If they ever go back and redo TAS in CGI form, a big component has got to be redoing a lot of the voice work.
TAS... Sigh
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If they ever go back and redo TAS in CGI form, a big component has got to be redoing a lot of the voice work.
But why go backwards? Give us NEW episodes!
Well, for one, you need to get the infrastructure up and running. That was the whole point in the "Special Editions" of the original Star Wars trilogy, to get the technology and techniques in place so they'd be able to turn around and do the prequels.
As for new episodes, well, there are a few problems, and again, it goes back to voices. Shatner, Nimoy, et al, don't quite sound the same as they did back in '74, although you can fudge that in post production. What you can't fudge is the sad fact that De Kelley, Jimmy Doohan, and Majel Barrett are no longer with us.
As for new episodes, well, there are a few problems, and again, it goes back to voices. Shatner, Nimoy, et al, don't quite sound the same as they did back in '74, although you can fudge that in post production. What you can't fudge is the sad fact that De Kelley, Jimmy Doohan, and Majel Barrett are no longer with us.
I've only just got into TAS and I have to say I am surprised at some of the storytelling. It's not as childish as I thought it would be (well some of them). I would like to see this series remastered. Maybe in CGI, but keeping the overall TAS design there
^Remastering means going back to the original master print and making a high-quality copy (which I'm sure was already done when it was released on DVD and Blu-Ray). Replacing the imagery would be the exact, diametric opposite of remastering. I get so sick of the abuse of that word.
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Sorry, Re-imagining would probably be a better terminology.
Sorry, Re-imagining would probably be a better terminology.
Exactly! But if TPTB want to produce new animated episodes, I don't want them to redo via CGI the classic animated episodes. Give us new stuff.
Personally, I can't imagine 3D CGI being preferable to classic 2D animation. Maybe with a feature film budget and Pixar artistry, it could work, but on a TV budget (at least a non-Lucasfilm TV budget), I have yet to see any 3D animation that looks as good as 2D.
What might be cool would be to see new "TAS" episodes using the designs and aesthetics of the Filmation show, but with full, fluid animation -- essentially showing us the sort of thing Filmation might've done if they'd had unlimited time and money. Although of course there's the issue of the voices; two of the original cast members are gone and the rest no longer sound the way they did in 1973-4.
What might be cool would be to see new "TAS" episodes using the designs and aesthetics of the Filmation show, but with full, fluid animation -- essentially showing us the sort of thing Filmation might've done if they'd had unlimited time and money. Although of course there's the issue of the voices; two of the original cast members are gone and the rest no longer sound the way they did in 1973-4.
William Campbell sounds close enough to be able to do Koloth in "More Tribbles, More Troubles". If he was doing lines for insertion to "The Trouble With Tribbles", we'd have a problem, but done in isolation, his voice is more than passable. Same with John Winston for those few times Lt. Kyle has dialogue.
For other voices, I think the cast from Animaniacs would do nicely. They're some of the best voice actors in the biz.
For other voices, I think the cast from Animaniacs would do nicely. They're some of the best voice actors in the biz.
I'm currently re-watching TAS, and I love it. Sad, though, that I had to wait for the DVD set to actually enjoy it.
The German TV version of the series was highly modified. Episodes were cut down to 15 minutes, the dub was played for laughs and four episodes were even completely left out. While it was kinda enjoyable (the dub actually was funny), it was not until the home cinema version that they presented the uncut episodes with a new dub (with the same voice-actors from TOS's German dub). Come to think of it, I never saw that new dub, I've always watched the show in the original English.
The German TV version of the series was highly modified. Episodes were cut down to 15 minutes, the dub was played for laughs and four episodes were even completely left out. While it was kinda enjoyable (the dub actually was funny), it was not until the home cinema version that they presented the uncut episodes with a new dub (with the same voice-actors from TOS's German dub). Come to think of it, I never saw that new dub, I've always watched the show in the original English.
Very well said!
A release without the backgrounds in "Time Trap" being wrecked would be great. How did that happen?
I've only seen the apocryphal word used to describe ST:V, can you tell us which TOS eps it was?
I have no information on the specific episodes. It was probably not entirely episode-by-episode, but extended to elements of episodes. For instance, he considered the humanlike appearance of the Klingons in TOS to be apocryphal; his point of view from TMP onward was that Klingons had always had ridged foreheads. So he might've still assumed that a given Klingon-related episode of TOS did happen, but that the Klingons "actually" looked different than what we saw. So it's likely there were other cases where he accepted the basic story but rejected some aspects of it.
I thought I remembered the pocket universe looking different! Do you have any images of how it originally looked?
I thought I remembered the pocket universe looking different! Do you have any images of how it originally looked?[/QUOTE]
The pocket universe originally looked like this..
That was AWFUL! Just the worst.
The pocket universe originally looked like this..
^Probably the same reason as the famous story of the makeup tests for the Orion makeup in "The Cage," where the film processor thought the green skin was a mistake and kept color-correcting it to pink.
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