STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE - The Director's Edition - THE COMPLETE ADVENTURE 4K UHD [Blu-ray] [Region A & B & C]

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The remastered editions of Star Trek II are available in the 6-film box set, as a standalone 4K + Blu-ray release, or as a standalone Blu-ray. Yes, many of the VFX have been digitally enhanced or even freshly recreated, but they’re integrated almost seamlessly into the original aesthetic of the film, while many of the rough spots in the original release have been repaired or replaced. Now the 4K image really does leap off the screen in amazing color and detail. To watch Star Trek: The Motion Picture in this way is to watch a 44-year-old science fiction movie that looks in many ways like it was made last year.

NEW! A Bold New Enterprise (29:41): Exploring the complex process of bringing the franchise to the screen, big moments, casting, while the other more subdued uniform colors are equally flattering and true. Bright electrical elements, the V'Ger light beam probe that moves

The newly restored, definitive version of the first big-screen adventure is presented in 4K Ultra HD with Dolby Vision™ and HDR-10, as well as Dolby Atmos®. Also includes access to a Digital copy of the film and the following new and legacy bonus content: Notably, this includes the two TMP-centric parts of Roger Lay Jr’s excellent documentaries from the 50th anniversary boxed set. In addition to his work on the various iterations of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Drew’s blog Star Wars Visual Comparisons also contains a forensic analysis of the many versions of the original Star Wars trilogy. Last chance to see on the big screen The Human Adventure—An all-new 8-part documentary detailing how the Director’s Edition came to life— NEW! Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country arrives with two versions of the film on 4K: the original theatrical cut, which was also available in the previous 2009 Blu-ray (and what most people have seen on streaming services to date), and the longer director’s cut last released in the 2004 Special Collector’s

A NOTE ON SCREENCAPS: At present, it is rather difficult to produce representative screencaps from 4K discs and maintain the full HDR color presentation for online publication. The remastered Blu-rays, which are based upon the 4K presentations, are what we can produce and share for this review. Audio CommentaryfeaturingMichael & Denise Okuda, Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens, and Daren Dochterman Mr. Wise, especially, was notorious for staging complex scenes that just weren’t coming together in the time allotted on the schedule by using the diopter where there WAS NO chance of hiding the transition in the lenses and moving the sequence to re-shoots so that he and the team had time to rethink the progression of the shots and the setups before staging it again under less pressure. NEW! Redirecting the Future (480i, 14:06): Looking at the making of the Director's Edition version of the film in 2001. After more than two decades, Robert Wise’s Director’s Edition of Star Trek: The Motion Picture has been remastered in 4K HDR, which debuted last month on Paramount+ (see TrekMovie review). This week, it has returned to the big screen via Fathom events, with the final screenings being held Wednesday night.Star Wars has lots of stuff behind the action but it’s not so obvious and is less front and centre. There is generally less talking and more action and the films are more visual. The CGI V’ger torpedo shot just doesn’t really match the original effect, and was more effective on the DVD release compared to the way they handled it here Hats off to all those involved in the making of this film, to David C. Fein, Mike Matessino, and Daren R. Dochterman for carrying the Director’s Edition torch (Congratulations, gentlemen!), and to everyone at Paramount Home Entertainment and Paramount+ who provided the resources to make this stunning restoration possible. If you love this film as I do, the Director’s Edition is highly recommended. The shot of the away party coming out of the hatch to stand on the saucer was replaced with a CG version of the same actions, almost perfectly down to the timing of the movements from the original plate. The tiles now appear in front of them one-by-one, animated on the two’s to emulate the feeling of using 70’s animation techniques in 2001. The 2022 version animates every frame.

While some have commented that the 2022 versions seem to be “blurry,” well, that’s because the slightly soft nature of each film were shot that way in the original production!Earlier this year, Paramount+ premiered a 4K Ultra HD (high definition) version of Star Trek: The Motion Picture – The Director’s Edition. Prepared over the course of six months by Fein, Matessino, and a visual effects team with access to Paramount’s archives, this iteration of ST: TMP stayed true to the vision established by Wise for The Director’s Edition in 2001, while doing a further, extensive, HD restoration and upgrade of the entire film. Audio Commentary by Robert Wise, Douglas Trumbull, John Dykstra, Jerry Goldsmith, and Stephen Collins I’m not saying what you suggest is impossible, but it does sound impractical … as in, too much effort and not a guaranteed quality result. As AI gets smarter, this sort of thing should get easier, but TMP’s matte lines sometimes ‘chatter’ so that might require more smarts to figure out, and you’d have to be working at resolutions high enough that the result isn’t just a fuzzing of the line or too-sharp of a delineation.