STVI:TUC (Extended) in Anamorphic Widescreen?

[Oso Blanco]

I've just realized once again that the Extended Version of TUC seems to be available in letterbox widescreen only (on the very first DVD release), while the Special Edition and the Theatrical Cut are both available in anamorphic widescreen.

But there are numerous box sets out there, does anybody know if one of them contains the Extended Version of TUC in anamorphic widescreen?

 

[BillJ]

I'm not aware of an "Extended Edition". Just the theatrical version and the Director's Cut. What's in the "Extended Edition" that's not in the Director's Cut?

 

[Oso Blanco]

There is a Theatrical Cut, an Extended Cut with Colonel West and the rubbermasked Klingon and the Special Edition with the flashes during the interrogation scene.

 

[BillJ]

There is a Theatrical Cut, an Extended Cut with Colonel West and the rubbermasked Klingon and the Special Edition with the flashes during the interrogation scene.

Okay. So it's the DE without the flashes? Just buy the DE then...

 

[Oso Blanco]

None of the versions have officially been labelled "Directors Cut" or "Directors Edition". I have all of them on DVD, the problem is that the one with the additional scenes but without the flashes has only been released in letterbox format on the very first DVD edition. But after that, some movie box sets have been released ... I wonder if any of them has the anamorphic transfer of that version.

 

[Gojira]

Where is the extended cut available? I have never seen it!?

 

[Oso Blanco]

I'm sure you've seen it ... it's the same version that had been available on VHS, the one with the added scenes featuring Colonel West.

 

[BillJ]

I'm sure you've seen it ... it's the same version that had been available on VHS, the one with the added scenes featuring Colonel West.

I prefer the theatrical version (which I have on Blu-ray) and I've tried to completely block the Scooby-Doo version from my mind.

 

[Gojira]

I'm sure you've seen it ... it's the same version that had been available on VHS, the one with the added scenes featuring Colonel West.

Which scenes with him were added?

 

[BillJ]

I'm sure you've seen it ... it's the same version that had been available on VHS, the one with the added scenes featuring Colonel West.

Which scenes with him were added?

I'm pretty sure it's Operation: Retrieve and the end where they pull the mask off of him (he's dressed as a Klingon).

 

[Gojira]

I'm sure you've seen it ... it's the same version that had been available on VHS, the one with the added scenes featuring Colonel West.

Which scenes with him were added?

I'm pretty sure it's Operation: Retrieve and the end where they pull the mask off of him (he's dressed as a Klingon).

Ah, those scenes are in the version I have. Odd that theatrical version left that out.

So in the theatrical version they never identified the attempted assassins?

 

[BillJ]

Which scenes with him were added?

I'm pretty sure it's Operation: Retrieve and the end where they pull the mask off of him (he's dressed as a Klingon).

Ah, those scenes are in the version I have. Odd that theatrical version left that out.

So in the theatrical version they never identified the attempted assassins?

West really wasn't important to the story. But they still nabbed Cartwright and Company.

 

[Oso Blanco]

So, is there an anamorphic version out there? Region 2?

 

[Therin of Andor]

So in the theatrical version they never identified the attempted assassins?

The theatrical cut allows the moviegoers to think that the sniper was an unnamed Klingon. There is a trickle of dark blood, instead of Pepto-Bismol pink, but no one identifies the clue. The action just switches to the arrests of Cartwright and Nanclus.

When the VHS and DVDs came out, there was much complaining by fans about the "Scooby Doo" rubber mask reveal, that had been added to the end. Purists demanded a home video release of the theatrical cut, but it was a looooong time coming.

So, is there an anamorphic version out there? Region 2?

Wasn't ST VI filmed in a different way, ie. not with an anamorphic lens? Memory Alpha says: "This is currently the only Star Trek movie shot in Super 35 format instead of anamorphic."

 

[Firebird]

Wasn't ST VI filmed in a different way, ie. not with an anamorphic lens? Memory Alpha says: "This is currently the only Star Trek movie shot in Super 35 format instead of anamorphic."

It was filmed in non-anamorphic Super 35. Basically, it's a standard 35 mm filming process filmed "flat," i.e. - no lens to squeeze the image like Panavision uses. The original camera negative or master cutting print is then matted to whatever aspect ratio you'd want. So, that's why the old versions of ST VI were in a 2:1 ratio on DVD, as that was Nick Meyer's preference. The theatrical version was matted to standard Cinemascope/Panavision 2.35/2.4 aspect ratio. I think that was the studio's demand.

 

[Brikar99]

So, is there an anamorphic version out there? Region 2?

Wasn't ST VI filmed in a different way, ie. not with an anamorphic lens? Memory Alpha says: "This is currently the only Star Trek movie shot in Super 35 format instead of anamorphic."

I think you're confusing anamorphic filming with anamorphic widescreen, which has to do with how the video is encoded on the DVD, and is what I believe the OP is asking about. Anamorphic widescreen DVDs are those that take advantage of 16x9 televisions, as opposed to non-anamorphic DVDs which, even if the film is presented in widescreen, will display a 1.33:1 "full-screen" image - black bars on all four sides.

 

[Oso Blanco]

I think you're confusing anamorphic filming with anamorphic widescreen, which has to do with how the video is encoded on the DVD, and is what I believe the OP is asking about. Anamorphic widescreen DVDs are those that take advantage of 16x9 televisions, as opposed to non-anamorphic DVDs which, even if the film is presented in widescreen, will display a 1.33:1 "full-screen" image - black bars on all four sides.

That's exactly what I meant. And I'm still looking for an anamorphic widescreen DVD with that is longer than the theatrical version but doesn't have the flashes from the special edition.

 

[Brikar99]

I think you're confusing anamorphic filming with anamorphic widescreen, which has to do with how the video is encoded on the DVD, and is what I believe the OP is asking about. Anamorphic widescreen DVDs are those that take advantage of 16x9 televisions, as opposed to non-anamorphic DVDs which, even if the film is presented in widescreen, will display a 1.33:1 "full-screen" image - black bars on all four sides.

That's exactly what I meant. And I'm still looking for an anamorphic widescreen DVD with that is longer than the theatrical version but doesn't have the flashes from the special edition.

You might be out of luck, if the first release isn't anamorphic. I think the film has only been released on DVD twice, and blu-ray once. The original DVD has the longer version, the 2-disc special edition has the flashes, and then the blu-ray has the original theatrical cut.

 

[Doug Otte]

I think you're confusing anamorphic filming with anamorphic widescreen, which has to do with how the video is encoded on the DVD, and is what I believe the OP is asking about. Anamorphic widescreen DVDs are those that take advantage of 16x9 televisions, as opposed to non-anamorphic DVDs which, even if the film is presented in widescreen, will display a 1.33:1 "full-screen" image - black bars on all four sides.

That's exactly what I meant. And I'm still looking for an anamorphic widescreen DVD with that is longer than the theatrical version but doesn't have the flashes from the special edition.

You might be out of luck, if the first release isn't anamorphic. I think the film has only been released on DVD twice, and blu-ray once. The original DVD has the longer version, the 2-disc special edition has the flashes, and then the blu-ray has the original theatrical cut.

Not quite. The original DVD was not enhanced (anamorphic), while the 2-disc DVD was enhanced. They are both the extended cut. The blu-ray is enhanced, but is the cut w/ the flashes.

Doug

 

[Brikar99]

That's exactly what I meant. And I'm still looking for an anamorphic widescreen DVD with that is longer than the theatrical version but doesn't have the flashes from the special edition.

You might be out of luck, if the first release isn't anamorphic. I think the film has only been released on DVD twice, and blu-ray once. The original DVD has the longer version, the 2-disc special edition has the flashes, and then the blu-ray has the original theatrical cut.

Not quite. The original DVD was not enhanced (anamorphic), while the 2-disc DVD was enhanced. They are both the extended cut. The blu-ray is enhanced, but is the cut w/ the flashes.

Doug

No, the blu-ray is definitely the original theatrical cut.