Star Trek Voyager - The Complete Seasons 1-7

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STAR TREK VOYAGER details the adventures of the Starfleet's most adventurous starship, the U.S.S. Voyager, as it is led by Captain Kathryn Janeway (Mulgrew) on missions into deep space.

Customer Reviews:

5 Stars For The Series One For The Studio, Packaging and Pricing!.......2007-09-07

First and foremost the series is most awesome. You can not beat the series because with very few exceptions Star Trek Voyager is all good. The problem is Paramount Studio's will always milk the Star Trek Cash Cow for all they can. The price being asked for this Star Trek Voyager Series is absolutely redicious. I did not buy the Star Trek The Next Generation Complete Series set till Paramount came back to reality on its pricing.

Eventually Paramount will get the message that Star Trek was a great series but, trust me the whole Star Trek Franchise is not all that. The prenium being asked for star trek related DVD's is so out of touch with reality that, its hard to imagine any sane corporation making this kind of insanely arrogant pricing goof. Paramount executives are playing to their 1960's era demographic when Star Trek was the only true quality science fiction game in town. Wake up Paramount exec's because darlings the 21at century has arrived dears and the world knows if you make a high qaulity sci-fi media product you can attract a loyal monied audience.

Wake up from your Star Trek coma Paramount, Star Gate SG1, Babalon 5, Battlestar Gallactica (both versions), Andromeda and so many other truely great science fiction series have since broken Star Trek's once tight strangle hold on the qaulity Sci-Fi Dollar. Paramount is playing the game as if competition for the sci-fi dollar in the marketplace has not changed since its 1960's Star trek ruled the serious sic-fi universe

Don't get me wrong Star Trek Voyager was a great series and if its asking price were even remotely reasonable I would buy it. If the current high price of $600 never drops to a far more reasonable price point I will forgo the joys of Star Trek Voyager. Given the wealth of just as good or better sci-fi DVD sets out here missing out on a way overpriced Star Trek Voyager series is really no big loss to me.

The best way to show an arrogant studio selling overpriced badly packaged DVD's the power of the consumer is to not buy rediciously priced DVD sets like this one. Paramount can only charge astronomical prices for all star trek related media if we who love Star Trek are stupid enough to continue buying trek related stuff at hyper warp inflated prices.

Star Trek Voyager was and is a great series but star trek consumers need to tell Paramount that at $600 plus dollars for the whole series Star Trek Voyager is too much to pay for a program is NOT ALL THAT! Consumers need to get a backbone and say lower the price and make some sales or Keep the price high and we will not buy. Let Paramount buy warehouse space to store its overpriced Star Trek Voyager DVD's. Trek fans just have to stand up and say enough is enough with the foolish prices.

Worth every dollar.......2007-09-04

I bought the set for my husband as a gift, so I didn't mind spending the money as this is all he asked for. We started watching two or three episodes,or more, a night when summer reruns began. Wow, this is better than anything on TV now. We did not have a UPN station and did not get to see it when it was on. To be able to watch the characters develop (with out commercial interruption) and the stories unfold has been the delight of our summer. There are some so-so episodes but I can forgive that because of the really exceptionally good shows they did. The characters are unique and most of the stories are strong. If you are a Trekker and want a good TV watch then spend the money. There was no problem with our packaging at all. I'm glad we own this and I'm sure in a few years we will watch it again.

Is there any reason at all it's twice as much as The Next Generation?.......2007-08-28

Okay, we're all aware of the quality of this series. Not the best of the Star Trek universe, but not the worst, either. There were some lulls, and threads that were downright ridiculous, but I was pretty addicted to it through most of its run on television.

My major gripe is with the prices. As of this writing, this is TWO TIMES as much as The Next Generation (which itself is somewhat overpriced). Compare this to Buffy, another seven season show, which comes in at (again, as of this writing) slightly over half the price of The Next Generation.

Now, we can split fandom hairs all day about which show is "better" -- it's all subjective. The point is, there's extremely little reason for The Next Generation to be as expensive as it is (though, it's dropped about a fifth of its price over the last month or two), and there's no reason at all for this to be over half a grand.

As soon as it drops to the same price as Buffy, I'll buy it in a heartbeat. (As, of course, I did with Buffy, and with the Twilight Zone.) Same goes for The Next Generation. But you'd have to be missing a substantial part of your brain to pay this much more for a TV show than other comparable shows.

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I got it and you don't! I got it and you don't! I got it and you don't! Na!Na!Na!Na!Na!Na!Na!Na!Na!Na!Na!Na!Na!Na!Na!Na!Na!Na!Na!Na!Na!Na!Na!Na!Na!Na!Na!Na!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!You has been losers!

May be the best Star Trek series ever..........2007-06-12

This DVD collection seems totally overpriced and should only be of serious purchase from those folks with the bread. And as of this writing, that means paying nearly $[ ] per season, which is just ridiculous. At half of that price, and for collectors and those who adore the show, it would be a bargain, but until Paramount lowers the price, it's a pass. Even though the series as a whole, which I will go into, may just be the best overall Star Trek TV series ever.

In the beginning, there was Star Trek. IN COLOR and on NBC, if I recall, I'll never forget my first initiation into the Star Trek universe. The original 60's version may, in many areas, still be the best Trek TV series, but in retrospect, while the original Star Trek was light years ahead of its time, and in that temporal respect, better than its later reincarnations (Star Trek: The Next Generation, ST:Deep Space Nine, ST: Voyager, and ST: Enterprise), Next Generation was a worthy rival, and so was Voyager.

I totally diss "Deep Space Nine" and "Enterprise" as dark space soap operas, and in very little ways, did either of these series live up to and deliver upon Star Trek's creator, Gene Roddenberry's original "vision." Both Deep Space Nine and Enterprise rarely ever dealt with mindblowing ideas, and explorations of same, instead dwelling on pathetic "character development" of unimaginative characters, and boring melodrama.

Star Trek: Voyager was as good as Next Generation, if not even better in a lot of ways with better production design, story ideas, sets, and lots of special effects. While Next Generation and Voyager share a lot in common given the general quality of both, both try as hard as they might to stick to the original idea of Star Trek and Gene's initial vision, exploring strange new worlds, seeking new life, and going where no one has gone before.

Voyager is very similar to Next Generation. And that is generally a very good thing. In Voyager however, we have the captain of the ship a female, a black Vulcan, a Native American "number One," and a "hologram" medical doctor, the latter of which resembles the concept of "Data" from ST:TNG. Voyager's female captain is as strong and believable as Kirk or Picard before her. Feminists rejoice! And the few main surrounding characters around "Kat" Janeway, more than rival those around Captain Jean Luc of Next Generation. The holographic "doctor" is as interesting as Data was from ST:TNG, and develops throughout the seven years just like Data. But Voyager's strength's go beyond Next Generation as, in mid-later seasons, a transformed quasi-Borg/semi-human "Seven of Nine" character helped to revitalize the whole show, and lead to deeper and deeper idea-driven episodes after the series began to lag, cosmic idea-wise after the first few years.

The general, underlying idea of Voyager, is probably more true to Gene Roddenberry's original visions than any of the Star Trek series. And that's where the real value here is. The starship Voyager is, after all, in the very beginning, thrust into the opposite side of the galaxy, where there are so many unknowns, and creative story ideas to be had. While Voyager still holds up remarkably well to this day, one can only wonder at where this series might've gone under Roddenberry's control. For while Next Generation's original greatness seemed to fade in and out after Gene's death, Voyager kept up a consistency of quality not seen in ST:NG.

Star Trek: Voyager, like the original 60's version, and Next Generation, has its fair share of quite boring, bad episodes. And the character "Neelix" can be tiresome, but he makes for good comic relief at least. As in Next Gen, the "holodeck" functions often created episodes totally un-space or sci-fi idea related, but more often than not however, this show delivered several dozen of some of the best true sci-fi episodic "TV" shows the small tube has ever offered. While one many complain or nitpick about all things "Star Trek" (like, why do so many alien species, even on the other end of the galaxy, appear so human, or why alien technology is so similar to human, or why, why, why, why, why), I'm not one to nitpick here. If and until Paramount and the PTB offer this at a reasonable prive, while I can't really recommend purchase here (unless you're rich), I suggest all of my fellow trekkers check reruns of this on TV if possible, and tape them, and watch them (or fast forward during the boring episodes), with a keen eye towards a possible future buy.

It is a shame that this series in full is so overly-priced and out of reach I would guess for most Trek collectors. The wealth of ideas explored here (despite the continual ST techno babble - "try rephasing the protoplasmic, warp core EM spatial/temporal, stellar geometric gig-a-quad geotetris overrides"), are many and varied.

Slightly better than Next Generation, in my opinion, this incarnation of Star Trek is and was just about as good as anything "Star Trek" related goes, including the feature films. The special effects in some episodes are truly outstanding. And while I did not really go for the final two part episode's series ending, in between that and the first two parter which began the series, there is a LOT to like here. And if you can afford it, there are enough episodes which hold up up to repeated viewings to justify the high price. One just might want to wait for a price drop.

There are only 3 good ST series in my view, the original, Next Generation, and Voyager. Deep Space Nine and Enterprise are crap in comparison, and not worth the time or expense of any true sci-fi fan, for me at any rate. While the original series will always be the original, and while Next Generation expanded for the most part on one man's genius visions, Star Trek: Voyager had as many, if not more truly special episodes as anything before, or after it. And with a lot better sets, gizmos, and great big screen special effects.

And while Janeway herself is more than okay, Seven of Nine and Kes provide often needed eye-candy relief, when, often, the series begins to stray from the original idea of what Star Trek was supposed to be all about. Kudos in this area also to the specific and great episodes dealing with thought-inspiring ideas, and not just silly holodeck adventures or character-heavy episodes where the series often lost its way at times. Overall, and for the most part, I think the great bird of the galaxy (Roddenberry) probably would've approved, very much so of Voyager. It's too bad that the Voyager cast and storyline never got the Next Generation big screen attempts, but so it goes.

While the original, Next Gen and Voyager may be all dead projects for any further small or big screen attempts, Voyager will always remain as one of three of the five series, which seemed to get it right more often than not. And when it did get it right, the episodes were indeed and will forever be truly visionary sci-fi magic.

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
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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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