Star Trek: Picard Movie & TV Collection Blu-ray Review

THE MOVIES

The Borg advances their plans to assimilate the human race by kidnapping Picard (PATRICK STEWART) and making him their spokesman. Riker (JONATHAN FRAKES) must make an agonizing choice between saving Picard or humanity when the Borg plan to use the abducted captain in their scheme to assimilate Earth.

Star Trek: The Next Generation: Chain of Command (1992)

Picard, Worf (MICHAEL DORN) and Dr. Crusher (GATES MCFADDEN) are reassigned to a top-secret mission; a new commanding officer assumes control of the Enterprise. Picard’s captors use extreme methods to uncover Federation strategy; Jellico plans to launch a first strike against the Cardassians.

Star Trek: Generations (1994)

In the 23rd century, the Starship Enterprise is dispatched to the scene of a giant energy field about to engulf two ships. Capt. Kirk (WILLIAM SHATNER) averts calamity, but is exposed to the field and presumed dead. Years later, the Enterprise’s new commander, Capt. Picard, learns that one of the disaster’s survivors, Dr. Soran (MALCOLM MCDOWELL), plans to enter the field by destroying a neighboring star. Picard now must collaborate with an unlikely ally in order to stop him.

Star Trek: First Contact (1996)

The Enterprise and its crew follow a Borg ship through a time warp to prevent the Borg from taking over the Earth in a past era. Stuck in the past, Geordi La Forge (LEVAR BURTON) helps a pioneer of space travel (JAMES CROMWELL) in his efforts to create the first warp drive while Capt. Picard Cmdr. Data (BRENT SPINER) battle the Borg Queen (ALICE KRIGE) as she tries to take over the Enterprise.

Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)

A Federation mission to the planet Ba’ku takes a dangerous turn when a malfunctioning android, Data, takes a cultural task force hostage. When Capt. Picard and his crew investigate, they uncover the truth about the Federation mission: It was actually a systematic ploy by the Son’a to displace the peaceful inhabitants of Ba’ku. Now Picard and his crew must thwart the plot even while experiencing strange side effects from exposure to the planet’s surface.

Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)

Capt. Jean-Luc Picard diverts the starship Enterprise from its scheduled trip to Cmdr. Riker Counselor Troi’s (MARINA SIRTIS) wedding to negotiate a peace treaty with the Romulans. Picard is shocked when Shinzon (TOM HARDY), the new Praetor of the Romulans, admits to being a clone of him. When the crew members discover a break-in on their computer, they are forced into a life-or-death battle to stop Shinzon’s Warbird before it can destroy the Earth.

SPECIAL FEATURES

This release comes with a glossy slip cover. There is a comic book inside and the six-disc set is housed in a wide Blu-ray case. These have the same features from the individual releases… Here is a quick breakdown:

Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Best of Both Worlds

• Audio Commentary (Cliff Bale, Elizabeth Dennehy and Mike & Denise Okuda,)
• Regeneration: Engaging the Borg
• Gag Reel.

Star Trek: The Next Generation:: Chain of Command

• Audio Commentary (Ronny Cox, Jonathan West and Mike & Denise Okuda)
• The Privilege of Rank: Making Chain of Command
• Deleted Scenes.

Star Trek: Generations

• Audio Commentary (Director David Carson and Manny Cato)
• Library Computer
• Production:
  • Uniting Two Legends
  • Stellar Cartography: Creating the Illusion
  • Strange New Worlds: The Valley of Fire
  • Scoring Trek
• Visual Effects:
  • Inside ILM: Models & Miniatures
  • Crashing the Enterprise
• Scene Deconstruction:
  • Main Title
  • The Nexus Ribbon
  • Saucer Crash Sequence
• The Star Trek Universe:
  • A Tribute to Matt Jefferies
  • The Enterprise Linage
  • Captain Picard’s Family Album
  • Creating 24th Century Weapons
  • Next Generation Designer Flashback Andrew Probert
  • Stellar Cartography on Earth
  • Bren Spiner: Data and Beyond Part 1
  • Trek Roundtable Generations
  • Starfleet Academy Scisec Brief 007: Trilithium
• Deleted Scenes: “Oribital Skydiving”, “Walking the Plank”, “Christmas with the Picards” and “Alternate Ending”
• Archives:
  • Storyboards
  • Production Gallery
• Trailers:
  • Teaser Trailer
  • Theatrical Trailer

Star Trek: First Contact

• Audio Commentaries:
  • Actor/Director Jonathan Frakes
  • Screenwriters Brannon Braga and Ronald D. Moore
  • Damon Lindelof and Anthony Pascale
• Library Computer
• Production:
  • Making First Contact
  • The Art of First Contact
  • The Story
  • The Missile Silo
  • The Deflector Dish
  • From “A’ to “E”
• Scene Deconstruction:
  • Borg Queen Assembly
  • Escape Pod Launch
  • Borg Queen’s Demise
• The Star Trek Universe:
  • Jerry Goldsmith: A Tribute
  • The Legacy of Zefram Cochrane
  • First Conact: The Possibilities
  • Industrial Light & Magic The Next Generation
  • Greetings from the International Space Station
  • SpaceShipOne’s Historic Flight
  • Brent Spiner: Data and Beyond Part 2
  • Trek Roundtable: First Contact
  • Starfleet Academy Scisex Brief 008: Temporal Vortex
• The Borg Collective:
  • Unimatrix One
  • The Queen
  • Design Matrix
• Archives:
  • Storyboards
  • Photo Gallery
• Trailers:
  • Teaser Trailer
  • Theatrical Trailer

Star Trek: Insurrection

• Audio Commentary — Actor/Director Jonathan Frakes & Actress Marina Sirtis
• Library Computer
• Production:
  • It Takes a Village
  • Location, Location, Location
  • The Art of Insurrection
  • Anatomy of a Stunt
  • The Story
  • Making Star Trek: Insurrection
  • Director’s Notebook
• The Star Trek Universe:
  • Westmore’s Aliens
  • Wesmore’s Legacy
  • Star Trek’s Beautiful Alien Women
  • Marina Sirtis: The Counselor’s Is In
  • Bren Spiner: Data and Beyond Part 3
  • Trek Roundtable: Insurrection
  • Starfleet Academy Scisex Brief 009: The Origins of the Ba’ku and Son’a Conflict
• Creating the Illusion:
  • Shuttle Chase
  • Drones
  • Duck Blind
• Deleted Scenes: “Ru’afo’s Facelift”, “Working Lunch”, “Flirting”, “The Kiss”, “Status: Precarious”, “Disabling the Injector” and “Alternate Ending”
• Archives:
  • Storyboards
  • Photo Gallery
• Advertising:
  • Teaser Trailer
  • Theatrical Trailer
  • Original Promotional Featurette

Star Trek: Nemesis

• Audio Commentaries:
  • Director Stuart Baird
  • Producer Rick Berman
  • Michael and Denise Okuda
• Library Computer
• Production:
  • Nemesis Revisited
  • New Frontiers Stuart Baird on Directing Nemesis
  • Storyboarding the Action
  • Red Alert: Shooting the Action of Nemesis
  • Build and Rebuild
  • Four-Wheeling in the Final Frontier
  • Screen Test: Shinzon
• The Star Trek Universe:
  • A Star Trek Family’s Final Journey
  • A Bold Vision of the Final Frontier
  • The Enterprise E
  • Reunion with the Rikers
  • Today’s Tech, Tomorrow’s Data
  • Robot Hall of Fame
  • Bren Spiner: Data and Beyond Part 4
  • Trek Roundtable: Nemesis
  • Starfleet Academy Scisec Brief 010: Thalaron Radiation
• The Romulan Empire:
  • Romulan Lore
  • Shinzon & The Viceroy
  • Romulan Design
  • The Romulan Senate
  • The Scimitar
• Deleted Scenes: “Wesley’s New Mission”, “Chateau Picard: 2267”, “The Time of Conquest”, “Data and B-4”, “Federation Protocols”, “The Chance for Peace”, “A Loss of Self”, “Remember Him?”, “Turbolift Violation”, “Sickbay Prepares for Battle”, “Cleaning Out Data’s Quarters”, “Crusher at Starfleet Medical” and “Advice for the New First Officer”
• Archives:
  • Storyboards
  • Production
  • Props
• Trailers:
  • Teaser Trailer
  • Theatrical Trailer

VIDEO/AUDIO

Star Trek: Insurrection
Widescreen 2.35; English (Dolby TrueHD 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1)

Star Trek: Nemesis
Widescreen 2.35; English (Dolby TrueHD 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1)

OVERALL – 4.0/5

The Star Trek: Picard – Movie & TV Collection is not a release for fans of the franchise but those who have a low or at best moderate interest in the series but never purchased the original TNG movie collection. These are the same discs as previously released and even are very likely the same discs.