“Star Trek” DVD Info

After spending some time with your “Star Trek” DVD, you’ll never get lost again.  

For those of you who can’t wait to take home that “Star Trek” experience, Variety has some interesting info about the DVD. Or DVDs–on November 17th, three versions will be released. A single disc version, with the movie and director’s commentary, then a deluxe, extra-packed two-disc version, and of course a three-disc Blu-ray version.

The big, new feature, though, will be…the packaging. Yes, the packaging. It will have a hologram that gives a real Enterprise experience. Here’s what Variety says:

With the packaging feature dubbed “augmented reality,” consumers will be able to hold their disc packaging in front of any standard webcam to unlock an interactive hologram on the computer screen, through which they can tour five cabins on the Enterprise, even shooting enemies from the ship’s deck.

Users will have to log in to a website to access the feature, but they control the hologram by holding the disc packaging.

This is fantastic news for people who like to sit in front of their web cams holding DVD covers.

Other features on the discs themselves include:

• “deleted scenes, such as one with a baby Spock, ears and all. Another cut includes an abandoned storyline about the villainous Romulan mining captain, Nero (Eric Bana), and a look at Abrams’ version of the warrior Klingons.”
• “On the Blu-ray set is a BD-Live feature that connects viewers to live updates from space through NASA. Those who want to explore the film’s space ships more can also click on the Star Fleet Vessel Simulator for a 360-degree view of the Enterprise and other ships.”
• Additionally, people will be able to look at an early version of the film that’s been posted on experience-the-enterprise.com (I didn’t see it up there yet, but I could be just missing it).

So there, there’s a ”Star Trek” disc for everyone on your holiday shopping list: plain, fancy, and super-posh. Have fun.