Product Description Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 02/05/2008
Amazon.com After proving its long-term potential in season 2, Star Trek: Voyager served up some of the best episodes in its entire seven-year history. The second-season cliffhanger was intelligently resolved in "Basics, Pt. II," and the fan-favorite "Flashback" placed Tuvok (Tim Russ) aboard the U.S.S. Excelsior from Star Trek VI, under the command of Capt. Sulu (Star Trek alumnus George Takei). It was a brilliant example of interseries plotting, just as "False Profits" was a Ferengi-based sequel to the NextGen episode "The Price." The two-part time-travel scenario of "Future's End" is a Voyager highlight, with clear echoes (including dialogue lifted verbatim!) of Star Trek's classic "The City on the Edge of Forever," featuring delightful guest performances by actress-comedienne Sarah Silverman and Ed Begley Jr. Character-wise, the season belonged to Kes (Jennifer Lien, whose tenure on the series was now near its end), Neelix (Ethan Phillips), and the Doctor (Robert Picardo), who shined (respectively) in "Warlord," "Fair Trade," and the surprisingly touching "Real Life" (the latter directed by "Potsie" himself, Happy Days veteran Anson Williams). By infecting B'Elanna (Roxanne Dawson) with a fellow officer's "Blood Fever," Voyager delved into the turbulent Vulcan ritual of Pon Farr, while the cliffhanger "Scorpion" introduced the relentless, Borg-destroying villains of Species 8472, which would pose a continuing threat in subsequent episodes.
Season 3 had a few clunkers (the guilty pleasure "Macrocosm" puts Janeway in stripped-down "Ripley" mode against invading macro-viruses, and Ensign Kim is an awkward "Favorite Son" to a bevy of babes), but for every misstep there's a strong science-fiction concept, like the highly-evolved Hadrosaurs in "Distant Origin," which doubles as a compelling indictment of institutionalized repression. Overall, this is rock-solid Trek, and the DVD features are equally engaging, albeit growing more perfunctory (especially the season 3 summary) with each full-season release. Don't forget the Easter eggs hidden on the special-features menus, however; they contain some of the set's happiest surprises. --Jeff Shannon
Star Trek Voyager Rocks!July 12, 2010 Daniel Walimaa(Detroit Rock City, Michigan) I ordered Star Trek Voyager Season 3 from Amazon for only $35.49 and I couldn't be happier. I bought Season 2 at Wal Mart for $40.00 so this Season was actually cheaper to buy, which is a really good deal for 26 episodes, and it is not the cheap asian knock-off version. It's the real deal. I even received free shipping on my order and it also arrived quickly and in excellent shape. Thank you, Amazon.
I have only watched the first episode so far titled Basics part 2, which is the excellent conclusion to the last episode cliffhanger from Season 2. It's the episode where the Kazon along with Seska's help, succeed in stealing Voyager and dumping the crew on a hostile planet with nothing but the clothes on their backs and their wits to survive on. I won't ruin anything else about the episode except to say that it was a great conclusion to an excellent cliffhanger.
Anyway, I plan to buy the rest of the season's from Amazon if they continue to sell them at this great price. I may even pick up the Deep Space Nine Seasons over time at this price. Either way, if you are a Star Trek fan who is considering buying this Season 3 of Voyager, or any other Star Trek series, now's the time to do it.
CHEAP KNOCK OFFJune 17, 2010 M. Kohr(USA) 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
We are collecting all the Star Trek movies and TV episodes. So I was not happy to find CHINESE subtitles on the screen.We have not watched the rest of the discs as the subtitles are very annoying. I have sent 2 messages to the seller Alektorophobia Games and have yet to receive a reply.
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Better stories this timeJanuary 10, 2010 M. O'HARA(New Zealand) Despite being a confirmed Star trek fan (yes I AM almost old enough to have seen them first time'round) I was never really a huge fan of the Voyager show. It seemed to lack substance and the characters seemed quite two dimensional. with the third series, that has started to change.
The characters are starting to show some subtleties and we are starting to see a little more use of this in the scripts. An of course, the Borg put in an appearance as well ...
In all, much better than Seasons 1 & 2, but without the real punch of Deep Space Nine or Next Generation.
Start Trek Voyager Season 3September 29, 2009 Saikat Datta(Delhi, India) Start Trek Voyager. Great series, almost matches the original in terms of creativity, ingenuity and vision of the makers. But the packaging is terrible. I have ordered Seasons 1, 3, 5, 6 and 7 and I am yet to get a single package in one piece. While the discs were fine, the chape, plastic holding material breaks easily and leads to major storgae issues. I hope someone couldlook into them.
Excellent seriesJune 28, 2009 Honored Reader(Florida) 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Excellent series quit being cheap, get them all you know you want them, This is Star Trek get off your wallet.
For those of you who just don't get it I say get it and you will, if you don't then you have no soul or imagination how sad for you.
