Original Trek remastered discussion

POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Tuesday, August 5, 2008 19:24
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CHRISISALL

Saturday, July 19, 2008 9:50 PM

Who likes the new FX?(Me)
Who thinks it's tampering with an original masterpiece?(Not me)
Who's getting season 2 August 5th?(ME)

IDICisall

OUT2THEBLACK

Saturday, July 19, 2008 10:24 PM

Nope , it ain't tampering...

It's ' art restoration '. I like it...

I Love it...I want some more of it...

It's giving ' new life ' to an old masterpiece...

One of the niggles with Classic Trek was all the planets looked too similar , 'cause the old
' opticals ' tended to be re-used over and over again...

Same with the ship exteriors...I like the new
' beauty shots ' of the good ship ENTERPRISE!

There are some new digital mattes that have enhanced exterior shots of architecture on some planetary surfaces , too .

One thing that has taken me out-of-story a few times is some lighting that now seems a little oddly-colored versus the 'original' prints...I'm still deciding if the amped-up color of some lighting is just truer to the original stock , or it's boosted for ' creative ' reasons...

Thanks to the Okudas for their dedicated work and research !

A thing of beauty is a joy forever...

CHRISISALL

Saturday, July 19, 2008 11:32 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by out2theblack:

Thanks to the Okudas for their dedicated work and research !

Amen, brother. I see you are of the body, that is good

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I also love the restorative work done on the director's cut of STTMP.

Trekie forever Chrisisall

CHRISISALL

Sunday, July 20, 2008 12:35 AM

IMNOTHERE

Sunday, July 20, 2008 3:06 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
Who thinks it's tampering with an original masterpiece?(Not me)

I've only seen clips, but it looked pretty respectfully done and minimalist compared with "remastered" versions of certain other major SF franchises. No physically inexplicable annular shock-waves racing out from explosions, I hope?

What would be a pity, though, is if the pioneering work of the original FX artists became lost and forgotten - Star Trek is a pretty important milestone in the history of the medium.

CHRISISALL

Tuesday, July 22, 2008 6:35 AM

The original versions will be available; I'll always respect their expertise given the resources.
To peeps like myself that grew up on TOS, it will always be in in my mind- to new fans, the distraction of dated FX will not detract from the EXCELLENT writing of the series, IMO.

Chrisisall

OPPYH

Thursday, July 24, 2008 3:53 PM

I was slightly against it at first. Now...bring it on. I want all of them on Blu-Ray. The sooner the better. Their frikkin glorious looking!

CHRISISALL

Thursday, July 24, 2008 4:37 PM

BluRay...hmmph- that's too modern for me, I like my stone age DVD's.

Stuckinthepastisall

JONGSSTRAW

Thursday, July 24, 2008 5:52 PM

Can someone provide a few examples of description of the new effects?

CHRISISALL

Thursday, July 24, 2008 6:31 PM

Look:
http://www.livevideo.com/video/TrekMovieDotCom/D2935A1ACE7D44DD87F0F57
F56F104F8/star-trek-who-mourns-for-adona.aspx
Tell me that's not good works...

Trekisall

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