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I aim to please. This is what I found on the Star Trek blu-ray fea­tures. No word as to whether the dif­fer­ent edi­tions will have more or fewer fea­tures as this arti­cle is older than the spe­cial edi­tions one. I will update if more info surfaces.

Once again, thanks to blu-ray.com for the info.

The Star Trek Blu-ray offers exclu­sive branch­ing pods that allow for enhanced explo­ration, more fas­ci­nat­ing fea­tures on the star­ships, plan­ets, props, cos­tumes and sound of STAR TREK, as well as a Starfleet Ves­sel Sim­u­la­tor and access to the lat­est NASA news about real-life space explo­ration via BD-Live.

It also offers a home enter­tain­ment first: ground­break­ing aug­mented real­ity tech­nol­ogy. Using a web­cam, a Star Trek visual cue will morph into a 3D holo­graphic tour of the U.S.S. Enter­prise on the screen, pro­vid­ing a unique immer­sive and inter­ac­tive experience.

Spe­cial fea­tures are as follows:

Disc 1

• Commentary:By direc­tor J.J. Abrams, writ­ers Robert Orci and Alex Kurtz­man, pro­ducer Damon Lin­de­lof and exec­u­tive pro­ducer Bryan Burk.
• NASA News (BD-exclusive): This BD-Live fea­ture gives view­ers access to the lat­est NASA news about real space explo­ration. Learn about new mis­sion devel­op­ments and check out fea­tured imagery from around the universe.

Disc 2

• To Boldly Go: Tak­ing on the world’s most beloved sci­ence fic­tion fran­chise was no small mis­sion. Direc­tor J.J. Abrams, writ­ers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtz­man, pro­ducer Damon Lin­de­lof, and exec­u­tive pro­ducer Bryan Burk talk about the many chal­lenges they faced and their strat­egy for success.
  • Branch­ing Pods:
    • The Shat­ner Conundrum
    • Red Shirt Guy
    • The Green Girl
    • Trekker Alert!
• Cast­ing: The pro­duc­ers knew their great­est task was find­ing the right cast to reprise these epic roles. The cast, for their part, talk about the expe­ri­ence of try­ing to cap­ture the essence of these mythic char­ac­ters. The piece con­cludes with a mov­ing trib­ute to Leonard Nimoy.
• A New Vision: J.J. Abrams’ vision was not only to cre­ate a Star Trek that was a big­ger, more action-packed spec­ta­cle, but also to make the spec­ta­cle feel real. Every aspect of production–from unique loca­tions to the use of clas­sic Hol­ly­wood cam­era tricks–was guided by this over­all objective.
  • Branch­ing Pods:
    • Sav­age Pressure
• Star­ships (BD-exclusive): Abrams and pro­duc­tion designer Scott Cham­b­liss were care­ful to pay trib­ute to the design of the orig­i­nal Enter­prise, but they also wanted to make it futur­is­tic and cool for a mod­ern audi­ence. This chap­ter focuses on the unique sto­ries behind the cre­ation of the film’s starships.
  • Branch­ing Pods:
    • Warp Explained
    • Paint Job
    • Bridge Con­struc­tion Accelerated
    • The Captain’s Chair
    • But­ton Act­ing 101
    • Shut­tle Shuffle
    • Narada Con­struc­tion Accelerated
• Aliens: Design­ers Neville Page and Joel Har­low talk about the hur­dles they faced cre­at­ing new alien species, recre­at­ing the Romu­lans and Vul­cans, and design­ing the ter­ri­fy­ing crea­tures on Delta Vega for the new Star Trek.
  • Branch­ing Pods:
    • The Alien Paradox
    • Big-Eyed Girl
    • Big Bro Quinto
    • Klin­gons
    • Drak­ou­lias Anatomy 101
• Plan­ets (BD-exclusive): From the frozen land­scape of Delta Vega to the desert plains of Vul­can, Scott Cham­b­liss and the art depart­ment had a num­ber of rad­i­cally dif­fer­ent plan­ets to cre­ate. Abrams’ desire to shoot on real loca­tions when­ever pos­si­ble led the pro­duc­tion team to a num­ber of strange and sur­pris­ing locations.
  • Branch­ing Pods:
    • Extra Busi­ness
    • Con­fi­den­tial­ity
• Props and Cos­tumes (BD-exclusive): Prop­erty mas­ter Rus­sell Bob­bitt had the unique chal­lenge of design­ing props that were both true to the orig­i­nal series and per­ti­nent to today’s tech­nol­ogy. Like­wise, cos­tume designer Michael Kaplan talks about how he designed cos­tumes that paid homage to what came before yet were rel­e­vant and timeless.
  • Branch­ing Pods:
    • Klin­gon Wardrobe
• Ben Burtt and the Sounds of Star Trek (BD-exclusive) : When famed sound designer Ben Burtt was hired to cre­ate sounds for the first Star Wars film, he took his inspi­ra­tion from the orig­i­nal “Star Trek” series. Burtt jumped at the oppor­tu­nity to pay trib­ute to the sounds that sparked his career with the sounds he cre­ated for the new Star Trek.
• Score: As a fan of the orig­i­nal series, com­poser Michael Giacchino embraced the chal­lenge of cre­at­ing new music for Star Trek while pre­serv­ing the spirit of Alexan­der Courage’s cel­e­brated theme.
• Gene Roddenberry’s Vision (BD-exclusive): J.J. Abrams, Leonard Nimoy, pre­vi­ous Star Trek writ­ers and pro­duc­ers, and sci­en­tific con­sul­tant Car­olyn Porco describe and com­mend the opti­mistic and endur­ing vision of Gene Roddenberry.
• Nine deleted scenes with optional commentary
• Starfleet Ves­sel Sim­u­la­tor (BD-exclusive):Explore exten­sive data on the U.S.S. Enter­prise and the Romu­lan ship, the Narada. Sub­merse your­self in breath­tak­ing 360 views and close-ups and review detailed tech information.
• Gag Reel: Bloop­ers fea­tur­ing the entire prin­ci­pal cast.

Disc 3

• Dig­i­tal Copy
• Star Trek D-A-C Free Trial Game for XBOX 360
• Weblink to the Star Trek D-A-C free trial game for PC
• Weblink to the Star Trek D-A-C free trial game for PlaySta­tion Network

“I can­not wait for fans of Star Trek to check out the home enter­tain­ment release of the film. The behind-the-scenes fea­tures on the DVD — and espe­cially the Blu-ray — give a won­der­ful look at the crazy hard work and incred­i­ble fun that went into mak­ing this movie,” said J.J. Abrams. “The cast and crew were truly extra­or­di­nary to work with — watch­ing these spe­cial fea­tures, you’ll see why. And for peo­ple who didn’t catch Star Trek in the the­ater, I hope they do now, as Para­mount has done an excep­tional job with this release; the pic­ture and sound qual­ity are both excel­lent.” After the appe­tizer given early this morn­ing, Para­mount Home Enter­tain­ment has revealed the full release details for ‘Star Trek’, which will hit store shelves on Blu-ray on Novem­ber 17, day-and-date with DVD. It will be pre­sented in 2.35:1 1080p High Def­i­n­i­tion with Eng­lish 5.1 Dolby TrueHD, French 5.1 Dolby Dig­i­tal and Span­ish 5.1 Dolby Dig­i­tal with Eng­lish, Eng­lish SDH, French, Span­ish and Por­tuguese sub­ti­tles. Over three hours of bonus mate­ri­als will be included.

The Blu-ray offers exclu­sive branch­ing pods that allow for enhanced explo­ration, more fas­ci­nat­ing fea­tures on the star­ships, plan­ets, props, cos­tumes and sound of STAR TREK, as well as a Starfleet Ves­sel Sim­u­la­tor and access to the lat­est NASA news about real-life space explo­ration via BD-Live.

It also offers a home enter­tain­ment first: ground­break­ing aug­mented real­ity tech­nol­ogy. Using a web­cam, a Star Trek visual cue will morph into a 3D holo­graphic tour of the U.S.S. Enter­prise on the screen, pro­vid­ing a unique immer­sive and inter­ac­tive experience.

Spe­cial fea­tures are as follows:

Disc 1

• Commentary:By direc­tor J.J. Abrams, writ­ers Robert Orci and Alex Kurtz­man, pro­ducer Damon Lin­de­lof and exec­u­tive pro­ducer Bryan Burk.
• NASA News (BD-exclusive): This BD-Live fea­ture gives view­ers access to the lat­est NASA news about real space explo­ration. Learn about new mis­sion devel­op­ments and check out fea­tured imagery from around the universe.

Disc 2

• To Boldly Go: Tak­ing on the world’s most beloved sci­ence fic­tion fran­chise was no small mis­sion. Direc­tor J.J. Abrams, writ­ers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtz­man, pro­ducer Damon Lin­de­lof, and exec­u­tive pro­ducer Bryan Burk talk about the many chal­lenges they faced and their strat­egy for success.
  • Branch­ing Pods:
    • The Shat­ner Conundrum
    • Red Shirt Guy
    • The Green Girl
    • Trekker Alert!
• Cast­ing: The pro­duc­ers knew their great­est task was find­ing the right cast to reprise these epic roles. The cast, for their part, talk about the expe­ri­ence of try­ing to cap­ture the essence of these mythic char­ac­ters. The piece con­cludes with a mov­ing trib­ute to Leonard Nimoy.
• A New Vision: J.J. Abrams’ vision was not only to cre­ate a Star Trek that was a big­ger, more action-packed spec­ta­cle, but also to make the spec­ta­cle feel real. Every aspect of production–from unique loca­tions to the use of clas­sic Hol­ly­wood cam­era tricks–was guided by this over­all objective.
  • Branch­ing Pods:
    • Sav­age Pressure
• Star­ships (BD-exclusive): Abrams and pro­duc­tion designer Scott Cham­b­liss were care­ful to pay trib­ute to the design of the orig­i­nal Enter­prise, but they also wanted to make it futur­is­tic and cool for a mod­ern audi­ence. This chap­ter focuses on the unique sto­ries behind the cre­ation of the film’s starships.
  • Branch­ing Pods:
    • Warp Explained
    • Paint Job
    • Bridge Con­struc­tion Accelerated
    • The Captain’s Chair
    • But­ton Act­ing 101
    • Shut­tle Shuffle
    • Narada Con­struc­tion Accelerated
• Aliens: Design­ers Neville Page and Joel Har­low talk about the hur­dles they faced cre­at­ing new alien species, recre­at­ing the Romu­lans and Vul­cans, and design­ing the ter­ri­fy­ing crea­tures on Delta Vega for the new Star Trek.
  • Branch­ing Pods:
    • The Alien Paradox
    • Big-Eyed Girl
    • Big Bro Quinto
    • Klin­gons
    • Drak­ou­lias Anatomy 101
• Plan­ets (BD-exclusive): From the frozen land­scape of Delta Vega to the desert plains of Vul­can, Scott Cham­b­liss and the art depart­ment had a num­ber of rad­i­cally dif­fer­ent plan­ets to cre­ate. Abrams’ desire to shoot on real loca­tions when­ever pos­si­ble led the pro­duc­tion team to a num­ber of strange and sur­pris­ing locations.
  • Branch­ing Pods:
    • Extra Busi­ness
    • Con­fi­den­tial­ity
• Props and Cos­tumes (BD-exclusive): Prop­erty mas­ter Rus­sell Bob­bitt had the unique chal­lenge of design­ing props that were both true to the orig­i­nal series and per­ti­nent to today’s tech­nol­ogy. Like­wise, cos­tume designer Michael Kaplan talks about how he designed cos­tumes that paid homage to what came before yet were rel­e­vant and timeless.
  • Branch­ing Pods:
    • Klin­gon Wardrobe
• Ben Burtt and the Sounds of Star Trek (BD-exclusive) : When famed sound designer Ben Burtt was hired to cre­ate sounds for the first Star Wars film, he took his inspi­ra­tion from the orig­i­nal “Star Trek” series. Burtt jumped at the oppor­tu­nity to pay trib­ute to the sounds that sparked his career with the sounds he cre­ated for the new Star Trek.
• Score: As a fan of the orig­i­nal series, com­poser Michael Giacchino embraced the chal­lenge of cre­at­ing new music for Star Trek while pre­serv­ing the spirit of Alexan­der Courage’s cel­e­brated theme.
• Gene Roddenberry’s Vision (BD-exclusive): J.J. Abrams, Leonard Nimoy, pre­vi­ous Star Trek writ­ers and pro­duc­ers, and sci­en­tific con­sul­tant Car­olyn Porco describe and com­mend the opti­mistic and endur­ing vision of Gene Roddenberry.
• Nine deleted scenes with optional commentary
• Starfleet Ves­sel Sim­u­la­tor (BD-exclusive):Explore exten­sive data on the U.S.S. Enter­prise and the Romu­lan ship, the Narada. Sub­merse your­self in breath­tak­ing 360 views and close-ups and review detailed tech information.
• Gag Reel: Bloop­ers fea­tur­ing the entire prin­ci­pal cast.

Disc 3

• Dig­i­tal Copy
• Star Trek D-A-C Free Trial Game for XBOX 360
• Weblink to the Star Trek D-A-C free trial game for PC
• Weblink to the Star Trek D-A-C free trial game for PlaySta­tion Network

“I can­not wait for fans of Star Trek to check out the home enter­tain­ment release of the film. The behind-the-scenes fea­tures on the DVD — and espe­cially the Blu-ray — give a won­der­ful look at the crazy hard work and incred­i­ble fun that went into mak­ing this movie,” said J.J. Abrams. “The cast and crew were truly extra­or­di­nary to work with — watch­ing these spe­cial fea­tures, you’ll see why. And for peo­ple who didn’t catch Star Trek in the the­ater, I hope they do now, as Para­mount has done an excep­tional job with this release; the pic­ture and sound qual­ity are both excellent.”

 

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