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Director Robert Wise’s definitive vision—eagerly anticipated by STAR TREK fans for over two decades—is now meticulously restored and remastered in 4K Ultra HD with HDR-10 and Dolby Vision for optimal picture and Dolby Atmos for immersive sound. This must-have release features a Blu-ray disc with hours of new and legacy special features, including extensive behind the scenes footage, deleted scenes, and more. The adventure begins when an unidentified alien intruder destroys three powerful Klingon cruisers. Captain James T. Kirk boldly returns to the helm of a newly transformed U.S.S. Enterprise to take command. This bold adventure launched one of the longest running movie franchises of all time and features the cast of the original STAR TREK series, including William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, George Takei, Nichelle Nichols, Walter Koenig, and James Doohan.

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Director Robert Wise’s definitive vision, eagerly anticipated by STAR TREK fans for over two decades, has been meticulously restored and remastered for optimal picture and sound. This must-have release features a bonus disc with hours of new and legacy special features, including extensive behind the scenes footage, deleted scenes, and more. The adventure begins when an unidentified alien intruder destroys three powerful Klingon cruisers. Captain James T. Kirk boldly returns to the helm of a newly transformed U.S.S. Enterprise to take command. This bold adventure launched one of the longest running movie franchises of all time and features the cast of the original STAR TREK series, including William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, George Takei, Nichelle Nichols, Walter Koenig, and James Doohan.

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• MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.85 x 5.47 x 0.51 inches; 3.49 ounces
• Media Format ‏ : ‎ 4K
• Release date ‏ : ‎ September 6, 2022
• Actors ‏ : ‎ William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Majel Barrett, George Takei
• Dubbed: ‏ : ‎ French
• Studio ‏ : ‎ PARAMOUNT
• ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0B45SYKRJ
• Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
• Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 2
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‘Star Trek: The Motion Picture’ Gets 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Release With New Bonus Content

Get ready to boldly go in 4K with The Complete Adventure and Star Trek: The Original Motion Picture Collection.

After premiering on Paramount+ earlier this year, the 4K Ultra HD remaster of the director’s cut of Star Trek: The Motion Picture is finally coming to disc. Besides featuring a Blu-Ray disc with tons of extras, the 4K Ultra HD remaster of the first Star Trek movie will also be distributed as part of three packages, one containing all six films featuring the original crew.

Directed by Robert Wise from a screenplay by Harold Livingston , Star Trek: The Motion Picture was initially released in theaters in 1979. The film’s raving success allowed Star Trek to jump from TV to theaters, ensuring the crew of the USS Enterprise would keep going where no man had ever gone for many years. In 2001, Wise oversaw a Director’s Cut version of the film, released on DVD with remastered sound and image. The restoration was handled by David C. Fein , Mike Matessino , and Daren R. Dochterman , all of whom had previously worked with director Robert Wise.

Besides the new restoration of the beloved movie, the latest release also comes with a Blu-ray disc filled with new and legacy special features from Paramount Home Entertainment. The package has already all a Trekkie could hope for, but the 4K Ultra HD of Star Trek: The Motion Picture will also be part of two new bundle deals. First, the limited-edition collector’s set The Complete Adventure , comes not only with the new director’s cut, but also the theatrical cut and a special longer cut, all on 4K Ultra HD. In addition, the Star Trek: The Original Motion Picture Collection brings all six films from the original crew in 4K Ultra HD. Both Star Trek V: The Final Frontier and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country are making their 4K Ultra HD debut for this collection.

RELATED: How 'Star Trek: The Motion Picture’s Cerebral Take on the Franchise Remains Fascinating Over 40 Years On

Commenting on the disc releases for the 4K Ultra HD of Star Trek: The Motion Picture , Fein said:

“The Director’s Edition on 4k Ultra HD delivers an experience that is far more intimate, engaging, and powerful thanks to the hard work of everyone involved. In building The Complete Adventure, we appreciated that many people who were first introduced to the film through the full-frame release of the ‘Special Longer Version’ have missed it. I’m excited that it will now be available for the first time in widescreen 4k Ultra HD. After so many years, it’s deeply rewarding to finally deliver Robert Wise’s definitive Director’s Edition for fans to enjoy at home.”

All editions of the 4K Ultra HD of Star Trek: The Motion Picture will be released on September 6. Check all the details of the special edition extras below.

Star Trek: The Motion Picture—The Director’s Edition 4K Ultra HD

Ultra HD Disc bonus features

• Audio Commentary with David C. Fein, Mike Matessino, and Daren R. Dochterman— NEW!
• Audio Commentary by Robert Wise, Douglas Trumbull, John Dykstra, Jerry Goldsmith, and Stephen Collins
• Text Commentary by Michael and Denise Okuda

Blu-ray Disc™ bonus features

• Preparing the Future – How the remastering began
• A Wise Choice – The storied history of Robert Wise
• Refitting the Enterprise – How the Enterprise design shaped future federation starships
• Sounding Off – Exploring new dimensions of sound in Dolby Atmos
• V’ger - The conception and restoration of an iconic alien antagonist
• Return to Tomorrow – Reaching an already high bar with new CGI effects
• A Grand Theme – Behind the iconic, influential music score that shaped the franchise’s future
• The Grand Vision – The legacy and evolving reputation of this classic movie
• Deleted Scenes— NEW!
• Effects Tests— NEW!
• Costume Tests— NEW!
• Computer Display Graphics— NEW!
• Additional legacy bonus content

Star Trek: The Motion Picture — The Director’s Edition — The Complete Adventure 4K Ultra HD

This Limited-Edition Collector’s Set includes all of the above, plus an additional 4K Ultra HD disc containing:

• The Theatrical Cut
• The first-ever widescreen presentation of the Special Longer Version of Star Trek: The Motion Picture , originally created for broadcast television in 1983

The set is presented in deluxe packaging along with exclusive collectibles, including reproductions of original promotional material, a booklet with behind-the-scenes images, stickers, and more.

Star Trek: The Original Motion Picture Collection

• Additional Blu-ray with bonus content
• Star Trek: The Motion Picture (Theatrical Cut) – Ultra HD & Blu-ray
• Includes Director’s Cut
• Star Trek III: The Search for Spock – Ultra HD & Blu-ray
• Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home – Ultra HD & Blu-ray
• Star Trek V: The Final Frontier – Ultra HD & Blu-ray

You can watch the trailer for the 4K restoration of Star Trek: The Motion Picture down below and you can bring home the physical edition on September 6. You can also celebrate the "Summer of Sweet Revenge" with the 40th Anniversary of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan .

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[4K Ultra HD Review] ‘Star Trek: The Motion Picture – The Director’s Edition’; Now Available From Paramount

Director: Robert Wise

Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley

Release Date: September 6, 2022

A Review By: Kevin Lovell

Disc Rating: 9.5/10

The U.S.S. Enterprise boldly debuted on the big screen with the cast of the original Star Trek series, including William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, George Takei, Nichelle Nichols, Walter Koenig, and James Doohan.  Meticulously restored and remastered, with enhanced visual effects and state-of-the-art sound, this definitive vision of director Robert Wise has been optimized for a new generation of fans. When an unidentified alien intruder destroys three powerful Klingon cruisers, Admiral James T. Kirk (Shatner) returns to the helm of a newly transformed U.S.S. Enterprise to take command and confront an alien spacecraft of enormous power heading toward Earth.

Please Note: Paramount Home Entertainment provided me with a free copy of the 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray I reviewed in this Post. The opinions I share are my own.

The big-screen debut ‘Star Trek: The Motion Picture’ reunited fans with the cast of the original series for their first theatrical adventure which sees Admiral James T. Kirk return to the helm of the U.S.S. Enterprise along with his original crew following an attack by an unknown species that destroys three powerful Klingon vessels. As Kirk, Spock and the rest of the crew set out in the newly revamped Enterprise with some additional assistance, they quickly realize that they’re dealing with a force that they haven’t encountered before and that behaves in an odd and dangerously calculated manner.  Now, director Robert Wise’s remastered and enhanced ‘Director’s Edition‘ of the film comes home fully restored and remastered in 4K Ultra HD like you’ve never experienced it before.

‘Star Trek: The Motion Picture’ accomplished something truly rare by not only reviving a series from a decade prior that never seemed to get the budget or care it deserved, but by doing so in the form of a big screen film that also brought back the entire key cast including William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy on top of it. It also managed to be a success and lead to numerous sequels which at the same time helped to recruit a new era of fans while also providing the older fans with some fresh and much higher budgeted adventures. Yet, even with how remarkable the film happening alone may have been, what might be even more interesting is the fact that it took numerous decades after its initial release for the director to finally arrive at the vision he had intended. It may not be the finest of the original crew’s film adventures but it’s still an enjoyable film that does a capable job of revamping and reviving the series in a whole new and much bigger style that also lead to some truly great sequels (and of course a few slightly less beloved ones).

Now, ‘Star Trek: The Motion Picture – The Director’s Edition’ arrives home once again, fully restored and remastered with a spectacular Ultra High Definition video presentation featuring Dolby Vision and HDR10 and a Dolby Atmos soundtrack to further complement it, providing what is surely the best possible home experience that’s ever been made available for the movie. Just in case the remarkable new video and audio presentations might not be enough to excite some, the release also features hours of noteworthy extras on a dedicated Bonus Blu-ray disc which includes multiple all new extras paired with a number of previously released supplements. Fans of the franchise and the original film itself should be truly amazed by this outstanding release that brings the original big screen classic home like never before.

Overall, ‘Star Trek: The Motion Picture – The Director’s Edition’ flies home on 4K Ultra HD fully restored and remastered like you’ve never experienced it before. The new 4K UHD release brings home the original big screen classic with a stellar 4K Ultra High Definition video presentation featuring Dolby Vision and HDR-10 which is only further complemented by a great new Dolby Atmos soundtrack. Add to that a bonus disc that serves up hours of enjoyable extras including a number of brand new supplements exclusive to this release and fans of the film should be quite thrilled with what this new 4K UHD release has to offer. If you’re fully 4K capable and are a fan of the film and director Robert Wise’s updated Director’s Edition, then this release is highly recommended for anyone already considering a purchase. It provides a truly impressive offering that should be thoroughly appreciated by dedicated fans.

The 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray release of ‘Star Trek: The Motion Picture – The Director’s Edition’ features a full 2160p Ultra High Definition presentation with Dolby Vision and HDR-10, presented in its original 2.39:1 Cinemascope Aspect Ratio. The video presentation looks magnificent as a whole and provides a beautifully sharp, clean and marvelously detailed presentation from start to finish that never suffers from any unexpected faults or hiccups to be uncovered along the way. It holds up effortlessly even during the darkly lit and heavily populated moments, with nearly every detail down to facial and uniform specifics looking sharper than you might expect. The Dolby Vision addition only improves upon the already solid presentation and contributes a gorgeous color palette with almost blindingly bright light colors that are complemented by deep and seemingly endless blacks. Overall, this is a wonderful Ultra High Definition video presentation that is a real treat and it should easily thrill diehard fans as well as the more casual ones.

The 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray release features a Dolby Atmos (Dolby TrueHD 7.1 channel compatible) soundtrack. Please note that this review pertains solely to the Dolby TrueHD 7.1 audio presentation. This multichannel soundtrack is quite spectacular itself and delivers a clean, crisp and surprisingly immersive audio presentation throughout. It constantly takes full advantage of all seven available channels in order to send the score, along with various ship noises, bits of crowd chatter and dialogue, along with a handful of action effects and plenty more regularly zipping throughout the various speakers, while still assuring that any dialogue or other audio elements that might occur simultaneously never become distorted or negatively affected along the way. Overall, this is a great Dolby Atmos (Dolby TrueHD 7.1 compatible) soundtrack that sounds even better than most will likely expect and it definitely shouldn’t disappoint.

SPECIAL FEATURES:

The new 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray release of ‘Star Trek: The Motion Picture – The Director’s Edition’ features a nice wealth of bonus material, all of which aside from the Commentaries can be found on the Blu-ray bonus disc included within.

The 4K UHD disc includes a few commentary options to accompany the feature. They include a new ‘Audio Commentary with David C. Fein, Mike Matessino, and Daren R. Dochterman’, along with an ‘Audio Commentary with Robert Wise, Douglas Trumbull, John Dykstra, Jerry Goldsmith, and Stephen Collins​’, as well as ‘Text Commentary by Michael and Denise Okuda’.

The Blu-ray ‘Bonus Disc’ included in the release is loaded with noteworthy extras and is separated into two sections: ‘New Features’ and ‘Legacy Features’ which I’ve broken down by section below.

The ‘New Features’ on the Bonus Disc include the 8-part Behind the Scenes Documentary ‘The Human Adventure’ (running approximately 48 minutes in length altogether) which includes Interviews/comments with individuals involved in the Director’s Edition process and others, along with behind the scenes footage and more. We are also treated to a few newly discovered ‘Deleted Scenes’ from the movie (running approximately 4 minutes combined), plus ‘Effects Tests’ (approximately 3 minutes), ‘Costume Tests’ (5 minutes) and ‘Computer Display Graphics’ (3 minutes).

The ‘Legacy Features’ on the Bonus Disc include numerous Featurettes including ‘Phase II: The Lost Enterprise’ (running approximately 12 minutes), ‘A Bold New Enterprise’ (approximately 30 minutes), ‘Re-Directing the Future: Making Star Trek The Motion Picture – The Director’s Edition ’ (14 minutes), ‘The Longest Trek: Writing the Motion Picture’ (11 minutes), ‘Special Star Trek Reunion’ (9 minutes), ‘Starfleet Academy Scisec Brief 001: Mystery Behind V’Ger’ (4 minutes), ‘The New Frontier: Resurrecting Star Trek’ (30 minutes) and ‘Maiden Voyage: Making Star Trek The Motion Picture ’(29 minutes). Also included are ‘Additional Scenes: 1979 Version’ (roughly 30 minutes altogether), and ‘Deleted Scenes: 1983 TV Version’ (approximately 8 minutes combined). ‘Storyboards’ for ‘Vulcan’, ‘Enterprise Departure’, and ‘V’Ger Revealed’ are also included, along with the ‘Teaser Trailer’ (2 minutes), ‘Theatrical Trailer’ (2 minutes) and ‘8 TV Spots’ (4 minutes altogether) for the movie.

*Please note: The above stills were not taken by us from the actual 4K Ultra HD release. A standard Blu-ray copy of the film was not included in the release therefore the above 4K publicity stills were utilized. They are all the property of Paramount Pictures and any other respective owners.

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'Star Trek: The Motion Picture' producer reveals a secret detail in the just-released 4K director’s cut

Producer David Fein talked with SYFY WIRE about the updates to this year's new release of the film, which is now available in 4K Ultra HD. 

The first Star Trek movie, 1979’s Star Trek: The Motion Picture , already had an upgrade in 2001 with the release of a director's cut. Now, two decades later, it has gotten another overhaul — in stunning 4K Ultra HD and Dolby Atmos sound no less — with new bonus content.

Some of the features include a mini-documentary about the making new version; uncovered footage, such as Leonard Nimoy’s Spock dressed up as a long-haired caveman; and two deleted scenes — one of Decker and Ilia in Engineering and one where Kirk and McCoy talk about God. 

SYFY WIRE had the chance to talk with producer David Fein about his work on the 2022 version of the Bob Wise-directed film. During that discussion, Fein shared where those deleted scenes came from as well as a new detail about a certain scene that he has never publicly shared before and said he would never share publicly again. 

Read on for that discussion, which gets into the details of Star Trek: The Motion Picture and is thus is a spoiler-full conversation for those who have yet to see the 42-year-old movie. 

I do want to get into the updates to the film, but I want to first start with the new bonus features. I really enjoyed both the documentary as well as deleted scenes and the costume tests — was that footage something you unearthed during the process of putting this updated version together? 

Oddly, some of that had been unearthed originally and I just hadn't been able to present it before. One of the gems that we discovered originally [for the 2001 update] and I've been sitting on for 20 years was Caveman Spock. 

Yes! That was my favorite.

Yeah, I understand! It's wonderful to have it out there because I've shown that to Adam Nimoy [Leonard Nimoy’s son] and he didn't know about it. I've shown it to the costume experts who all know everything about Star Trek costumes, and they never heard of it. There were early designs for it, but no one knew that it had ever been photographed. 

And everybody was in agreement that there is no way in hell anybody would ever believe that the shot was real if they didn't take it on the Bridge of the Enterprise, so that's one of my absolute favorites. But even the costume tests of them walking around, that's actually footage we found originally in the archives back in 2000 when some of it was used for the previous special features. 

The Paramount archivists did such a wonderful job. When word came down to the archive that we were doing [the 2022 4K Ultra HD edition] they started a long process of hunting everything within the studio and had a couple of years to go look. 

The greatest discovery that really made a huge difference was those ADR tracks in the bonus features — not only was it beautiful to be able to have clean but we also had choice takes of [director Bob Wise’s], where he worked with the actors to get the exact right vocal inflections. If you know the scene where the camera goes around to each one of the characters before it stops on Spock, each one of those had specific recordings that Bob wanted for each character, and that's why it sounds much improved from before, because we had those right performances. 

It was also a blessing because for the deleted scene of Decker and Ilia in Engineering — we had the footage, we didn't have any dialogue, so we never put it out before. But when we started listening to the ADR and we started hearing the lines, we were excited we could put the scene together. 

That’s when we also discovered the other deleted scene, where Kirk’s talking to McCoy about God, and Kirk gives a shipboard announcement. We didn’t want to lose that scene so we put the subtitles right on it where we didn’t have audio. And here’s a little secret I'll give you — when we cut to Engineering where Decker and Ilia are walking, and you hear Kirk’s announcement, that was actually an unused Captain's log from earlier in the film that we found. It had just enough information to continue what the announcement would have been even though it wasn't verbatim what we saw earlier. 

But the greatest part of all of it was finding the original effects elements because we thought that in the original mad rush in 1979 to get the job done that everything was just soft because of the photography. But no — the photography was perfect. It was the assembly that caused everything to be soft. 

That section in the bonus features about the Enterprise is amazing. I know it's hard to pick a favorite, but is there any particular scene or sequence in the movie in the 2022 version that just really knocked your socks off?

The light probe on the bridge. I had a personal vendetta against that scene. I wanted to find the original element of the light probe, and we couldn't. If I had one disappointment it was that we couldn't find that. But I always felt that when that scene started, it stopped the film in its tracks. It looked like something completely different — the grain was just all over the place, half the frame would shake and the other half wouldn't, it was horrible. 

We had to spend a month just really working to make it look like that could really happen within the film and not have it feel like such a departure.  

Could you talk about the updates you gave to Ilia’s voice when she was the V’ger probe?

There are places obviously where she didn’t originally have her voice processed in our footage. And there are two places in the film now that I consider dream sequences that weren't dream sequences before. I keep teasing people that I’m not going to talk about one of them because that’s something that's very powerful and influential, and I want people to experience it and not have it so much in their face that they immediately recognize it, and therefore the subliminal aspect of it disappears. 

But what I'll say is we played with Ilia’s voice in that scene — the one that I usually don't talk about — we played with her voice in an amazing way. This will be the giveaway to anybody anyway, but the harmonics were important, as she's the probe. And there are places in Sickbay when she turns to Decker and says, “Decker,” and her voice is not harmonized. That's the way the film was, which said, this is the real Ilia coming through.

One of the dream sequences, the one I've talked about before, is when Ilia is touching Checkov on the Bridge to stop his pain — in this version when she touches him and the music comes up, the sound effects of the scene go away because it's a connection between them. So it's beautiful, but almost a dream sequence. 

Later on in the film, we did something really, really cool. And I don't want to go into great detail but I'll tell you that for a moment, somewhere in the film, you hear her voice in the echo with the harmonics. But on screen, it's not, and that's part of the dream sequence because everybody else is hearing the echo. It's not even possible. It’s the first time I've ever said that publicly, but because we're talking about the harmonics of Illia I thought I'd share. There are multiple things about that moment, but that's one of the interesting ones. You're the only person I've said that to, and I’m not going to say it again, either. 

I appreciate it! Let’s stay on sound —  the new version is presented in Dolby Atmos. Can you talk about how you approached creating this new sound and what you're really excited for people to experience when they hear the new version?

Sound is a major player, and Atmos is not a sound mix — it's an experience. The focus here wasn’t on restoring — we were generating a new mix and the new mix needed to be the best, most powerful, most effective for this film. So Atmos was the way to go — if you close your eyes and just listen to the film, that should tell the story just as powerfully. 

What do you want viewers to walk away from this version feeling or thinking?

I want people to enjoy themselves. I want people to be in the experience. And I want it to be thought-provoking. I want people to think about what it is that made them enjoy themselves and have it be pure escapism. Because that's what it is for me —  I need to see a film and I need to really enjoy and forget the rest of the world. And I love a great movie when you walk out and so much has gone on that you're talking about it for a week or two weeks later. 

I'm excited to tell a story that people can feel is relevant and resonates for them today. It's a great film, not just a Star Trek film. 

You can buy the updated 2022 version of Star Trek: The Motion Picture — The Directors Edition wherever DVDs and Blu-Rays are sold.

This interview has been condensed and lightly edited for clarity.

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4K Ultra HD Review – Star Trek: The Motion Picture Director’s Edition (1979)

September 5, 2022 by Brad Cook

Star Trek: The Motion Picture Director’s Edition , 1979.

Directed by Robert Wise. Starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Majel Barrett, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, Persis Khambatta, Stephen Collins.

The Director’s Edition of Star Trek: The Motion Picture  has finally received its 4K upgrade, which includes many new updates to the effects work that was done back in 2000. Paramount also commissioned some new bonus features, including a new documentary and a fresh commentary track. Highly recommended.

Paramount has finished bringing the original cast’s Star Trek movies to 4K with a new batch of releases that start with Star Trek The Motion Picture: Director’s Edition . Originally released on DVD in 2001, the Director’s Edition required Paramount to upgrade the new special effects from standard-definition to 4K; the studio also took the opportunity to do even more new effects work on the film, which was a nice touch.

You won’t find the theatrical version of the film in this set, since Paramount issued it last year as part of their Original 4-Movie Collection ( which I reviewed here ), nor will you find the longer version that originally aired on TV, although that’s part of the Complete Adventure set that’s also available now. The Complete Adventure has all three versions of the film, along with some nice physical swag, so it’s worth hunting down if you’re a serious fan of this film.

As for me, I’ve always preferred Star Wars to Star Trek , but I do have a major soft spot in my heart for the adventures of the original cast, since I grew up on reruns of the 1960s era TV series. Having the theatrical cut and the Director’s Edition of The Motion Picture in 4K is good enough for me.

I won’t belabor a recitation of the plot, but I will say that TMP has grown on me over the years. It’s still a very different animal from its sequels, but it’s still an enjoyable film in its own right. I’m sorry that director Robert Wise couldn’t be around to see his vision fulfilled in 4K — as you might imagine, the film looks beautiful in the new format.

In addition to commissioning new effects, Paramount also went the extra yard by adding some new bonus features that you’ll find on the included Blu-ray platter. (There’s no Blu-ray version of the Director’s Edition found here, although you do get a code for a digital copy.) The new extras lead off with the 48-minute documentary The Human Adventure , which is split into eight parts and covers both the 2001 version of the Director’s Edition and the new one, with plenty of new and archival interviews included. Trek fans will also enjoy some of the little things that have been included here, such as audio from an ADR session with Leonard Nimoy and Wise.

Moving on, 4.5 minutes of deleted scenes have been added to the treasure trove of excised footage found in past editions (and ported over here). Some of it has missing audio, but sub-titles have been included in those situations. You’ll also find effects and costume tests (the latter includes the “caveman” version of Spock that was briefly considered during pre-production) along with footage of the original computer graphics that were displayed on the Enterprise’s screens.

The following extras were ported over from previous editions:

•  The Star Trek Universe (140 minutes): This is an exhaustive documentary that covers the long and winding road that finally led to The Motion Picture ’s 1979 release. There were actually plans to bring the TV series back as part of a new Paramount TV network in the mid-70s, but those efforts were eventually scuttled. (Imagine the path the entertainment industry might have taken had Paramount been the fourth major network instead of Fox.) However, the enormous success of 1977’s Star Wars prompted Paramount to put a Star Trek movie on the fast track for a Christmas 1979 release, which led to a lot of issues that plagued the movie, such as starting production without a finished script and issuing the film with some not-quite-done special effects.

• Deleted scenes from the theatrical cut and the 1983 TV version: These total around 29 minutes and seven minutes, respectively, and cover a wide variety of footage that was sliced for the theatrical version as well as added when the film debuted on network TV in 1983.

A teaser trailer, a theatrical trailer, and a batch of TV spots round out the Blu-ray platter.

Before I close this review, I’ll need to backtrack to the 4K disc and note that, yes, it comes with the two commentary tracks previously issued, along with the isolated score track. There’s also a new commentary track with producer David C. Fein, audio editor Mike Matessino, and visual effects supervisor Daren Dochterman; the three of them talk about not only their love of this film and its history but also the parts they played in bringing it to 4K.

The legacy audio commentary, which is from the 2001 DVD of the Director’s Edition, features Wise, effects guys Douglas Trumbull and John Dykstra, composer Jerry Goldsmith, and actor Stephen Collins. As you might imagine, they dig into the history of the original film as well as the changes made for the newly enhanced version. There’s also a text commentary with Michael and Denise Okuda, which provides plenty of bits of trivia for those who want to really dig deep with their Trek .

Flickering Myth Rating  – Film: ★ ★ ★ / Movie: ★ ★ ★

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All Four 'Star Trek: The Next Generation' Films Arriving on 4K Ultra HD for First Time Ever

Relive the adventures of Captain Picard and his crew in time for First Contact Day!

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StarTrek.com is thrilled to reveal all four big-screen adventures featuring fan-favorite Star Trek characters Picard , Riker , Data , La Forge , Worf , Troi , and Dr. Crusher arrive for the first time ever on 4K Ultra HD™ with Dolby Vision™* and HDR-10 on April 4, 2023 , just in time for First Contact Day (April 5, the day Vulcans first made contact with humans).

The journey begins with original cast members Kirk, Scott, and Chekov in a story that spans space and time in Star Trek Generations , continuing with a terrifying face off against the Borg in Star Trek: First Contact , a dangerous plot against a peaceful planet in Star Trek: Insurrection , and a familiar old foe returning in Star Trek Nemesis .

All four films will be available together in the STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 4-MOVIE COLLECTION . The 4-Movie Collection includes each film on 4K Ultra HD, as well as fully remastered on Blu-ray™, plus all legacy bonus content and access to Digital copies of each film.  The Collection is presented in a slipcase beautifully illustrated to complement the Star Trek : The Original 6-Movie Collection , making this a must-own set to complete every fan’s collection.

In addition, each film will be available individually on 4K Ultra HD with a bonus Blu-ray featuring the fully remastered film, along with all legacy bonus content and access to a Digital copy of the film.

Special features are detailed below.

STAR TREK GENERATIONS Bonus Content

• Commentary by director David Carson and Manny Coto
• Commentary by Brannon Braga and Ronald D. Moore
• Text Commentary by Michael and Denise Okuda
• Library Computer
• Uniting Two Legends
• Stellar Cartography: Creating the Illusion
• Strange New Worlds: The Valley of Fire
• Scoring Trek
• Inside ILM: Models & Miniatures
• Crashing the Enterprise
• Main Title Sequence
• The Nexus Ribbon
• Saucer Crash Sequence
• A Tribute to Matt Jeffries
• The Enterprise Lineage
• Captain Picard’s Family Album
• Creating 24th Century Weapons
• Next Generation Designer Flashback Andrew Probert
• Stellar Cartography on Earth
• Brent Spiner - Data and Beyond Part 1
• Trek Roundtable: Generations
• Starfleet Academy SCISEC Brief 007: Trilithium
• Deleted Scenes

STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT Bonus Content

• Commentary by director and actor Jonathan Frakes
• Commentary by screenplay writers Brannon Braga and Ronald D. Moore
• Commentary by Damon Lindelof and Anthony Pascale
• Text commentary by Michael and Denise Okuda
• Making First Contact
• The Art of First Contact
• The Missile Silo
• The Deflector Dish
• From “ A ” to “ E ”
• Borg Queen Assembly
• Escape Pod Launch
• Borg Queen’s Demise
• Jerry Goldsmith: A Tribute
• The Legacy of Zefram Cochrane
• First Contact : The Possibilities
• Industrial Light & Magic - The Next Generation
• Greetings from the International Space Station
• SpaceShipOne’s Historic Flight
• Brent Spiner - Data and Beyond Part 2
• Trek Roundtable: First Contact
• Starfleet Academy SCISEC Brief 008: Temporal Vortex
• Unimatrix One
• Design Matrix

STAR TREK: INSURRECTION Bonus Content

• Commentary by Jonathan Frakes and Marina Sirtis
• It Takes a Village
• Location, Location, Location
• The Art of Insurrection
• Anatomy of a Stunt
• Making Star Trek: Insurrection
• Director’s Notebook
• Westmore’s Aliens
• Westmore’s Legacy
• Star Trek ’s Beautiful Alien Women
• Marina Sirtis - The Counselor Is In
• Brent Spiner - Data and Beyond Part 3
• Trek Roundtable: Insurrection
• Starfleet Academy SCISEC Brief 009: The Origins of the Ba’ku and Son’a Conflict
• Shuttle Chase
• Advertising

STAR TREK NEMESIS Bonus Content

• Commentary by director Stuart Baird
• Commentary by producer Rick Berman
• Commentary by Michael and Denise Okuda
• Nemesis Revisited
• New Frontiers – Stuart Baird on Directing Nemesis
• Storyboarding the Action
• Red Alert! Shooting the Action of Nemesis
• Build and Rebuild
• Four-Wheeling in the Final Frontier
• Screen Test: Shinzon
• A Star Trek Family’s Final Journey
• A Bold Vision of The Final Frontier
• The Enterprise-E
• Reunion with The Rikers
• Today’s Tech Tomorrow’s Data
• Robot Hall of Fame
• Brent Spiner - Data and Beyond Part 4
• Trek Roundtable: Nemesis
• Starfleet Academy SCISEC Brief 010: Thalaron Radiation
• Romulan Lore
• Shinzon & the Viceroy
• Romulan Design
• The Romulan Senate
• The Scimitar

* To experience Dolby Vision on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc, a Dolby Vision enabled TV is required with a Dolby Vision enabled 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray player.

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• Featuring hours of special features, this highly anticipated collection is an essential for original fans of the franchise, and beyond!

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Paramount Releasing Star Trek: TOS Movies 4K/UHD Blu-ray Set [UPDATED]

| July 7, 2021 | By: TrekMovie.com Staff 73 comments so far

The news keeps on coming for Star Trek home media. Following Wednesday’s earlier announcement that Paramount is remastering the Director’s Edition of Star Trek: The Motion Picture for Paramount+, they announced more ways to celebrate the 55th anniversary of the franchise.

Original Series 4K Movies Collection

Paramount just announced that on September 7th they will be releasing a brand new set featuring the first four feature films with the original Star Trek crew in 4K Ultra HD. The movies are newly remastered from original film elements and presented with Dolby Vision® and HDR10. The collection includes four Ultra HD Blu-ray discs as well as four remastered standard Blu-ray discs with all the previously released bonus content.

The following is a detailed description of the set:

Star Trek: The Motion Picture 4K Ultra HD

(Note that this is the theatrical version of The Motion Picture .)

• Isolated score in Dolby 2.0—NEW!
• Commentary by Michael & Denise Okuda, Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens and Daren Dochterman

Star Trek: The Motion Picture Blu-ray

• Library Computer (HD)
• The Longest Trek: Writing the Motion Picture (HD)
• Special Star Trek Reunion (HD)
• Starfleet Academy SCISEC Brief 001: The Mystery Behind V’ger
• Deleted Scenes
• Storyboards
• Trailers (HD)

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan 4K Ultra HD

• Commentary by Director Nicholas Meyer (Director’s Cut and Theatrical Version)
• Commentary by Director Nicholas Meyer and Manny Coto (Theatrical Version)

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Blu-ray

• Text Commentary by Michael and Denise Okuda (Director’s Cut)
• Captain’s Log
• Designing Khan
• Original Interviews with William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, and Ricardo Montalbán
• Where No Man Has Gone Before: The Visual Effects of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
• James Horner: Composing Genesis (HD)
• Collecting Star Trek’s Movie Relics (HD)
• A Novel Approach
• Starfleet Academy SCISEC Brief 002: Mystery Behind Ceti Alpha VI (HD)
• A Tribute to Ricardo Montalbán (HD)
• Theatrical Trailer (HD)

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock 4K Ultra HD

• Commentary by director Leonard Nimoy, writer/producer Harve Bennett, director of photography Charles Correll and Robin Curtis
• Commentary by Ronald D. Moore and Michael Taylor

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock Blu-ray

• Terraforming and the Prime Directive
• Industry Light & Magic: The Visual Effects of Star Trek
• Spock: The Early Years (HD)
• Space Docks and Birds of Prey
• Speaking Klingon
• Klingon and Vulcan Costumes
• Star Trek and the Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame (HD)
• Starfleet Academy SCISEC Brief 003: Mystery Behind the Vulcan Katra Transfer

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home 4K Ultra HD

• Commentary by William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy
• Commentary by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Blu-ray

• Future’s Past: A Look Back
• On Location
• Dailies Deconstruction
• Below-the-Line: Sound Design
• Pavel Chekov’s Screen Moments (HD)
• Time Travel: The Art of the Possible
• The Language of Whales
• A Vulcan Primer
• Kirk’s Women
• The Three-Picture Saga (HD)
• Star Trek for a Cause (HD)
• Starfleet Academy SCISEC Brief 004: The Whale Probe (HD)
• From Outer Space to the Ocean
• The Bird of Prey
• Leonard Nimoy
• William Shatner
• DeForest Kelley
• Roddenberry Scrapbook
• Featured Artist: Mark Lenard
• Production Gallery

The Star Trek: The Original 4 Movie Collection Ultra HD Blu-ray set isn’t available yet for pre-order and there aren’t any details on pricing, so check back for an update.

Paramount will also be releasing the newly remastered versions of each film individually, along with all the bonus content detailed above.

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Amazon pre-order for the 4 Movie Collection is now available for $70.48, with a low-price guarantee.

TOS Steelbook Set

Star Trek: The Original Series is also being re-released on standard Blu-ray with a special Steelbook edition. The set is the same as the previous Blu-ray release with all three seasons remastered in HD along with all the same special features… but now with new Steelbook packaging. This set is also arriving on September 7th to honor the September 8th anniversary of the original Star Trek . You can pre-order the TOS Steelbook set now at Amazon for $109.99 .

Star Trek IV returns to theaters in August

Paramount also announced a special theatrical event with Fathom to celebrate the 55th anniversary. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home will be shown at select theaters on August 19th and 22nd. More details on this special event will be provided soon.

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Yet we still don’t have Voyager or DS9 in HD.

Indeed, but that’s a much much much bigger undertaking than 4K remasters of theatrical feature films (with an emphasis on the word “film”) for reasons much-discussed elsewhere. Also these movies all predate both DS9 and Voyager in their production and release, so it makes sense to get them first. Also also these movies predate both DS9 and Voyager in the internal chronology of the franchise, so again it makes sense to get them first. ;) Also also also these movies were originally designed for theatrical exhibition, and 4K presentation just helps bring them that much closer to how they were originally designed to look under ideal projection circumstances, whereas both DS9 and Voyager were originally created with standard-definition NTSC broadcasts in mind, so their best versions currently available already pretty much reflect their originally-intended presentations (and HD remasters à la TNG would offer a far *more* technically ambitious presentation than they were ever originally intended to have, a little like if the movies were to get 3D conversions).

Which is not to say I don’t more than sympathize with the desire for HD remasters of both DS9 and Voyager ; I absolutely, dearly, desperately yearn for both. But it totally makes sense to give this treatment to the movies first. I just hope that it *does* eventually make sense to Viacom’s bean counters to eventually bring DS9 and Voyager , the last two SD holdouts in the franchise, into the HD era with everything else.

Not really. Even under the most ideal projection circumstances, these movies had an effective resolution of 2K at the time they were made. They were shot on 35mm film in the late 70s / 80s, and that film stock was nowhere close to modern 4K resolution (see the research done by RCA on this topic). Scanning these movies into what we now call “4K” will show no additional details than the earlier 2K scans. But I’m sure people will still purchase them, and they’ll make money! ;)

The same RCA that gave us VHS over Beta? You are going to have to cite a superior alternate source if you want us to accept their image quality research as unbiased.

Come off it. RCA doesn’t have a dog in the nonexistent 35mm high-def fight.

I’d really like to see the research from more than one source on this effective resolution business, because many cinematographers I’ve interviewed continue to claim that modern 35mm anamorphic’s true resolution is closer to 8k or 10K, while flat 35mm going back to the 70s was at the very least 7K (though a direct reading is impossible because analog is organic and therefore is always going to have something unique about it.)

Personally, I’d absolutely dispute this figure, because on the relatively few films that I saw conventionally projected in ideal conditions from the late 60s to the early 2000s, I’ve only been able to recapture the look and feel of those memorable theatrical experiences with a few blus, but with a LOT of 4Ks. That suggests the full amount of info on those films exceeds previous homevid versions by a considerable amount while supporting the contentions of countless industry professionals.

I will say that when they started finishing films digitally at 2K in the last couple decades, the look of movies went to hell, because the scanning essentially ‘clipped’ the quality of the original 35mm film down to something that looked CG. My go-to on this as reference is the first X-MEN movie, which featured for a static hangar scene, a good miniature of the x-jet, but by the time that element was comped with a matte painting and live-action of Stewart and Jackman, it all just looked like mediocre CG. This again suggests that film stocks were resolving at much higher than 2K, since the original film element (which I was shown at Matte World Digital) looked so much better than the comped version.

Looks great. But why not Star Trek 5 and 6?

Rumor has it they will indeed do all ten of the pre-Kelvin movies, and that Star Trek V and Star Trek VI will be in a three-movie set with Star Trek: Generations , and then a final three-movie set will bring the last three movies to 4K. That’s not yet confirmed, though.

It’s not a rumour, it is fact. They are doing the movies in batches. The first 4 this year. Partly decided by the fact that 2,3 and 4 form a loose trilogy of sorts. The remaining movies will be done after. TMP Directors Edition will also be done, with it needing 6 to 8 months of work to bring it to 4k format since all of it was originally just done at standard DVD resolution in 2001.

I don’t know which episode it is, but Daren Dochterman talked about it on Inglourious Treksperts awhile back. He said it would take time, but it’s not like it all has to be completely redone. The way they did it in 2001 (I’m paraphrasing) doesn’t mean it has to be artificially up-rezzed. They an essentially work from what they have and do not have to recreate it. In other words.. they can do it cost effectively, and not re-do. That’s what makes it possible. I’ve got to find that episode.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/inglorious-treksperts/id1439126593?i=1000477191935

there’s the episode

Thanks for the info on “The Motion Picture” because I prefer that director’s cut and know now to just wait!

Much appreciated.

I’ll just say that if breaking it up is part of what makes this physical media happen, then I’m 100% ok with breaking it up this way. I would also think this keeps the price point more palatable. I know, they’re breaking them up for individual sale as well, but it allows for some marketing buildup, for sure. But the fact that this is finally happening? I have no complaints.

Maybe ST V is still being remastered/upgraded/corrected/fixed. ;-)

OMG TVH in the movie theaters??? Fun fact I’ve seen every Star Trek movie in the theaters except 2 of them: TMP and TVH! Looks like I will be watching TVH in theaters now lol. It’s still my fourth favorite movie and even though I seen it enough times to count (including 2 months ago) I can’t pass that up!!!!

I, too, have seen all but two in theaters, but the two I’ve never seen theatrically are Star Trek: Nemesis and Star Trek Beyond . Sadly, I think Nemesis is quite possibly the one least likely to ever have another theatrical screening; I’m kicking myself now for passing it up in 2002, even if it’s generally poorly-regarded. At the time I was sort of taking a break away from Star Trek , to my everlasting regret, but oh well. First-world problem, I know.

I’ve seen Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home at least five times in theaters, possibly six, but the last time was at the Star Trek 25th anniversary marathon event in September 1991, very nearly 30 years ago (the other time were at least three, possibly four times when it originally came out, and then once more as part of some special event programming at a local mall in 1990). I’m very much looking forward to seeing it once or twice more on the big screen.

i’d like to see any of the first 6 films in a 70mm premium showing with the original 6 track sound. I’m not sure if TMP ever had 70mm prints made, i know at least they weren’t made for the original release.

Really? I remember watching on a huge screen in a now long-closed 1750-seat theatre (the Paramount in Edmonton). I was 9, but I thought it was 70 mm. Man I miss those huge old theatres.

I miss the big theaters as well. The last one in my area closed some 10 years ago now. A very sad day and that closure led to me going to fewer films in theaters. I used to go a lot but going to the mall theaters in tiny auditoriums just doesn’t cut it for movie night. Even their attempts to make the chairs comfy is a fail. They don’t recline nearly enough to make them worth anything.

Nemesis broke my heart. I can’t tell you how excited I was to watch it in the theater only to feel complete sadness by the time it was over. Don’t feel too bad, at least you saved your money lol. I will say it’s gotten s-l-i-g-h-t-l-y better over the years but still my least favorite Trek film.

As for Beyond, ironically I saw that movie in the same place I saw Nemesis, just 14 years later at the Chinese theater in Hollywood. I have to say while I didn’t love it, it is the best out of the Kelvin movies for me and the ONLY movie I have ever watched twice in IMAX. Definitely enjoyed it at the movies although not so much at home for some reason! Sadly though, both of these movies basically ended each of their movie franchises, but I digress.

As for TVH, I was still just a kid and I remembered asking my mother to take me and she said no because it looked like a monster movie due to the probe scenes in the trailer (NOT a Star Trek fan ;)).

Oh, I know that if I “had” to miss any of the ten pre-Kelvin movies, at least I lucked out in making sure it was Nemesis . :p Still, though, watching it all these years later, I can’t quite bring myself to hate it the way so many do. I think the main thing I really don’t care for about it is that once again Troi is subjected to a psychic violation, a scenario she’d already endured on the show and which already rubbed the wrong way then. But I think the movie does have some good stuff too, and isn’t a total loss (though perhaps I’m a more forgiving viewer than most). If nothing else, I have to say I don’t care what the box-office records or the Rotten Tomatoes rankings say, I will go to my grave maintaining Star Trek: Nemesis is at the very least quite a bit better than the next movie in the franchise.

… which leads to Star Trek Beyond , the only Trek movie I’ve not only never seen theatrically but never seen at all. I do kind regret that now, as well, even though (with all due respect to those fans who love the Kelvin movies, and whom I’m not out to antagonize) I truly loathe its two predecessors. I’ve heard and read many times from sources I trust that it’s the best of the three and the one most true to the spirit of Trek , and I kind of wish I’d seen it (and Nemesis ) at least once each in theaters, if just for the checklist item of being able to say I’d seen ever movie in the franchise in theaters, as a point of pride.

I hear you about the Kelvin movies. I know they are very divisive for many reasons. I’m not a HUGE fan of them but I always liked them. I just don’t look at them in the same way I do the classic Trek shows and movies, just more fun popcorn spectacle. I always think of the irony how many fans back in 09 thought they should’ve been the new direction of the Star Trek universe going forward and leave the prime universe and all the old characters behind entirely. Thankfully that didn’t quite happen. ;)

As for Nemesis, this is the thing, it’s my least favorite Trek movie and YET I’ve seen it 8 times now lol. So clearly I don’t hate it. That’s the other thing about most of the Star Trek movies, with the BIG exception of TMP for me, most of them are still very entertaining even if the quality lacks. And as said it has improved for me over the years. But man, after watching it the first time, I was so soured on it, I told myself I would never watch it again. But that didn’t last obviously. I’ve seen it easily much more than any of the Kelvin movies as well. I think I’ve seen all of those movies about three times each, although I might have seen STID four times. Again, not a GREAT movie but still very entertaining to me. Others like you may disagree with that though. ;)

As for Beyond, if you hated the first two that much, I don’t know if you’re going to like Beyond that much more. I mean it IS better IMO, but it’s still just like the other two in many ways, ie, uber-villain want to destroy the Federation for (very) confusing reasons, plot of the film really just an excuse for loud big action set pieces and Kirk doing a lot of running and jumping per usual. But there are actually a lot of strong character moments in the film and yes definitely feels the most TOS out of the three and why so many seem to like it, even if they still didn’t like the first two much.

Crazy that movie will be 5 years old this year.

I love Nemesis! Only thing I missing is a fight scene with Data since I love to see his physical strength.

I really have never understood why some fans give Nemesis such a bad rap. It was a very good send off for them. I think it mainly did poorly because it came out at a time when Trek was experiencing some real franchise fatigue. Enterprise felt it as well. I think the actors knew it because in promoting the film they all practically begged people to go see it. Also, I still to this day feel that TNG fans were just a little envious that their finale was not quite as good as the TOS finale. Other than that I just fail to understand the hate.

it def was abit of a downer coming out of Nemesis (the only highlight for me was the brief reprisal of the same TMP score when the Ent was in drydock at the end..thats it!)

in a way Beyond was similar downer feeling for me. with the only real highlight again near the end (the Trek V photo and then the Ent A in drydock with the TMP football field floodlights)..

i guess had Beyond been the Orci ST3 things mightve been quite different!

To me the downer was Into Darkness. Had Into Darkness been an evil Kahn who hid his identity and then manipulated the post Vulcan destruction Starfleet into thinking that they needed them or would be taken out by the Klingons and Romulans working together (with a hint of some truth in what is coming) only to end up setting Starfleet up for a coup under him as opposed to poor poor Kahn, just trying to get his family back… could have been the greatest Star Trek of all time and got the Trek TOS reboot firing on all thrusters on the 1701 (can the adventures of the 1701 rebuild Starfleet?). and/or thought we were going to have Robert April gone rouge disagreeing with Starfleet using Kahn as a tactical genius with ENT sent to capture him at the start. Alternatively I thougth we were going to get Earth taken over by Gary Mitchell, pulling Starships out of the sky. I actually thought ST:2009 was just all about getting us ready for the adventure of Into Darkness, only for ID to be some horrid analog gone terribly wrong.

There are a number of ways the same plot (or at least a very similar one) could have been improved. The first thing I would have done was loose Khan. That was a bad move right there because the first thing it does is get fans comparing the two. Lose the “Badmiral”. We’ve seen far too many of those.

Another mistake was they continued to play fast and loose with galactic geography. Beaming to “Kronos”? It takes a few hours to get from Earth to Klingon space? What? I know they needed to speed up the plot but there were workarounds to that.

It’s unfortunate because the underlying theme they wanted to do was needed. That Kirk had to not only earn the chair but get a much better understanding of what it means.

Your feelings for Nemesis are very close to my feelings for Voyage Home. I was so very very excited to go see it. I heard about all the local filming they did. Was still giddy for time travel stories back then…. Heard it was going to be more light hearted and that felt like the right move so was hoping to see something more in line with Trouble with Tribbles… All sorts of wonderful pre-vibes heading in. Then… Right from the start.. I was just stunned at how horrid everything in that film was. From the actors to the script to the plot… Absolutely nothing worked. I didn’t think the franchise was dead… But jeez…

Nemesis, on the other hand, worked fairly well. It was the one and only time that group felt like family. And it managed to do what 7 seasons and 3 films failed at. Making one care about Data as a character. The nature vs nurture theme was nice. The 3rd act was pretty spectacular. And it served as a really good finale for the characters. If you are going to end, they were fortunate to end on arguably their highest note. Not even TOS was able to do that. TUC was very good, but they hit their zenith on their 2nd feature.

think i saw TVH at the cinema the most i seen of any Trek film – 4 times if memory serves.. (a special advance screening, a proper screening, a holiday camp free showing and finally as part of an all day I-IV showing summer 87 or 88). the rest think i saw twice each (except TMP too young to see and VI think saw x3 as was awesome beyond all expectations – something that hasnt been done since really)..then just once for Ins/Nem, twice for ST09 (as it was an real event for Trek), and then just once for last 2.

WoK was the one I saw in theaters the most. I think it was 4. In fact, the only other film I saw in the theater more than once was twice for TMP. For one film (TVH, obviously), 1 was too many…

Shatner recently tweeted he intends to go back on tour with a Trek movie that possibly wont be the usual Wrath of Khan so maybe its TVH ?

Wow that’s cool. I live in L.A. (and I THINK Shatner does too) and it would be cool if I could catch a screening here if he was taking part of one. The chances are very tiny but I would certainly work to see one if he was touring with TVH.

Maybe he refers to ST V which is his own “baby” to get it fixed. ;-)

Man, I’m in SF right now but leaving in 2 weeks, would’ve loved to see TVH in SF!

Oh, wow, that *would* be the best. I envy everyone who gets to see it there.

Heck, I envy everyone who gets to be in SF at all, assuming they can afford it (I know I can’t!).

Oh man , soooooo taking my kids to see IV in theatre!!!!!! Ironically we got to TAFS so perfect!!! Thinking back that was the first Trek I saw in theatres!!!! Also… I lost my VI blueray. For some reason I am ok with rebuying those movies again and again. Message Spock?

Hopefully the blu ray copies are brand new transfers the same as the 4K, i got bamboozled on Indiana Jones only the 4k were new transfers.

That is my concern. When they came out on BD years ago only one got the true HD treatment. The others were just digital transfers with no upgrade. So I’m reluctant to get these until I find out for sure.

This is great news, but can someone tell Paramount to change the Enterprise to the correct version on the front of the box. It is the Phase 2 version which is wrong on many levels. Please ask they correct to the refit model. But aside from that looking forward to seeing these in 4k

Maybe there is a hidden “alternate-Phase 2-pilot-cut-version” in the box. ;-)

I’m not a fan of the artwork on the box, if I’m being honest here. Not at all. The original BD set had nice packaging, however.

Saavik missing from the (otherwise cool mash up) cover. Saavik was a major part of the Genesis trilogy and should’ve been there (preferably Kirstie Alley)

I imagine the character would definitely have been there if not for the fact two different performers played her across the three movies. But given that fact, I can see why they didn’t include her, not wanting to snub one or the other. Of course they could have used both, but then that would give the impression they were two different characters, and/or look strange to prioritize this one character over even some of the core series regulars who appear only once.

In an alternate universe Nick Meyer got his way, Saavik became the new Spock and the heart of the follow up Trek to TOS.

I just wish they could have gotten Ms. Alley to return to the Saavik role for TUC. The new character was the obvious saboteur. Having it be Saavik would have been less obvious.

Apparently Meyers original choice for Saavik was Kim Catrall (and was later approached to replace Alley in III but was filming Police Academy)so if shed been available maybe shed have been saavik in VI. Of course Alley should have returned for III/IV and then VI (bizarrely she did the Tom Selleck scifi Runaway instead of STIII..)

good news about the blu-ray but, not diggin’ the artwork covers.

Anything is better than the hackjob photoshop that graced the blu rays and is still used as the Paramount+ art. But the individual 4K releases will use the old poster art at least. So silly. Apart from Nemesis and maybe Insurrection, all the old movie posters are quite lovely.

ah yes, of course when I finally pull the trigger to buy the blu-rays because I was fed up waiting… NOW they announce them. xD. I’ll wait for the inevitable box of 1-10, and price reduction

who lent Captain Kirk that awful blue jacket?

I’m digging the art. Weird choice not just to have all 6 though.

mostly likely so fans have to fork out for 3 sets instead of 2..

If Robert Wise were still alive, there is no way the original theatrical cut of TMP would be the one being released :(

Sadly, half or more of the folks in the credits block on the TMP poster are no longer with us – Wise, Roddenberry, Barrett, Nimoy, Kelley, Doohan, Khambatta, Goldsmith… the march of time is pretty sobering sometimes.

i had that feeling just other day when heard about Richard Donner and then thought about Superman..most of the major players are now gone..

To be ‘Fair’ this is so they can sell it twice.

I’ve been dying for this to happen. I’m so glad Paramount is fully behind Dolby Vision.

Lovely I’m sure, and I know people have been waiting for this for ages, so more power to you. But I’m just not buying these films again, I’m simply not. First went to see all in the theater, most more than once, then purchased all on VHS, then all on DVD. I’m officially done. The DVD’s will have to do. ‘Fool me “quaduple-times,” shame on…(?)’

According to StarTrek.com, the Star Trek IV  Fathom event will be on August 19 and 22, however above here on TrekMovie it says that the event will be on the 18th and 22nd. Which dates are correct? Is there any word from Fathom events or Paramount Pictures officially? Not sure which is correct, the 19 or 18th?

It’s the 19th. That was fixed. We will be working with fathom and do a full article just on this when tickets become available and locations are identified.

Like the art, but personally I think the art for the new individual blu rays is better, love the gold bars on Search For Spock.

Looked up these on Blu-ray.com after seeing your comment, yeah those new individual blu-rays look nice.

Really? They put Collins on the cover art? Really ? I know they can’t digitally excise his face and voice from the movie itself (now there’s an upgraded version I’d pay for), but do they really think spotlighting his character is appropriate, given the circumstances?

I know it’s only a small part of the art in comparison with the rest, but they could have just had Persis Khambatta represented without him next to her.

I desperately want “GENERATIONS”, “FIRST CONTACT” “INSURRECTION” and “NEMESIS” in 4K!!!

What is the rationale for not having V and VI in this set. I also really like the framing of this story that just seems to pretend they don’t exist or ask/answer the same question? This is bizarre.

What if… they are secretly not only remastering ST V but also redoing the effects and sets?

why not just put all 6 of the movies in 1 box set…

I got my ticket for Star Trek 4. I can’t wait to see this in theaters.

Is the NEW REMASTERING any different from the 2016 Meyer Edition of KHAAN for that picture?

Just the first 4? Hmm… I’m interested in a full on good HD version of the other films (WoK was fully remastered a while ago) but this does not include both versions of TMP and again, is just 4 films. Don’t think I’m into this just yet. Let’s wait and see what the future brings. It might be better to just buy the other 4 films individually instead of a group. Don’t need WoK as that has already gotten the good HD makeover. Don’t want TVH for obvious reasons.

And regarding the VH screening….

No thank you. Once in a theater was one time too many. I’ve watched it about every 10 years since to see if my feelings for it change as they have on some other things as I’ve grown. But they haven’t. Each time I’ve seen this horrid film it remains just as bad as the previous one. Easily the worst Trek film thus far. Final Frontier isn’t very good either but TVH is light years worse.

When do these new transfers of these films become the versions that are on Paramount+?