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A ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ Digital Release Special Features Clip

Our good friends at Paramount reached out to us yesterday and wanted to touch base with us about the Star Trek Into Darkness digital release, which came out early on Tuesday at your favorite digital retailers.  They have a couple items up their sleeves that they thought our readers might be very interested in.  Are they out of their Vulcan minds?!  We have Star Trek readers here?  LOL.  Just kidding.   So for all of you who can’t wait to read our upcoming Star Trek Into Darkness Blu-ray review, hopefully the below will whet your appetite for a few.  Bona appetit!

• Here is a clip from the iTunes Extras.  There’s a blurb about iTunes Extras below, but it’s a basically a special features clip (and a pretty good one to boot with Spock in the volcano) http://youtu.be/gcSsn5f-w48

• Paramount launched the Defeat Khan website today.  The site uses some of the most advanced 3D technology to allow you to instantly create your  own personalized Star Trek avatar with just an upload of your photo.  You are then tasked to join the Starfleet Academy to train with a variety of simulations testing your IQ, Vision, Focus, Memory, and Speed as you move up the ranks to help defeat Khan.  By connecting to Facebook, you can also compete with your friends to see who has the more superior genetics.

• There are multiple exclusive concept art images debuting today from Xbox SmartGlass.  The images have a code that users can enter on the Defeat Khan website for a chance to win a trip to see Star Trek Into Darkness live orchestrated in London by Michael Giacchino. Users can find out where these images are from the website.

iTunes Extras

Go behind-the-scenes with the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise with iTunes Extras.  Get a first-hand look at the making of Star Trek Into Darkness in an all-new, exclusive, enhanced commentary with visionary filmmaker, J.J. Abrams.  See how filmmakers brought the red planet and its native tribe to life, find out how, and why, the identity of the film’s true villain was kept a mystery to the very end, and sit in with Zachary Quinto and Benedict Cumberbatch as they revisit their intense preparation for the film’s action-packed climax.

SmartGlass

The year’s best-rated blockbuster is nothing short of “spectacular” (Rolling Stone).  When a ruthless mastermind, Khan (Benedict Cumberbatch,) declares a one-man war on the Federation, Captain Kirk (Chris Pine), Spock (Zachary Quinto), and the daring crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise will embark on the greatest manhunt in history.

Purchase Star Trek Into Darkness and connect with Xbox SmartGlass to experience the most dynamic SmartGlass experience yet!  Using your SmartGlass-enabled tablet or phone, the Star Trek SmartGlass experience brings you exclusive behind-the-scenes content, concept art, FX scene peelers and more – all time-synched with the film. Plus take the Starfleet Academy challenge to test your knowledge and simulate adventurous Federation activities like teleporting lost crew members or Klingon confrontations.