Star Trek the Movies New on DVD

More Trek! On May 12, Paramount Pictures is releasing a mammoth box set of Star Trek movies on Blu-Ray along with a smaller, Trilogy box set on regular DVD for those who don’t have the dollars for this double (triple?) dip.

The Star Trek: Motion Picture Trilogy set includes Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock and Star Trek: IV The Voyage Home and it will be available on either Blu-ray or DVD. The films have been digitally remastered in high definition (The Wrath of Khan has been restored) with new 7.1 Dolby TrueHD audio for the Blu-ray release and each disc includes all-new special features, including exclusive BD-Live content. The collection will be available on Blu-ray with an anticipated retail of $48.99 and on DVD for $29.99.

The Star Trek Original Motion Picture Collection has the first six Star Trek films which have been digitally remastered in high definition and over 14 hours of special features, including 2 ½ hours of all-new material. The 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 collection will be available on Blu-ray with an anticipated retail price of $104.99.

I did a quick comparison to the older DVDs that we own and it looks like most of the special features not marked HD or BD are from the older releases. If you don’t have all of the movies on DVD already, $104.99 is a small price to pay for what you’ll get, especially when you see how trimmed down the Trilogy set is. Take a look:

Star Trek: The Motion Picture
• New Commentary by Michael & Denise Okuda, Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens and Daren Dochterman
• The Longest Trek: Writing the Motion Picture (HD)
• Special Star Trek Reunion (HD)
• Starfleet Academy: Mystery Behind V’ger (HD)
• Deleted Scenes
• Storyboards
• Trailers & TV Spots
• Library Computer (BD Exclusive)
• BD Live: Star Trek I.Q.

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
• Commentary by director Nicholas Meyer
• New Commentary by director Nicholas Meyer and Manny Coto
• James Horner: Composing Genesis (HD)
• A Tribute to Ricardo Montalban (HD)
• Collecting Star Trek’s Movie Relics (HD)
• Starfleet Academy: Mystery Behind Ceti Alpha VI (HD)
• Captain’s Log
• Designing Khan
• Original interviews with DeForest Kelley, William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy and Ricardo Montalban
• Where No Man Has Gone Before: The Visual Effects of Star Trek I: The Wrath of Khan
• The Star Trek Universe: A Novel Approach
• Storyboards
• Theatrical trailer
• Library Computer (BD Exclusive)
• BD Live: Star Trek I.Q.

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
• 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
• Library Computer
• Captain’s Log
• Terraforming and the Prime Directive
• Industrial Light & Magic: The Visual Effects of Star Trek (HD)
• Spock: The Early Years (HD)
• Space Docks and Birds of Prey
• Speaking Klingon
• Klingon and Vulcan Costumes
• Star Trek and the Science Fiction Museum Hall of Fame (HD)
• Starfleet Academy SCISEC Brief 003: Mystery Behind the Vulcan Katra Transfer
• Photo Galleries
• Storyboards
• Theatrical Trailer (HD)

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
• Commentary by William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy
• New Commentary by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman
• Pavel Chekov’s Screen Moments (HD)
• The Three-Picture Saga (HD)
• Star Trek for a Cause (HD)
• Starfleet Academy: The Whale Probe (HD)
• Future’s Past: A Look Back
• On Location
• Dailies Deconstruction
• Below-the-Line: Sound Design
• Time Travel: The Art of the Possible
• The Language of Whales
• A Vulcan Primer
• Kirk’s Women
• From Outer Space to the Ocean
• The Bird of Prey
• Original interviews with Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner and DeForest Kelley
• Roddenberry Scrapbook
• Featured Artist: Mark Lenard
• Production Gallery
• Storyboards
• Theatrical Trailer (HD)
• Library Computer (BD Exclusive)
• BD Live: Star Trek I.Q.

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
• Commentary by William Shatner and Liz Shatner
• New Commentary by Michael & Denise Okuda and Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens and Daren Dochterman
• Star Trek Honors NASA (HD)
• Hollywood Walk of Fame: James Doohan (HD)
• Starfleet Academy: Nimbus III (HD)
• Harve Bennett’s Pitch to the Sales Team
• The Journey: A Behind-the-Scenes Documentary
• Makeup Tests
• Pre-Visualization Models
• Rockman in the Raw
• Star Trek V press conference
• Herman Zimmerman: A Tribute
• Original Interview: William Shatner
• Cosmic Thoughts
• That Klingon Couple
• A Green Future?
• Deleted Scenes
• Production Gallery
• Storyboards
• Theatrical Trailers (HD)
• TV Spots
• Library Computer (BD Exclusive)
• BD Live: Star Trek I.Q.

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
• Commentary by director Nicholas Meyer and screenwriter Denny Martin Flinn
• New Commentary by Larry Nemecek and Ira Steven Behr
• Tom Morga: Alien Stuntman (HD)
• To Be Or Not To Be: Klingons and Shakespeare (HD)
• Starfleet Academy: Praxis (HD)
• The Perils of Peacemaking
• Stories from Star Trek VI:
o It Started with a Story
o Prejudice
o Director Nicholas Meyer
o Shakespeare & General Chang
o Bring it to Life
o Farewell & Goodbye
• Conversations with Nicholas Meyer
• Klingons: Conjuring the Legend
• Federation Operatives
• Penny’s Toy Box
• Together Again
• DeForest Kelley: A Tribute
• Original cast interviews
• Production Gallery
• Storyboards
• 1991 Convention Presentation by Nicholas Meyer
• Trailers
• Library Computer (BD Exclusive)
• BD Live: Star Trek I.Q.

Bonus Disc:
• Star Trek: The Captains’ Summit (HD)

STAR TREK: MOTION PICTURE TRILOGY Blu-ray & DVD
The STAR TREK: MOTION PICTURE TRILOGY Blu-ray discs are presented in 1080p high definition with English 7.1 Dolby TrueHD, French 2.0 Dolby Surround and Spanish Mono and English, English SDH, French, Spanish & Portuguese subtitles. The DVD collection is presented in widescreen enhanced for 16:9 televisions with Dolby Digital English 5.1 Surround EX, French 2.0 Dolby Surround, Spanish Mono and Portuguese Mono and English, French, Spanish and Portuguese subtitles. See listings above for features on the individual Blu-ray discs. The DVD special features are as follows:

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

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

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
• 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

All I can say is — wow.

Box art courtesy of Paramount Pictures