion, Unity, Flashback, and Warlord could possibly be some of the best shows of the entire series.

The intrepid Voyager crew faces more challenges and threats.......2007-05-30

Heavy on emotional resonance and mind-bending science-fiction concepts, season three of "Star Trek: Voyager" also delivers an acceptable level of outright suspense and excitement. But it wasn't until season four's introduction of the Borg threat and the rescued Borg called "Seven of Nine" that the show would deliver emotions, ideas, AND excitement on a regular basis. As "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" ultimately needed the threat of the Dominion to define its unique flavor, so "Voyager" needed the Borg. But, having said that, this season still delivers- for the most part- quality entertainment. And you do get to see the beginning of the intertwined Voyager/Borg relationship in the terrific last episode of this set. As always with these "Trek" boxed sets, picture, sound, and bonus features remain top notch.

Star Trek Voyager Season 3.......2007-03-14

It is a great series filled with high moral entertainment that the whole family can enjoy.

Awesome.......2007-01-04

Is one of the most interesting star trek series. A ship alone in the Delta quadrant. The acting is exceptional and never a dull moment.

Note to Paramount: no sane person is going to pay more than $60 for a DVD set, ever.......2006-10-09

Wake up Paramount! Take a cue from your sales on the STTNG sets. Now that you have finally come to your senses and dropped the prices on the sets to where they should have been in the FIRST PLACE, I would imagine that all of the hold-outs (like me) are now buying them.

See, it works like this, 30 minute shows on DVD, for a season, have earned a market fair price of $25-35. So, since Star Trek episodes are an hour long, that means a fair doubling of the price puts it into the $50-70 range. So, $60 is your sweet spot.

You will be able to take in the obsessive fans with your initial insane pricing points, but everyone else looks at your current price tags, especially with the shoddy packaging that you are still foisting on us, and just laughs and waits for the inevitable price drop. So, do us all a favor and fire your marketing and sales people, drop the price to where it is supposed to be, and earn your sales. Nobody sane is going to pay more than $60 for a season of an hour long/episode TV show on DVD, period.

Star Trek Voyager - The Complete Seasons 1-3

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WHA?????
We're NOT STUPID Amazon! Are you?
These are great but......
Another great Star Trek series
A Better Deal?

Star Trek Voyager - The Complete Seasons 1-3

Manufacturer: Paramount
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B000228EFY
Release Date: 2004-07-06

Customer Reviews:

WHA?????.......2005-03-26

BUYING 1-7 Is only 100 bucks more and it comes with twice the episodes this does. AND ALSO IF YOU BUY THEM SEPRTELY IT COSTS LESS!

We're NOT STUPID Amazon! Are you?.......2004-07-22

This is not the first time that amazon has sold multiple seasons in a gift pack like this. It's actually not a bad idead convenience wise, but check the prices and you'll see that it is significantly cheaper to buy them seperately. Star Trek Voyager was a great show that never really received the credit it deserved. Buy them, but be smart about it and buy them seperately.

These are great but.............2004-07-15

Do not buy them in the set. But them separately it is cheaper!!!!

Another great Star Trek series.......2004-07-10

I was a horrible original series snob, so much that I refused to watch any of the later series when they were on TV. It wasn't until the series began coming out on DVD that I began to watch them. I quickly became a TNG fan, then DS9, and now Voyager. I can not say that one series is better than another, they are all great in their own ways. If I could go back in time, there is only one change I would make to Voyager; I think Kate Mulgrew is an excellent actress, BUT, I would beg her to stop her infernal wispering of her lines. She does it several times a show and the sound of it drives me up the wall. OK, I've got it off my chest, so I can go back to enjoying the show, except for her wispering.

A Better Deal?.......2004-07-08

What exactly are we getting for an extra 55 Bucks? If you buy them seperately, it's about $295. And the set is over $350? That must be some great packaging, since seperately the case is far less superior than the two other series. (DS9 and TNG). The show and extras are definitely a must have, but for this kind of money, I want to eat my cake too.

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