I know, I know. I seem to recall that Encounter had two production numbers, and All Good Things had one. Either way, I always tend to think of two-hour episodes as two episodes. It's an OCD thing.
By episode: Updating FX for all 176 episodes (+ minutia!)
- Thread starter DostoyevskyClone
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I know, I know. I seem to recall that Encounter had two production numbers, and All Good Things had one. Either way, I always tend to think of two-hour episodes as two episodes. It's an OCD thing.
Haven
Effects that need updating
- Shots of the Enterprise orbiting Haven are reused.
- Shots of the Tarellian Plague Ship are reused
- Shots of the Enterprise holding the Tarellian Plague Ship in a tractor beam are reused
- The scaling between the Enterprise and the Tarellian Plague Ship may be wrong
- The desert scene in the holodeck is obviously on a soundstage, and needs updating.
Minutia
- First appearance of Lwaxana Troi, and Mr Homm
Effects that need updating
- Shots of the Enterprise orbiting Haven are reused.
- Shots of the Tarellian Plague Ship are reused
- Shots of the Enterprise holding the Tarellian Plague Ship in a tractor beam are reused
- The scaling between the Enterprise and the Tarellian Plague Ship may be wrong
- The desert scene in the holodeck is obviously on a soundstage, and needs updating.
Minutia
- First appearance of Lwaxana Troi, and Mr Homm
The Big Goodbye
Effects needing updating
- A shot of the Enterprise is re-used from the credits
- The Jaradan scanning beam may need updating
Minutia
- The first Holodeck Malfunction! Cause: The Jaradan scanning beam.
Effects needing updating
- A shot of the Enterprise is re-used from the credits
- The Jaradan scanning beam may need updating
Minutia
- The first Holodeck Malfunction! Cause: The Jaradan scanning beam.
Re: I'm bored: The Minutia of all 176 TNG episodes right her
Remember, in Encounter at Farpoint ILM created a library of (often good) FX shots. They didn't work on the series after, but these shots were used so often there's almost no point in counting them.
If I may jump ahead a bit, one thing that always irritated me about the Conspiracy episode, was that they NEVER showed all 3 starships in orbit around the planet. I minor point really, but you could say the stock shot of the E-D in orbit was a bad establishing shot without them!
RAMA
Remember, in Encounter at Farpoint ILM created a library of (often good) FX shots. They didn't work on the series after, but these shots were used so often there's almost no point in counting them.
If I may jump ahead a bit, one thing that always irritated me about the Conspiracy episode, was that they NEVER showed all 3 starships in orbit around the planet. I minor point really, but you could say the stock shot of the E-D in orbit was a bad establishing shot without them!
RAMA
Ok here's where I have a problem with us fanboys changing FX!! I would only do FX shots that are necessary....to either tell the story better, ie: a more informative establishing shot, or where the old FX are just inadequate. There is nothing wrong with Q's force field in Encounter at Farpoint. The Jaradan scanning beam is a cool effect in my opinion. And the aforementioned ILM shots are often very good, and I would continue to use them for most orbiting shots, UNLESS there is something missing that was indicated in the dialogue.
RAMA
I will update the 'The Battle' entry soon.
The Battle
Effects in need of updating
- Shots of the Enterprise towing the Stargazer are reused.
- Shots of the Stargazer from the front are reused
- Shots of the Enterprise and the Ferengi ship are reused.
- The effects of the Stargazer bridge crew in Picard's imagination can be updated.
- The Ferengi transporter effect can be updated.
- The effects of Picard destroying the mind device can be updated.
- The scaling of the Stargazer and the Enterprise may be wrong.
Minutia
- La Forge looks at the mind device amplifier with his VISOR
Effects in need of updating
- Shots of the Enterprise towing the Stargazer are reused.
- Shots of the Stargazer from the front are reused
- Shots of the Enterprise and the Ferengi ship are reused.
- The effects of the Stargazer bridge crew in Picard's imagination can be updated.
- The Ferengi transporter effect can be updated.
- The effects of Picard destroying the mind device can be updated.
- The scaling of the Stargazer and the Enterprise may be wrong.
Minutia
- La Forge looks at the mind device amplifier with his VISOR
Re: I'm bored: The Minutia of all 176 TNG episodes right her
Good point. However, people, me included, would have liked some variety in how the space scenes are presented.
I will be sure to note the absence of showing all 3 starships in orbit, when I get to Conspiracy
Good point. However, people, me included, would have liked some variety in how the space scenes are presented.
I will be sure to note the absence of showing all 3 starships in orbit, when I get to Conspiracy
I have finally re-watched Datalore. Hence:
Datalore
Effects in need of Updating
- Nothing really comes to mind, the Crystalline Entity looks Ok, as does Omicron Theta (for a planet that had been deprived of all life)
Minutia
- First appearance of Lore
- Geordi looks at the Crystalline Entity with his VISOR
- First mention of Data's off switch
Datalore
Effects in need of Updating
- Nothing really comes to mind, the Crystalline Entity looks Ok, as does Omicron Theta (for a planet that had been deprived of all life)
Minutia
- First appearance of Lore
- Geordi looks at the Crystalline Entity with his VISOR
- First mention of Data's off switch
