TOS Remastered
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No, not real boulders. Spray foam over a lightweight frame, carved styrofoam, sure...
I bashed a Starfleet crewman with a grey, foam rubber boulder once. Universal Studios, "A Star Trek Adventure", 1992.
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2001 is a perfect example of this. We all know that the "Dawn of Man" sequences were shot inside, on a studio floor, and the outdoorsy backgrounds were projections on a screen. But it wasn't until the Blu-Ray release that this became a problem: it is now possible to SEE the screen that was projected upon! This is painfully obvious in all the ape sequences. You literally can see the screen that is behind the sky.
I bashed a Starfleet crewman with a grey, foam rubber boulder once. Universal Studios, "A Star Trek Adventure", 1992.
Klingons rock by Therin of Andor, on Flickr
I was the engineer that died a screaming death (in my case, in the arms of a lovely blond tourist from Sweden
).
I was the engineer that died a screaming death (in my case, in the arms of a lovely blond tourist from Sweden
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The biggest problem with the re-mastering (apart from the fact that it was done at all) was how tastelessly it was done. The original bright lighting was needlessly shadowed by people who thought they were making the show more dramatic-instead they only succeeded in making the show look silly. & you can't reverse engineer the image to get the original look
This makes no sense.
Are you actually saying it's not possible to show what was originally captured on film?
Yes (at least if you're a viewer trying to watch the show at home). You can't twiddle the nobs on your screen to remove the big dramatic shadow someone brilliant has decided to impose on Kirk's face. It's there, uselessly, & on these digital prints, permanently
It's like colourisation-supposedly a process which only adds colour to black & white footage but which also changes all the dynamic shadings of the original, turning clear lines into balloony blancmange. A solution in desperate search for something ressembling a problem to solve
If it's visible on the BluRays it's always been there on film.
The live-action elements were scanned and cleaned, only. There were no changes unless there was special effects in a given scene.
Does that come with wafers?
Huh? Please give examples of scenes where the original bright lighting was shadowed.
The shots of the ship come to mind, but other than that...
Attempted to watch the remastered episodes when they briefly screened here (.au) last year. Didn't encourage to keep doing so, certainly didn't encourage me to buy DVD prints of the shows, so it's very difficult for me to go chapter & verse on the changed look much as i'd like to
My apologies
I think what he thinks of as bright lighting is actually the faded nature of the old prints.
It's kind of like when the BBC finally started running new prints of TOS. Initially, they ran the episodes at a slightly faster speed, making them sound to these American ears somewhat like the Chipmunks. When they started running them at the proper speed, the British fans thought they all sounded drunk, because they'd all grown up hearing the faster versions.
It's kind of like when the BBC finally started running new prints of TOS. Initially, they ran the episodes at a slightly faster speed, making them sound to these American ears somewhat like the Chipmunks. When they started running them at the proper speed, the British fans thought they all sounded drunk, because they'd all grown up hearing the faster versions.
^ That also works in the other direction. I have Law & Order: UK on Region 1 DVD, and I swear the characters' voices sound lower than what they should be. I think this must be because of the different frame rates between PAL and NTSC.
Just don't try to play tennis while eating it.
Course you don't get bloody WAFERS with it!
(Albatross?)
Just don't try to play tennis while eating it.
Course you don't get bloody WAFERS with it!
(Albatross?)
What flavors does it come in?
Who was running the new-CGI eps here in Sydney?
Did you consider there might have been a broadcasting incompatibility with the TV set you were watching them on?
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