TOS original or Remastered, which is canon?

[DeafPoet]

people can say what they want about the final result (it's subjective after all)

No IT'S NOT!!! The new FX ADD MUCH MORE than anyone can ever claim they take away!!!!
Okay, nostalgia, I get that, but hey, young minds, fresh ideas, can we not be tolerant?

Uh, I'd like to go ahead and distance myself from this guy.

Dude, if you read my previous posts you'd know that it's all basically interchangeable. The producers included both on the BD for a reason. It's literally all good.

 

[SpyOne]

I'd vote for TOS over Remastered: Remastered reflects Mike Okuda's opinion, which should be given some weight but isn't law.
Then again, I disregard some of the bits of TOS, so it doesn't really matter. When trying to create a consistent view, sometimes two bits of information cannot be reconciled to each other, so one of them must be declared an error.

 

[Gary 7 of 9]

I consider both the Original & Remastered TOS to be canon. Some of the remastered episodes have been enhanced with more interesting details, like "The Way To Eden".

 

[Captain Robert April]

Hell, we'll probably be referencing both of 'em in the Concordance...

 

[Forbin]

We also pushed very, very hard to include the original visual effects on the Blu-ray release. Fortunately, the folks at CBS were supportive of this.

I for one appreciate that very much, Mike. It was one of my fears that any new releases would be new effects only, and the original artistry would be lost.

 

[Captain Robert April]

Hey, even George Lucas released the original versions of the first three SW movies.

 

[Chrisisall]

you might want to check page 1 of this very thread for my opinion of the canon issue.
Go ahead. I'll wait.

It's page 3, and there's a bad word in the post.

 

[Chrisisall]

Hey, even George Lucas released the original versions of the first three SW movies.

But not anamorphic...

 

[Chrisisall]

Uh, I'd like to go ahead and distance myself from this guy.

I have transwarp drive...

 

[Ronald Held]

Time for a curve ball. Mike, if your team had more time and more dollars, what changes would we have seen in the remastered work.

 

[Warped9]

Time for a curve ball. Mike, if your team had more time and more dollars, what changes would we have seen in the remastered work.

Note: emboldened mine.

You mean what changes would they like to have made in regards to the new f/x. The series had already been remastered.

 

[Hofner]

Time for a curve ball. Mike, if your team had more time and more dollars, what changes would we have seen in the remastered work.

Korax throws the first punch?

Robert

 

[SpyOne]

you might want to check page 1 of this very thread for my opinion of the canon issue.
Go ahead. I'll wait.

It's page 3, and there's a bad word in the post.

No, that's his opinion of people who "won't appreciate" TOS without new effects.
His opinion on canon is in fact on the first page, the second post in the thread.

 

[Chrisisall]

His opinion on canon is in fact on the first page, the second post in the thread.

Whatever, there's a bad word in THAT post too.

 

[T'Bonz]

Chrisisall, please don't double or triple post in future.

 

[Hober Mallow]

I'd vote for TOS over Remastered: Remastered...

Pulls hair out.

I consider both the Original & Remastered TOS

Weeps.

You mean what changes would they like to have made in regards to the new f/x. The series had already been remastered.

Hallelujah! Someone has a clue!

 

[ahkyahnan]

You mean what changes would they like to have made in regards to the new f/x. The series had already been remastered.

Hallelujah! Someone has a clue!

I think we all have a clue actually, and understand what you're talking about. I certainly do.

However, the only controversy that exists (for some) between TOS Original and TOS-R are the new f/x. No one disputes the remastering as far as I know. So when people debate one over the other, it's the f/x that are being debated, and everyone understands the discussion, so TOS-R has become shorthand for the new f/x as well as the remastering, even if it is technically incorrect. It's just easy.

So we aren't clueless or stupid, just lazy I guess.

Suggest a new, more proper but still simple & easy to use term, and maybe we'll adopt that. Doubt it, but at least you can say you tried.

Mark

 

[blssdwlf]

Would using TOS-RFX make more sense?

 

[ahkyahnan]

Why believe the Aurora looked like a Tholian ship with Starfleet nacelles stuck on by Klingon battlecruiser wings?

A little OT, but is that part about the "Klingon battlecruiser wings" true? Is that what they really used?

Now that I think about it, there is a stylistic similarity, but I wasn't sure if you meant they literally reused the battlecruiser components, or were just exaggerating a little to make a point.

I'm thinking about drawing this ship sometime, but haven't studied it that closely, so I was just wondering. Thanks.

Mark

 

[Christopher]

^The Aurora was the Tholian ship model kitbashed with parts from the AMT Enterprise and Klingon battlecruiser model kits.