Re: By episode: Updating FX for all 176 episodes (+ minutia!
"Code of Honor"
08:00 - the clothing appearing on the Holodeck can be redone
08:08 - the mat and the fighter appearing on the Holodeck can be redone
08:45 - again, like “Encounter at Farpoint,” can the stunt double be taken out and a digital Denise Crosby be put in her place?!
9:36 - the fighter disappearing on the Holodeck can be redone
11:06 - the photon torpedoes firing can be redone
11:10 - the photon torpedoes denoting in the atmosphere can be redone
18:57 - the exterior shot on the planet can be redone (it actually looks pretty good, but it could look even better with an update - for example, a broader shot that zooms in to get a sense of the size of the city)
21:13 - the exterior shot of the planet is
reused (though made to look darker). They could show a different angle of the temple from another area of the city
21:20 - the scene here looks like it is meant to be outside, but all we see in the background is a red sky. This scene can be redone to show some mountains (seen earlier), clouds, sunset shades, etc.
23:29 - the Enterprise orbiting the planet is
reused from earlier
27:12 - again, like at 21:20, the background to this scene can be redone so it is not just one color and so it actually looks like sky
35:56 - the exterior shot on the planet is
reused AGAIN but with the beam effect added in
36:17 - the Enterprise orbiting the planet is
reused AGAIN
37:45 - the scene here is like the others before (21:20 and 27:12) - it is meant to be outside but in the background we just see a red sky. This scene can be redone like the others
41:27 - the Enterprise orbiting the planet is
reused AGAIN (they just zoomed in on the image to try to make it look different)
43:45 - the Enterprise orbiting the planet is
reused AGAIN
Some pictures illustrating need for updated special effects...
The main thing for me here is actually the planet - it could look WAY better. It wouldn't hurt to work on the torpedoes and explosions at the same time...
This looks pretty good - but could look even better with an update. They use this same exact matte several different times in the episode, and it would be good if they did some different things in the update (have one of the shots pan across the city, another zoom in from the bottom of the hill, etc.)
You can tell it's a fake sky behind her - redo the background by putting in some mountains (which we see in the screencap above). You don't have to put in clouds and different colors EVERY time, but this background 'screen' is used several times throughout episode and there would bound to be some variation if it were a real sky.
Even more minutia... (after 3 episodes)
- The number of times Picard uses the word “Hell”: 2
- The number of times Riker uses the word “Hell”: 1
- The number of times Picard uses the word “Damn” or “Damned”: 3
- The number of times Riker uses the word “Damn” or “Damned”: 2
- The number of times Data provides synonyms or a definition of something: 2
- The number of times Troi gives Picard an emotional report that was blindingly obvious even without Betazoid talents: 2
- The number of times Geordi uses his VISOR’s capabilities to report on something: 1
- The number of times Michael Dorn doesn't appear in an episode: 1
Phil Farrand's best observation on this episode from his 'Nitpickers' books...
"Having finally secured the desperately needed vaccine for the plague on Styris IV, the Enterprise sets off for that planet at a rip-roaring warp 3! What happened to warp 9? If it's as bad on that planet as the dialogue seems to indicate, wouldn't you want to get there as fast as possible?"
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