![]() ![]() This lengthy blooper video covers on-set goofing around from all aspects of the shoot, from fight scene mishaps to prop malfunctions to loads of laughing, dancing, and general foolishness from just about all of the cast and crew. The cast and crew speak at length about the realism and practicality of having physical props in such a futuristic environment, and how keeping things ‘grounded’ allows the audience (and actors) to connect with the world of the 23rd Century. Much of the focus is aimed at the difficult creation of the color-coded Starfleet wetsuits seen at the beginning of the film, but time is also given to the new spacesuits worn by Khan and Kirk when they space-jump from the Enterprise, the blue-and-black uniforms of the Vengeance crew, and the various looks worn by Benedict Cumberbatch throughout the movie.Īndy Siegel, the Star Trek films’ prop master, leads a whirlwind tour of several Into Darkness props, including the newly-designed tricorder, Khan’s portable transporter unit (inspired by a frequently-used vacuum cleaner), Spock’s volcano ‘ice cube’ machine, Khan’s giant gun used on Kronos, Klingon disruptors, and the enormous Section 31 photon torpedo device. This new feature focuses on costume designer Michael Kaplan’s work dressing the principle and extras cast for the second outing of the rebooted Enterprise. In addition, Paramount has also included several theatrical trailers, two new featurettes, and a full-length gag reel not available on any previously-released Blu-ray release - perhaps an attempt to sweeten the purchase a bit more for fans debating whether or not this new release is one to add to their collections. We’ve selected a number of examples from the approximately thirty minutes of IMAX footage included in this release while some shots simply appear to have been cropped for the theatrical release, others are reframed to center the action within the reduced frame height. ![]() Several scenes in the film were shot with large-format IMAX cameras, which ended up being cropped to a standard 1.78:1 aspect ratio for all other media releases. The biggest addition to the Into Darkness release is the long-awaited, shifting-aspect-ratio IMAX version of the film, previously only available in 720p as an iTunes-exclusive video download. Aside from the new disc artwork, the 2009 discs are completely identical to the original release - right down to the commercial for Fringe, which has been off the air for nearly two years.īut for Star Trek Into Darkness, the Compendium set includes both the iTunes enhanced commentary - presented here as a ‘branching’ playback option on disc - and most of the elusive Into Darkness deleted scenes relegated to the XBOX Video release have been included as well, here on disc for the first time.Ĭheck out our previous Into Darkness media reviews, covering all these features: Paramount has put together a four-disc release which pulls together all material from 2009’s Star Trek three-disc special edition Blu-ray set along with the myriad features distributed across retailers for the 2013 Star Trek Into Darkness Blu-ray release. There’s no interior or back-cover artwork, and the set should probably have come with at least a slipcover to protect the casing.Īdditionally, this book is about 1cm taller than standard plastic Blu-ray cases, which means you’ll need to account for the extra height in your storage plans.Īside from Ultraviolet / iTunes Digital Copy codes for each movie, there’s no additional physical material included with this release. The Compendium comes in a matte-finish, DigiPack-style cardboard book that doesn’t offer much in the way of design past the embossed front cover. This new Compendium set does a fairly good job of rounding up all the disparate features put out in 2013, and presents them in one all-encompassing new Blu-ray release. While the 2009 film was released as a comprehensive ‘special edition’ years ago, Trek fans were forced to purchase - at minimum - three separate copies of Star Trek Into Darkness if they wanted to get their hands on all the behind-the-scenes bonus material created for last year’s film, much to just about everyone’s dismay. ![]() The Compendium is a (mostly) complete set of all material produced for the two JJ Abrams Star Trek films - and it should have been released a year ago, when Paramount was focused on things like the one-off “Meteor Edition” of Into Darkness, rather than offering fans a truly substantial home media release.
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