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Star Trek: The Next Generation, Redemption & Season 4 Blu-rays Detailed

Posted May 15, 2013 05:44 PM by Webmaster

Paramount and CBS Home Entertainment have officially announced and detailed the Blu-ray releases of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Redemption and Star Trek: The Next Generation, Season 4. Both Redemption and the 6-disc season set arrive on Blu-ray on July 30th and feature newly remastered video presentations, a DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 track and a variety of notable extras.


Star Trek: The Next Generation, Redemption

Stark Trek: The Next Generation, Redemption, similar to The Best of Both Worlds Blu-ray release before it, offers fans a seamlessly edited, feature-length presentation of the classic two-part episode that served as the Season Four finale and Season Five premiere. Penned by acclaimed sci-fi screenwriter Ronald D. Moore (Battlestar Galactica), its story follows Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart) and Lieutenant Worf (Michael Dorn) as they fight to end a Klingon civil war. Special features include:

  • Audio Commentary with Ronald D. Moore and Mike & Denise Okuda (New!)
  • Survive and Succeed: An Empire at War (HD, New!)
  • 2 Episodic Promos (SD)
Along with the disc's extensive audio commentary from Moore and scenic artists/Star Trek consultants Mike and Denise Okuda, the Blu-ray edition also includes the exclusive documentary, "Survive and Succeed: An Empire at War." This newly produced special feature explores the Klingon mythology of Star Trek: The Next Generation and features all-new interviews with writer/producer Moore, who, in addition to "Redemption," wrote some of the franchise's most memorable Klingon storylines, and some of the actors who played the most renowned Klingon characters including Dorn (Worf), Robert O'Reilly (Gowron) and Gwynyth Walsh (B'Etor).

The Blu-ray release of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Redemption is presented in 1080p with English 7.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, English Stereo Surround, French Mono, German Mono, Castilian Mono, Italian Mono, and Japanese Mono. The disc also includes English SDH, and French, German, Castilian, Italian, Japanese, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish subtitles.


Star Trek: The Next Generation, Season 4

From the season premiere -- the epic conclusion of the two-part cliffhanger "The Best Of Both Worlds" -- to its thrilling finale "Redemption" Part 1, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Season 4 is distinguished as one of the most favored amongst fans. The 6-disc set features all 26 episodes of the fourth season, fully remastered in a stunning high definition presentation hailed by critics, including our own Martin Liebman, who called the third season Blu-ray release "one of the finest releases of 2012." Extras include:

  • Episode Audio Commentaries with Rob Bowman, Brannon Braga, Mike Okuda, Denise Okuda and Ronald D. Moore
  • Relavitity: The Family Saga of The Next Generation - A multi-part documentary that examines both the show's explosion into a pop culture phenomenon after its third season and the Enterprise crew's interpersonal bonds and family relationships, as depicted in "Brothers" and "Reunion."
  • In Conversation: The Art Department - A look at some of TNG's most-iconic designs, complemented by fresh interviews with production team members Herman Zimmerman, Doug Drexler, Rick Sternbach, the Okudas, Dan Curry and more.
  • Departmental Briefing Year Four: Production
  • Mission Overview Year Four
  • Selected Crew Analysis Year Four
  • New Life and New Civilizations
  • Chronicles from the Final Frontier
  • Season 4 Gag Reel
  • Episodic Promos
In addition to all-new commentary tracks on select episodes with some of the franchise's biggest names, including writers Ronald D. Moore and Brannon Braga, and director Rob Bowman, the collection also includes brand new exclusive special features, among them never-before-released deleted scenes. With "Relativity - The Family Saga of Star Trek: The Next Generation," fans will uncover special insight into particular challenges facing the production of the fourth season. This multi-part documentary focuses on the series' evolution after its critically acclaimed third season turned the show into a crossover hit, while also giving viewers a special look into the personal relationships and family bonds of the crew of the Enterprise with key episodes such as "Reunion" and "Brothers."

Also, "In Conversation: The Art Department" offers an unprecedented look into the creation of some of the series' most iconic designs through interviews with production designer Herman Zimmerman, illustrator Doug Drexler, illustrator and technical consultant Rick Sternbach, scenic art supervisor Michael Okuda, scenic artist Denise Okuda and FX maestro Dan Curry, each revealing fascinating background into how the series cemented the look of the 24th century.

The fourth season set's disc-by-disc breakdown is as follows:

    Season 4, Disc One

      Episodes:

      • The Best of Both Worlds, Part II
      • Family
      • Brothers
      • Suddenly Human
      • Remember Me

      Special Features:

      • Audio Commentary with Rob Bowman and Mike & Denise Okuda on "Brothers" (New!)
      • Archival Mission Log: Mission Overview Year Four (SD)
      • 5 Episodic Promos (SD)

    Season 4, Disc Two

      Episodes:

      • Legacy
      • Reunion
      • Future Imperfect
      • Final Mission
      • The Loss

      Special Features:

      • Audio Commentary with Ronald D. Moore, Brannon Braga and Mike & Denise Okuda on "Reunion" (New!)
      • Archival Mission Log: Selected Crew Analysis Year Four (SD)
      • 5 Episodic Promos (SD)

    Season 4, Disc Three

      Episodes:

      • Data's Day
      • The Wounded
      • Devil's Due
      • Clues
      • First Contact

      Special Features:

      • Archival Mission Log: New Life and New Civilizations (SD)
      • 5 Episodic Promos (SD)

    Season 4, Disc Four

      Episodes:

      • Galaxy's Child
      • Night Terrors
      • Identity Crisis
      • The Nth Degree
      • Qpid

      Special Features:

      • Archival Mission Log: Chronicles from the Final Frontier (SD)
      • 5 Episodic Promos (SD)

    Season 4, Disc Five

      Episodes:

      • The Drumhead
      • Half a Life
      • The Host
      • The Mind's Eye

      Special Features:

      • Archival Mission Log: Departmental Briefing Year Four: Production (SD)
      • Archival Mission Log: Select Historical Data (SD)
      • Archival Mission Log: Inside the Star Trek Archives (SD)
      • 4 Episodic Promos (SD)

    Season 4, Disc Six

      Episodes:

      • In Theory
      • Redemption, Part I

      Special Features:

      • In Conversation: The Star Trek TM Art Department (HD, New!)
      • Relativity - The Family Saga of Star Trek: The Next Generation (HD, New!)

        • Part 1: Homecoming
        • Part 2: Posterity

      • Deleted Scenes (HD, New!)

        • The Best Of Both Worlds, Part II
        • Family
        • Brothers
        • Final Mission
        • The Wounded
        • Galaxy's Child
        • Qpid
        • The Host

      • Gag Reel (HD, New!)
      • 2 Episodic Promos (SD)
The Blu-ray release of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Season 4 is presented in 1080p with English 7.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, English Stereo Surround, French Mono, German Mono, Castilian Mono, Italian Mono, and Japanese Mono. The discs also include English SDH, and French, German, Castilian, Italian, Japanese, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish subtitles.