Star Trek: First Contact [1996]

I got a bunch of movies to play on my new Z95B, and this one was obvious as it's the best TNG movie. So far, it also does the best job of showing off the capabilities of my TV -- though Guardians is next on the list, so maybe not for long. Still, it's a great movie and it looks spectacular.

Great movie and always nice to own physical copies these days

A fantastic film

very witty great story fitting end to TNG films highly recommend to all

Uses the episodes "The City on the Edge of Forever" and "The Best of Both Worlds, Part 2" for inspiration. Has loads of extras and commentary tracks. It's a pretty good Sci-Fi film.

This is a really well made film. It has a good plot, good action, nice effects and the Borg! Having failed to assimilate Earth at the battle of Wolf 359 in the ST:TNG double episode 'Best of Both Worlds', the Borg go back in time to try to assimilate Earth again. Trouble is that since Picard was partially assimulated in the previously mentioned double episode, he can 'hear' the Borg collective in his head and so is there to thwart the Borg's attempts as they travel through time. Here is the only plot hole in this film. Why travel through time whilst you have the whole of the Federation's ships around you and risk the possbility of another ship following you through the time rift? Why not travel back in the privacy of 'Borg space' and no-one would ever know the difference! Anyway - the Enterprise manages to follow the Borg back in time to a historic moment when mankind is just getting over World War III (yes, 3!) and one crazy scientist is converting an old missile into a ship equipped with a prototype warp drive system. Its maiden flight is about to take place and this will trigger a series of events that will lead to the creation of the Federation (see the Enterprise series for more details). The Borg see this as an ideal opportunity to take over mankind and its up to our entrepid Enterprise crew to stop them. This film has all the elements of good Trek. It plays on the strongly established main characters and their relationships, it ties in well with established Trek canon, it has a good balance on action and humerous moments. Patrick Stewart gives a stellar performance as Captain Picard thanks to a well written script and the directorship of fellow crewman, Jonathan Frakes (Commander Riker). I doubt that you will have missed this film if you are at all into Star Trek as it is a classic. Even if you are not into Star Trek, you will enjoy and appreciate a well made film. The extra's on this DVD are on a par with previous Special Editions with good commentary by cast and crew. A worth addition to anyone's DVD collection.

The one - the moment where everything simply came together at the right time to create a thrilling adventure which still stands as the best TNG big screen outing and one of the best ‘Star Trek’ films, offering a taste of what could have been if the follow up films hadn’t been so muddled. The USS Enterprise and her crew find themselves in a battle to save Earth and the entire future of their history, as they must travel back in time to defeat the Federations greatest enemy, The Borg, from erasing their entire civilisation… It fires on all cylinders from the moment it starts, and never drops the pace right through until the end, setting up the story quickly and efficiently and following its two parallel stories (on Earth and on the Enterprise) until they dovetail in the finale. The cast had hit their stride, the visual effects are largely terrific (the model and other practical work hold up staggeringly well, and most of the CGI looks good for its age as well - apart from the plasma but even in 1996 that was a bit iffy!) and the picture quality is the best I think I’ve seen, even on the standard Blu-ray. It’s really never looked better. Extras are lengthy with three commentaries (one with Jonathan Frakes, one with Ronald D. Moore and Brannon Braga, one with Damon Lindelof and Anthony Pascale and the standard text commentary from Mike and Denise Okuda….plenty to digest in all of them), plus hours and hours of archive featurettes, interviews, storyboards, etc Very worthwhile purchase.

Brilliant Startrek film. We are the borg in 4k is outstanding. If you like startrek get a 4k blu-ray player and tv and get this. Fast service and delivery would recommend.

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Great movie I've always felt this one was the best out of the TNG movies, I thought it was excellent on blue ray as well

Il commento è incentrato sull'oggetto in se, non sul contenuto o la trama del film, cosa che dovrebbe essere già nota quando si acquista un prodotto simile. Se conoscete la saga e vi interessa iniziare o completare una collezione, vi consiglio di prendere questa edizione steelbook solo se trovate una buona offerta. DI per se contiene pochi contenuti extra e la confezione è davvero scarna, l'unica nota positiva è per gli appassionati dei box metallici. Per il resto ci sono serie da collezione molto meglio curate, a prezzi simili, visto che se non trovate offerte, per questo set di film in metallo vi viene a costare 100 euro.

Fantastic picture and sound quality, no doubt due to my Sony 4k TV, DVD player, and Sony Sound Bar, but this is the best one in the TNG series. Great special effects as to be expected in a Star Trek movie. This 4K version is much clearer than the standard DVD version. No skipping or stalling as does happen sometimes with a 4K disc. I gave it a wipe with my camera lens cloth before playing. An entertaining film that I'll enjoy watching over and over. No cardboard jacket came with this 4K DVD, which it usually does, however.

"Star Trek - Der erste Kontakt" ist der achte Star Trek Kinofilm insgesamt und der zweite Star Trek Kinofilm mit der Crew aus The Next Generation (im folgenden TNG abgekürzt). Für die Regie war mit Jonathan Frakes zum wiederholten male ein Darsteller verantwortlich. Früher haben auch schon Leopard Nimoy und William Shatner diese Doppelbelastung aus sich genommen. Bei ersterem mit Erfolg, bei zweitem eher weniger. Jonathan Frakes bewiest hier ein sicheres Gespür für eine gute Geschichte ein gutes Händchen für die Umsetzung auf die Leinwand. Nachdem das Raumschiff Enterprise-D im letzten Film zerstört wurde, befindet sich die Crew unter Captain Jean-Luc Picard nun auf dem neuen Raumschiff Enterprise-E. Diese befindet sich erst seit einem Jahr im All, als die Albträume Captain Picards wahr werden: Die Borg haben mit einer erneuten Invasion der Vereinten Föderation der Planeten begonnen. Während sich die Flotte dem Borg stellt muss die Enterprise die Grenze der neutralen Zone zu den Romularnern überwachen. Nachdem die Berichte über den Kampf der Flotte gegen die Borg wenig ermutigend sind entschließt sich Captian Picard dazu mit der Enterprsie und seiner Crew in den Kampf mit einzugreifen. Doch nachdem es ihnen gelungen es das feindliche Schiff zu zerstören bemerken sie das sich kurz vor der Zerstörung ein kleineres Borgschiff entkommen ist. Als die Enterprise diesem folgt gerät die Enterprsie in einen Zeitwirbel der das Schiff und die Crew in die Vergangenheit bringt. "Der erste Kontakt" ist einer der besten Star Trek Filme. Und einer der wenigen Star Trek Filme der auch für nicht Fans interessant und unterhaltsam sein könnte. Die Mischung aus einer tollen Geschichten und einem guten Tempo mit viel Action stimmt. Als Zuschauer fiebert mit den Figuren und hofft das alles gut geht. Die Rolle des Zefram Cochrane sollte ursprünglich von Tom Hanks verkörpert werden. Hanks musste aber wegen seines Regiedebüts That Thing You Do absagen. Die beiden "Voyager" Darsteller Robert Picardo und Ethan Phillips haben kurze Gastauftritte in dem Film. Auch Dwight Schultz schlüpft für eine kurze Szene nochmals in die Rolle von "Barclay". Neben den weiteren bekannten Gesichtern ist hier James Cromwell als Dr. Zefram Cochrane die zu Anfang große unbekannte in einer Hauptrolle. Auch wenn es sicherlich toll gewesen wäre Tom Hanks in einem Star Trek Film zu sehen ist James Cromwell eine sehr gute Wahl für die Figur des Zefram Cochrane. Er verkörpert die Figur absolut überzeugend und es macht einfach Spaß ihm zuzusehen. Star Trek an für sich ist nicht jedermanns Sache. Und viele Serien und Filme sind nur für Fans der Reihe geeignet. Bisher. Jonathan Frakes, der hier ein tolles und überzeugendes Debüt als Regisseur hinlegte, hat einen Film geschaffen der dafür geeignet ist auch nicht Fans der Reihe anzusprechen und vielleicht sogar neue jungen Zuschauer zu Trekkies zu machen. Wer schon einer ist wird auf alle Fälle einer bleiben. Eine überzeugende Rückkehr der TNG Crew auf die große Leinwand.