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Can they remaster Deep Space Nine by Upside Down Johnson	Feb 7th, 2008 11:12:39 AM
Like the entire series, to make it watchable?
I was almost first by Monkey Man Zero	Feb 7th, 2008 11:13:41 AM
Damn login delay!
Hardware Wars by wookiemonster	Feb 7th, 2008 11:37:28 AM
Is it just me or do those remastered shots look just as bad as the Hardware Wars special edition "remastered" scenes?
Deep Space Remaster-bator by EriamJH	Feb 7th, 2008 11:38:29 AM
Agree. Make it watchable. Lose the Ferengi as comedic relief. 1990s appreciation of Klingon culture (violence and honor-be-all) is not a replacement of 1960s Vulcan culture (logical thought and peaceful activism). I'm not one of those fans that think Deep Space is the end-all, beat-all. OTHERWISE, love TOS remastered!!!
It's a perfectly cromulant word. by Napoleon Park	Feb 7th, 2008 11:38:45 AM
Embiggen. As in "Wow, that Heidi chick sure has embigguns."
The problem isn't the old FX... by Bill Clay	Feb 7th, 2008 11:51:35 AM
The problem is that so much of the original show has to be cut out, to make way for all the additional commercials being run today, that many of the episodes appear disjointed with missing plot points. I've seen episodes that would have been unintelligible if I hadn't already been familiar with the plot.
I though Jamie and Adam would be building a warp engine by punto	Feb 7th, 2008 12:00:05 PM
that'd be a cool myth
Soon they'll digitally add the new film's actors... by tonagan	Feb 7th, 2008 12:00:16 PM
Replacing Shatner, Nimoy and the rest of the gang.
Space Station by bythehairofsanjaya	Feb 7th, 2008 12:04:11 PM
Looks like something out of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Not impressed. The only one I've been really impressed with was the wide shot on Vulcan for Spock's marriage challenge.
woah, thats awful! by ironic_name	Feb 7th, 2008 12:08:01 PM

How do space ships always seem to know... by KillDozer	Feb 7th, 2008 12:18:50 PM
which way is up and which way is down in the middle of deep space?
to KillDozer: by The Skeptical	Feb 7th, 2008 12:24:39 PM
"How do space ships always seem to know...which way is up and which way is down" There is no up an down is space you dummy. Your TV has a special chip which determines where down is at the time you watch it, and the image is rotated to match your local graviational field. This is called a "V" chip, because a V always points down. If you don't believe me, try taking your TV to Australia and watching this eposide there. The ships will look correct, even though you are upside down near the bottom of the globe. The level of ignorance in this talkback amazes me.
If you want to "remaster" a series, use VOYAGER instead by SpyGuy	Feb 7th, 2008 12:25:00 PM
DEEP SPACE NINE, for anyone capable of appreciating good storytelling, was brilliant. For the newbies, the food chain of awesomeness goes TREK CLASSIC > DEEP SPACE NINE > THE NEXT GENERATION > ENTERPRISE > VOYAGER. Where to place THE ANIMATED SERIES is a judgment call, but having watched it recently, I'd say it's at least ahead of VOYAGER.
bythehairofsanjaya by Falcon5768	Feb 7th, 2008 12:33:27 PM
the space station is actually the configuration that they used for one of the current books, which was based on the old 60's-70's 80's FASA games.
No, no, no... by Kid Z	Feb 7th, 2008 12:33:36 PM
...oyager, then Enterprise... nothing Star Trek realted sucks more than Enterprise... except maybe that movie they let Shatner direct...
Try again... by Kid Z	Feb 7th, 2008 12:34:26 PM
...Voyager, then Enterprise... nothing Star Trek RELATED....etc....
sometimes the old looks better by thecapedrevenger	Feb 7th, 2008 12:44:55 PM
Actually, I like the original shots in a lot of these, at least compositionally. Any time the camera is close enough to the Enterprise to give a sense of enormous scale. I like the idea of revisiting this stuff, for fun, but I almost wish it involved extra scenes instead of replacements. All this is a work of art, even relatively primitive effects.
by jaylerd	Feb 7th, 2008 12:45:56 PM
that cg looks so much worse than the original stuff. it's called depth of field, folks!
You're not supposed to be impressed! WTF! by Orionsangels	Feb 7th, 2008 12:46:50 PM
They're just putting in the F/X's that Roddenberry wish he could have at the time. They're not trying to make it super realistic. They're staying true to the old fashion look of the TV series. I'm sick of of this mentality that everytime CGI is used. It supposed to look photo realistic. That's not what they're going for here.
correct thecapedrevenger by Happy Boy	Feb 7th, 2008 01:04:30 PM
first of all this is a great episode. second, generally they've done a good job with the remastering because they've been careful NOT to make the changes too obvious or garish. in this case the original stuff didn't need to be changed
DS9 Became the greatest of all Trek Series by uss cygnus	Feb 7th, 2008 01:08:16 PM
From Introduction of the Dominion Threat to the end of the series blows most of TNG out of the water. Most, but obviously not all.
And 99% of Voyager and 99.99% Of Enterprise Is Garbage by uss cygnus	Feb 7th, 2008 01:09:41 PM
Damn you, Rick Berman.
"I hate Deep Space 9! Waaaaaahh!!!!" by Meglos	Feb 7th, 2008 01:12:57 PM
It's like proclaiming your hate of Party of Five on a Lost talkback.
DS9: To boldly shat where no one has shat before. by EriamJH	Feb 7th, 2008 01:17:20 PM
TNG had better characters, morality storylines, and less technobabble. (Okay, all non-TOS series suffers from technobabble.) Ooh... but give DS9 fans a story arc with a war and spaceship battles... Ooh... how inventive. But I do give Avery Brooks the credit for making them watchable!
Enterprise: Last few eps of season 3 and most of season 4... by Abin Sur	Feb 7th, 2008 01:25:33 PM
Weren't THAT bad, and some were even pretty watchable. I've been looking at the rebroadcasts on HDNET - maybe the beautiful high-definition picture is what is improving it for me.
Shouldn't that be... by Sadat Quoraishi	Feb 7th, 2008 01:28:51 PM
'warp ass'? Do you see what I did?
U haterz r nutz by darquelyte	Feb 7th, 2008 02:22:14 PM
The new effects are MUCH better. I always hated the recycled footage, especially the Botany Bay from Space Seed. The multiple Constitution class ships were terrible, especially once one was gone and they stayed in that "square" formation with one missing. I don't recall if they specifically mentioned that all of the ships were Constitution class in the episode, otherwise, it would have been nice to have used other designs, like the Reliant for instance.
Still Boring! by C.K. Lamoo	Feb 7th, 2008 02:30:08 PM
Starships fighting starships was better in Wrath of Kahn.
YOU ARE GREAT I AM GREAT by reflecto	Feb 7th, 2008 02:49:07 PM
NOTHING CAN HURT YOU, I GAVE YOU THAT!
Would be better if the cg looked like the miniatures by Utamoh	Feb 7th, 2008 03:02:41 PM
I agree with you Orionsangels, that yes, they're not supposed to look photo realistic, but the shiny chrome cg textures kinda make it look like early 3D rather than 60's miniatures. It would be fun if they added back a little film grain too, but I'm being picky. I never pictured the Enterprise as shiny metallic, but an off-white.
Daystrom=Obama by batjac	Feb 7th, 2008 03:32:14 PM
After this incident, Richard Daystrom was to be committed to an insane asylum. He escaped and used the Guardian of Forever to travel back to the 21st Century. He changed his name to Barack Obama and became President in 2009. In 2010, His new design--SKYNET became sentient. OMG--it all makes sense!!
CGI Lite by nexxus7	Feb 7th, 2008 03:36:30 PM
If you really like the original stuff so much, they're out on VHS and DVD cheap, uncut, and without commercial breaks, or you can download them directly from a torrent site or rent them from netflix, so stop whining for crying out loud. THE REMASTERED SHOWS AREN'T FOR YOU!!!!! Adding in new CGI shots are an attempt to give something fresh to existing fans that will appreciate it, and maybe pull in some new fans who have been raised on Star Wars, video games and low-budget CGI on shows like that thing with Kevin Sorbo. They don't give squat about "it's the performances and chemistry of Kirk, Spock and Bones". I personally like the idea of adding new CGI to pump some new blood into the series, but don't think they take it far enough in some cases (worlds, establishing city shots, backgrounds, CGI creatures). Hell replace the Gorn with something truly frightening (I was scared when I was 10, not it's a guy in a suit). They need to think of these as remastered and repackaged Producer's cuts, and even involve Shatner and Nimoy while there's still time to do some audio rerecording and the like. The producers seem so scared they are gonna tick off the "nothing will ever make me happy" purists, they they are just doing a safe little nip/tuck instead of a major revisioning. Either that or they are trying to keep it as low budget as possible, so the effect is just minor. I'll bet if Roddenberry had all these post-production toys available today in his toolbox, he wouldn't have been suspending plastic models from fishing wire.
DS9 was gold by Kovac	Feb 7th, 2008 03:40:35 PM
I'm currently in the process of rewatching DS9 and it is actually better than I remember. The characters are more interesting and the plots are more developed than I had recalled and the develepment of story arcs is quite unusual for Star Trek. It was quite a refreshing change after having watched Voyager - Although I wish they could have dropped the exploding consoles routine. Are those things backed with C4 or what? With the slighest combat they will explode killing the nearest extra. The space combat is looking a little stiff these days, but they did some pretty impressive work with models.
Must You Survive By Murder!!?????? by picardsucks	Feb 7th, 2008 03:47:12 PM
Shatner outthinks Blakula !!!!!! Shatner is my pappy!!!
wait until series 5+ kovac by aestheticity	Feb 7th, 2008 04:40:31 PM
nothing beats the space combat in later ds9
Change the shape of the starships -- ? by joeelliott	Feb 7th, 2008 05:01:36 PM
Why didn't they use the movie formula and use some new ship configurations for the starfleet armada? Some fans would bitch, but it would be cool seeing the old design regiggerd like the Reliant was or the Grissom.
Definitely a money episode by BrandLoyalist	Feb 7th, 2008 05:12:46 PM
Dittos to Kovac, darquelyte, and Orionsangels. thecapedrevenger, bear in mind that the budget often had a lot more to do with what we saw (and re-saw) of the Enterprise than artistic choice. I too like the closeup shots... love the way the ships were filmed in TMP and Khan... and we've gotten to see a lot of new ones. Utamoh, just get a crappier TV!
Joe Elliott = Shape of Ships by Alen Smithee	Feb 7th, 2008 07:15:40 PM
Because they are all the same class of ship - constitution class. Named sp because of the first ship to launch with that particular design. The Reliant was a "reliant class" ship.
by Geekgasm	Feb 7th, 2008 07:22:18 PM
The Reliant was actuall a Miranda Class ship, but who's counting.
by Geekgasm	Feb 7th, 2008 07:22:59 PM
and "actuall" is actually spelled "actually", but who's counting.
So what was the Grissom? by joeelliott	Feb 7th, 2008 08:11:01 PM
Grissom class? And Excelsior class? Saratoga? Hmm... I never knew this stuff.
JJ taps Pacey for 'Fringe' by Pennsy	Feb 7th, 2008 08:55:18 PM
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Grissom was a member of the by Falcon5768	Feb 7th, 2008 09:17:39 PM
Oberth class, Excelsior was th Excelsior class, and Saratoga was a modified Miranda.
Were they under the gun when they did this? by Zodou	Feb 7th, 2008 09:28:53 PM
I ask because those FX shots look like shit. I've seen other remastered episodes in passing and they looked pretty good, not nearly this bad.
stop saying embiggen by bootle2	Feb 7th, 2008 10:24:42 PM
you stupid moron. It pisses me off enough to login and submit a comment, and that's saying something, considering how worthless you are. Die?
DS9 Space Combat by Spuncho	Feb 7th, 2008 10:43:25 PM
Most of the space combat in season 7 was reused footage from earlier Deep Space Nine. In fact, I even think there is footage from Star Trek: Generations in the final episode. I've watched the later seasons a lot and it's crazy to go through the earlier stuff and say "Hey! I remember that shot from season 7!". The actual new stuff in season 7 is bad CG. You can tell because the ships are too bright and look kinda glowy. It wasn't until season 7 that runabouts started burning my retinas. Thankfully, most of the footage is reused. ;) PS Deep Space Nine is the best Star Trek series ever.
Remaster deeze nuts! (Rub to embiggen!) by Cletus Van Damme	Feb 7th, 2008 11:08:25 PM
Smack it up, flip it, rub it down...oh, noooooooo!
It doesn't look better. by Freakemovie	Feb 7th, 2008 11:22:45 PM
I know, I know, the argument is that they're just using the technology that they wished they had at the time. But they didn't have it at the time. So why put it in now when it looks that crappy? And for that matter, why are these new shots somehow the exact technology that Roddenberry wished they had? He didn't wish they had even better technology? The argument doesn't work; the bottom line is that the remastered shots are no improvement whatsoever and serve no purpose other than "oh look, there's a remastered shot."
Why Starships Always Have The Same Orientation by Ye Not Guilty	Feb 7th, 2008 11:52:56 PM
They are all oriented to the Milky Way galaxy. It’s “up” is up. The nav systems use a three-dimensional coordinate system. The 0 of all axes is the center of the galaxy. This is why the orientation is always the same.
Ye Not Guilty by TheBladehelm	Feb 8th, 2008 01:20:04 AM
I understand what you are saying, and clever as your explanation is, the real reason all the ships on Star Trek are always oriented the same way is that it's more aesthetically pleasing that way. I can accept that Starfleet would have some uniformity in their starship orientation, but I find it remarkable that every ship they ever run into is orientated the 'right' way. They never come upon an alien vessel facing its belly, but always nose to nose. (I now welcome the litany of cases where this is not the case.) It's not scientific, it's just the way they do things on T.V.
Hell, even the Borg... by TheBladehelm	Feb 8th, 2008 01:21:49 AM
ships travel in a straight line across a horizontal axis, you never see them take off in the direction of one its corners.
Deep Space Nine was the shit. by Darksider	Feb 8th, 2008 03:55:22 AM
Nice work on the re-mastering of TOS.
Wanna see a new image of Abrams Enterprise? by Sackratte	Feb 8th, 2008 05:37:08 AM
Here is the first official image of the new design: http://www.spackonauten.org/im ages/enterprise_aus_wurst_gros s.jpg
here is a link... by Sackratte	Feb 8th, 2008 05:38:32 AM
http://www.spackonauten.org/im ages/enterprise_aus_wurst_gros s.jpg
for a working link... by Sackratte	Feb 8th, 2008 05:39:29 AM
you must delete the 'space' between the words!
Sackratte by YackBacker	Feb 8th, 2008 07:43:12 AM
German Star Trek! Excellent.
edited scenes? by Damned if I can login	Feb 8th, 2008 09:07:51 AM
Does anyone know if the episodes on the DVDs include the scenes that were edited to make room for the updated effects? I suppose I can understand making room for the commercials when they're broadcast, but what about the DVDs? Another thing to remember is that in the days of TOS an hour-long progam ran for something around 50 minutes, with only 10 minutes or so of commercials....unlike the 42 minutes or so we get in today's TV world.
re: damned by spidercoz	Feb 8th, 2008 10:09:52 AM
from what I hear the dvds will be uncut
Is it me or it looks like late 1980s CGI images? by ricarleite	Feb 8th, 2008 10:12:42 AM
That first one looks terrible!
Paperback novel covers by thecapedrevenger	Feb 8th, 2008 12:55:03 PM
Have any of you seen some of the recent covers of the nicer ST paperbacks, the ones that take place in the original series continuity? The images are really powerful, really giving the sense of these old ships as bulky, probably not 100% safe, military-style craft. Dont know what the new movie is going to do, but I do love the look of the old show, its own consistency, and I dont blame these FX guys a bit for wanting to explore that world. That said, I guess I do wish they had more money, or I wish that Enterprise would have really gone for it in a retro feeling way. I think it could have been very, very cool, and really made the show seem to take place in that vintage 60s future.
Damned by Falcon5768	Feb 8th, 2008 01:19:30 PM
they are infact uncut, but the editing is the syndicated edits, even some of the new CGI is cut for the edits for TV sadly.
There's something about Merrick... by God's Brother	Feb 8th, 2008 01:31:39 PM
...that I CAN'T FUCKING STAND. There, I said it.
thecapedrevenger re: paperback covers by Zodou	Feb 8th, 2008 05:56:37 PM
I agree, they should have gone that direction in Enterprise, instead we got a twenty fourth century ship with round nacelles.
Meh... by SG7	Feb 9th, 2008 01:07:04 AM
...I've seen fan renders that look better than this stuff. Seriously, my gaming rig could do better in real time than what these guys are cranking out.
Actually Guys........ by Real Deal	Feb 9th, 2008 07:33:37 PM
We've been over why the CGI looks slightly simple. It's so it doesn't look out of place with the rest of the show. They've actually said thsi in interviews about the FX. So it's not just me making excuses. I like the look!
Re : Damned by Real Deal	Feb 9th, 2008 07:35:12 PM
I have the first season already and it's uncut.
Excellent by Kikstad	Feb 11th, 2008 02:10:27 PM
I love the upgraded effects. And thanks for showing the before-and-after shots.

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