Original Trek remastered discussion

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

Thursday, July 24, 2008 7:13 PM

Thanks for the clip Chris. I have the DVD set now; hard to tell if the upgrade is worth it. Is it a must in your opinion?

CHRISISALL

Thursday, July 24, 2008 7:20 PM

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Originally posted by Jongsstraw:
I have the DVD set now; hard to tell if the upgrade is worth it. Is it a must in your opinion?

I saw Squire Of Gothos remastered at my Dad's house on cable, and the subtle yet striking differences just blew me away.
Then I saw the FX in Doomsday Machine...A MUST in my humble opinion, at least for season 2.
I'll get 1 when they release it in NOT HD.

Stunned Chrisisall

FREMDFIRMA

Thursday, July 24, 2008 7:47 PM

Kirk - "We're moving, and the Enterprise isn't. Maybe that thing will see us, and let the Enterprise go. If I only had some phasers..."

Scott - "Phasers? You got 'em – I have one bank recharged."

Kirk - "Scotty! You just earned your pay for the week – stand by."

Ah, Good Ole Scotty, his basic philosophy never, ever discounted that regardless of mission, the Constitution (and later Enterprise) Class vessel was a *heavy cruiser*, built for the express purpose of kicking the crap out of stuff.

Hell, I bet when Kirk called him, he was down in Bay One trying to figure how to manhandle a torpedo into the loading tube...

Concur, some of the lighting looks a bit strange, but remember they went real heavy on the color effects even back then to disguise just how limited their sets were.

Balance of Terror looks NICE, I'll give it that, and I still snicker when Kirk sneaks in the opportunity (just before the PlasTorp hits them) for a quick cuddle with the nearest femme...

Force of habit, guess we can call it, heh heh.

-F

CHRISISALL

Thursday, July 24, 2008 7:51 PM

The Doomsday & Constellation look very real now, not like plastered newspaper & a burned AMT model kit...

:evilisall

OPPYH

Thursday, July 24, 2008 10:00 PM

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Originally posted by chrisisall: BluRay...hmmph- that's too modern for me, I like my stone age DVD's.

With Firefly coming out later this year on Blu-Ray, you have to cross over. You have to. Do it for the new special features, or to see all the brilliant episodes looking bloody brilliant. Just do it

LWAVES

Saturday, July 26, 2008 4:23 PM

I am a fan of the new remastered versions and have quite a few of the episodes.
To me this type of fx upgrade is fine because it doesn't change the essence of what the show was originally about. Or make it seem out of place and unrealistic. If anything it adds to the stories because you get better visuals for the exterior scenes and on the monitor, so it is clearer as to what is going on. Ships actually move rather than 'listing lazily to the left'.

S'all good stuff and nice to see a really good job done, not just cheap, rushed, modern looking effects. These fit with the originals.

Cool stuff.

"I don't believe in suicide, but if you'd like to try it it might cheer me up to watch."

TRAVELER

Saturday, July 26, 2008 11:02 PM

It will take me some time before I go BluRay. Just when you buy the latest high-tech device they come out with a new one. In a year or two they will have RedGlaze or some such nonsense. I remember buying my Commodore 64 and I was told it was so great I would never have to buy another computer. Ha!

http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=28764731
Traveler

OPPYH

Sunday, July 27, 2008 2:22 AM

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Originally posted by traveler:
It will take me some time before I go BluRay. Just when you buy the latest high-tech device they come out with a new one. In a year or two they will have RedGlaze or some such nonsense. I remember buying my Commodore 64 and I was told it was so great I would never have to buy another computer. Ha!

Yup, Things do get outdated rather fast. That being said, Standard dvd's will be around for a long time to come. I continue to buy them, and still marvel at how great they are(so much better than my old laserdisc collection which I ended up giving to the Goodwill) Blu-Ray is more of a luxury, and not "the norm".

TRAVELER

Sunday, July 27, 2008 2:32 AM

A friend of mine bought a laserdisk player. That is just what I am talking about. It was old news before he got it out of the box.

http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=28764731
Traveler

KNIGHTREYEDER

Sunday, July 27, 2008 4:09 AM

News of Season 2 of Star Trek seems a bit sketchy and not easy to find on line. I wasn't even looking here and of course, the Browncoats come through. Normally Amazon offers advance sales as do people on ebay but I haven't been able to find any.

Season 1 was well worth it, and I'm sure the Okuda's won't disappoint with season 2. That clip of Who mourns for Adonis was good. The CGI ship shots are just stunning.

Yep, this kid has all three seasons of the normal version too, it's easy to justify buying the remake.

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