Details On Star Trek TNG Movie Blu-Ray & DVD + TOS Season Two Sets + more

This morning Paramount Home Entertainment made the official announcement for a number of expected releases, including the remastered Star Trek Season Two on Blu-ray and Next Generation Motion Picture Collection on Blu-ray and DVD. They also announced individual titles for all the ‘even numbered’ feature films on Blu-ray and DVD. We have all the details for all the releases below.  

 

Get Ready For Star Trek September
September 22nd is shaping up to be the biggest day in Star Trek home video history with a plethora of titles. These includes new sets (complete with new special features), as well as new individual titles from previous (or new) box sets. Here is a full breakdown (including USA MSRP):

New sets:

  • STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION MOTION PICTURE COLLECTION – BLU-RAY ($69.99)
  • STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION MOTION PICTURE COLLECTION – DVD ($39.99)
  • STAR TREK: THE ORIGINAL SERIES Season Two – BLU-RAY
    ($79.99)
  • STAR TREK: ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE COLLECTION – DVD ($59.99) [DVD version of Blu-ray set released in May]

New single titles (from motion picture box sets)

  • STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN – BLU-RAY ($24.99)
  • STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN – DVD ($12.99)
  • STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME – BLU-RAY ($24.99)
  • STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME – DVD ($12.99)
  • STAR TREK VI: THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY- BLU-RAY ($24.99)
  • STAR TREK VI: THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY – DVD ($12.99)
  • STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT- BLU-RAY ($24.99)
  • STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT – DVD ($12.99)
     

Press Release

Here is a press release covering the various new titles and their special features. You may want to pay close attention to the details on the Next Generation set for a certain someone (OK, it’s me!).

 

PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT CELEBRATES THE
BIG SCREEN RETURN OF ONE OF THE GREATEST FRANCHISES EVER WITH A UNIVERSE OF NEW RELEASES

Original Feature Films and the Second Season of the Original Series Energize onto DVD and Blu-ray September 22, 2009 Loaded with Stellar Bonus Features

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. – In anticipation of the home entertainment debut of J.J. Abrams’ thrilling reinvention of the STAR TREK franchise, Paramount Home Entertainment will give audiences the chance to revisit where it all began with a galaxy full of new DVD and Blu-ray releases. Docking on September 22, 2009 are the STAR TREK: ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE COLLECTION on DVD, which includes the first six “Star Trek” films and loads of special features; the STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION MOTION PICTURE COLLECTION on DVD and for the first time on Blu-ray, featuring the four “Star Trek” films starring the Next Generation crew with new special features, plus a bonus disc with over an hour of additional content; STAR TREK: THE ORIGINAL SERIES Season Two on Blu-ray in high definition for the first time ever; plus The Wrath of Khan, The Voyage Home, The Undiscovered Country and First Contact all available individually on DVD and Blu-ray.

 

STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION MOTION PICTURE COLLECTION Blu-ray & DVD

The STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION MOTION PICTURE COLLECTION Blu-ray discs are presented in 1080p high definition with English 5.1 Dolby TrueHD, French 5.1 Dolby Digital and Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital and English, English SDH, French, Spanish & Portuguese subtitles. The 5-disc DVD collection is presented in widescreen enhanced for 16:9 televisions with Dolby Digital English 5.1 Surround, French 5.1 Surround and Spanish 5.1 Surround (plus Portuguese Mono on Generations, Portuguese 2.0 Surround on First Contact and Insurrection and Portuguese 5.1 Surround on Nemesis) and English, French, Spanish and Portuguese subtitles. The special features are as follows:

Star Trek: Generations

DVD Content:

  • Commentary by director David Carson and Manny Coto
  • Next Generation Designer Flashback Andrew Probert
  • Stellar Cartography on Earth
  • Brent Spiner: Data and Beyond Part 1
  • Trek Roundtable: Generations
  • Starfleet Academy: Trilithium
  • Scoring Trek

Blu-ray Content (in addition to the above):

  • Commentary by Brannon Braga and Ronald D. Moore
  • Library Computer
  • Production featurettes
  • Visual Effects featurettes
  • Scene Deconstruction featurettes
  • A Tribute to Matt Jefferies
  • The Enterprise Lineage
  • Captain Picard’s Family Album
  • Creating 24th Century Weapons
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Storyboards
  • Production Gallery
  • Trailers
  • Star Trek I.Q. (BD-Live)

Star Trek: First Contact

DVD Content:

  • Commentary by Damon Lindelof and Anthony Pascale
  • 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: Temporal Vortex

Blu-ray Content (in addition to the above):

  • Commentary by director and actor Jonathan Frakes
  • Commentary by screenwriters Brannon Braga and Ronald D. Moore
  • Library Computer
  • Production featurettes
  • Scene Deconstruction featurettes
  • Jerry Goldsmith: A Tribute
  • The Legacy of Zefram Cochrane
  • First Contact: The Possibilities
  • The Borg Collective featurettes
  • Storyboards
  • Photo Gallery
  • Trailers
  • Star Trek I.Q. (BD-Live)

Star Trek: Insurrection

DVD Content:

  • Commentary by Jonathan Frakes and Marina Sirtis
  • Westmore’s Legacy
  • Marina Sirtis: The Counselor Is In
  • Brent Spiner: Data and Beyond Part 3
  • Trek Roundtable: Insurrection
  • Starfleet Academy: The Origins of the Ba’ku and Son’a Conflict

Blu-ray Content (in addition to the above):

  • Library Computer
  • Production featurettes
  • Westmore’s Aliens
  • Star Trek’s Beautiful Alien Women
  • Creating the Illusion featurettes
  • Deleted Scenes with intro by Peter Lauritson
  • Storyboards
  • Photo Gallery
  • Trailers
  • Star Trek I.Q. (BD-Live)

Star Trek: Nemesis

DVD Content:

  • Commentary by Michael and Denise Okuda
  • 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: Thalaron Radiation

Blu-ray Content (in addition to the above):

  • Commentary by director Stuart Baird
  • Commentary by producer Rick Berman
  • Library Computer
  • Production featurettes
  • A Star Trek Family’s Final Journey
  • A Bold Vision of The Final Frontier
  • The Enterprise E
  • The Romulan Empire featurettes
  • Deleted Scenes with intro by Rick Berman
  • Storyboards
  • Trailers
  • Star Trek I.Q. (BD-Live)

Star Trek Evolutions—Bonus Disc (DVD and Blu-ray):

  • The Evolution of the Enterprise
  • Villains of Star Trek
  • I Love the Star Trek Movies
  • Farewell to Star Trek: The Experience
  • Klingon Encounter
  • Borg Invasion 4D
  • Charting the Final Frontier


STAR TREK: THE ORIGINAL SERIES Season Two Blu-ray

The STAR TREK: THE ORIGINAL SERIES Season Two Blu-ray is the definitive collection of the second season of the legendary series in pristine high definition. The seven-disc set features all 26 episodes, including the celebrated “The Trouble with Tribbles”, with new seamless branching that allows fans to toggle between newly remastered versions with enhanced special effects or the episodes as they were originally broadcast. The Blu-ray collection also includes hours of featurettes, interactive bonus features and new clips via BD-Live and every disc is Mobile Blu enabled, allowing iPhone users to turn their phones into a Blu-ray remote control and download exclusive content to their iPhones.
The discs are presented in 1080p high definition with English 7.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, English Original 2.0 Mono, Spanish 2.0 Mono and French 2.0 Mono with English SDH, Spanish Brazilian Portuguese and French subtitles.
 

STAR TREK: ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE COLLECTION DVD

The STAR TREK: ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE COLLECTION DVDs are presented in widescreen enhanced for 16:9 televisions. The 7-disc collection also includes a bonus disc entitled “Star Trek: The Captains’ Summit” that features a 70-minute exclusive round table discussion hosted by Whoopi Goldberg in which William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Patrick Stewart and Jonathan Frakes share candid moments and intimate details about life on the set. The following details the specifications and special features on each disc:

Star Trek: The Motion Picture

Specifications: Dolby Digital English 5.1 Surround EX, French 2.0 Dolby Surround, Spanish Mono, Portuguese Mono; English, French, Spanish, Portuguese subtitles

Special Features:

  • Commentary by Michael & Denise Okuda, Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens and Daren Dochterman
  • The Longest Trek: Writing the Motion Picture
  • Special Star Trek Reunion
  • Starfleet Academy: Mystery Behind V’ger

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

Specifications: Dolby Digital English 5.1 Surround EX, French 2.0 Dolby Surround, Spanish Mono, Portuguese Mono; English, French, Spanish, Portuguese subtitles

Special Features:

  • Commentary by director Nicholas Meyer and Manny Coto
  • James Horner: Composing Genesis
  • A Tribute to Ricardo Montalban
  • Collecting Star Trek’s Movie Relics
  • Starfleet Academy: Mystery Behind Ceti Alpha VI

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

Specifications: Dolby Digital English 5.1 Surround EX, French 2.0 Dolby Surround, Spanish Mono, Portuguese Mono; English, French, Spanish, Portuguese subtitles

Special Features:

  • Commentary by Ronald D. Moore and Michael Taylor
  • Industrial Light & Magic: Visual Effects
  • Spock: The Early Years
  • Star Trek and the Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame
  • Starfleet Academy: The Vulcan Katra Transfer

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

Specifications: Dolby Digital English 5.1 Surround EX, French 2.0 Dolby Surround, Spanish Mono, Portuguese Mono; English, French, Spanish, Portuguese subtitles

Special Features:

  • Commentary by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman
  • Pavel Chekov’s Screen Moments
  • The Three-Picture Saga
  • Star Trek for a Cause
  • Starfleet Academy: The Whale Probe

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

Specifications: Dolby Digital English 5.1 Surround EX, French 5.1 Dolby Digital, Spanish Mono, Portuguese Mono; English, French, Spanish, Portuguese subtitles

Special Features:

  • Commentary by Michael & Denise Okuda and Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens and Daren Dochterman
  • Star Trek Honors NASA
  • Hollywood Walk of Fame: James Doohan
  • Starfleet Academy: Nimbus III

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

Specifications: Dolby Digital English 5.1 Surround EX, French 5.1 Dolby Digital, Spanish Mono, Portuguese Mono; English, French, Spanish, Portuguese subtitles

Special Features:

  • Commentary by Larry Nemecek and Ira Steven Behr
  • Tom Morga: Alien Stuntman
  • To Be Or Not To Be: Klingons and Shakespeare
  • Starfleet Academy: Praxis

 

More to come!
TrekMovie will continue to the the premiere home of all Star Trek home video news for the Fall. Keep an eye out for more updates regarding the above titles as well as the Star Trek 2009 movie releases.
 

 

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Star Trek: First Contact

DVD Content:

Commentary by Damon Lindelof and Anthony Pascale

Who’s this Anthony guy? ;)

Sounds great, especially the Frakes/Sirtis commentary on Insurrection.

Will Generations actually include the trailers this time??

Very cool that you did the commentary on FC Anthony!! Not so cool that Paramount continues to re-release things that already exist. No need to release the original films on standard DVD AGAIN. Weren’t the Director’s/Collector’s editions enough?!?!

Still won’t buy the original movies on Blu Ray until the Director’s cuts are released for TMP and TWOK.

I’m really tired of all the double dipping that Paramount does…I’m sure I’ll prick up one of these at some point, but come on!

Actually, I’ll probably just get the Season 2 of TOS and wait until they release a set of all ten older movies on Blu Ray.

@3 @ 4 @5 Don’t want ’em? Don’t buy ’em. It ain’t rocket science. It ain’t even reconfiguring the navigational deflector array to emit a tachyon pulse to disrupt their cloaking device’s harmonics.

Frakes commentary on INSURRECTION you say? You interest me strangely, Mr Frakes,

So, they’re releasing all the even numbered films, back when that meant something, by themselves. Now, I don’t know what to do, get the boxset, then my collection will match, and I do somewhat like Generations and Insurrection enough to get them, but then I have to live with a copy of Nemesis.

Anthony, how on earth did they cajole you into doing a commentary track?

Are you going “studio” on us?

I kid, I kiiiiiidddd !!!!

I must say, the DVD sets look like they’ve been pared down from the 2 disc Special Editions I already have of all of the movies.

Good to see them on Blu-Ray. I wish they would redo the Directors Edition visuals and editing for the Blu-Ray release though.

Looks like the season 2 blu’s do not include the DS9 Tribble episode and other related content.

The EE on Generations SE DVD is very bad. I hope they remaster all the NG films for Blu. Gonna wait for reviews ‘fore I buy.

So the theatrical cut of ‘Star Trek The Motion Picture’ will NOT be available on DVD by itself, but only in the boxset ?

Ladies and Gentlemen ! ….

Its going to be expensive !!!

Yet another chance to release a directors cut (or editors cut) of Star Trek V utterly wasted….

Good going Paramount

eh, $220.00, for everything in blu (all 10 movies plus TOS season 2) not too bad, no doubt amazon will discount as we get closer to release day, it can probably be had for $200-$190

I really hope the TNG blu’s are tru high definition and not some bogus ‘upconverted’ junk we saw with the TOS titles (exception of TWOK)…. crossing fingers

I think paramount have taken it a step to far this time…

TNG FILM (BLU-RAY) COLLECTION has many of the bonuses that the SPECIAL EDITION DVDS had, which I am proud to say that I do have… OK the DVD version has some new installments but I am disappointed with the BLU-RAY additional content, apart from a slightly better picture I don’t think your going to get much more for your money.

I don’t even have a BLU-RAY player anyway so I won’t be even be thinking of it. Because I already have all the TNG film on special edition I’ll give the whole thing a miss. I might well be interested in TOS collection though.. As I only have the sixth film on DVD.. might be a xmas present for 2009.. maybe..

^ #1

Anthony is just some guy that Paramount pulled from a variety of random fans who had nothing to do with Star Trek First Contact. I would therefore conclude he would have nothing to contribute to these sets other than saying:

“I love this movie. It’s the best……Oh, I love this scene…… There’s Data……Look at that! Data got grabbed by the legs! Look at that!….Oh, that’s so funny with that drunk guy who invents the warp machine…… Hahaha! You hear that? He said ‘star trek’! Hahaha!

just like the writers who did the Star Trek VI commentary. I’d like to give this Anthony guy a piece of my mind and tell him to quit talking about what he thinks of Star Trek!

links!!!
I need links!

@ 18. LOL. ”data got grabbed by the legs!” …. that part made me crack up !

But coman ! Its a super-fan commentary track. Thats the whole idea of the commentary track. Although… i would have loved to have commentary by each of the cast members of each TNG movie. Sadly that won’t happen !

Will one of the Insurrection deleted scenes include Quark?

BY THE WAY EVERYONE….

did you guys notice the Jonathan Frakes commentary for Star Trek Insurrection ?!?! Remember he criticized the movie way too much in the commentary… hence Paramount removed the commentary track from the DVD release of Insurrection. It’ll be very interesting to listen to his commentary for Insurrection this time around !

I got a idea for Paramount/CBS. How about taking the animated Star Trek series and redo the animation with computer animation or standard animation and release it on Blueray. They could do the same thing they did for remastered Trek and include the original unaltered episodes for purists.

And while I’m wishing for the impossible how about letting Mr. Shatner do a directors edition of Trek 5 and fix the FX so we can get a decent blueray of it.

I can’t imagine Stuart Baird having a very good commentary track about his flopped movie either… how do you comment on your movie when everyone things it stunk to the high heavens?

^ #24

Hehe. I had fun typing that post. Commentaries are a different beast when it comes making them worth while. Some director’s can make a commentary just as entertaining as the film itself (Terry Gilliam, Ridley Scott, Joss Whedon, Nicholas Meyer) while others, not so much (Stuart Baird, George Lucas, Tim Burton, Brett Ratner). So be on the look out Anthony at ratethatcommentary.com, because your going to be reviewed!

And in regards to the transcript of your actual session, I actually just thought about the Arnold Schwarzenegger commentary track from Conan the Barbarian DVD and just substituted the Conan moments with Star Trek moments. Here’s what I mean.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86-vveE9DI4

What the hell do i want with a commentary by Lindelof and Pascale on a movie they have nothing to do with? I want a directors/actors/producers commentary of those who were involved.

Same thing with the bullshit Orci/Kurtzman commentary on the Voyage Home blu ray. What the hell was that?

@ 27. It was a super-fan commentary track. To listen to the point of view of another fan. I personally loved the Ronald D Moore fan commentary for Search for spock on Blu-ray. That was incredible commentary. Also the fan commentary with manny coto for Wrath of khan. But once again…. if you don’t like it… you don’t have to listen to them.

#25 Speak for yourself. There are people who enjoyed Nemesis, like me.

If I want to listen to fans opinion I read stuff here.

This whole Fan 2.0 stuff gets on my nerves.

“if you don’t like it… you don’t have to listen to them.”
Yeah, that’s obvious. Obvious is also that they could have done a non-bullshit commentary in the first place.

Why on earth have those boneheads put a special feature about Matt Jefferies on the DVD of Generations?? Shouldn’t this feature have been attached to something he was actually involved with, say the original series season sets??

What’s next, a Rick Berman commentary on Star Trek: The Search for Spock?

@ 30. Yea. I have to agree on that. I also have a problem with the ”fan 2.0” stuff. In a sense it is a ”bullshit” commentary, lol. But…. If they wanted to do fan commentary…. they should simply get past trek alumni’s to comment on the trek movies. It would have been REALLY INTERESTING to have have perhaps Nicholas Meyer comment on First Contact and where the Trek franchise had evolved into and his opinions on it.

But i’m a huge believer that they should have done the CAST commentaries. There should be commentaries with the entire cast involved. But once again… these huge studios NEVER DO THINGS RIGHT !

That “Evolutions” disc lists:
Klingon Encounter
Borg Invasion 4D

does this mean they’re giving us the video that was on the screens during the rides? Or is it just some general featurette about the ride?

I’ve always wanted to own the former…

#31 … IIRC correctly, Jeffries died before the 2-disc Generations DVD was originally released about 5 years ago, and so the tribute was attached to the disc as a timely extra. You’re right, though, it belongs on a TOS season set.

I’m all for the fan commentaries. Seriously. Although, where did the fan 2.0 come from?

I listened to Ron D. Moore’s commentary on Star Trek III, and this guy was honest! He places Trek III above his own Generations!

@ 35. Yea. But what really struck me about the moore trek 3 commentary was that he even talked about the props and the many different connections to his own Star Trek work on ds9 and tng. Which was incredible. I really felt THAT commentary was truly a fan-commentary. Also the Manny Coto and nicholas Meyer on Trek 2 was incredible too. They talked about relevant stuff.

#16 – They weren’t “upconverts” and if you look at them and the DVDs at the same time you’ll see that they are a huge improvement. Having seen them all opening day and several other times theatrically in both 35MM and 70MM prints they will *never* look as sharp and clean as contemporary productions.

#17 – If you had a Blu-ray player you wouldn’t think it looks “slightly” better than DVD.

On topic: day one purchase for me. Good price too.

TOS Season 2 looks very cool. The iPhone stuff sounds plain odd, but we’ll see.

May just have to get a movie or two but somehow think Nemesis and Insurrection will be skipped. Again.

My question is, will they release the “collector’s editions” on blu-ray? The only notable difference for me was 4 extra minutes on Wrath of Khan, and those four minutes are the sole reason I didn’t buy the blu-ray box set. Feel like I’m getting cheated or something.

Well, upon reading it once again…the TNG set actually interests me…might have to pick that up. That bonus disk is fascinating.

Search for Spock didn’t seem to suffer the odd-numbered curse, why not release that indiviudally on DVD as well? I didn’t care for IV, so I don’t want the “Trilogy” box set.

@ 41. I’m sure they’ll release it down the road. Their most likely just releasing the even number movies so far individually. I’m guessing down the road we shall see the odd number movies released individually.

Directors/Extended editions or no dice.

Decloaking . . .

Why the frak would I want to listen to a Voyage Home commentary by Orci & Kurtzman, when they already have an excellent one by the Shat and Nimoy ??????????????? That does not compute.

Congats on getting the commentary for FC, Anthony!

Recloaking. }:-D>

Why would I want to hear what Anthony has to say about First Contact? Did he actually have anything to do with the movie? Let me look through the end credits…….. Nope. If I’m ever forced to re-buy, I’ll remaster the disc and cut that commentary out.

@44 It might be interesting to hear the comments of these Trek screenwriters on another Trek screen outing? Or am I just crazy?

Is that correct? TOS Season 2 on Blu-ray is really only $80? That’s great!

wow, lol, a huge cry from trek fans over the fan commentaries for the movies. I hope Paramount is listening !

NO MORE FAN COMMENTARIES IN THE FUTURE OF STAR TREK HOME VIDEO RELEASES !!

THE LINE MUST BE DRAWN HERE !

THIS FAR, NO FURTHER !

ST commentaries have always been a mixed bag. During ST V, Shat’s daughter seemed to remember more about the making of the film than he did! But ST IV, with Shat & Nimoy doing the commentary, was just a lot of fun.

I think Season 2 of TOS-R is best buy here. I think Paramount’s apathetic effort on special features for the movies is ridiculous, but not surprising. Still, I’ll be buying, for sure, the TNG Blu-Ray movies and TOS-R season 2 Blu-Ray, because until something better comes out, I want to have something. If a few years down the line they remaster them with new director’s cuts and such, I’ll get those too. It’s been happening for years. They released the original movies on DVD 9 or 10 years ago, then a few after that they released the Special Editions. I can imagine they’ll do that again with Blu-Ray, but again, none of this is surprising to me. The only two things here that really have me scratching my head and asking Paramount why they’re wasting production is the fact they’re releasing single Trek movies on regular DVD for the third time already. Stop doing that! I have another rant on the commentaries, but until I hear them, I won’t say anything on them.

On the bright side, at least come September when I walk down the Sci-Fi aisle at a video store, I’ll see more than just a copy of Nemesis and maybe a season of Enterprise on the shelf next to shelves and shelves of Stargate and Star Wars.