# The Original Star Trek Finally Approved for Season DVD Sets **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 17, 2003, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-original-star-trek-finally-approved-for-season-dvd-sets/208091 "2003-10-17T20:27:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-original-star-trek-finally-approved-for-season-dvd-sets/208091/21 "2003-10-18T02:50:26Z")
The Canadian version was the only one with the reference to phaser cutting phasers, but they destroyed it. I may very well have the only video tape. Since my Mother needs a new iron lung, I might be willing to part with it for suitable compensation. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-original-star-trek-finally-approved-for-season-dvd-sets/208091/22 "2003-10-18T02:50:56Z")
We are playing nice. Haven’t you ever noticed the asexual tension between us? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-original-star-trek-finally-approved-for-season-dvd-sets/208091/23 "2003-10-18T02:54:50Z")
Any see where **Mr. Blue Sky** ran off to? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-original-star-trek-finally-approved-for-season-dvd-sets/208091/24 "2003-10-18T02:55:21Z")
Oh. Never mind. Carry on. Are orchids asexual? Because the sexual parts of the flower are fused into a single organ. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-original-star-trek-finally-approved-for-season-dvd-sets/208091/25 "2003-10-18T02:57:58Z")
You’ll all excuse me while I approach warp speed while flying towards the sun in order to travel back in time and NOT post what I posted. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-original-star-trek-finally-approved-for-season-dvd-sets/208091/26 "2003-10-18T03:05:18Z")
“You’re not exactly catching us at our best” ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-original-star-trek-finally-approved-for-season-dvd-sets/208091/27 "2003-10-18T03:16:59Z")
Someone needs to do a **Best Trek or Trek Thread Line** thread. That was priceless, **Aes**! ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-original-star-trek-finally-approved-for-season-dvd-sets/208091/28 "2003-10-18T04:48:33Z")
Ditto… you get first prize, **Aesiron** , for, “_best use of a Star Trek quote in everyday geek conversation_.” Can I also get back on topic and say I will be dreaming of owning this DVD set every night until it comes out. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-original-star-trek-finally-approved-for-season-dvd-sets/208091/29 "2003-10-21T01:16:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mr. Blue Sky \* > \*\*You’ll all excuse me while I approach warp speed while flying towards the sun in order to travel back in time and NOT post what I posted. \*\* Tsk tsk tsk. A true _Trek_ fan would know that merely **approaching** warp speed isn’t enough to achieve time travel. You have to fly toward the sun **at** warp speed – the higher the warp speed, the better – and then pull away right at the point of closest approach. And, for some reason, you have to engage ordinary braking thrusters to stop the time travel process. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-original-star-trek-finally-approved-for-season-dvd-sets/208091/30 "2003-10-21T01:42:19Z")
Can I have his CDs? ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-original-star-trek-finally-approved-for-season-dvd-sets/208091/31 "2003-10-21T03:03:56Z")
I already went back in time and took them. Then someone from the future stole them from me, shot me up with a phaser-cutting phaser. Luckily i have a phaser-cutting-phaser-dephaser-er and all is better. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-original-star-trek-finally-approved-for-season-dvd-sets/208091/32 "2003-10-21T11:29:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by carnivorousplant \* > \*\*Can I have his CDs? \*\* Yeah, but it won’t do you any good. I’ve reversed their polarity. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-original-star-trek-finally-approved-for-season-dvd-sets/208091/33 "2003-10-21T12:15:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mr. Blue Sky \* > \*\* I’ve reversed their polarity. \*\* Dammit. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-original-star-trek-finally-approved-for-season-dvd-sets/208091/34 "2003-10-21T12:49:15Z")
Move to the Equater! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-original-star-trek-finally-approved-for-season-dvd-sets/208091/35 "2003-10-21T12:51:40Z")
Outstanding, NoClue! ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-original-star-trek-finally-approved-for-season-dvd-sets/208091/36 "2003-10-21T13:02:30Z")
I’m here all week. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-original-star-trek-finally-approved-for-season-dvd-sets/208091/37 "2003-10-21T18:44:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tracer \* > \*\*Tsk tsk tsk. A true _Trek_ fan would know that merely **approaching** warp speed isn’t enough to achieve time travel. You have to fly toward the sun **at** warp speed – the higher the warp speed, the better – and then pull away right at the point of closest approach. > > And, for some reason, you have to engage ordinary braking thrusters to stop the time travel process. :dubious: \*\* :dubious: You try to claim true Trekkiness while getting a fundamental law of Trek physics wrong? It’s not called the _ **slingshot** _ manuever for nothin’, y’know. Gi’me your phaser and communicator, cadet. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-original-star-trek-finally-approved-for-season-dvd-sets/208091/38 "2003-10-21T22:36:59Z")
Just one damn minute…! ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-original-star-trek-finally-approved-for-season-dvd-sets/208091/39 "2003-10-22T00:03:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Aesiron \* > You try to claim true Trekkiness while getting a fundamental law of Trek physics wrong? It’s not called the _ **slingshot** _ manuever for nothin’, y’know. Why, sir! Are you implying that the star must be approached at **below** warp – i.e. at sublight speed? Then why did Kirk & company approach the sun at Warp 7.5+ in _Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home_, hmmm? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-original-star-trek-finally-approved-for-season-dvd-sets/208091/40 "2003-10-22T00:04:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tars Tarkas \* > \*\*shot me up with a phaser-cutting phaser. Luckily i have a phaser-cutting-phaser-dephaser-er and all is better. \*\* Let that be a lesson to you. Always wear your phaser-cutting-phaser-proof vest! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-original-star-trek-finally-approved-for-season-dvd-sets/208091.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-original-star-trek-finally-approved-for-season-dvd-sets/208091.md?page=3)