UHD Review Star Trek: First Contact UHD Review (1 Viewer)

[Neil Middlemiss]

Star Trek: First Contact is a lean, efficient and thrilling science fiction adventure combining the top tier of cinematic arts, including frighteningly good and Oscar nominated make-up, compelling sets, effective lighting, well balanced script, a parade of strong visual effects work, brilliant special effects including the skill and detail present on the nearly eleven-foot Sovereign Class Enterprise E model, Jonathan Frakes’ spot-on direction, an array of fine performances, and some of the best of Jerry Goldsmith’s scoring. These elements come together to create an almost perfect piece of Star Trek cinema. And it’s a film that hasn’t lost any of its thrill and adventure all these years later (27 years as of this writing). Highly recommended.



Star Trek: First Contact (1996)



Released: 22 Nov 1996...

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[Josh Steinberg]

…all these years later (27 years as of this writing).

Why do you hate us?

 

[Citizen87645]

Perhaps my favorite of TNG films...

 

[Adam Lenhardt]

Glad to hear the picture quality is up to snuff. The original Blu-ray was a disappointment, even back in 2009 -- too waxy.

 

[Tino]

Great review Neil! Can’t wait to pick up my copy Tuesday.

 

[Neil Middlemiss]

Why do you hate us?

Well, “in our recent past” felt like a flowery lie. But the math sure is cruel, isn’t it!

 

[dpippel]

Perhaps my favorite of TNG films...

Definitely mine. It's not even close.

Thanks for your great review, Neil!

 

[Keith Cobby]

Mine as well, the ST apex.

 

[Todd Erwin]

Why do you hate us?

I get the same response from my cast when I mention the 40th Anniversary of Terrific Man.

 

[Todd Erwin]

Definitely the TNG crew’s equivalent of Wrath of Khan.

 

[Josh Steinberg]

Well, “in our recent past” felt like a flowery lie. But the math sure is cruel, isn’t it!

Feel free to opt for a flowery lie next time

 

[John Dirk]

I'll eventually grab this as it is simply too good a film to ignore on UHD but no Atmos is a huge disappointment.

 

[SimonTC]

The blue-white of photon torpedoes

Actually those are quantum torpedoes. The photon torpedoes are orange.

 

[Bryan^H]

I'll eventually grab this as it is simply too good a film to ignore on UHD but no Atmos is a huge disappointment.

So many catalog titles the get an Atmos mix (many that don't even need it). Yet so many sci-fi, and action movies that are so deserving of it gets missed. I find it odd. A very big missed opportunity here!

 

[John Dirk]

So many catalog titles the get an Atmos mix (many that don't even need it). Yet so many sci-fi, and action movies that are so deserving of it gets missed. I find it odd. A very big missed opportunity here!

Unfortunately the treatment of reissued titles seems to have much more to do with the studio than the actual content.

 

[Sam Favate]

Great review, Neil. Thank you. My copy of the box set is arriving today, but to tell the truth, First Contact is the only one I am truly looking forward to.

First Contact was, by far, the best TNG widescreen adventure. Until now, that is.

 

[DanH1972]

Paramount has always treated Trek as a b@stard stepchild on home video. Here, only ST: TMP Director's Cut of the classic films got a Dolby Atmos remix. They still use a little too much DNR and some shots can look quite waxy.

 

[benbess]

Although I usually love the episodes of TV shows directed by Jonathan Frakes, my feelings on First Contact have always been mixed. It looks great, and has another fine score by one of my favorite movie composers, Jerry Goldsmith. But....I didn't like the drunken Zefram Cochran much, even though I usually really like James Cromwell. I blame the screenplay. I also don't really like the Ahab-like Picard, who seems too extreme in some scenes. Again, I blame the screenplay. Seems like almost everyone here loves First Contact, but for me it was a big fall off from the TV show. Next Gen Trek increasingly had big budgets for these movies, but from my pov that hurt more than it helped. My rating for the Generations movie would probably be an "A," but this movie is more like a "B" for me, and Insurrection was more like a "C." Nemesis was actually a step up for me, and was back in the "B" range overall.

PS But I do really like the poster art.

 

[Thomas Newton]

If the Birg had really wanted to be “cunning and deadly,” they would have done the time travel FIRST (in their part of the galaxy) and THEN done the space travel. There would have been no chance for the Federation to be aware of the attack; no chance for the Enterprise to reverse the damage.

The Borg in this movie are idiots.

 

[Adam Lenhardt]

Bummed my copy of the 4-movie UHD set is still sitting in Backorder hell on DeepDiscount's end. Would have loved to watch this tonight.