Star Trek - The Next Generation Movie Collection [Blu-ray] [2009]

The Star trek -TNG collection comes hot on the heels of the original movies released a few months back. the original movies had a lot of negativiity attached to the transfers,some i felt were unwarranted but how does the next gen fare on blu ray ?

Well for the most part vary well. the 4 films vary in quality which i'll get to in a minute but as a whole the transfers are nice and both PQ and AQ are a clear step up from the dvd's

ST-Generations (PQ 4/5) THIS IS PROBABLY THE BEST LOOKING OUT OF ALL THE FILMS IN THE SET. LOVELY DEEP CONTRAST,GORGEOUS COLOURS AND CLARITY. THOUGH THIS IS THE FIRST FILM MADE, IT ACTUALLY LOOKS THE BEST..GREAT TRANSFER.

ST-First contact (PQ 3/5) FC IS BY NATURE MOSTLY A DARK FILM NOT JUST IN STORY BUT BY THE SETTINGS ETC..A LOT OF THE FILM IS AT NIGHT OR ON THE SHIP AS OPPOSED TO A LOT OF OUTDOORS STUFF IN GENERATIONS. QUALITY IS FOR THE MOST PART VERY DECENT BUT IS DEF A STEP DOWN FROM THE SCINTILATING GENERATIONS QUALITY.

ST-Insurrection (PQ 3.5/5) THIS IS ANOTHER NICE TRANSFER AND UNLIKE FC INSURRECTION BENEFITS FROM LOTS OF OUTDOORS SCENES GIVING THE FILM VERY GOOD CLARITY AND SHARPNESS COUPLED WITH GORGEOUS COLOURS. I DIDNT THINK THIS WAS QUITE AS STELLAR AS GENERATIONS BUT COMES VERY CLOSE.

ST-Nemesis (PQ 2.5/5) EASILY THE WORSE TRANSFER OF THE BUNCH AND CONSIDERING IT'S THE MOST RECENT ALL THE MORE SURPRISING. LIKE FC NEMESIS IS A DARK FILM BY NATURE SO THERES NOT A LOT OF EYE CANDY TO SHOW OFF HERE. CLARITY IS IMPROVED OVER THE DVD FOR SURE BUT I WAS DISAPPOINTED WITH THIS ONE. ONE AREA THOUGH THIS EXCELS IS IN IT BOMBASTIC S/TRACK WHICH IS THE BEST S/TRACK OF ALL THE FILMS

Each film has pretty much all the features from the 2 disc dvd's with added HD features to so this is very extensive indeed. there is a bonus 5th disc which houses some additional HD featurrettes but these come off largely as cast offs to the other supplements and arent nearly as interesting as the original movies blu ray bonus disc which had the captains table doc.

All in all this is a good set..PQ for the most part is very good..what with exhaustive supplemental material you really cant go wrong

MAKE IT SO !!

Since this is yet to be listed here are the extras on this Box set.

Anyone buying the box set is obviously a fan of star Trek and knows what to expect from the films themselves. The American release has received nothing but praise for picture quality and sound, so I can only presume it will be the same in PAL.

For me First Contact is the best of all the films in this set.

Generations:

* New Commentary by Director David Carson and Manny Coto
* Commentary by Writers Brannon Braga and Ronald D.Moore
* 4 Star Trek Universe Featurettes (SD)
* "Uniting Two Legends" Featurette (SD)
* "Stellar Cartography: Creating the Illusion" Featurette (SD)
* "Strange New Worlds: Valley of Fire" Featurette (SD)
* "Inside ILM: Models and Miniatures" Featurette (SD)
* "Crashing the Enterprise" Featurette (SD)
* 3 Scene Deconstruction Featurettes (SD)
* 4 Deleted Scenes (SD)
* Storyboards and Production Gallery
* Scoring Trek (HD)
* Next Generation Designer Flashback: Andrew Probert (HD)
* Stellar Cartography on Earth (HD)
* Brent Spiner :Data and Beyond Part 1 (HD)
* Trek Roundtable: Generations (HD)
* Starfleet Academy: Trilithium (HD)

First Contact:

* New Commentary by Damon Lindelof and Anthony Pascale
* Commentary with Writers Brannon Braga and Ronald D. Moore
* Commentary with Director and Actor Jonathan Frakes
* 3 Star Trek Universe Featurettes (SD)
* 3 Borg Collective Featurettes (SD)
* 3 Scene Deconstruction Featurettes (SD)
* First Contact Production: Making-Of Featurettes (SD)
* Storyboards and Production Gallery
* Theatrical Teaser
* Theatrical Trailer
* Industrial Light & Magic
* Greetings from the International Space Station (HD)
* Spaceshipone's Historic Flight (HD)
* Brent Spiner: Data and Beyond Part 2 (HD)
* Trek Roundtable: First Contact (HD)
* Starfleet Academy: Temporal Vortex (HD

Insurrection:

* Commentary by Jonathan Frakes and Marina Sirtis
* 7 Production/Making-Of Featurettes (SD)
* 3 "Creating the Illusion" Special Effects Featurettes (SD)
* 2 "The Star Trek Universe" Featurettes (SD)
* Teaser and Theatrical Trailer
* Original EPK
* Storyboards and Production Gallery
* Westmore's Legacy (HD)
* Marina Sirtis: The Counselor is In (HD)
* Brent Spiner: Data and Beyond Part 3 (HD)
* Trek Roundtable: Insurrection (HD)
* Starfleet Academy: The Origins of the Ba'ku and Son'a Conflict (HD)

Nemesis:

* New Commentary by Michael and Denise Okuda
* Commentary by Director Stuart Baird
* Commentary by Producer Rick Berman
* 7 Production/Making-Of Featurettes (SD)
* 3 "The Star Trek Universe" Featurettes (SD)
* 5 "The Romulan Empire" Featurettes (SD)
* Deleted Scenes (SD)
* Storyboard and Production Archives
* Teaser and Theatrical Trailers
* Reunion with the Rikers (HD)
* Today's Tech Tomorrow's Data (HD)
* Robot Hall of Fame (HD)
* Brent Spiner: Data and Beyond Part 4 (HD)
* Trek Roundtable: Nemesis (HD)
* Starfleet Academy: Thalaron Radiation (HD)

Also an extra disc with the following:

* 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

This boxset brings all of the next generation star trek movies, fully remastered and beautifully displayed in a sleek slip case.
As a trekkie through and through, this purchase was purely to upgrade my collection (the boxset replaced 4 VHS and a couple DVDs) but once you rewatch these films in widescreen with 5.1 it really gives them the impact they deserve.
A must for trekkies, and a great idea for fans of jj's reboot who want to venture into the wonderful world of Star Trek.