Tell me what to buy, please.

[thefourthvine]

Thus far, we've been watching TOS mostly off of a Best of Star Trek DVD that appears to be marketed solely to me. ("You met Kirk and Spock as young men on the big screen, now join them on their later journeys." Yes, I know. The comma problem bothers me, too.)

So, now Best Beloved and I are arguing over whether or not to buy Star Trek: TOS. (BB: You like them. You never like TV. We should get them! Me: Have you seen what they cost? That's ridiculous! For that price, Leonard Nimoy should deliver them to me in person!)

Help us out, please. The three-season set works out to be cheaper per season, though it's still nothing like a bargain, but I've heard the third seasons sucks. Also, FYI, I can't obtain these through less legal means if I want to watch very many of them; I need subtitles.

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Comments

[liddle-oldman.livejournal.com]

All three seasons. No more than two or three eps suck -- though several will cause any sensitive person to pee themselves. (See: Yangs and Kooms).

I have long found that every time I say "Oh, I'll never need *that* functionality", I need it within months. It's the same here!

[thefourthvine.livejournal.com]

I'm always the person going, "IPod? Why in god's name would I want one of those?" And then three years later I buy one, and within a week I love it so much I am making elaborate plans to be buried with a scale model so I will have it in the afterlife.

(Except cell phones. I have had one for a decade - not the same one all that time, of course - and I still hate it.)

[liddle-oldman.livejournal.com]

I did the same thing with my 'pod -- made fun of them until someone gave me one, and then discovered how great they are.

As for the phone, though -- most modern conveniences are for your convenience. Phones are for other people's convenience, and you get to dance at the end of their string. All right-thinking persons hate 'em. (I have one, and no one but my wife has the number.)