DVD Reviews
DVD Review: Star Trek First Contact Special Edition
By Andy McKeague Jun 2, 2005, 19:00 GMT
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‘Star Trek First Contact’ is given a re-issue in this 2 disc Special Edition, as per movies 1 to 7, the stops have been pulled out, the print has never looked or sounded better (this has a new DTS track), and it’s loaded with more extras than the Borg could assimilate. Sadly that’s were this review comes into difficulty as disc 2 was not made available for review, so I cannot comment on the content of that disc but please check the database for a full listing.
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The Enterprise reaches the floating wreckage that was once the pride of Starfleet and picks up a few stragglers including Lt Commander Worf (Michael Dorn) and go in full pursuit of the Earth bound Borg cube and before you know it a temperal vortex, time travel and the whole existence of the human race are flung into an exciting mix.
The cube is destroyed but not before a smaller ship jettisons out and causes a spin on things that now has the whole of the Earth populated by the Borg, it seems they have travelled back to the 21st century and changed the face of the future. The Enterprise follows in their wake and it’s up to them to put things to right.
The year this happens is quite significant to the creation of Starfleet, it’s the day before First Contact. The day when pioneering Dr. Zefram Cochrane (an excellent James Cromwell) is to make the first warp flight and bring humanity under the watchful eye of an alien race, the Vulcans, and this would form the very basis of order in the Universe to come. All this is in jeopardy now with the presence of the Borg.
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We have all the good familiar elements of a Star Trek story, a new crew member is introduced in the shape of steely eyed Lieutenant Hawk (Neal McDonough) and you know that not before long he will be Borg fodder. There are cameo appearances from other Trekkers, Ethan Philips (Neelix from 'Star Trek Voyager') joins a whole host of Trekkers in the holodeck sequence (which also contains producer and writer Brannon Braga, screenwriter Ronald D. Moore, and stunt co-ordinator Ronnie Rondell Jr. amongst others) and The Doctor, or the E.M.H. (Robert Picardo) makes a tongue in cheek appearance. The movie is punctuated by loads of little jokes and humorous one liners, Cochrane even gets to say “So you're all astronauts on some sort of... star trek?” Lt. Reginald Barkley (Dwight Schultz) even gets to make homage to ‘Forbidden Planet’. And the character of Cochrane’s right arm, Lily Sloane (Alfre Woodard) keeps the human focal point on solid ground and acts as a counter balance to the action-man role given to Picard.
Veteran composer Jerry Goldsmith does a grand job on the score too.
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'Star Trek First Contact SE' is out to own now and available via Amazon UK in the UK and in the US via Amazon.
You can read more about the DVD in our database.
A microsite has been created for a few interviews, trailers and other additions. Please click here for more.
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