Star Trek VIII: First Contact

Fantastic picture and sound quality, no doubt due to my Sony 4k TV, DVD player, and Sony Sound Bar, but this is the best one in the TNG series. Great special effects as to be expected in a Star Trek movie. This 4K version is much clearer than the standard DVD version. No skipping or stalling as does happen sometimes with a 4K disc. I gave it a wipe with my camera lens cloth before playing. An entertaining film that I'll enjoy watching over and over. No cardboard jacket came with this 4K DVD, which it usually does, however.

First- oh I'm sure we could all nitpick and throw popcorn at a few various things we saw, or didn't see, or didn't like....but the minutiae of those issues collectively, is dwarfed in comparison by the sum total here. The 4K HD FIRST CONTACT is utterly stunning, just STUNNING; and the audio is not sub-par, but supports the video quality. GREAT JOB!! Star TrekVIII: First Contact, is a must-have in your collection of 4K HD movies. We are rebuilding our movie collection that previously we lost in a fire some time ago, and First Contact was one of those that we wanted to add to our physical collection we're building. NO, the convenience of streaming does NOT compare or replace the QUALITY of the physical disc versions- physical, real discs are so superior both in video and audio quality, it's no-contest. PLUS if the internet goes down- no streaming for you, while we can still play our movies from our physical library all day. Hehe.. But back to the main thing: My wife and I both were floored watching this disc last night- First Contact NEVER had looked or sounded so good. Truly STUNNING. Yes, it's worth the purchase.

The eighth big-screen installment of the "Star Trek" franchise was released to theaters in 1996 with the title "Star Trek: First Contact". It was also the second "Star Trek" film to feature the cast from the highly successful television series "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987-1994). Unlike the previous film, it did not include any of the cast members from the original "Star Trek" series. Instead, "Star Trek: First Contact" begins with the crew on board the newest starship to have the name "Enterprise", the NCC-1701-E. When Starfleet detects a Borg cube headed for Earth, instead of ordering the "USS Enterprise" to join the forces to engage the cube, Starfleet orders it to the Romulan Neutral Zone for fear of Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart), who had once been forcibly assimilated into the Borg collective. However, the Borg cube successfully gets through the Starfleet blockade, Captain Picard orders the Enterprise to intercept the Borg cube and to rally the surviving Starfleet ships for a last stand. Upon arriving at the Borg cube, Captain Picard assumes command of the fleet and rescues the crew of the USS Defiant, which includes Lt. Commander Worf (Michael Dorn). Using his knowledge of the Borg, Captain Picard successfully destroys the Borg cube, but not before a smaller spherical ship escapes and heads for Earth. Chasing it, the Borg sphere creates a wormhole into time and escapes to Earth's past; but since the USS Enterprise was also caught in the wormhole, it escapes the modified timeline of a Borg-dominated Earth and appears at the same point in history (300 years earlier) where the sphere arrived shortly before. Finding the sphere attacking a missile outpost in Idaho, the USS Enterprise successfully destroys the sphere; but Captain Picard realizes that the Borg were attempting to destroy Earth's first warp ship created by the legendary Dr. Zefram Cochrane (James Cromwell). Beaming down to assess the damage at the outpost, Captain Picard is joined by Commander William Riker (William Frakes), Lt. Commander Data (Brent Spiner), Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge (LeVar Burton), Dr. Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden) and Counselor Deanna Troi (Marina Sirtis). There, they find the first warp ship intact, but are mistaken by a native of the time period, Lily Sloane (Alfre Woodard), of being agents of an Eastern alliance that had initiated a world war several decades earlier. Lily collapses and is beamed back to Enterprise with Dr. Crusher to help with her radiation poisoning. In the meantime, the rest of the away team searches for Dr. Cochran; but Captain Picard realizes that not all of the Borg had been destroyed: some of them managed to beam aboard the Enterprise before the sphere was destroyed. Can Captain Picard stop the Borg from taking over the Enterprise? Can the away team find Dr. Cochran and repair the warp ship to initiate Earth's first-ever official contact with an alien species? You'll just have to watch this exciting "Star Trek" film and see the Borg Queen (Alice Krige) reveal herself for the first time. "Star Trek: First Contact" was clearly one of the best films of the franchise ever produced, and was clearly the best of the four "Star Trek" films featuring the crew from "Star Trek: The Next Generation". With impressive special effects, an engaging story, engaging characters and a wonderful script, "Star Trek: First Contact" is definitely one "Star Trek" film worth owning on DVD. Other "Star Trek" characters that appear in this film include the Emergency Medical Hologram (Robert Picardo), Lieutenant Reginald Barclay (Dwight Schultz) and Nurse Alyssa Ogawa (Patti Yasutake). Other characters include Lieutenant Hawk (Neal McDonough), Admiral Hayes (Jack Shearer), Ruby (Hillary Hayes), Nicky the Nose (Don Stark), the Vulcan Captain (Cully Fredricksen) and the voice of the Enterprise computer (Majel Barrett). Memorable scenes include the opening Borg attack scenes, the arrival in the past, finding the warp ship, finding Dr. Cochran, discovery of the Borg on the Enterprise, Data's capture, Lily with Picard, the holodeck scene, the space walk, the launch, Picard & the Borg Queen and the closing scenes. Overall, I rate "Star Trek: First Contact" with a resounding 5 out of 5 stars and highly recommend it.

My favorite STTNG film. My second favorite James Cromwell movie, right behind L.A. Confidential. They even got Barclay into the film.

Great movie I've always felt this one was the best out of the TNG movies, I thought it was excellent on blue ray as well

I went to the Cinema to this film when it came out, so purchased a Blue Ray copy to watch at home

Il commento è incentrato sull'oggetto in se, non sul contenuto o la trama del film, cosa che dovrebbe essere già nota quando si acquista un prodotto simile. Se conoscete la saga e vi interessa iniziare o completare una collezione, vi consiglio di prendere questa edizione steelbook solo se trovate una buona offerta. DI per se contiene pochi contenuti extra e la confezione è davvero scarna, l'unica nota positiva è per gli appassionati dei box metallici. Per il resto ci sono serie da collezione molto meglio curate, a prezzi simili, visto che se non trovate offerte, per questo set di film in metallo vi viene a costare 100 euro.

"Star Trek - Der erste Kontakt" ist der achte Star Trek Kinofilm insgesamt und der zweite Star Trek Kinofilm mit der Crew aus The Next Generation (im folgenden TNG abgekürzt). Für die Regie war mit Jonathan Frakes zum wiederholten male ein Darsteller verantwortlich. Früher haben auch schon Leopard Nimoy und William Shatner diese Doppelbelastung aus sich genommen. Bei ersterem mit Erfolg, bei zweitem eher weniger. Jonathan Frakes bewiest hier ein sicheres Gespür für eine gute Geschichte ein gutes Händchen für die Umsetzung auf die Leinwand. Nachdem das Raumschiff Enterprise-D im letzten Film zerstört wurde, befindet sich die Crew unter Captain Jean-Luc Picard nun auf dem neuen Raumschiff Enterprise-E. Diese befindet sich erst seit einem Jahr im All, als die Albträume Captain Picards wahr werden: Die Borg haben mit einer erneuten Invasion der Vereinten Föderation der Planeten begonnen. Während sich die Flotte dem Borg stellt muss die Enterprise die Grenze der neutralen Zone zu den Romularnern überwachen. Nachdem die Berichte über den Kampf der Flotte gegen die Borg wenig ermutigend sind entschließt sich Captian Picard dazu mit der Enterprsie und seiner Crew in den Kampf mit einzugreifen. Doch nachdem es ihnen gelungen es das feindliche Schiff zu zerstören bemerken sie das sich kurz vor der Zerstörung ein kleineres Borgschiff entkommen ist. Als die Enterprise diesem folgt gerät die Enterprsie in einen Zeitwirbel der das Schiff und die Crew in die Vergangenheit bringt. "Der erste Kontakt" ist einer der besten Star Trek Filme. Und einer der wenigen Star Trek Filme der auch für nicht Fans interessant und unterhaltsam sein könnte. Die Mischung aus einer tollen Geschichten und einem guten Tempo mit viel Action stimmt. Als Zuschauer fiebert mit den Figuren und hofft das alles gut geht. Die Rolle des Zefram Cochrane sollte ursprünglich von Tom Hanks verkörpert werden. Hanks musste aber wegen seines Regiedebüts That Thing You Do absagen. Die beiden "Voyager" Darsteller Robert Picardo und Ethan Phillips haben kurze Gastauftritte in dem Film. Auch Dwight Schultz schlüpft für eine kurze Szene nochmals in die Rolle von "Barclay". Neben den weiteren bekannten Gesichtern ist hier James Cromwell als Dr. Zefram Cochrane die zu Anfang große unbekannte in einer Hauptrolle. Auch wenn es sicherlich toll gewesen wäre Tom Hanks in einem Star Trek Film zu sehen ist James Cromwell eine sehr gute Wahl für die Figur des Zefram Cochrane. Er verkörpert die Figur absolut überzeugend und es macht einfach Spaß ihm zuzusehen. Star Trek an für sich ist nicht jedermanns Sache. Und viele Serien und Filme sind nur für Fans der Reihe geeignet. Bisher. Jonathan Frakes, der hier ein tolles und überzeugendes Debüt als Regisseur hinlegte, hat einen Film geschaffen der dafür geeignet ist auch nicht Fans der Reihe anzusprechen und vielleicht sogar neue jungen Zuschauer zu Trekkies zu machen. Wer schon einer ist wird auf alle Fälle einer bleiben. Eine überzeugende Rückkehr der TNG Crew auf die große Leinwand.

I got a bunch of movies to play on my new Z95B, and this one was obvious as it's the best TNG movie. So far, it also does the best job of showing off the capabilities of my TV -- though Guardians is next on the list, so maybe not for long. Still, it's a great movie and it looks spectacular.