The Star Trek DVD & Blu-Ray Is Fat-Packed with Joy
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Now consider this a rumor, because Paramount hasn’t announced anything officially yet. But the Blu-ray Blog and others got ahold of an early press release of the DVD and Blu-ray versions of the new Star Trek mobvie, and goddamn is it full of awesomess (or “win,” as the kids like to say). Check it.
? Audio commentary (JJ Abrams, Bryan Burke, Alex Kurtzman, Damon Lindelof, Roberto Orci)
? Featurettes:
? Where no man has gone before:
? The Shatner conundrum
? The redshirt guy,
? The green girl
? Trekker alert!
? Casting
? A new vision (“Savage Pressure”)
? Starships:
? Warp explained
? Painting work
? Accelerated bridge construction
? The captain’s chair
? Operating the buttons
? Shuttle shuffle
? Accelerated Narada construction
? Aliens:
? The alien paradox
? The girl with the big eyes
? Big pro Quinto
? Klingons
? Drakoulias anatomy 101
? Planets:
? Additional businesses
? Confidentiality
? Equipment and costumes: Klingon costumes
? Sound
? Music
? Gene Roddenberry’s vision? Deleted scenes:
? Spock’s birth
? Klingons capture Narada
? Young Kirk, Johnny and Uncle Frank
? Amanda and Sarek argue after Spock’s fight
? Interrogation and escape from prison
? Sarek and Amanda
? Bedroom and Kobayashi Maru (original version)
? Kirk apologizes to the green girl
? Sarek sees Spock Prime? Starfleet vessel simulator (probably BD only)
? Star Trek gag reel
? Trailers:
? Teaser trailer
? Theatrical trailer “The wait is over”
? Theatrical trailer “Prepare for the beginning”
? Theatrical trailer “Buckle up”? Star Trek: D-A-C demo (trailer) for XBOX 360
? BD Live options
That’s a hell of a lot, and for the first time in a long time, I’m genuinely excited about watching some deleted scenes from a movie, if only to Greg Grunberg as Uncle Frank belittle young Kirk and possibly throw corn at him (actually, I’d much rather see Diora Baird as the other Orion non-Slave Girl, but let’s move on). Right now, the Trek home edition is set for October 8th, but write that in your calendars in pencil not ink.
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