DJariya

Well, do you own a 4K TV and 4K UHD Blu-Ray player? If not, then there's really no point to even consider this. I think how this set is being divided up is stupid and is a pure Star Trek whore money grab. But, it's for 4K fans who want to watch these utilizing their 4K TV's full capabilities.

milo bloom

The theatrical and SLV might work since the SLV is just extra footage to pad the runtime. The Director’s Version made more trims and and audio edits to create a different experience. So I’d think it would need at least two discs.

PhantomStranger

I remember seeing it in a cheap dollar theater. I wonder if anything like that still exists.

Josh-da-man

I really don't see a huge improvement from blu-ray to 4K, particularly with older movies like these. Maybe some better grain structure. And I don't think HDR adds much to movies that weren't made with it mind.

There are a few movies I will upgrade to 4K, like 2001 A Space Odyssey, first six Star Wars films (I do have Solo in 4K because I bought the Target limited edition), Lord of the Rings, Alien/Aliens, but there are a lot a marginal releases like the old Star Trek movies that I won't bother with unless they're dirt cheap.

And other stuff, like the James Bond movies or any number of old horror movies I already own on blu-ray, I'll probably never upgrade. And while I love movies like Terminator and Robocop, the blu-rays look good enough to my eyes. I'm not sure having the dodgy special effects be even clearer will increase my enjoyment of them.

I will, however, get a 4K version of a movie when it's the same price as or cheaper than the blu-ray edition, like my Black Friday purchases of Blade Runner 2049 and Deadpool 2 on 4K. BR2049 on 4K was the same price as the blu-ray, so I went ahead and got those. I probably would have favored 4K for BR2049 anyway, but I wouldn't have bothered with DP2 in 4K. Actually, I think I picked up DP2 on 4K because I couldn't find the DP2 blu-ray with the second disc of supplements or something.

Josh Z

If a Blu-ray has a really good transfer, the upgrade to 4K HDR may not be as compelling. But in the case of both Star Trek and James Bond, a sizable chunk of the movies had mediocre to poor transfers on Blu-ray. A 4K edition affords the studio an excuse to remaster the movies.

Mike86

For me I’m only buying 4K releases of films I either really like or movies I haven’t owned but want to. Definitely being more selective now than in the past.

DJariya

Well, tomorrow is the last day for the 35th anniversary screenings of Star Trek IV. It was showing on Thursday and tomorrow. It's playing at 2 theaters near me, so I decided to purchase a ticket. Yes I could easily watch this at home. I own all the movies on BD, but I thought it would be fun to re-visit this on the big screen 35 years later. The movie also includes a featurette on the cast and crew remembering this 3 movie arc. ST II though IV. I'm looking forward to seeing how the remastered version looks.

Mike86

I would have gone to the 35th Anniversary screening of The Voyage Home, but the closest theater to me that’s playing it is three hours away.

DJariya

Just got back from seeing Star Trek IV. So good seeing it on the big screen 35 years later.

So the feature they played before the movie was actually on the DVD about the Trek 3 movie arc. So it wasn’t unique to this presentation. The interviews were old including Harve Bennett, who has already passed away and I just checked my BD and that feature is on the BD. After it was done they showed a short promo about the new 4K set coming in September.

Anyhow, not much to say other than it’s still a damn good film and holds up well now. I didn’t notice any glaring improvements with the picture.

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milo bloom

Hot diggity damn. That better get a disc release.

Mike86

Damn that looks fantastic.

mwbmis

I bought 1-10 for $20 on iTunes last year, and it looks like the first 4 have already upgraded to 4K. Plus, I have the Wrath of Khan director's cut in UHD on VUDU. Since I kept the two disc DVDs for all ten movies that is probably enough for me. That having been said a reissue of the director's edition of the first movie would be tempting in a way nothing else really is.

Shannon Nutt

We're in the same boat with our purchases.

DJariya

So iTunes is selling the Star Trek 10 movie bundle for $35. Star Trek I-IV are in 4K. They were upgraded recently after Paramount released the new 4 movie 4K disc set.

This is a really good deal, so I decided to go with this. So whenever future movies come out in 4K, I'm sure the rest of the bundle will be upgraded as well. Saves me the shelf space.

DJariya

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milo bloom

Doesn't work, what's it about?

DJariya

Trek Core posted news the new 4K cut of Star Trek the Motion Picture is coming out April 5th on Paramount +. But they deleted the tweet and Paramount now made the trailer private.

Shannon Nutt

The date IS correct though. It's going to be exclusive to Paramount + (at least for a while).

DJariya

I'm guessing Paramount prematurely posted the trailer and will eventually put it back up once they put out a press release.

It's cool that TMP director's cut has gotten this new 4K treatment, but it's honestly my least favorite Trek movie next to 5. I always found it somewhat tedious to watch. I will watch it in April, but can't say I'm so psyched for it.

Mike86

Isn’t it supposed to be getting a 4K UHD release too? Hopefully soon. Even though it’s too bad they didn’t do it for the anniversary a few years ago.

DJariya

Here’s the trailer that was pulled earlier. Paramount has yet to officially repost it.

b2net

And for those of us that watch Paramount Plus via Roku, Dolby Vision / HDR do not work at the moment on some models. P+ blames a Roku update from last fall and Roku states it is P+. P+ stated it should be fixed with Roku's next OS update. Which are usually Spring and Fall updates. So might have to wait to watch this until that issue is corrected.

milo bloom

Some good looking shots in that trailer.

I know this film will never be able to be made into a masterpiece regardless of editing, but the 2001 Director's cut was a major improvement and I am so glad they agreed to put some money into this. I will gladly rebuy this films as many times as it takes to get the best version.
I'd even pop for a pan-and-scan DVD of the Special Longer Version that lived on VHS and LD for so long.