Season TWO OFFICIAL TNG Blu-Ray Discussion Thread

[davejames]

Also, a completely random thought I just had, but did we ever see any other Enterprise crewmembers with an English accent besides Picard?

I'm sure there must have been others, but I'm having a hard time remembering any. And yeah, I realize the show was filmed in LA, but in-universe it still seems odd there weren't more sprinkled throughout the ship (I'm not counting the accent Sirtis tried to hide while playing Troi, of course).

 

[Trekker4747]

Ummm, Picard's accent wasn't English it was, French!

 

[Shazam!]

Thanks for clearing up the BoP question. My 720p TV at 50 inches isn't the sharpest thing around, and I was quite far away from the TV. I just remember the footage appearing REALLY fuzzy in one screencap we got, but it looked rather sharp and brightly lit in the episode I saw.

Is SyFy HD already showing the new HD transfers?

I sort of doubt it, strikes me as way too soon for TNG S2 (or even S1) to make it into syndication.

In the UK, they are. SyFy HD has been airing them one per day for the past couple of weeks. It surprised the hell out of me too.

And as for not buying it - the quality is a step down, I can't get it round here for as cheap as I got season one and I dont really have the money to spend on something I don't want all that much.

Season 3 on the other hand has 2 of my favorite episodes of the series (possibly all of Trek) on it, plus the trailer looks stunning. That will be a must buy.

And the channel is included with our HDTV/Tivo/Internet/Phone bundle. Considering I almost never watch anything on TV anymore, finding Season 2 airing on UK TV a mere few days after its release was a welcome shock.

Yeah, it's pretty cool. I thought I read somewhere that they were going to take a break mid-Season 2 though, repeat Season 1 and then come back to it. I'm not sure how true that is though.

I think it's great that they're airing though. I have no interest beyond watching the episodes so it was either watch them on TV or download. I'd rather the former so I can at least support the project financially in some small way.

 

[Salinga]

If you're freeze-framing single images in an episode and then blowing them up to find errors you won't be disappointed.

Your logic is flawed. FAIL.

No one watches the show freeze framed and zoomed. I am watching it on a normal TV screen. Then I notice the errors.

 

[BriGuy]

Some of the caught problems I can understand some griping about. But when you're zooming in on a single aspect of a single frame of an episode you're getting nitpicky.

There's that shot of the Enterprise leaving orbit of a planet where the saucer cuts cut off by the "edge of the screen" even though some of the background lays beyond it. I find that shot hard to really see in the actual episode. Sure the crappy-looking 2-footer model is used and THAT is noticeable but the effects problem a little less so. Even more so the edger of the viewer cutting a bit into the wall of the ObsLounge. I mean some of these findings are a bit damn tiny and petty.

I agree with you.

I was watching some reruns on TV and noticed the two-foot model at the end of an episode like that. Before that I thought it was just looking odd because of the remastering, or being in HD, or maybe even being a quickie CGI job. But it's the model.

 

[jimbotron]

As for the shot of the nacelle, what is wrong with the image?

The blue glow of the nacelle is misaligned slightly to the right of the nacelle itself. That's a fairly common mistake in HTV's work. It pops up in several episodes.

 

[NewHorizon]

The blue glow of the nacelle is misaligned slightly to the right of the nacelle itself. That's a fairly common mistake in HTV's work. It pops up in several episodes.

Wonder if it's due to them not bothering to correct for the distortion caused by the shrinkage of some of the film elements? Seems like it caused a lot of problems in their work.

 

[Trekker4747]

The blue glow of the nacelle is misaligned slightly to the right of the nacelle itself. That's a fairly common mistake in HTV's work. It pops up in several episodes.

Wonder if it's due to them not bothering to correct for the distortion caused by the shrinkage of some of the film elements? Seems like it caused a lot of problems in their work.

It was in the pool!!!! It was in the pool!!!!

 

[RAMA]

Not sure why but I actually enjoyed Royale slightly more than I used to when re-watching it, can't remember the last time I watched it before that. It's still not a good episode by any stretch of the imagination, but I still liked the part where they discovered Colonel Ritchie's body the best.

RAMA

 

[Ryan Thomas Riddle]

Not sure why but I actually enjoyed Royale slightly more than I used to when re-watching it, can't remember the last time I watched it before that. It's still not a good episode by any stretch of the imagination, but I still liked the part where they discovered Colonel Ritchie's body the best.

RAMA

That episode could've been much better had they played it more as kitsch and camp rather than dead serious as they did. However, Worf answering the phone is worth the price of admission.

WORF
She wants to know if we want room service?
RIKER
Tell her "no."
WORF (stern)
NO.
Worf slams phone.​

That was priceless.

 

[LOKAI of CHERON]

Not sure why but I actually enjoyed Royale slightly more than I used to when re-watching it, can't remember the last time I watched it before that. It's still not a good episode by any stretch of the imagination, but I still liked the part where they discovered Colonel Ritchie's body the best.

RAMA

That episode could've been much better had they played it more as kitsch and camp rather than dead serious as they did. However, Worf answering the phone is worth the price of admission.

WORF
She wants to know if we want room service?
RIKER
Tell her "no."
WORF (stern)
NO.
Worf slams phone.​

That was priceless.

For me, it was kitsch in many places, with the drama mixed in! Also, I felt Worf's "No" was more deadpan than stern, which made the gag for me.

 

[Mott the barber]

Not sure why but I actually enjoyed Royale slightly more than I used to when re-watching it, can't remember the last time I watched it before that. It's still not a good episode by any stretch of the imagination, but I still liked the part where they discovered Colonel Ritchie's body the best.

RAMA

That episode could've been much better had they played it more as kitsch and camp rather than dead serious as they did. However, Worf answering the phone is worth the price of admission.

WORF
She wants to know if we want room service?
RIKER
Tell her "no."
WORF (stern)
NO.
Worf slams phone.​

That was priceless.

Agree. I love that sequence.

 

[Salinga]

"Manhunt" - a funny, but pretty pointless episode, that goes nowhere. Most "interesting" scene is Majel Roddenberry talking to herself as Lwaxana and the ship's computer. It also features a visit to a planet called Blueblurry.

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

Not sure why but I actually enjoyed Royale slightly more than I used to when re-watching it, can't remember the last time I watched it before that. It's still not a good episode by any stretch of the imagination, but I still liked the part where they discovered Colonel Ritchie's body the best.

RAMA

That episode could've been much better had they played it more as kitsch and camp rather than dead serious as they did. However, Worf answering the phone is worth the price of admission.

WORF
She wants to know if we want room service?
RIKER
Tell her "no."
WORF (stern)
NO.
Worf slams phone.​

That was priceless.

Agree. I love that sequence.

I was surprised Worf even knew what to do with a phone.

 

[Jeyl]

That episode could've been much better had they played it more as kitsch and camp rather than dead serious as they did. However, Worf answering the phone is worth the price of admission.

WORF
She wants to know if we want room service?
RIKER
Tell her "no."
WORF (stern)
NO.
Worf slams phone.​

That was priceless.

Agree. I love that sequence.

I was surprised Worf even knew what to do with a phone.

Not to mention that everyone in Star Trek both before and after this episode seems to have a good idea on what Room Service actually is.

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

^ Data said something about them "making up the room", so he didn't quite have it.

 

[Trekker4747]

Agree. I love that sequence.

I was surprised Worf even knew what to do with a phone.

Not to mention that everyone in Star Trek both before and after this episode seems to have a good idea on what Room Service actually is.

This is a guy who every time he encounters a door that doesn't open as soon as he nears it assumes the door is malfunctioning, rather than, you know, it being one of those manual jobs which he's sure to have encountered in his life. Like the manual doors in the Starfleet Academy dorms.

 

[davejames]

Ugh, "Samaritan Snare" is even worse than I remembered. At the time, I probably thought the Pakleds were kinda fun in their dumb, stupid way, but now everything about them just makes me cringe. From their design to their overly idiotic portrayal.

And the fact the Enterprise crew seem genuinely baffled for good long while about what to do just makes it even worse.

The B-story with Picard and Wesley is somewhat better, but I still couldn't help but laugh at the shots of shuttlecraft crawling along at what looks like 3mph. Lol

 

[jimbotron]

The only silver lining to that stinker is that it set up Tapestry.

 

[LOKAI of CHERON]

Ugh, "Samaritan Snare" is even worse than I remembered. At the time, I probably thought the Pakleds were kinda fun in their dumb, stupid way, but now everything about them just makes me cringe. From their design to their overly idiotic portrayal.

And the fact the Enterprise crew seem genuinely baffled for good long while about what to do just makes it even worse.

The B-story with Picard and Wesley is somewhat better, but I still couldn't help but laugh at the shots of shuttlecraft crawling along at what looks like 3mph. Lol

I don't have any real problem with this episode. I enjoy it for what it is - love the Pakleds!