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| There really is little point for anything not filmed in HD to be released in HD, you aren't going to get any improvement in picture quality, DVD is more than adequate :rolleyes: |
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| Extreme Makeover: "Star Trek" Editionby Natalie Finn Aug 31, 2006, 5:10 PM PT The United Federation of Planets has never looked so crisp and full of dimension. CBS Paramount gave Trekkers reason to throw their pointy ears in the air ( :lmao: ) Thursday with the announcement that all 79 episodes of the original Star Trek are getting digitally remastered and will be heading into syndication next month for the first time in 16 years in honor of the sci-fi classic's 40th anniversary. Many of the series' beloved yet decidedly dated visual staples, from the galaxy glimpsed in the opening title sequence to the myriad otherworldly landscapes seen from the bridge of the starship Enterprise, will receive a CGI makeover to appeal to the sons and daughters of 1960s-era Star Trek fans who actually found someone to mate with. "Star Trek redefined science-fiction and constantly pushed the envelope with concepts that were ahead of their time," John Nogawski, president of CBS Paramount Domestic Television, said in a statement. "By giving the series a digital upgrade using the best technology available today, it will continue to be a leader in cutting-edge television programming as we introduce the series to a new generation of viewers." The hull of the Enterprise, as well as every other spaceship that passes by, will soon be computer-generated, so it will no longer look like a Frisbee with a couple of batteries attached to it. But rest assured, you loyalists out there--the digitally redone Enterprise has been modeled exactly after the original model, which is now docked for posterity at the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C. What the minds behind the redecorating want you to know, however, is that nothing is being altered too drastically, ŕ la the changes that left Star Wars purists up in arms a few years ago when George Lucas peppered the original three films with CGI "upgrades." "We're taking great pains to respect the integrity and style of the original," Michael Okuda, a scenic-art supervisor on the Star Trek films and spinoffs for the last 18 years, told TVGuide.com. "Our goal is to always ask ourselves: What would [creator Gene] Roddenberry have done with today's technology?" Battle sequences, ship exteriors, galaxy shots and landscapes (which previously came courtesy of matte paintings) will be given more shading, depth and computer-generated believability. The original Alexander Courage-composed score has been rerecorded in stereo and, perhaps best of all, William Shatner's opening monologue has been remastered, so that "Space, the final frontier…" will sound better than ever. The episodes are not being tweaked in the order they originally aired, with Okuda; his wife, Denise; and producer David Rossi choosing to unveil the revamped series starting with the fans' favorite episodes. Each installment is also being converted into high definition so that the ultra-clear format is ready to roll when the more than 200 stations that own the rights to the weekend syndication time slot are able to broadcast in HD. Star Trek: The Original Series goes all 21st century on us Sept. 16, beginning with the first-season episode "Balance of Terror," in which the Enterprise crew matches wits with the Romulans. This latest development is not to be confused with TV Land's announcement that it will be showing the series in its entirety--in its original format--starting in November. Paramount also recently issued a "director's edition" of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, which included CGI enhancements. Sure to be vividly awash in CGI, however, is the Star Trek prequel in the works at Paramount, to be helmed by Lost auteur J.J. Abrams. The feature film chronicling the early adventures of Spock and Kirk is being prepped for a 2008 release. Star Trek: Legacy, a videogame bringing all five captains of the Enterprise together, from Shatner to Scott Bakula, is due in stores this fall. |
| QUOTE (little pixie @ Sep 1 2006, 12:18 PM) |
| What`s next - replacing Kirk with a better actor ? :shifty: :ph43r: |
| QUOTE (willowroolz @ Sep 1 2006, 12:20 PM) | ||
:o Back...to the...Bar, you...heathen :snooty: :lol: |
| QUOTE (little pixie @ Sep 1 2006, 12:22 PM) | ||||
:lmao: You forgot to rip your velour jump suit and have `relations` with an alien female. :lol: |
| QUOTE (willowroolz @ Sep 1 2006, 12:24 PM) | ||||||
That's what you think :naughty: :lol: And it's not a jump suit, it's a uniform :snooty: :lol: |
| QUOTE (little pixie @ Sep 1 2006, 12:39 PM) | ||||||||
We all know they`re jammies. :rolleyes: |
| QUOTE (Phillip Culley @ Sep 1 2006, 02:42 PM) |
| Oh, twaddle - it's not Paramount going George Lucas on us, as if you pop down to HMV or Virgin you can still get the original series as broadcast on DVD :) Personally I've been for this idea for a while, although my idea was to have some effects tarted up and made as an optional extra on the DVDs (like with the Doctor Who discs)... To be honest, if it means people who would normally shun TOS as having silly effects might give it a change, then why not? |
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Get a grip woman! As if anybody (other than you) would sleep in those :p |
| QUOTE (Bakhesh @ Sep 1 2006, 03:10 PM) |
| I'm with Phillip. These new versions aren't compulsory! And they aren't going to make Kirk stand on a Gorn's tail or anything. I'd rather see these than that remake that looks like being on the cards. |
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| I think my main problem is that the original effects and the papier mache aliens go together hand in hand. At the time they may have been considered cutting edge, today they are part of the series' charm. If you take one part of that equation and replace it with shiny new CGI shots then the other part of it, the monsters/aliens etc, is going to look even sillier to a new generation of viewers. |
| QUOTE (Crichton Kicks @ Aug 30 2006, 03:23 PM) |
| Dan, I've edited your post for spoilers. Bear in mind that this is the SG1 board, and people might not have seen Farscape yet, or at least not all of it. Me included :p |
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Hadn't thought of that. Mind you, you'd think absolutely everyone who was going to watch it, would have gotten round to it by now, seeing as it finished years ago.......
:ponder: errr, hang on a minute....... |
| QUOTE (Crichton Kicks @ Sep 1 2006, 08:54 PM) | ||||||
:p It's not my fault........honest :unsure: :lol: |
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| "By giving the series a digital upgrade using the best technology available today, it will continue to be a leader in cutting-edge television programming as we introduce the series to a new generation of viewers." |
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| To be honest, if it means people who would normally shun TOS as having silly effects might give it a change, then why not? |
| QUOTE (willowroolz @ Sep 2 2006, 11:08 AM) |
| If they could do something about its wobbly horn it might be a bonus |
| QUOTE (Crichton Kicks @ Sep 2 2006, 11:15 AM) | ||
A wobbly horn you say.......? :unsure: :unsure: :unsure: |
| QUOTE (willowroolz @ Sep 2 2006, 11:35 AM) | ||||
Yeah, it's not natural is it? The poor thing :( :lol: |
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| Updated Trek Will Honor Past Producers of the upcoming remastered version of the original Star Trek television series told SCI FI Wire that the intention is not to change the series, but merely to enhance its look for a new generation of viewers. "I can tell you that the purpose of this is to completely not change the story and not change the plot, because we are all so passionate about the way it exists," David Rossi, a visual-effects producer, said in a conference call on Sept. 6. "What we're really trying to do here is just enhance the experience of watching Star Trek that people can have." Longtime Trek crew member Michael Okuda, who is also a visual-effects producer of the remastered episodes, added: "Basically, the approach is that Star Trek is a period piece, albeit a period in the far future. So all the decisions are being made to honor the production style, the style of cinematography, the style of editing. And with that as our guidance, using the original decisions made by the directors and the editors, it follows very logically trying to recreate the look and feel of the original series." CBS Paramount Domestic Television will release the digitally remastered episodes for air on more than 200 broadcast stations, starting Sept. 16. The first episodes to be remastered include "Balance of Terror," "Journey to Babel," "Mirror Mirror" and the two-part episode "The Menagerie," said John Nogawski, president of CBS Paramount Domestic TV. All told, about half of the original series' 80 remastered episodes will be released this year and half next year. Eventually, Nogawski said, all of the episodes will be remastered in both their original versions and the abbreviated versions made available for syndication and in both full-screen and high-definition widescreen versions. As for the extent to which the episodes' visual effects will be upgraded using state-of-the-art technology, the producers said they would include the show's opening, ship exteriors, space battles and other elements—but not live action, interiors, costumes or aliens, except in very specific instances. "There are certain occasions, while that's not really in the scope of w**k that we're doing, ... where we are going to do things," Rossi said. "For instance, in an episode called 'The Naked Time,' Scotty is trying to cut through a bulkhead outside engineering with a phaser. ... And while there are sparks on the wall, there's no phaser beam. So in a case like that, we're going to go in and add a phaser beam. But as far just replacing the effects that are currently there just for the sake of replacing them, no, we're not going to do that." Why the update? Nogawski admitted it was to reach younger viewers. "As we move into eventually a much better television set than there was in the '60s, moving into more lines of resolution all the way up to HD, this show would have not held up to that viewer," Nogawski said. "And that viewer ... is who you're addressing, ... the younger viewer who was not alive when the show was originally produced and may never have watched it up to this date." |
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| Trek Opening Will Be Fixed Producers of the upcoming remastered editions of the original Star Trek series told SCI FI Wire that an upgraded and enhanced opening montage will correct problems in the original version, which was limited by the technology of the 1960s. "We didn't change anything, although we did update everything," David Rossi, a visual-effects producer, said in a conference call on Sept. 6. "All the star patterns that were in the original opening are exactly duplicated in the new opening. We smoothed out the motion of the Enterprise. It flies more dynamically now. It occupies real space. It doesn't look like a model anymore. So that's kind of the angle we took on it." The fixes are being accomplished by rendering the opening sequence, which was originally shot on film using matte paintings and miniature models, completely with digital effects. "The process that Dave just described is one particular shot where the Enterprise's flight path takes a couple of strange bumps to the left and to the right," added longtime Trek crew member Michael Okuda, who is also a visual-effects producer of the remastered episodes. "And there were artifacts of the visual-effects processes back then. And now CBS Digital is able to go in and essentially have an infinitely long track, so the perspective of the ship now is proper. It, as Dave says, occupies real space. It's a subtle change, but it just gives the ship more presence as it flies by you." Okuda added: "Back in '64, when they shot the original opening elements, [or] '66, there was a physical limit to how far ... back you can get the camera [from the model]. So the perspective changes were limited by the physical length of the dolly track in the studio. What CBS Digital can do is, ... with the digital rendering, you can have your virtual camera infinitely far away and have the ship travel to inches from your nose. And by doing that, the perspective is ... proper. It's just as if the ship is really flying by you." |
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| CBS Paramount Domestic Television has officially confirmed the planned release of digitally remastered high-definition episodes of the original Star Trek, with all new special effects and rerecorded music. Michael Logan in TV Guide reported in the Insider column that on September 16th, the first of the Star Trek shows will return to syndication for the first time in 16 years, with computer-generated effects specially designed for this release. "We're taking great pains to respect the integrity and style of the original," said longtime scenic art supervisor Michael Okuda, who has worked on numerous Star Trek motion pictures and the spinoff series for nearly 20 years. Trek veterans Denise Okuda and David Rossi worked on the episodes as well. "Balance of Terror", the first Romulan episode ever shown, will be the first of the remastered episodes aired; they will be shown out of order from their original sequence. CGI people have been added to largely empty ships and starbases, and a more detailed view of Earth from space replaces the original in "Miri." In addition, Alexander Courage's theme music has been recorded in stereo with new vocals, and William Shatner's "Space, the final frontier..." voiceover has been remastered digitally. StarTrek.com provided more details, stating that the episodes would air on more than 200 stations and that the first batch were selected as fan favorites. The official site noted that the Enterprise and other starships originally filmed with models would be replaced by CGI-created ships, and the Enterprise and planets in the main title sequence are being given "depth and dimension." Graphics of the galactic barrier, alien planets and scenic backgrounds will also be redone. StarTrek.com states that at the present time, there is no confirmation if or when the episodes might be available eventually on DVD or other formats. |
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| Has anyone found anywhere with this available to dl? Curiosity is getting the better of me :blush: |
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| 09.16.06 Balance of Terror Miri (two episodes this weekend only) 009 ( hunting for this right now ) 09.23.06 The Devil in the Dark 026 09.30.06 The Naked Time 007 10.07.06 The City on the Edge of Forever 028 10.14.06 I, Mudd 041 10.21.06 Arena 019 10.28.06 Catspaw 030 11.04.06 The Trouble With Tribbles 042 11.11.06 Mirror, Mirror 039 11.18.06 Space Seed 024 11.25.06 The Menagerie, Part I 016 12.02.06 The Menagerie, Part II 016 12.09.06 The Corbomite Maneuver 003 12.16.06 Balance of Terror 009 12.23.06 Friday's Child 032 12.30.06 Mirror, Mirror 039 01.06.07 The Devil in the Dark 026 01.13.07 Wink of an Eye 068 01.20.07 Where No Man Has Gone Before 002 01.27.07 For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky 065 02.03.07 Journey to Babel 044 02.10.07 The Doomsday Machine 035 02.17.07 Amok Time 034 02.24.07 The Paradise Syndrome 058 03.03.07 Space Seed 024 03.10.07 Wolf in the Fold 036 03.17.07 I, Mudd 041 03.24.07 The Naked Time 007 03.31.07 The Tholian Web 064 04.07.07 The Immunity Syndrome 048 04.14.07 And the Children Shall Lead 060 04.21.07 All Our Yesterdays 078 04.28.07 A Piece of the Action 049 05.05.07 Tomorrow Is Yesterday 021 05.12.07 Errand of Mercy 027 05.19.07 Patterns of Force 052 05.26.07 Shore Leave 017 06.02.07 Bread and Circuses 043 06.09.07 Spock's Brain 061 06.16.07 Plato's Stepchildren 067 06.23.07 Miri 012 06.30.07 The Omega Glory 054 07.07.07 Return to Tomorrow 051 07.14.07 Charlie X 008 07.21.07 The Squire of Gothos 018 07.28.07 This Side of Paradise 025 08.04.07 Where No Man Has Gone Before 002 08.11.07 Wolf in the Fold 036 08.18.07 Wink of an Eye 068 08.25.07 For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky 065 09.01.07 The Corbomite Maneuver 003 09.08.07 The Doomsday Machine |