I just watched some episodes of the old Trek. I have mixed feelings towards the new CGI effects. It looks less 'real'. What's your opinion?
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Poll Do you prefer the digitally remastered Enterprise?
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I don't care. But I have been watching all of them with the new effects shots because I haven't scene them all yet.
What I hate is the Blu Ray's prompting you with that alternate scene icon whenever an effects show is shown. And none of the players I own have a way to disable it. At least I can watch it without that on Netflix.
What I hate is the Blu Ray's prompting you with that alternate scene icon whenever an effects show is shown. And none of the players I own have a way to disable it. At least I can watch it without that on Netflix.
I absolutely prefer the remastered version.
I prefer the new effects as that's the version of TOS I was introduced to.
The remastered versions do justice to the series.
"Where so many threads have gone before"...I didn't vote because I did not see the option "I'll take any version I can get!" The grainyness, mix of pilot and series versions of the ship, and inconsistent quality of the original FX (bluesscreen bleed, Matt lines, whatever the hell was happening in that shot of the ship leaving Earth orbit in "tomorrow is yesterday") can be distracting. Then again so can the inconsistent quality of the remastered FX. The great thing is you can watch either on the latest video releases. I've heard people whine that it's only the remastered effects we can watch on broadcast TV these days, but those are so butchered to gain extra. commercial time as to be nearly pointless to watch anyway. Back to "tomorrow isyesterday" for example, the entire turbo lift conversation between Kirk and Christopher on the way to the bridge is typically excised when broadcast, ending with a near pointless "I've never believed in little green men" comment when the doors open. So watch on blue ray - however you like or whatever your mood.
I'm not an all or nothing guy on this stuff, but if the original FX version is available I'll watch that.
Sometimes I like the vintage look if only because of the nostalgic, classic sci-fi feeling it gives.
It also kind of forces you to suspend disbelief so its easier to get into the plot or story.
But then again the more outdated it looks, the harder it is to relate to it.
Ironically, sometimes I have to suspend disbelief when I see the remastered scenes because it's too obvious it was inserted.
I can watch both equally.
It also kind of forces you to suspend disbelief so its easier to get into the plot or story.
But then again the more outdated it looks, the harder it is to relate to it.
Ironically, sometimes I have to suspend disbelief when I see the remastered scenes because it's too obvious it was inserted.
I can watch both equally.
With the recent unveiling of the newly restored 11' model, I think it's important to be able to show new fans where we came from. The old original ship shots should never be completely replaced, even if CGI versions can look better.
I'm always for original everything. Original mono sound mix (remixing one channel of '60s audio to modern 7.1 surround always seems ridiculous to me), original model effects, love that shit.
It's not that the remastered versions are bad or anything, I think for 2006 standards, the CG is good and it doesn't ruin or intrude on anything like the Star Wars Trilogy Special Edition, and it's faithful to the original source. I'm glad they exist, they add a lot, and as long as the original versions are included, don't take away from anything. If they re-did the CG for today's standards, I'd have a real hard time passing the remastered versions up.
Still, the original always wins out.
It's not that the remastered versions are bad or anything, I think for 2006 standards, the CG is good and it doesn't ruin or intrude on anything like the Star Wars Trilogy Special Edition, and it's faithful to the original source. I'm glad they exist, they add a lot, and as long as the original versions are included, don't take away from anything. If they re-did the CG for today's standards, I'd have a real hard time passing the remastered versions up.
Still, the original always wins out.
The original model vs CGI.
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I asked my nine-year old to pick out the CGI model. He did. I asked him what gave it away and he said it just didn't look real.
I am pretty sure that is Doug Dexler's CGI enterprise for STC, not the one used in remastered Trek (and thus not entirely related to the topic at hand).
I have no qualm with the Enterprise 3D model itself, as far as I can tell it is an accurate reproduction of the original. I don't, however, like the redone special effects of TOS-R. I'm ok with the fact that they redid some models and created new ones that hadn't been seen before, but the way the scenes are shot and rendered makes them feel very out of place with the rest of the show. It's the same cheap look that the Discovery trailer had. I wish they had tried to replicate the original shot style and optical effects instead of trying to make it all look more "modern."
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