And yet in 1975 when Paramount thought they might do a Trek movie he came in and gave them a pitch when asked.

I think you will find that while Ellison loves colorful metaphors and believes in being frank about what popular phenomena produces, that he’s a pragmatic businessman too. That doesn’t mean he’ll compromise his craft but he’s been in the business of being published long enough to know that corporate winds can change.

@11: I wouldn’t mention Harlan Ellison and Star Trek in the same sentence if I were you-he hates the franchise, and only cares about getting paid his share of the profits from it (re: the lawsuit against Paramount and CBS Studios). He has called it and Gene so many names in the past it is phenomenal.

DVD players can be had for $15 if you shop around.

But if you need VHS compatibility in upgrading,

http://www2.panasonic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/prModelDetail?storeId=11301&itemId=322744

The last major Hollywood release on VHS was A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE,

http://citypaper.com/film/story.asp?id=13351

So the only legal way I can divine to get this year’s ST on VHS at this time is if you timeshift a pay per view. But even then the MPAA will insist that you erase it after viewing and probably still insist you don’t have a timeshift right either. Regradless, as time marches on, the opportunities to timeshift via VHS tape recording will become more ubiquitous.

http://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?threadid=1666019

What’s really weird about the synchronicity thing I mentioned in 6 was that while composing the message I had no knowledge that ” gobsmacked” was Scottish in origin, nor had I listened to the second clip, which used “Enterprising Young Men” as background.

All of which goes to prove, once again, that Star Trek is truly mystical, magical, and all manner of marvelous.

Yea was thinking the same thing, I have a PS3 slim and hdtv, was just curious if companies released VHS anymore.