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Current poll - TOS Remastered
Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 5:33 pm
by Captain Seafort
As the current poll on the main site says - is TOS Remastered a much needed updating of abysmal special effects, or unwarrented interference with a classic piece of sci-fi history? Discuss
Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 5:36 pm
by Sionnach Glic
I've no problem with making things look nicer.
Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 5:38 pm
by Reliant121
Oh yes definately a good thing. But I dunno where i can get my hands on it in the UK.
Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 5:43 pm
by Captain Seafort
So long as they stick to simply updating the visuals I don't have a problem - and it would be nice to see the E-nil's phasers fire from the same place every episode.
Just keep your fingers crossed that they don't start changing who shoots first.
Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 5:55 pm
by Sionnach Glic
Kirk shot first.
No arguments.
Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 12:39 am
by Mikey
So far it seems to be enhancements, rather than actual re-writes, so I'm all for it. I haven't noticed any changes so much as cleaning things up - the are a few more lines on the skin of the E-nil, for example, but the shape, color, texture, etc. didn't change.
Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 1:13 am
by RK_Striker_JK_5
I don't like it. It's just... wrong. It'll eventually get into an update every few years in some dumb cycle.
Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 5:36 am
by mwhittington
Rochey wrote:Kirk shot first.
No arguments.
Well, he was the 23rd century John Wayne, where they were taught to shoot first and ask questions later. Kirk tried to ask his teachers why, but he had to shoot them first!
By the way, I'm all for Hi-Def and remastered!
Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 11:27 am
by Blackstar the Chakat
I don't think it really matters. Hi-def and remastered are nice but upgrading a series like that is more or less just a way to make more money.
Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 2:32 pm
by RK_Striker_JK_5
Yeah. I'm not plunking down umpteen amounts of money for a series I already own because of a few cleaned up images!
Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 4:30 pm
by Sionnach Glic
I don't think it really matters. Hi-def and remastered are nice but upgrading a series like that is more or less just a way to make more money.
I agree. The whole point of TOS wasn't to have flashy graphics. Even back then they weren't great. The real strength of TOS lies in the characters, and the stories.
Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 6:50 pm
by Mikey
Well, DUH! Of course it's a way to make money! Why else would a studio do anything? Did anyone really think that Paramount was going to call them for the correct address to send the free re-mastered TOS DVD's?
The point is, are you one of those who considers the remasters sacrilege, or is it subtle enough to merely be an enhancement?
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 1:17 am
by RK_Striker_JK_5
I consider them to be unnessecary and a waste.
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 1:09 pm
by Sionnach Glic
Unnecesary? Yeah. But why wasteful?
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 3:09 pm
by IanKennedy
Well we have Series 1 on HD DVD and have started getting pictures from them onto the site. Check out the pics on the following episodes:
Where No Man Has Gone Before
Mudd's Women
The Enemy Within
The Man Trap
Some of the images are stunning.