By John Corrado

This week, Paramount is releasing Star Trek: The Next Generation 4-Movie Collection on 4K Ultra HD, including the films Star Trek: Generations (1994), Star Trek: First Contact (1996), Star Trek: Insurrection (1998), Star Trek: Nemesis (2002).

These four films serve as a continuation of the TV series Star Trek: The Next Generation (which ran from 1987 to 1994), with the underrated and surprisingly bittersweet film Generations acting as a passing of the torch between Enterprise captains James T. Kirk (William Shatner) and Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart).

For my money, these are all decent to solid films that play well together back-to-back, which is how I watched them for review. Together, they serve to complete the saga of Picard, along with humanoid android Data (Brent Spiner), Geordi La Forge (LeVar Burton), Will Riker (Jonathan Frakes, who also directed First Contact and Insurrection) and the rest of TNG‘s crew.

The biggest selling point of this set is the quality of the 4K transfers themselves. The 2160p presentation is excellent across each of the four films, offering increased clarity on skin tones (including Data’s face makeup), uniforms, and ship interiors, while still retaining a natural, filmic grain. The HDR (with both HDR-10 and Dolby Vision) allows for sharper colours and deeper blacks, starting with the inky depths of space during the opening credits sequence of Generations. While we can see the advances in technology and visual effects between the films, this is the best they have looked since theatres.

The set serves as a companion to Star Trek: The Original Motion Picture 6-Movie Collection released last year, including matching cover artwork. The set’s eight discs (four 4K and four remastered Blu-rays) are all held in a black plastic snap case, which slips into an outer cardboard box. Paramount has also released standalone 4K editions of all four of these films as well. The entertainment value of the films, coupled with the excellent 4K presentations, make this a satisfying collection for fans.

Bonus Features (4K Ultra HD):

The 8-disc set includes a bevy of legacy bonus content spread across the discs, with most of the bonus materials found on the Blu-rays. Digital copy codes for all four films are also included in the package.

Star Trek: Generations (4K and Blu-ray):

• Commentary by director David Carson and Manny Coto 
• Commentary by Brannon Braga and Ronald D. Moore 
• Text Commentary by Michael and Denise Okuda

Blu-ray Only:

• 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 Sequence
  • The Nexus Ribbon
  • Saucer Crash Sequence
• The Star Trek Universe:
  • A Tribute to Matt Jefferies
  • The Enterprise Lineage
  • Captain Picard’s Family Album
  • Creating 24th Century Weapons
  • Next Generation Designer Flashback Andrew Probert
  • Stellar Cartography on Earth
  • Brent Spiner – Data and Beyond Part 1
  • Trek Roundtable: Generations
  • Starfleet Academy SCISEC Brief 007: Trilithium
• Deleted Scenes
• Archives
• Trailers

Star Trek: First Contact (4K and Blu-ray):

• Commentary by director and actor Jonathan Frakes 
• Commentary by screenplay writers Brannon Braga and Ronald D. Moore
• Commentary by Damon Lindelof and Anthony Pascale
• Text commentary by Michael and Denise Okuda

Blu-ray Only:

• 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 Contact: 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 SCISEC Brief 008: Temporal Vortex
• The Borg Collective:
  • Unimatrix One
  • The Queen
  • Design Matrix
• Archives
• Trailers

Star Trek: Insurrection (4K and Blu-ray):

• Commentary by Jonathan Frakes and Marina Sirtis
• Text Commentary by Michael and Denise Okuda

Blu-ray Only:

• 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
  • Westmore’s Legacy
  • Star Trek’s Beautiful Alien Women
  • Marina Sirtis – The Counselor Is In
  • Brent Spiner – Data and Beyond Part 3
  • Trek Roundtable: Insurrection
  • Starfleet Academy SCISEC Brief 009: The Origins of the Ba’ku and Son’a Conflict

Star Trek: Nemesis (4K and Blu-ray):

• Commentary by director Stuart Baird
• Commentary by producer Rick Berman
• Commentary by Michael and Denise Okuda
• Text Commentary by Michael and Denise Okuda

Blu-ray Only:

• Library Computer
• Production:
  • Nemesis Revisited
  • New Frontiers – Stuart Baird on Directing Nemesis
  • Storyboarding the Action
  • Red Alert! Shotting 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
  • Brent 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
• Archives
• Trailers

Star Trek: The Next Generation 4-Movie Collection is a Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment release.

Street Date: April 4th, 2023