Star Trek DVD and Blu Ray: The Starstore Review
The new Star Trek movie has had its release on DVD and Blu Ray in time for Christmas, and has been released to a good amount of fanfare. Quite rightly so, as well. The film itself was a bold and exciting way to renew the Star Trek universe after it had fizzled out with Star Trek: Nemesis and that damp squib of a TV series known as Enterprise (which started off so well and then quickly lost its way).
Zachary Quinto and Chris Pine are electric in the lead roles of Spock and Kirk, and the rest of the cast (in particular Karl Urban) are excellent as well. The script, direction, effects, score and everything else are top notch with this film, and now the flick is available on Blu Ray and DVD for you to enjoy at home too.
There are various editions of this thrilling science fiction masterpiece available, each one catering for a different section of fandom. Whether you just want the film itself or the deluxe edition with all of the extras included, there’s a version for you. The transfer is crisp and clear on both the DVD and Blu Ray editions of the movie, but it is in Blu Ray that the new Star Trek movie really shines.
The clarity of each frame is astounding, along with an amazing use of sound and music, which adds even more scale to proceedings. While the extras aren’t particularly different from any other extras we’ve seen, they are nonetheless comprehensive and enlightening, with ‘Making of’ features, interviews, deleted scenes, out-takes and more making up a package that really is worth the money.
The deleted scenes available on the Star Trek DVD and Star Trek Blu Ray release provide a greater insight into some elements of the story, such as how Kirk beat the Kobayashi Maru test and more of his womanizing ways. While the deleted scenes are fun and great to watch, you can understand why some of them were removed fro the finished film.
Fans of the movie and the Star Trek franchise can delve ever deeper into the background of the film and the exciting reinvention of the Star Trek saga, and for once there is a film here that lives up to the hyperbole surrounding it. It may not match The Wrath of Khan in terms of compelling storytelling, but this new Star trek film is the best movie to carry the Star Trek name ever since that seminal sequel.
While not quite as comprehensively loaded with bonus material as this year’s earlier hit release of the Watchmen movie, it still does the Star Trek film and indeed the franchise justice. A brilliant film, a great DVD/Blu Ray release, and an absolute must-have for this Christmas. Good luck spotting the R2D2 Easter Egg!
