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A side-by-side of Spock in THE MOTION PICTURE, with film grain and textures restored. Spock (Leonard Nimoy) in STAR TREK VI, regaining much more natural features in the new edition. Probably the most impacted by the DNR/sharpening effect was Star Trek VI, which in some scenes left the cast looking like clay sculptures brought to life - such as the below shot from Spock’s briefing at the beginning of the film - but the other films are impacted as well in varying degrees, as we’ve illustrated from The Motion Picture.

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That said - the primary problem with those first Blu-ray editions are the tragically-overused Digital Noise Reduction (DNR) and edge-enhancement (or “sharpening”) techniques used when bring the movies to HD for the first time.įor the 2009 editions, all six films were put through DNR processing to “scrub out” the natural film grain that was part of the original presentation, and then each were artificially sharpened to restore the detail lost because of the DNR pass - resulting in a strange mix of heavily-shadowed, chiseled faces, waxy skin features erasing the actors’ natural complexions, and elimination of much of the costumes’ and sets’ surface detailing. The Excelsior takes a Klingon torpedo hit in STAR TREK VI – contrast on the explosion is better, but the ship loses its shadowy look (likely due to the HDR-to-HD conversion). The Enterprise-A leaves Spacedock at the end of STAR TREK IV. Captain Kirk (William Shatner) in STAR TREK VI - seen on DVD and on the 20 Blu-rays.

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We’ve watched the 4K discs on a proper HDR television display, and can say that those of you who will primarily watch the films on 4K discs on 4K HDR-capable displays (or on streaming services which present the full 4K HDR presentation) will probably not notice much of an issue on that front - but “downgrading” the new scans to 1080p for the standard Blu-ray discs have left some scenes feel a bit over-brightened, losing some of the shadowy moods one remembers from countless viewings over the decades. The remastered Blu-rays, which are based upon the 4K presentations, are what we can produce and share for this review. There will certainly be debates over “correct” color timing and lighting levels between the 2009 and the 2021/2022 editions of the original Star Trek films: each film does seem to have an issue with somewhat brighter-than-expected lighting levels, especially in space scenes, which seems to be a side effect from creating the remastered Blu-rays from 4K HDR sources.Ī 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. Standalone 4K / Blu-ray combo pack releases of Star Trek II, II, IV, V, and VI also arrived this week:

Blu-ray Disc - Theatrical Cut and Director’s Cut.

4K Blu-ray Disc - Theatrical Cut and Director’s Cut.

Star Trek: The Motion Picture – The Director’s Edition.

Star Trek: The Motion Picture (Theatrical Cut).

The new 15-disc collection includes all of the following: While the first four remastered films hit 4K and Blu-ray in 2021, we now have the complete collection - including the Director’s Edition of The Motion Picture and Director’s Cuts of The Wrath of Khan and The Undiscovered Country - fully restored and ready to replace the in-our-opinion highly-inferior scans released more than a decade ago. A QUICK NOTE: Today’s review covers everything EXCLUDING the new 4K release of “Star Trek: The Motion Picture - The Director’s Edition,” which we’ll address in a separate review later this week.Īt long last, all six of the classic Star Trek crew’s big-screen adventures are available to fans in new 4K Ultra HD presentations, rescanned from the original negatives and preserved without the heavy-handed, artificial modifications that have plagued the movies since their first high-definition release in 2009.

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