Therefore the Ba'ku were never intended to be immortal, nor are they protected by the Prime Directive. Picard and a small band of his officers, unable to justify the Federation's actions, decide instead to risk their future career's in Starfleet in defense of the Ba'ku. Making the situation even more volatile is the Federation's uneasy alliance with the Son'a, an unethical species that will stop at nothing to posses the regenerative properties of the Ba'ku's planet. Second time director, Jonathan Frakes handles the film's action scenes with gusto, while even the quite moments have a nice sense of rhythm. This DVD is absolutely demonstration quality for anyone looking for test material to judge a wide screen television.
Flesh tones are very natural in appearance, while the rest of the colors offer marvelous saturation.
There is no evidence of chroma noise anywhere during the presentation and compression artifacts are completely disguised by first rate authoring. The Dolby Digital 5.1 channel soundtrack has a wonderful mix that perfectly balances powerful effect driven space battles and richly atmospheric moments in the great outdoors. Dolby Digital's discrete nature handles both situations with aplomb. The soundstage has a spacious quality across the front that seamlessly wraps around into the surround channels. Dialogue reproduction is both clean and natural, while the bass is rock solid.