Real world article
(written from a production point of view)
Star Trek: First Contact (Special Edition) is a two-disc Special Edition DVD of Star Trek: First Contact, with the discs mounted within the standard plastic snapcase. While the Region 1 release did not, the Region 2 snapcase came standard in a matching softboard slipcase.
Summary[]
- Taken from the back cover
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and the Next Generation crew engage in their most thrilling adventure yet – a sci-fi action event that "stands proud and apart" (Richard Collins, Time) They call themselves the Borg, a half-organic, half-machine collective with a sole purpose: to conquer and assimilate all races. Led by their seductive and sadistic queen (Alice Krige), the Borg are headed to Earth with a devious plan to alter history. Picard's last encounter with the Borg almost killed him. Now he wants vengeance. But how far will he go? Co-starring Alfre Woodard and James Cromwell and bursting with special effects.
Chapters[]
Like most DVDs, the film has been sectioned into chapters, similar to tracks on a CD.
Scene | Title |
---|---|
1 | Main Titles |
2 | Locutus |
3 | The Neutral Zone – "Why Are We Out Here Chasing Comets?" |
4 | Engaging The Borg |
5 | Temporal Vortex – "We Must Follow Them Back." |
6 | Earth, 2063 |
7 | The Phoenix |
8 | Environmental Difficulties |
9 | 39.1 Degrees Celsius |
10 | Medical Emergency |
11 | A Plan of Attack |
12 | Blending In – "It's a Primitive Culture." |
13 | Deck Sixteen – "Don't Let Them Touch You!" |
14 | An Imperfect Being |
15 | Viewing the Future |
16 | Lily |
17 | The Borg Queen |
18 | Holodeck – "The Big Goodbye" |
19 | Hero Worship |
20 | Zero-G |
21 | Tempted By Flesh |
22 | The Interplexing Beacon |
23 | Cochrane's Vision |
24 | Captain Ahab – "The Line Must Be Drawn Here!" |
25 | Auto-Destruct Sequence |
26 | The Voyage of the Phoenix |
27 | "Welcome Home Locutus." |
28 | Breaking the Warp Barrier/Death of The Borg Queen |
29 | 0.68 Seconds |
30 | First Contact-April 5, 2063 |
31 | End Credits |
Special features[]
Disc One[]
- Audio commentary with actor and director Jonathan Frakes with English subtitles, the latter not ported over to the 2009 Blu-ray counterpart.
- Audio commentary with writers Ronald D. Moore and Brannon Braga with English subtitles, the latter not ported over to the 2009 Blu-ray counterpart.
- Text commentary by Michael Okuda and Denise Okuda, not ported over to the 2009 Blu-ray counterpart.
Disc Two[]
- note: Easter Eggs without subtitles.
- Production
- Making First Contact
- The art of First Contact
- The story
- The missile silo
- The deflector dish
- From "A" to "E"
- Movie titles considered (Easter Egg, not ported over to the 2009 Blu-ray counterpart)
- Ethan Phillips on his cameo (Easter Egg, not ported over to the 2009 Blu-ray counterpart)
- Scene Deconstruction
- Borg Queen assembly
- Escape pod launch
- Borg Queen's demise with John Knoll
- Borg Queen's demise with Alex Jaeger (Easter Egg, not ported over to the 2009 Blu-ray counterpart)
- The Star Trek universe
- Jerry Goldsmith: A Tribute – Jay Chattaway and others discuss the composer.
- The Legacy of Zefram Cochrane
- First Contact: The possibilities
- The Borg Collective
- Unimatrix One
- The Queen
- Design matrix
- Archives
- Storyboards
- 1930s nightclub
- Hull battle
- Hull battle alternate shots
- Worf vs the Borg alternate shots
- Photo Gallery
- Storyboards
- Trailers
- Teaser trailer
- Theatrical trailer
- Borg Invasion 4D trailer
Previous release: VOY Season 7 DVD |
Star Trek films DVD |
Next release: ENT Season 1 DVD |
Previous series release: Star Trek Generations (Special Edition) |
Next series release: Star Trek: Insurrection (Special Edition) |
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