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Post by scorcher27 on May 15, 2018 14:40:40 GMT -5
I signed up for CBS All Access primarily to watch Star Trek: Discovery. A secondary reason was to watch Let's Make a Deal and The Price is Right on days I work.
However, my biggest complaint is the service's treatment of the older Star Trek series. They claimed they have every episode ever, but that is a lie. Out of all the episodes available, seven of them are the wrong versions.
The episodes in question;
2 from The Next Generation: "Encounter at Farpoint" and "All Good Things..." 2 from Deep Space Nine: "The Way of the Warrior" and "What You Leave Behind" 2 from Voyager: "Dark Frontier" and "Flesh and Blood" 1 from Enterprise: "Broken Bow"
In addition, the first pilot for The Original Series, "The Cage" is not on the service at all.
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Post by Mr. Blue on May 17, 2018 4:35:26 GMT -5
How were they the wrong versions?
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Post by scorcher27 on May 17, 2018 6:46:50 GMT -5
These episodes were 2 hours long on their original TV broadcasts, then cut into 2 parts for reruns. CBS All Access has the rerun versions of these episodes.
Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Hulu all have the correct versions.
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Post by Kendra Navarro on May 17, 2018 7:24:53 GMT -5
"The Cage" is very rare so I can't say I am surprised it isn't up on cbs.com. True both TNG's pilot is a two parter. So was the finale. I have no idea as far as the others.
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Post by scorcher27 on May 18, 2018 17:36:05 GMT -5
I mean, they did get these 3 feature-length episodes right:
DS9: "Emissary" VOY: "Caretaker" VOY: "Endgame"
So why not the others?
Some would argue that "The Cage" doesn't really count as an episode of TOS, but I say it does.
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Post by Kendra Navarro on May 18, 2018 17:39:16 GMT -5
It is actually the original Pilot episode before it was re-tooled by Roddenberry with the cast we know.
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Post by scorcher27 on May 18, 2018 18:15:17 GMT -5
At least both prints of "The Cage" are available on DVD and/or Blu-ray, as are the original broadcasts of the episodes I mentioned at the beginning.
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Post by Kendra Navarro on May 18, 2018 18:58:29 GMT -5
I know all about them. I grew up watching Star Trek. I am a second generation Trekkie.
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Post by AlwaysARanger85 on May 18, 2018 21:10:56 GMT -5
You do also have to remember even though CBS owns trek the service is like any other streaming thing. And have to get licenses for things. Maybe for what ever reason they didn't have the cage.
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