Total would be $80 shipped from Amazon.com to Canada including import fees deposit and shipping cost. You also have a chance of getting some of the import fees deposit back. Buying it at retail would be $90 with tax in Ontario, so you'd still be saving a minimum of ten bucks.
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Total would be $80 shipped from Amazon.com to Canada including import fees deposit and shipping cost. You also have a chance of getting some of the import fees deposit back. Buying it at retail would be $90 with tax in Ontario, so you'd still be saving a minimum of ten bucks.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Hrm, is it one of those deals where they use a private courier up to the border and then it comes through Canada Post once its in Canada?
Yes. They ship it all to the Amazon.ca warehouse in Toronto and then re-ship it to you via Canada Post Expedited.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Hrm, that's cool. Are the shipping estimates accurate? I might end up going through .com if it's pretty quick.
Too bad .ca can't just match their .com price.
Hrm, that's cool. Are the shipping estimates accurate? I might end up going through .com if it's pretty quick.
Too bad .ca can't just match their .com price.
You pay for shipping and the import fees deposit. I usually get a random amount back from the import fee deposit, but you never get charged more than the total Amazon shows when you check out and pay. They don't go back and charge you more for taxes or duty or anything.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Ah sorry, I meant the time to ship (8-15 days), not the price. lol
Does it really take two weeks to get up here?
I've seen it take that long. It does have to clear customs. It's usually closer to a week though, so if it ships Monday you'll usually have it by that Friday or the next Monday.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Oh, if you get a refund via the import fee thing, does it go back to your card or is it held up as money on your .com account?
Either way, I guess I might just bite the bullet barring any last minute change of heart on the part of the Canadian retailers.
Re-watching through Voyager at the moment, right at the end of Season 2, I do wonder why they never really had Janeway and Chakotay get together in the end.
They kind of hint at it through the series, then there is that one that I just saw where they stick them on the planet together, just seems like a far more obvious match if there was ever going to be one with either of the characters than them trying to shove Chakotay and Seven together at the end with all that "chemistry" they had together.
They kind of hint at it through the series, then there is that one that I just saw where they stick them on the planet together, just seems like a far more obvious match if there was ever going to be one with either of the characters than them trying to shove Chakotay and Seven together at the end with all that "chemistry" they had together.
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Deleted member 102362
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eeee, getting my copy of TNG S1 Blu-ray this week. I can't wait for that Ferengi HD goodness!
Sephiroth503
Member
Same here! Got my Amazon UK email Friday so I'm guessing I'll have the set Tuesday.
Yep, can't freakin' wait!!!!
Looks like filming completed in May, so we'll probably get the teaser in a few months. Are there any big conventions later in the year besides PAX Prime that they might show it at?
That or are there any film releases that it might be attached to coming up soon.
Fox Mulder
Member
It's feels weird how Star Trek is being treated by Paramount. With how well the reboot came off, I thought there would be a quicker turnaround for the sequel that this.
Escape Goat
Member
I think they learned their lesson with the TNG films and want to avoid burn out. Aside from being shitty scripts they churned them out pretty quick.
NeOak
Member
So I went today to the 25th anniversary event and saw the two episodes and the interviews.
The atmosphere was great and my brother and I enjoyed it a lot. Best two moments were:
1. Patrick Stewart talks about how he was called "Dr. Spock from Star Wars"
2. Picard and Crusher tag team in "Datalore" saying "Shut up Wesley!" one after the other.
Picking up the first season when I get the chance.
The atmosphere was great and my brother and I enjoyed it a lot. Best two moments were:
1. Patrick Stewart talks about how he was called "Dr. Spock from Star Wars"
2. Picard and Crusher tag team in "Datalore" saying "Shut up Wesley!" one after the other.
Picking up the first season when I get the chance.
Star Trek is really easy to film, last I checked they finished the filming for the sequel pretty quickly.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
I went to the screening as well and man, I don't know if S1 holds up all that well.
A lot of it comes down to the fact that TV has evolved so much since then. Because they had 5-10 more minutes per episode, they were able to be a lot more self-indulgent with the establishing shots and the montages... that's not to mention how deliberately paced everything feels.
I still love how they look into the camera every time there's a commercial break coming. People must have thought that was a great way to end a scene back then. lol
Regardless of the quality of the content, at least the HD looks great. I'm really looking forward to when they hit Season 3.
A lot of it comes down to the fact that TV has evolved so much since then. Because they had 5-10 more minutes per episode, they were able to be a lot more self-indulgent with the establishing shots and the montages... that's not to mention how deliberately paced everything feels.
I still love how they look into the camera every time there's a commercial break coming. People must have thought that was a great way to end a scene back then. lol
Regardless of the quality of the content, at least the HD looks great. I'm really looking forward to when they hit Season 3.
They do realize the burn out timing is different now, right? Like, it's different when it's only movies compared to when it was movies and two simultaneously running series?
itwasTuesday
He wasn't alone.
Just got the HD next level sampler and damn it looks good. I forgot how timid Troi is in the pilot.
Gary Whitta
Member
Well I wasn't planning on doing it but I got $60 Amazon credit so I ordered the Season 1 TNG Blu-ray. I was going to skip it because honestly with a few exceptions Seasons 1 and 2 are pretty shitty - but in the end I'm a completist and gotta have 'em all! Excited to re-watch from the beginning when the set arrives tomorrow.
itwasTuesday
He wasn't alone.
YES!, I will do the same. All because of you. I am ordering s1 right now. It is 54 percent off on amazon anyway. Whatever magical number that means.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Sadly, that's going to be my thinking as well. Us nerds and our OCD.
Of course, the reality is that you are throwing 60 dollars (and at least another 60 for S2) down the drain, but what can ya do.
Gary Whitta
Member
Yeah I'd be up for that, someone start one this week!
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Well, on the plus side, the new documentary is nice. Even if no one is still willing to admit that S1 and S2 were shit.
I wonder if they'll talk about the writer's strike or Pulaski in the S2 features. Did the actress who played Pulaski show up to that reunion?
I wonder if they'll talk about the writer's strike or Pulaski in the S2 features. Did the actress who played Pulaski show up to that reunion?
NeOak
Member
The S2 teaser shown in the event had the cast talk about her, but no interview with her. Is she still alive? Patrick Stewart is 71 now!
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Going from the internet, she seems to be. It says she retired, so maybe she wasn't interested given how they just bumped her off the show, but I dunno.
GameplayWhore
Member
He definitely takes DS9 to task when it's bad. Same for all the shows. It's just easier to find episodes of Voyager where characters act incredibly inconsistent or the writer takes the easy way out of the story. It also helps that the latter often treated its very premise as an afterthought.
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Got S1 today...and my software refuses to play the discs. First time I can remember this happening with one of my Blu-rays.
whatevermort
Member
If anybody with the S1 US set can test it on a UK Player and work out if it's region free I would be eternally grateful. The American discs are half the price of the UK ones, and I would love to buy this.
I'm pretty certain she knew she was possibly a very short term replacement. If i remember correctly it was even at her request that she wasn't in the actual opening credits as a cast member and was listed as a guest star through the whole season.
Henchmen21
Banned
Actually, she didn't want to be a full cast member that's why she only signed on for that year. You got to remember she was doing L.A. Law around that time too.
The Real Abed
Perma-Junior
Are the Blu-Ray's still in 4:3 like the show? Or did they give them the Seinfeld on TBS/X-Files DVD treatement and do some creative cropping to make them widescreen?
whatevermort
Member
Still 4:3. Some people are annoyed, but they couldnt change without compromising them/ having to redo some CGshots. So.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Actually the first few seasons of X Files are 4:3. It is only when they started filming for hd that it went 16:9 on the DVDs.
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That, and the original show was 4:3.
CarbonatedFalcon
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So since this thread popped up again...
Still watching DS9. Midway through Season 3 now.
Jadzia Dax is still great (and attractive). Odo is a badass. Garak episodes are always entertaining. Gul Dukat makes things fun as well. Other characters are good too. Except for the Jake/Nog stories. Those kind of suck.
And is there a timeframe for when Voyager starts compared to DS9? The Maquis are assumed to be a thing already in Voyager, but since I started that first, they were new to me. However it seems they were first introduced in DS9.
Still watching DS9. Midway through Season 3 now.
Jadzia Dax is still great (and attractive). Odo is a badass. Garak episodes are always entertaining. Gul Dukat makes things fun as well. Other characters are good too. Except for the Jake/Nog stories. Those kind of suck.
And is there a timeframe for when Voyager starts compared to DS9? The Maquis are assumed to be a thing already in Voyager, but since I started that first, they were new to me. However it seems they were first introduced in DS9.
Phanatic8390
Member
What's the frequency of releases supposed to be? Can't decide if I want to buy them as they come out or wait for the inevitable box set
Last I heard, they were planning to release two sets per year.
Seasn 2 is currently slated for the holiday season
DS9 introduced the Maquis to the Star Trek universe preparation for Voyager, as sort of a common plot device where Voyager could launch from. Similarly, TNG introduced the Cardassians for the up and coming DS9.
I think roughly:
TNG s6 = DS9 s1
DS9 s3 = VOY s1
That said, DS9 had better Maquis episodes than Voyager.
Gary Whitta
Member
Tonight's entertainment - SORTED!
Escape Goat
Member
Gary Whitta, you need to eat a cheeseburger.
Only kidding. Looks like you've lost a lot of weight (unless I'm confusing you with another GAFer).
Only kidding. Looks like you've lost a lot of weight (unless I'm confusing you with another GAFer).