I’ve been delighted with both season sets in BD so far. The HD remastering is terrific, and still looks excellent when zoomed to full frame for a cinematic effect. I love anytime I can pick up on the glitter in the uniform pants, ribbing of the shirt collar, or nap of the velour!

This is a great season, the DS9 episode looks much better then the video tape version. Looking forward to season three and the release of the directors editions of the original series movies.

Actually, this did happen to me as well…got charged $69 even though the price had dropped to $60 at that point (about 4 days prior to release). I even checked my order about 2 days prior to the release date and before I got the shipping notice and the $60 price was listed on my pre-order.

But I emailed them about it and they agreed to credit me the difference.

Amazon customer service does continue to be top notch, IMHO…when they make a mistake, they are more than willing to correct it.

Jon

So, watch out for that and be sure to call them if they pull that stunt on you.

As for the rest of you, NEM would have been dogsh*t no matter who directed it because it was a poorly written mess and the actors apparently just stopped caring about their parts (yes, Patrick Stewart, I’m looking at you!). But, yes, Baird does suck as a director. He needs to stick to editing.

@ 33.) I don’t understand where the Singer hate is coming from, though. Even if you don’t particularly like his films, he directs them fine. It goes back to what I just said about NEM. “Superman Returns” sucked, but that was because it was poorly written and yes, I know he wrote it, but if you want to criticize his writing, that’s one thing, but bad writing doesn’t necessarily translate to bad directing. And, “Valkyrie” was pretty good. It wasn’t the best film but it was a solid 7.5/10 even if it wasn’t completely historically accurate. Also, did you not see “The Usual Suspects?”

I can say with almost 100% certainty that the $90 price tag for Season 3 will drop as the release date gets closer. This is the almost exact pattern that the previous releases followed…initially, the price was high and by release date it was lowered significantly.

I pre-ordered at the $90 price already, but fully expect Amazon to drop the price as other outlets also do so and Amazon matches them…Amazon will automatically adjust the price to the lower amount even after you have “locked in” your pre-order.

Can’t wait to get this last set!

Jon