Originally posted by: skyjedi2005
I'd like to see theatrical anamorphic versions of Star trek II, and VI.

I have the two disc ones and i hate the changes nick meyer made for his director's editions.

There is the bare bones earlier dvd release of the two films but are they anamorphic or are they even in the original aspect ratio?

Then there are different releases on LD of full screen versions of the films 1-6

which laserdiscs feature the stereo tracks, or digital surround sound?

To summarise: it's a hell of a mess, with very few of the cut-scenes we really want to see. (I just got a look at the Generations 2-disc's deleted scenes - are they kidding me with that timecode shit?!!!).

If I'm not mistaken, all of the first DVD sets, of the Trek-movies, are letterbox.

The HD versions, that I have, appear to be theatrical cuts (if not entirely straight-from-film?). One would have to carefully compare them to the LD's, I suppose. Unfortunately, I haven't seen ST3, 4, or 5 posted.

IMDB has information on versions & resolutions. Tho' accuracy is not guaranteed.

It shows no version variations for ST5, nor for Generations. ST6's Home Video (LD, VHS) versions had extra footage.

Star Trek (r) the Videodisc Site is a thorough, and presumably accurate, source for ALL of the Trek LD's. Just the specs & covers, rarely the content. Some VHD & CED. And the US DVD's.

The US Fullscreens LD's of TMP and TWoK are analog Dolby Stereo (2.0?). All the rest of the US are also listed as having Dolby Stereo (2.0?) on the digital tracks. Fullscreen US Generations and First Contact, add Dolby Digital, and their Widescreen boast THX (FWIW). US Insurrection has all three, as well, since it's Widescreen. Nemesis wasn't on LD, of course.

What ticks me is that you have to spend some beau coup $$$ for Japanese LD box sets, to get digital audio for the Original Series. (Considering that the DVD's have everything but cowbells and arroga-horns mixed into the bridge noise, and I've read a reference that suggested some of the music was substituted). And there's a Japanese version of a special that I... but back to your questions...

ST4 has a Director's-version LD.

IMDB claims the ST5 R2 German PAL DVD has a resolution of 1.85:1.

I haven't looked much into PAL or Japanese LD's. (My budgeting software delivers a shock through the keyboard when I try to go that far. :-)

US Widescreen DVD's of ST6 are somewhere in the range of 1.85:1, instead of the 2.35:1 listed for the theatrical. Surprisingly, the same is true of the HD that I have. There are framing variations, as well - it would not be humanly possible to crop them to match theatrical, unless one had a print and a telecine machine. IMDB claims that the US widescreen LD's (and tapes?) are 2:1. There are various claims about PAL versions.

The fullscreen NTSC VHS of ST6 has opened the matte even further - so that much more of the vertical portion of the frame is revealed. Yet, in places, the Director's Edition reveals a slice-more of the top or bottom. Some of the sides are lost, but I haven't capped it to see how much is hidden in overscan. {I was gifted a Tandy LD Player, BTW. It makes some interesting noises, but that's all.

} I assume that the Fullscreen LD is from the same Telecine - it should be preserved.

Nemesis is supposed to be similar. (They were both shot in Super 35). I haven't bought the widescreen to verify (the fullscreen was a gift - yes, it works