Star Trek On iTunes

January 4th, 2007

KirkThe incomparable Tunequest tipped me off to downloads of Original Star Trek, now available from the iTunes music store, for around two bucks per episode.

So why would anyone want to buy individual episodes of Star Trek online? Well, at work, casual discussion over this development led to someone mentioning one particular Star Trek Voyager episode where Tuvok remembers events that occured on the starship Excelsior around the period of Star Trek VI. I haven’t seen this episode, so I’d definitely consider it an “impulse buy” via iTunes… when it shows up. Right now, only the original sixties series (my favorite) is available, but hopefully the rest of the canon will follow.

Another reason for this pick-and-choose episode strategy is that there’s several thousand dollars worth of Star Trek DVDs out there - three seasons of the Original Series, seven seasons of Voyager, seven seasons of The Next Generation, four seasons of Enterprise, and seven seasons of Deep Space Nine - oh, and let’s not forget the ten Star Trek films… (Tunequest, maybe this is an idea for another blog). It’s highly unlikely that even a casual Trekkie as myself would ever pony up for all that merchandise, so a “pick and choose” strategy of the best episodes from some of the later series might be more appealing.

Anyhow, eventually we went on the tangent of the old suggestion that Sulu should get his own Trek series. Trek can always inspire an amusing - if highly illogical - conversation.

[tags]Star Trek, Television, iTunes, Voyager, Sulu, George Takei, Apple[/tags]

Disclosure: I own a tiny amount of Apple stock.

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2 comments!

  1. comment Gravatar tunequest - January 5th, 2007

    Speaking of spin-offs, a friend and I have long maintained that Data and Geordi should have gotten their own buddy comedy sitcom. Geordi as a hep cat, Data as his square friend, and loads of uncomfortable situations.

    As for dropping dough on Trek, a while back Amazon had a package where you could buy all the films plus all the seasons of every show (except the newly-released animated series) with 1-click, for about $2500, which was a better deal than buying each release individually, but still…

    And if you’re interested in a very good Star Trek blog, check out http://soulofstartrek.blogspot.com/. Insightful, in-depth articles with a focus on the franchise’s cultural influence and significance.

  2. comment Gravatar Webomatica - January 5th, 2007

    Heh, interesting idea. In that vein, a former co-worker suggested a series where each episode took place on a different starship, with different crews.

    It seems more people I talk to would be interested in a series “reset”, set in the future, along the lines of the new Battlestar Galactica or Batman Returns, James Bond style.

    Anyhow, I’ll definitely check out that Trek blog. Sounds “fascinating”.

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