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• Star Trek The Next Generation - Borg (4 discs) on DVD
  Starring: Michael Dorn,  Marina Sirtis,  Will Wheaton
  Director: Robert Lederman,  Cliff Bole,  Rob Bowman
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  I really wish I could give this boxset 5 stars!
  Growing up I was fascinated by the Borg in The Next Generation; they are without doubt one of the coolest, most unstoppable alien races ever made, and they gave ST:NG a darker edge that likely made the series as popular as it is now.
  The Next Generation episodes in this boxset are gold dust in science fiction history, especially 'Best of Both Worlds', which is the story that the Trek film 'First Contact' derives from. I recommend this just for that two parter. 'Q Who' is vital to the history, while 'I Borg' and 'Descent' are both very good.
  Unfortunately, the later Trek shows didn't use the Borg at all well. They were badly overused, probably for the sake of ratings. The Star Trek Voyager episodes in this boxset are mercilessly shallow compared to ST:NG and it shows. 'Scorpion' is awesome however, with the arrival of Seven of Nine, and fleets of Borg Cubes, the terror they invoke is still there. But get into 'Dark Frontier', 'Unimatrix Zero' and 'Endgame', the quality just nose-dives into complete nonsense and drivel.
  Don't even get me started on the Enterprise episode, which shamelessly sits at the forefront of this box set like a dead horse. I strongly advice you ignore this episode! It makes no attempt to stick to the timelines which Star Trek used to be famous for, and completely unhinges the rest of the episodes in the box set. Not to mention it was a lame episode anyway... if they wanted Borg to save Enterprise's deflating popularity, they could have done much better than this!
  So, I thoroughly recommend this box set (I bought it immediately and do not regret it) to sci-fi lovers, even non-Trek fans; Next Generation episodes and Scorpion are dark and inspired.
  Unfortunately, ignore the rest.
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