Star Trek Into Darkness (Post-release)
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RougeAvenger81
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I think I see where you are going with that and I agree. No more Earth stops. No stops on planets we already know. They have done the federation is in jeopardy thing twice now. Time to move on. I would like to see something to do with a truly evil Klingon however it needs to be something to do with a race or villain or even a good guy we have never seen.
The 5 year deep space mission is a lot harder to grasp for me as well in JJ's version since they introduced the fact that you can beam from Earth to the neutral zone (somewhere that's supposed to be far far away) simply by using a back pack. So the deep space mission explanation does become harder to explain without allowing them to return to Earth every 5 minutes.
ghostryder
Legendary Member
The site seems to be down, what's the issue?
Their site had some weird issues, but it's now live.
Paramount Has a Blu-ray Problem
Incase it goes down again, here's a link to Trekmovie.com's article.
Into Darkness Blu-ray where are all the bonus features? | TrekMovie.com
Apparently I was wrong in assuming that everyone involved in making Star Trek Into Darkness threw in their hats and wanted nothing to do with the movie after it was completed. It was actually Paramount deciding that having a nice, long list of bonus features, including a commentary track by JJ Abrams was a bit too much for their loyal consumers so they decided to split it all up and make certain ones retailer/download exclusives. Paramount turned what could have been an excellent and solid release into a money grabbing scavenger hunt, and JJ Abrams supported them all the way.
“I’m thrilled with how everything looks and sounds,” Abrams said in a statement. “We also have some really fun behind-the-scenes special features that we shot on the Red [Epic cameras] and created entirely in-house at Bad Robot. They really look amazing and unlike anything I’ve seen on DVD or Blu-ray before."
He mentions only the "behind-the-scenes features" which are the ONLY features on the set. Now compare Paramount's handling of special features to how CBS is handling special features with it's TNG releases. Every season has given us something that we've never seen before including newly recorded commentaries on select episodes, deleted scenes, audition footage, expanded episodes, raw practical visual effects footage, rountable discussion with the cast, artists, writers, producers and even the freaking TV Promos for each episode that Paramount didn't bother to include when they were still in charge of their TV department. The STID BluRay doesn't even have the trailers. Sure, the individual BluRay releases of TNG two-parter episodes have their own exclusive features, but they're not retail exclusives, are relatively cheap and present the episodes in such a that is actually unique and was shown in some broadcasts.
So Bryancd, who are the talentless hacks now? The cheap and apathetically driven Paramount execs or the folks over at CBS who are working on "The Next Generation" BluRay sets? Because I think a lot of Star Trek fans would prefer the man who you called a talentless hack over anyone at Paramount.
greatwazoo42
Master Member
Time to dust off Bit Torrent and find the missing content online it would seem.
Mola Rob
Sr Member
Good thing I had no plans to buy the movie. :lol
Seriously why is this a surprise? Paramount seems hellbent on reducing the appeal of the franchise and they're doing a fine job. In my opinion they've handled the whole franchise reboot in a scatterbrained manner and that includes the merchandising.
Seriously why is this a surprise? Paramount seems hellbent on reducing the appeal of the franchise and they're doing a fine job. In my opinion they've handled the whole franchise reboot in a scatterbrained manner and that includes the merchandising.
Solo4114
Master Member
Wait, so, what's the controversy now? They're trying some hairbrained "exclusive Target/Best Buy/Wal-Mart/Sam's Club edition" of the discs where each store gets a different special feature, like a different set of interviews or whatever?
If so, well, yeah, that's annoying, but...eh...who cares? I've discovered over the years that I care less and less abotu all the extras for a film, and really am just happy having the film itself. It's rare that I end up watching them at all, really, unless it's commentary or a text track like an info subtitle track the way the classic Doctor Who discs have.
If so, well, yeah, that's annoying, but...eh...who cares? I've discovered over the years that I care less and less abotu all the extras for a film, and really am just happy having the film itself. It's rare that I end up watching them at all, really, unless it's commentary or a text track like an info subtitle track the way the classic Doctor Who discs have.
It's not just the special features. The iTunes version has shifting aspect ratios since some of the film was shot in IMAX. That's something the BluRay does not have.
Corrected? The shift in aspect ratios is intentional. It's like how The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises has shifting aspect ratios because parts of the film were shot in IMAX, a much larger picture format.
Mola Rob
Sr Member
Well you did mention that the Blu-ray does not have the shifting aspect ratio so they could "correct" it by using that for the iTunes digital version as well.
Riceball
Master Member
Wow, that's just messed up. Good thing I really didn't like the movie enough that I'd want it on Blu-Ray, and if I do end up buying it there's no way in hell I'm buying more than one copy, I'll just get the one with the extras that I like the most and live with it.
As for the other Trek movies, I really wish they'd release a re-mastered version of the director's cut of ST II on Blu-Ray, I'd buy that in heartbeat and I don't even own a Blu-Ray player. A director's cut of ST:TMP I'm less enthused about but it would be nice to have though.
NakedMoleRat
Legendary Member
I have very little interest in special features other than deleted scenes. I may watch a speacial feature, but even if I do, I never watch them more than once. I find it boring to see a half a dozen people droning on for an hour about their inspiration for a project, or their fond memories of working on it 40 years ago.... It's the movie for me.
Mola, the shifting aspect ratios is NOT THE PROBLEM. It actually preserves how the film was shot since they used multiple formats from 35mm film, 65mm film (IMAX) and some shots done with Red Epic HD Cameras. When the film shifts from the regular film format to the Imax format, the intended result is that you get a bigger picture, hence the aspect ratio change. The BluRay lacks this change because the folks working on the video masters cut parts of the Imax footage to make it look the same as the regular film footage. Basically, the BluRay has less picture than the iTunes version.
Mola Rob
Sr Member
If you really want to watch the extra features just wait a week and someone will throw them up on YouTube anyway.
I realize that but if someone does not want the shifting ratio iTunes should offer that option.
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