Wrath of Khan SE DVD

[choptop]

Anyone get this yet?

I got it and I love it.

The directors cut is actually inferior to the regular verison. It is just a tad too slow. Great interviews both new and old.

By far the best of the Trek films http://www.joblo.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

Also, mine came with a ST.net disc from EarthLink. I guess they have Trek themed access now from EL...it's a 30 day free trial which i plan to take advantage of...I will review it if any one wants one...

[Psychocandy]

I intend to buy this but have two questions.

1. I didn't realise that it was a director's cut. What have they added?

2. Have they spruced up the special effects or are they the same as they always were? Not that the special effects detract from my enjoyment but I was impressed with the work done on The Motion Picture.

Thanks in advance.

[choptop]

Okay...it's been many years since I first saw it...so I cannot remember 100% what is new...but it is a directors cut: the features are:

Commentary by director Nicholas Meyer

Theatrical trailer(s)

Disc 1:

Extended 116-minute director's edition of the film

Text commentary by Michael Okuda (co-author of The Star Trek Encyclopedia)

Disc 2:

The Captain's Log (new, exclusive cast & crew interviews with Nicholas Meyer, William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Ricardo Montalban, and Harve Bennett)

"Designing Khan" featurette (comparisons of Star Trek I and Star Trek II)

"The Visual Effects of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" (featuring interviews with Meyer and ILM visual effects designers)

Original interviews with DeForest Kelley, William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, and Ricardo Montalban

"The Star Trek Universe: A Novel Approach" by authors Julia Ecklar and Greg Cox (includes interviews with the authors of "A Test of Character: The Kobayashi Maru Scenario" and "The Eugenics Wars: A History of Khan Noonien Singh")

Storyboard archives

Widescreen anamorphic format

The effects hold up as far as I'm concerned...but I do not believe they did anything to them...