Customer Reviews
Rent, Don't Buy 
2008-08-23
Much as I have enjoyed viewing the Season 1 episodes, I would enjoy them more if they looked better. On DVD, many episodes or scenes within episodes suffer from one or more ills: washed out colors, erratic brightness and contrast, distracting digital artifacts. I recommend renting Season 1 (or checking it out at the public library) instead of buying it. Maybe Paramount will remaster Season 1 when the studio prepares it for distrubtion on Blu-Ray. I hope so because at higher resolution, these episodes will look even rougher.
Old Friendships Renewed: STTNG 
2008-08-19
I had Seasons 4-7 for a couple of years and I finally broke down and bought season 1. It was really great to see how "green" the crew was and the opening with Picard's dialog. A lot of people, like myself, have overlooked the first three seasons as a settling in period for the characters. But when I looked at season one I was glad I had purchased it. What thrilling time to see this crew pull together. It was like seeing old friends for the first time in years. The newness and freshness of the characters survives the years in this first season DVD.
I plan on getting seasons 2 & 3.
What is Inside the Box? 2008-07-29
On July 29, 2008, I discover that the illustration on the ads for STTNG Season 1, 2, and 3 has a close box yet you can still get these sets in one day. On May of 2008, I order Season One and the picture show the open box with all seven DVD's.
This may sound silly but I also purchase "Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country" a few months ago and what I got was two disc with no display on either one of the disc and no extra material that I have with my other Star Trek Movie Collection. It is also stamp on the back Made in Mexico.
I am only concern that when I get the 2nd and 3rd seasons of STTNG that it will be like the movie. This could be the reason why they show a close box. If anyone can check this out please let us all know.
Great Set, But Doesn't The Price Keeps Changing (Up)? 
2008-07-17
Enough has been written about the series and the set, so I'm not going to add any more. But am I crazy, or has the price of these sets gone up quite a bit in the last month or two? I bought all seven episodes at Sam's for $47 each about two months ago, but was going to return them after I saw them here (I thought) for about $36 each. I didn't get around to looking again and ordering until a week or so ago, and then they were (here on Amazon) either $45 or $52 depending on the episode. Now they're ALL higher. Just seems odd to me. But a great series (even with some of the campy first series episodes). Leadership doesn't have a much better example than Jean-Luc Picard.
Owesome 2008-07-14
It is very inspiring adventure exploration for any age. Very educational and imaginative. Wonderful entertatinment feature. You won't get tired to enjoy the story over and over again.
Most Excellent 2008-07-09
25 episodes on 7 discs: Encounter at Farpoint, The Naked Now, Code of Honor, The Last Outpost, Where No One Has Gone Before, Lonely Among Us, Justice, The Battle, Hide and Q, Haven, The Big Goodbye, Datalore, Angel One, 11001001, Too Short a Season, When the Bough Breaks, Home Soil, Coming of Age, Heart of Glory, The Arsenal of Freedom, Symbiosis, Skin of Evil, We'll Always Have Paris, Conspiracy, The Neutral Zone. Four new exclusive featurettes: "The Beginning" (the genesis of
Star Trek: The Next Generation and Gene Roddenberry's vision), "Selected Crew Analysis" (first-season cast members discuss their roles), "Making of a Legend" (first-season production staff reminisce about their favorite episodes), "Memorable Missions" (cast and crew discuss key episodes and events of the first season).
Star Tek The Next Generation - AWESOME!!!! 2008-07-09
My husband wanted this for his birthday, but I couldn't find it anywhere. I found it on Amazon & bought it for him for Father's day. He LOVES it!!!
Star Trek The Next Generation Season One 2008-06-09
I Am Very Happy With All The TNG Tv Series I Have From Season One To Season Five Thanks Bill
great fun for long time trekkies 2008-05-31
We ordered the 1st and 2nd seasons and are just working on the 1st. It has been lots of fun to be reminded how our favorite characters looked early in their time on the series--with Picard being the only one who changed very little over time. When we originally watched it, of course, we were stuck with commercials--much better without!
An inauspicious start 2008-05-18
Watching many of these episodes, it is amazing (and fortunate) that the show lasted beyond one season. While only a few of the episodes fall into the flat-out terrible category, most of them are extremely ho-hum and only a minority would rank as even average in comparison to the standard set in later seasons. The show comes up short in nearly every category - bad acting, lame stories, one-dimensional characters, awful writing, corny music, excessive preachiness and comically bad special effects. In many of the episodes, any actual appeal comes simply from laughing at the hilarious B-movie (or C-movie!) cheesiness of it all.
TNG was not an arc-based show at this point, and most viewers not obsessed with completeness can safely skip ahead to later seasons. There are several episodes that I would characterize as worth watching - "Justice" (because it is so hilariously awful), "Conspiracy" (the best of the season), "Datalore", "Heart of Glory", "The Arsenal of Freedom", "Encounter at Farpoint" (primarily for the second half, though the first 45 minutes provide plenty of unintentional laughs) - and a handful of others that are decent.
The show would improve quite a bit in the (much-maligned) second season and really hit its stride in season 3. Unless you are a completist or really big on nostalgia, the premiere season can be skipped.
