Star Trek Movies 1 - 10 [Box Set] [DVD]

Even if (when) more big-screen adventures come along, this Star Trek DVD Movies Collection will remain a fitting memento of this astonishingly long-running franchise. Containing all 10 movies from The Motion Picture (1979) to Nemesis (2003), this box set charts the voyages of the USS Enterprise(s) from the original ship's first major refit since its legendary five-year mission to the last outing for the Enterprise E in the next century. After this, there will be new ships and new crews. The most famous starship in the galaxy has finally retired.

Along the way, there have been many highs and just a few lows. The Motion Picture's Director's Edition solved many of the theatrical release's problems. Its follow-up, The Wrath of Khan, is still regarded as the series' finest hour. Movies III and IV chart Spock's fall and resurrection in quasi-religious terms, but also add welcome humour in The Voyage Home. Taken together II, III and IV make for a satisfyingly self-contained trilogy, which is one reason why the next entry, The Final Frontier, seemed like a disappointment. Khan director Nicholas Meyer returned for the superior VI, The Undiscovered Country, allowing the original crew to sign-off in style. Attempting to please fans old and new, the messy Generations ended up pleasing almost no one. Thankfully, the second Next Generation film, First Contact, comes in a close second to Khan in the series-best stakes. Neither Insurrection or Nemesis could quite match what had gone before, but both were solidly entertaining adventures nonetheless.

On the DVDs: The Star Trek DVD Movies Collection is a 10-disc set complete with booklet and postcard-size Nemesis film stills. However, only the first four movies are presented in their Special Edition versions--these have the same content as the feature discs of the separately released two-disc sets--and the Nemesis disc also contains a commentary, documentaries and deleted scenes. Movies V-IX are bare-bones releases, though, with no extra content to speak of. Fans will therefore not find this box set to be a substitute for the individual Special Edition versions. --Mark Walker

10-disc box set containing the following films:

• Disc 1: Star Trek: The Motion Picture (Director’s Edition)
  
• Disc 2: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (Director’s Edition)
  
• Disc 3: Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (Special Edition)
  
• Disc 4: Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (Special Edition)
  
• Disc 5: Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
  
• Disc 6: Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
  
• Disc 7: Star Trek: Generations
  
• Disc 8: Star Trek: First Contact
  
• Disc 9: Star Trek: Insurrection
  
• Disc 10: Star Trek: Nemesis

Disc 1: Star Trek: The Motion Picture (Director’s Edition)

• Group commentary by Director Robert Wise, Special Effects Photographic Director Douglas Trumbull, Special Photographic Effects Supervisor John Dykstra, Music Composer Jerry Goldsmith and actor Stephen Collins
  
• Text commentary by Michael Okuda, co-author of The Star Trek Encyclopedia

Disc 2: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (Director’s Edition)

• Commentary by Director Nicholas Meyer
  
• Text commentary by Michael Okuda, co-author of The Star Trek Encyclopedia

Disc 3: Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (Special Edition)

• Commentary by Director Leonard Nimoy, Writer and Producer Haive Bennett, Director of Photography Charles Correll and actress Robin Curtis

Disc 4: Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (Special Edition)

• Commentary by Michael Okuda
  
• Text commentary by Michael Okuda

Disc 5: Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

• Theatrical trailer
  
• Teaser trailer

Disc 6: Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

• Theatrical trailer
  
• Teaser trailer

Disc 7: Star Trek: Generations - n/a

Disc 8: Star Trek: First Contact

• Theatrical trailer
  
• Teaser trailer

Disc 9: Star Trek: Insurrection

• Theatrical trailer
  
• Behind the Scenes featurette
  
• Teaser trailer

Disc 10: Star Trek: Nemesis

• Commentary by Director Stuart Baird
  
• 4 exclusive documentaries:
  New Frontiers – Stuart Baird on directing "Nemesis"
  A Bold New Vision of the Final Frontier
  A "Star Trek" Family’s Final Journey
  Red Alert! Shooting the Action of "Nemesis
  
• 7 deleted scenes
  
• Photo gallery

• 16-page brochure