Space, the final frontier... (DVD)

I've taken a little break from Cicley Alaska and decided to step into the future, or is it the past? After collecting the entire Star Trek series (with the exception of the animated series) on DVD, Paramount has decided to try and squeeze blood from a stone and repackage the show in a series of themed releases that fans helped decide which episodes should be included. The first of these was the Borg Collection. This included episodes from Next Generation and Voyager. It's been a while since I've seen some of these episodes and with the high asking price for the various series, I decided to pass on getting them, which is why these collections are perfect for me. I had great fun watching these Borg episodes and plowed through them within a week of getting them. The next collection deals with a Trek staple, time travel.

*Red Alert*

I'd like to take a moment and reflect the impact Star Trek has had on my life. While I never really followed the Classic trek television series with Captain Kirk, I saw all the movies. It was with some interest I started watching Star Trek: the Next Generation in syndication. The first two years of the show were uneven at best. I almost stopped watching the series. It was in the third year I was hooked. All told, from 1987 until 2005, for almost 20 years, Trek played a bigger part of my life then I had thought. It wasn't until it finally left the airwaves, I began to realize how much this show and its vision of the future, shaped my life and my perceptions for a better tomorrow. The show was far from perfect, but I did admire its goals, as noble as any show before and after.

*End Red Alert*

This collection of time travel episodes encompass a broad range of shows and include Kirk, Picard, Sisko, and Janeway. There are a few episodes that I felt should have been included, but weren't. I was surprised to see a duplicate episode in the Borg collection and this time travel one. They could have put something else. Overall I didn't enjoy these nearly as much as I did the Borg collection. I think it was because with the Borg, there was a unifying theme connecting all the shows. It almost felt like one long movie spanning the galaxy. And with this time travel, such a thread did not exist. There are some great shows collected here, but sadly no extras.

Set phasers on stun with me sitting in the aisle.