Star Trek: Voyager packaging
11-18-03, 12:41 PM
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Star Trek: Voyager packaging
TVShowsonDVD.com is reporting (via StarTrek.com) that the specs have been announced for the Star Trek: Voyager season sets. The article's at http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=837, and includes a picture of what the sets will look like.
No new word on Original Series sets, though Paramount's ad campaign for its existing Trek says "COMING THROUGHOUT 2004: Star Trek And Star Trek Voyager On DVD Available In Individual Season Box Sets."
As has become customary, the first word about new Star Trek DVDs comes first from StarTrek.com, where they have just announced these details about Star Trek: Voyager - The Complete First Season, warping home on Feb. 24th:
Star Trek: Voyager on DVD in 2004
Now that you've stocked up on Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine DVDs, start clearing another shelf for the next Trek series. Star Trek: Voyager arrives on DVD starting in February 2004, courtesy of Paramount Home Entertainment.
February 24 will see the release of Season One in its entirety in a five-disc collector's box set. The set includes all 15 episodes from the first season, exclusive featurettes and bonus material. A new season of Voyager will be available every other month.
The contents of the set are as follows:
Disc 1: "Caretaker," "Parallax," "Time and Again"
Disc 2: "Phage," "The Cloud, "Eye of the Needle," "Ex Post Facto"
Disc 3: "Emanations," "Prime Factors," "State of Flux," "Heroes and Demons"
Disc 4: "Cathexis," "Faces," "Jetrel," "Learning Curve"
Disc 5: Special Features:
"Braving The Unknown: Season One": Includes new interviews with Executive Producers Rick Berman, Michael Piller and Jeri Taylor discussing how they created the series. The trio reveals the challenges of creating fresh, new characters, a new premise and the risks of sending the crew into unfamiliar Trek territory.
"Voyager Time Capsule: Kathryn Janeway": A new, exclusive interview with Kate Mulgrew talking about how she landed the role of Janeway, the challenges of playing a female captain and her Broadway play on Katharine Hepburn, "Tea At Five." Also includes archival interviews with the actress and rare behind-the-scenes footage.
"The First Captain: Genevieve Bujold": Reveals rare footage and outtakes of Ms. Bujold as Captain Janeway, with commentary by Executive Producer Rick Berman.
"Cast Reflections: Season One": Voyager's principal cast members discuss their reactions to joining the Trek franchise, getting fan mail, and auditioning. Also featured: Armin Shimerman discussing his role as Quark in the pilot episode.
"On Location With the Kazon": Supervising Producer David Livingston guides viewers on an exclusive tour of the desert locale used for the Kazon Village in the pilot episode. Includes interviews with Director Rick Kolbe and behind-the-scenes footage of the cast.
"Red Alert: Visual Effects Season One": Dan Curry and the Visual Effects crew give a blow-by-blow of some spectacular visual effects created for Season One. Highlights include: behind-the-scenes footage of exploding space station, utilizing fire elements in crashing Chakotay's ship and secrets of shooting the Voyager ship model.
"Launching Voyager On The Web": Veteran Web site designer and producer Marc Wade explains how, in the early days of the internet, an interactive Voyager Web site was created to help launch the series. Included is rare footage of Kate Mulgrew and Robert Picardo playing their roles for the Web-based trivia game, plus an overview of Star Trek's history on the Web.
"Real Science With Andre Bormanis": Science Consultant and writer Bormanis explores how the writers strive for authenticity by incorporating real space phenomena and scientific theories. For Season One, Andre discusses how Hubble photos helped create "the Badlands," voyaging through wormholes, and the possibilities of time travel.
"Lost Transmissions From The Delta Quadrant": Hidden in the Voyager menu, viewers who search and click with their DVD remote can find special interview clips with Kate Mulgrew, Michael Piller, Brannon Braga and guest star Vaughn Armstrong (from "Eye of the Needle").
The Season One DVDs are presented in full screen with newly remixed Dolby Digital English 5.1 tracks and English Dolby Surround. The set is expected to be priced at under $100. Total running time for all five discs is over 728 minutes. The discs are closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Star Trek: Voyager on DVD in 2004
Now that you've stocked up on Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine DVDs, start clearing another shelf for the next Trek series. Star Trek: Voyager arrives on DVD starting in February 2004, courtesy of Paramount Home Entertainment.
February 24 will see the release of Season One in its entirety in a five-disc collector's box set. The set includes all 15 episodes from the first season, exclusive featurettes and bonus material. A new season of Voyager will be available every other month.
The contents of the set are as follows:
Disc 1: "Caretaker," "Parallax," "Time and Again"
Disc 2: "Phage," "The Cloud, "Eye of the Needle," "Ex Post Facto"
Disc 3: "Emanations," "Prime Factors," "State of Flux," "Heroes and Demons"
Disc 4: "Cathexis," "Faces," "Jetrel," "Learning Curve"
Disc 5: Special Features:
"Braving The Unknown: Season One": Includes new interviews with Executive Producers Rick Berman, Michael Piller and Jeri Taylor discussing how they created the series. The trio reveals the challenges of creating fresh, new characters, a new premise and the risks of sending the crew into unfamiliar Trek territory.
"Voyager Time Capsule: Kathryn Janeway": A new, exclusive interview with Kate Mulgrew talking about how she landed the role of Janeway, the challenges of playing a female captain and her Broadway play on Katharine Hepburn, "Tea At Five." Also includes archival interviews with the actress and rare behind-the-scenes footage.
"The First Captain: Genevieve Bujold": Reveals rare footage and outtakes of Ms. Bujold as Captain Janeway, with commentary by Executive Producer Rick Berman.
"Cast Reflections: Season One": Voyager's principal cast members discuss their reactions to joining the Trek franchise, getting fan mail, and auditioning. Also featured: Armin Shimerman discussing his role as Quark in the pilot episode.
"On Location With the Kazon": Supervising Producer David Livingston guides viewers on an exclusive tour of the desert locale used for the Kazon Village in the pilot episode. Includes interviews with Director Rick Kolbe and behind-the-scenes footage of the cast.
"Red Alert: Visual Effects Season One": Dan Curry and the Visual Effects crew give a blow-by-blow of some spectacular visual effects created for Season One. Highlights include: behind-the-scenes footage of exploding space station, utilizing fire elements in crashing Chakotay's ship and secrets of shooting the Voyager ship model.
"Launching Voyager On The Web": Veteran Web site designer and producer Marc Wade explains how, in the early days of the internet, an interactive Voyager Web site was created to help launch the series. Included is rare footage of Kate Mulgrew and Robert Picardo playing their roles for the Web-based trivia game, plus an overview of Star Trek's history on the Web.
"Real Science With Andre Bormanis": Science Consultant and writer Bormanis explores how the writers strive for authenticity by incorporating real space phenomena and scientific theories. For Season One, Andre discusses how Hubble photos helped create "the Badlands," voyaging through wormholes, and the possibilities of time travel.
"Lost Transmissions From The Delta Quadrant": Hidden in the Voyager menu, viewers who search and click with their DVD remote can find special interview clips with Kate Mulgrew, Michael Piller, Brannon Braga and guest star Vaughn Armstrong (from "Eye of the Needle").
The Season One DVDs are presented in full screen with newly remixed Dolby Digital English 5.1 tracks and English Dolby Surround. The set is expected to be priced at under $100. Total running time for all five discs is over 728 minutes. The discs are closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
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Looks great! I'll definately be picking these sets up as well! With Voyager and TOS box sets dropping next year, my Trek cravings will be satiated in total! Thanks for the info and link Jason.
11-18-03, 03:58 PM
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Originally posted by calhoun07
No doubt the packaging in region two will be far sturdier.
Also, season one is priced at $100.00. A rip off considering the season is shorter!
No doubt the packaging in region two will be far sturdier.
Also, season one is priced at $100.00. A rip off considering the season is shorter!
It was OK with TOS, but VGR had a semblance of storyline at times.
11-18-03, 04:16 PM
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Cant say I like the covers too much, they are too bright. Almost thought I was looking a tellytubby boxset there for a moment 
I still need to collect the TNG boxsets before I even think about these (TNG was always my fav
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I still need to collect the TNG boxsets before I even think about these (TNG was always my fav
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11-18-03, 06:18 PM
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I've been very happy with the DS9 packaging (MUCH MUCH better than the Next Generation boxes), so I'm pleased to see that the Voyager ones look similar. (Except for burning our retinas out with that neon...)
I really wish that Paramount would slow down the releases, though. Every other month - cripes! After reviewing my way through nearly all of Next Generation and all of DS9, I feel out of breath... I'm looking forward to Voyager and TOS, but one season every 3-4 months would be more reasonable!
I really wish that Paramount would slow down the releases, though. Every other month - cripes! After reviewing my way through nearly all of Next Generation and all of DS9, I feel out of breath... I'm looking forward to Voyager and TOS, but one season every 3-4 months would be more reasonable!
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I have a feeling that paramount is going to be sadly disappointed if they think they are going to get 100.00 for each season of Voyager. I'm a big star trek fan, and there is no way I would pay that for these episodes. I recluctantly paid that for DS9, and I thought it was a better series in every way.
11-18-03, 08:29 PM
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I've been very happy with the DS9 packaging (MUCH MUCH better than the Next Generation boxes), so I'm pleased to see that the Voyager ones look similar. (Except for burning our retinas out with that neon...)
I've been very happy with the DS9 packaging (MUCH MUCH better than the Next Generation boxes), so I'm pleased to see that the Voyager ones look similar. (Except for burning our retinas out with that neon...)
The other advantage is that it takes up so little space on my shelf. Each season of DS9 takes up just a quarter inch or so more than two normal size keep cases. But then again, you can reserve a lot of space with thin packs, but I don't think the series sets would be quite as slim.
The flimsy plastic is the biggest draw back. I think it's worse than a snapper.
11-19-03, 01:59 AM
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Originally posted by ordway
I've been very happy with the DS9 packaging (MUCH MUCH better than the Next Generation boxes), so I'm pleased to see that the Voyager ones look similar. (Except for burning our retinas out with that neon...)
I've been very happy with the DS9 packaging (MUCH MUCH better than the Next Generation boxes), so I'm pleased to see that the Voyager ones look similar. (Except for burning our retinas out with that neon...)
Originally posted by calhoun07
having a box with individual thin pack cases for each disc
having a box with individual thin pack cases for each disc
Also, re read the specs, guys...it says "Under $100.00"
So far, the retail for most of the sets has been @ $130.00-$140.00 but you aren't going to have to pay that from most any place. I think these sets will be somewhere in that vicinity, and be available with similar steep discounts most places any of us are going to be looking for them.
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Originally posted by jessebo
I have a feeling that paramount is going to be sadly disappointed if they think they are going to get 100.00 for each season of Voyager. I'm a big star trek fan, and there is no way I would pay that for these episodes. I recluctantly paid that for DS9, and I thought it was a better series in every way.
I have a feeling that paramount is going to be sadly disappointed if they think they are going to get 100.00 for each season of Voyager. I'm a big star trek fan, and there is no way I would pay that for these episodes. I recluctantly paid that for DS9, and I thought it was a better series in every way.
11-19-03, 07:52 AM
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I wish they would spread out the releases as well. For almost four years I have bought all the TOS, TNG, and DS9. This only leaves 3 months for me to catch my breath and save up money for the Vger series. I don't think I like those colors for the box sets though.
11-19-03, 12:53 PM
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Also, re read the specs, guys...it says "Under $100.00"
Also, re read the specs, guys...it says "Under $100.00"
They said the same thing originally about TNG. No doubt the "retail" on these will be the same as TNG and DS9.
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I can see retail being similar to TNG and DS9, but not for the first season, which lasted only 15 episodes -- that's 11 fewer than every other season of Voyager, DS9 and TNG (although TNG has one 22-episode season, and DS9 had one 20-episode season). Still, that's a huge difference, and the price should reflect that.
11-20-03, 06:24 AM
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Originally posted by DrOBoogie1
I can see retail being similar to TNG and DS9, but not for the first season, which lasted only 15 episodes -- that's 11 fewer than every other season of Voyager, DS9 and TNG (although TNG has one 22-episode season, and DS9 had one 20-episode season). Still, that's a huge difference, and the price should reflect that.
I can see retail being similar to TNG and DS9, but not for the first season, which lasted only 15 episodes -- that's 11 fewer than every other season of Voyager, DS9 and TNG (although TNG has one 22-episode season, and DS9 had one 20-episode season). Still, that's a huge difference, and the price should reflect that.