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The STAR TREK Remastered Team Talks About Klingons (Then And Now), Gimpy Spy Antennas, And The Coolness That Awaits Us!!

You know for wanting to maintain the look of the series by geekzapoppin	May 4th, 2007 10:49:44 AM
Most of the new effects shots pull me right out of the story and remind me that they're fan wank. The shots where they replace backgrounds and monitor screens work best.
So, like, when are they going to... by G'Kar	May 4th, 2007 11:06:12 AM
...go back and insert the new CG Enterprise model into the earlier remastered episodes. Hopefully before the thing hits DVD? Or is that no longer on their agenda anymore?
I disagree, geekzapoppin by I Dunno	May 4th, 2007 11:17:06 AM
If anything, they've been too conservative. I think they've done a great job in improving the effects that sucked without going all Lucas with it.
Cant wait for the HD-DVDs by Baron Karza	May 4th, 2007 11:24:39 AM
I applaud this movement. Please do it for Greatest American Hero and 6 Million Dollar Man.
Should do it for the first season of Next Generation by I Dunno	May 4th, 2007 11:31:41 AM
The effects in the first season were shockingly bad, even for the time.
The sun is big... by Kid Z	May 4th, 2007 11:36:20 AM
... the sun is hot... the hotest thing we knowww... I learns all me science, from They Might Be Giants!
Ok, this is some really gay nitpicking by I Dunno	May 4th, 2007 12:05:41 PM
But it is the sun right? Given the gravity force on it, would the Enterprise be orbiting it at that tilted angle instead of flat up against it? Just saying. But good FX.
The sun is a mass of incandescent gas... by ROBRAM89	May 4th, 2007 12:33:03 PM
...a giant nuclear furnace! Where hydrogen is built into helium at a temperature of millions of degrees!
Non-Bumpy Klingons by God of Gamblers	May 4th, 2007 12:49:11 PM
Trying to "explain" the non-bumpy Klingons has to be the ultimate example of the American geek's love affair with a whore named "Continuity." Love it!
What a stupid fucking question to ask by I Dunno	May 4th, 2007 12:55:06 PM
About the Klingons. They're digitally enhancing the exteriors, not the make-up dept.
Bumpy-Headed Hoes... by Kid Z	May 4th, 2007 01:03:30 PM
... Guess we all have to live with the lame-ass explanation of differing Klingons from Star Trek:Enterprise. Hell, all they had to do was say the Klingon race went through a temporary fad for cosmetic surgery and had their forheads smoothed and hairplugs put in. Warf coulda just said "It was just a thing to do back then... it was the fashion, it was stupid and we don't like to talk about it." Same for the funky 60's uniforms that Starfleet wore: "Geez those 23rd century fashions looked goddawful... high-water bell-bottoms and mini-skirts...what were they thinking?" Really, no other explanations were necessary.
Merrick, you idiot! by chrth	May 4th, 2007 01:33:39 PM
If they redid the Klingons, they'd have to redo the fantastic DS9 episode "It's something we don't talk about"
Yo Ho It's Hot by dandosama	May 4th, 2007 01:52:43 PM
The sun is not, a place where we could live.
No one says anything about the Romulans by I Dunno	May 4th, 2007 01:57:54 PM
They have those fucked up vampire foreheads now and they didn't in the original series. The Borg looks different too. you could argue that the Enterprise itself looks completely different in the movies than it did in the original series. Sure they said they "refit" it but that's horseshit. You don't change every single aspect of the thing instead of just scrapping it and building a new one. So lighten up on the Klingons already.
Sorry for the OT, but breaking news on Lost... by Pennsy	May 4th, 2007 02:32:11 PM
ABC is about to issue a statement saying that the show will go on for just 2 more seasons; the fourth season in September, and then conclude in 2008-09. Hat tip; E! Online: http://tinyurl.com/2sq3kd
Bashir+OBrian should be put into the Trouble w Tribbles by yodas_dad	May 4th, 2007 03:49:20 PM
...plus Odo, Dax, Sisko and the others.
The bumpy Klingons were the mistake by Rupee88	May 4th, 2007 05:20:20 PM
They should have just made some new villians if they wanted some bumpy headed enemies.
I liked the time travel aspect of the episode.... by Bill Clay	May 4th, 2007 07:37:10 PM
...it was before Star Trek started using time travel as a deus ex machina crutch. Believe it or not, it was novel at the time!
I wish the Okudas and Rossi were doing the new movie. by kabong	May 4th, 2007 09:22:48 PM
They show interest in and respect for TOS.
But here on Earth by Capt Proton	May 4th, 2007 10:14:00 PM
there'd be no life, without the light it gives! The sun is a mass of incandescent gas, a gigantic nuclear furnace, where hydrogen is built into helium at temperatures of millions of degrees!
1st Season of TNG by Gorrister	May 4th, 2007 10:42:23 PM
Yeah, CGI would help the effects, but it wouldn't do anything for the horrific acting by the cast. It would be like giving a CGI facelife to Land of the Lost (not to slam it, I love the original Land of the Lost....but I'd hate to see it go CGI)
So for the younger Kirk I was thinking by RokurGepta	May 5th, 2007 07:57:44 AM
James Franco.... What do you guys think?
They will have to redo the TNG FX by brattain	May 5th, 2007 08:59:12 AM
if they want to release the series on HD-DVD (or Blu Ray). Actually, they'll have to redo the FX of DS9 for the same reason. The non-FX shots were still done on film, so they can be upgraded, but there is almost no film stock FX available. The FX as done for TNG and DS9 would not stand up to HD. With all the super cool armada battles DS9 had, I wonder if they'll ever put it on HD.
OG Star Trek writers interviewed on... by Peter Hyoguchi	May 5th, 2007 10:41:50 AM
http://www.interviewinghollywo od.com (hours of video interviews!)
TNG needs to redo more than the FX by Gorrister	May 5th, 2007 12:30:10 PM
TNG suffered from writers who didn't coordinate storylines/characters and not knowing where the series was going. The pilot episode stands as the perfect example of where the show would go for the next 2.5 seasons. For example, there is a scene near the end when the entire story is coming to a head and Picard takes time away from the crisis to have a pleasant little chat with Beverly in sickbay that has NOTHING to do with the life or death situation going on around them. Then there is also the comment Picard makes about the Ferengi "eating" their associates. Doesn't seem like there is much profit in that. And I doubt Quark would have gotten a lot of business if his customers thought they'd end up on the menu someday.
Bumpy headed Klingons suck. by superninja	May 5th, 2007 12:42:24 PM
The OS Klingons were way cooler than anything that came after TNG.
TNG is a stupid soap opera, that's its problem. by superninja	May 5th, 2007 12:46:02 PM
The OS was about philosophical ideas, not wishy washy PC crap like TNG. I mean, "Does humanity deserve to exist?" Yeah, because the rest of the universe is filled with such greatness, Q.
While most pics of these remasterings have been great.. by raw_bean	May 5th, 2007 06:04:50 PM
...having seen Sunshine recently that shot of the sun at the top of the page is just dog-ugly in comparison. Cool interview though.
You're wrong, superninja... by raw_bean	May 5th, 2007 06:11:36 PM
...if TNG had been a soap opera, there would have been occasional dramatic conflict between the characters, and it would have been better.
Gorrister: by raw_bean	May 5th, 2007 06:16:55 PM
"Then there is also the comment Picard makes about the Ferengi "eating" their associates. Doesn't seem like there is much profit in that." Yes indeed, how wrong is it to have a single thing the Ferengi do not be based on profitability? Surely we all realise that patterning an entire race of beings on a single basic trait was one of the best things Star Trek did for SF now don't we. Yeah.
RE: Van Buren by Real Deal	May 5th, 2007 08:53:56 PM
That one's been tried before. Wasn't true then isn't true now. Trek has a way of being timeless and now that RB is gone it'll reinvent itself again. It was gone for 10 years last time and it still came back. It'll do it again. Get over it. By the way much as I like the new BSG it has only about one more season to go. However because of it's nature Trek will be back again and again.
I'd love to see a Gorn redux in a 2.0 "Arena" remaster by Monkey_King	May 6th, 2007 07:13:18 AM
That would be cool. Animating the Gorn's lips for speech or growls.
nannoo...nannoo by wanna_bannana	May 6th, 2007 12:18:34 PM
oh....this isn't the mork and mindy TB.
When are they going to finally remake the awful by TimBenzedrine	May 6th, 2007 03:06:09 PM
Filmation cartoon series with CG graphics? Some of the actual scripts weren't bad, they were just done in that horrible limited animation style. They had a great time travel episode were Spock goes back to Vulcan and saves his younger self. They also did a sequel to Shore Leave and Tribbles,again, good scripts, lousy animation. Think of the spruce up job they could do on those episodes- moving camera angles, Characters could actually walk down the halls, and they could substitute some of the stranger alien crewmembers with people from the original cast. As for this new Star Fleet film, if if ever happens, I like to see Leo DiCaprio as Kirk with Ray Liota as Pike.

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