Star Trek (Three disc Blu-ray)

Real World article
(written from a Production point of view)

Region A cover Region A cover
Blu-ray Disc release
Series:	Star Trek films
No. of discs:	2/3
Director:	J.J. Abrams
Region A release date:	17 November 2009
Region B release date:	16 November 2009
Rating(s):	File:MCCYP 11.svg
Reference:	ASIN B001AVCFK6 (region A) ASIN B002HWRZH0 (Amazon exclusive) ASIN B002JPYIUM (region B) ASIN B002E9GTZA (region B German two-disc variant)
Year:	2233/2240s/2250/2255/2258
Region B cover Region B cover
Main menu from Disc 1 Main menu from Disc 1
Main menu from Disc 2 Main menu from Disc 2

Star Trek is a three-disc Blu-ray Disc release of Star Trek. The release includes a digital copy of the film for use on PCs and portable devices. The cover has so-called "augmented reality" features – the use of a webcam presents a three-dimensional holographic tour of the USS Enterprise.

Remarkably, this edition was released a year prior to the single-disc basic, "vanilla" release, which constituted a break with franchise tradition – predominantly employed for the DVD format – as this had until then the other way around for the previous Star Trek films, Star Trek: The Motion Picture excepted.

While in some cases still being marketed as region-restricted, the releases are in actuality region-free as this has increasingly become commonplace for the Blu-ray format. [1]

Special features

As was commonplace in the industry, this release contained more special features than its DVD counterpart, as the industry favored the new Blu-ray format.

Disc 1

These special features were included on the single-disc release as the only ones.

• Commentary by J.J. Abrams, Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, Damon Lindelof, and Bryan Burk.
• BD-Live: NASA News

Disc 2

• Deleted scenes with optional commentary
  • Spock Birth
  • Klingons Take Over Narada
  • Young Kirk, Johnny and Uncle Frank
  • Amanda and Sarek Argue After Spock Fights
  • Prison Interrogation and Breakout
  • Sarek Gets Amanda
  • Dorm Room and Kobayashi Maru (original version)
  • Kirk Apologizes to the Green Girl
  • Sarek Sees Spock
• A New Vision
  • Savage Pressure
• To Boldly Go
  • The Shatner Conundrum
  • Red Shirt Guy
  • The Green Girl
  • Trekker Alert!
• Starships
  • Warp Explained
  • Paint Job
  • Bridge Construction Accelerated
  • The Captain's Chair
  • Button Acting 101
  • Shuttle Shuffle
  • Narada Construction Accelerated
• Aliens
  • The Alien Paradox
  • Big-Eyed Girl
  • Big Bro Quinto
  • Klingons
  • Drakoulias Anatomy 101
• Planets
  • Extra Business
  • Confidentiality
• Props and Costumes
  • Klingon Wardrobe
• Ben Burtt and the Sounds of Star Trek
• Casting
• Score
• Gene Roddenberry's Vision
• Starfleet Vessel Simulator
• Gag reel

Disc 3

It is this disc that some region B editions, such as the German one, have dispensed with.

• Digital copy
• DVD-ROM features: Star Trek D-A-C XBox 360 demo, PC, and PlayStation Network web links (Region A only)

Release gallery

Blu-ray Disc release with four QMx division badges
(US Best Buy Exclusive)

Star Trek Limited Edition Replica Gift Set (5,000 pc) with metal QMx USS Enterprise model
(Amazon.com Exclusive)

Blu-ray Disc release with model USS Enterprise disc holder
(US Target, Canada Best Buy Exclusive)

US promo for Target DVD/BR releases with model USS Enterprise disc holder

Blu-ray Disc release in "Steelbook" case
(UK Play.com Exclusive)

German two-disc variant

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