With all the movies out in 4k format now, I think it might be interesting to do a "never noticed that before" thread, similar to the one in the TOS forum (link below) to discuss things that we see now but didn't notice in the past. It could be minor visual details or other subtleties...anything you want to point out.
I'll start. I watched TWOK the other night in 4k, and I noticed a number of things that I hadn't really seen or made significant note of before:
1. There is a little sign / indicator next to the bridge turbolifts that illuminates through the second half of the movie that says "Turbo-Lift Inoperative Below C-Deck"
2. At the end of the film, when Kirk and Spock are having their last conversation through the transparent wall, the dilithium / anti matter reactor conduits can be seen in the background, but they are no longer displaying the "lava lamp" effect. Instead, they just look like a bunch of twinkly lights inside the tubes.
3. Chekov and Terrell both do a subtle "quick multiple blinks" thing with their eyes while under the influence of the eels, particularly when they are lying about something.
4. In the background on the Enterprise bridge, after Kirk has used the prefix code to chase the Reliant away, the "shield status" graphic on the wall next to the weapons console shows the top view of the Reliant, not the Enterprise. It's out of focus, but it's definitely the Reliant, which I thought was an excellent little detail.
5. When Spock says "company dismissed" after the inspection in the torpedo bay, the crew in attendance breaks off in very choreographed fashion. A fair chunk of the crew turn and walk through the airlock door that leads to the travel pod, which seems odd.
6. There are some subtle background noises I never noticed before, or if I did I had forgotten. In the lobby at the simulator facility, you can hear birds chirping. In Kirk's appartment, you can hear what I assume is supposed to be fog horns on ships in San Fransisco Bay (?)
7. There is a break in continuity in the Director's edition. Right in the scene where Kirk and Spock are debating whether or not Khan will follow them and "the concept of the human ego," a female extra walks past the scene, heading left-to-right (if you are looking aft toward the turbolift doors). Then the camera cuts to Kirk, and the woman is no longer there. Then, when the turbolift doors open and deposit David on the bridge, the woman can be seen walking again, right where she should have been if the extra scene had not been re-inserted.
8. When the doors to the bridge whoosh open and the voice says "This is starfleet operations, Enterprise is clear for departure" there is a brief view of the main viewscreen. It is "off" (displaying no picture) and there is pair of fast-flashing red indicator lights on the bottom of the viewer, moving in much the same fashion that the indicators below the screen in TNG flash.
9. Speaking of lights, when the Enterprise phasers the hell out of the Reliant's bridge, we cut inside to the damage, and as the giant piece of stuff falls from the ceiling, you can see there is a large red indicator light flashing on the helm/navigation console that we have never seen before and never see again. It looks like it is right in the middle of the console, and it's long (maybe two feet) and very thin, and it blinks off and on, kind of like the old indicator did in TOS. This one is in the same general location, but is located on the flat surface of the console, and doesn't protrude.
Anyway, let me know if you all have seen or found anything interesting in your re-watches.
I'll start. I watched TWOK the other night in 4k, and I noticed a number of things that I hadn't really seen or made significant note of before:
1. There is a little sign / indicator next to the bridge turbolifts that illuminates through the second half of the movie that says "Turbo-Lift Inoperative Below C-Deck"
2. At the end of the film, when Kirk and Spock are having their last conversation through the transparent wall, the dilithium / anti matter reactor conduits can be seen in the background, but they are no longer displaying the "lava lamp" effect. Instead, they just look like a bunch of twinkly lights inside the tubes.
3. Chekov and Terrell both do a subtle "quick multiple blinks" thing with their eyes while under the influence of the eels, particularly when they are lying about something.
4. In the background on the Enterprise bridge, after Kirk has used the prefix code to chase the Reliant away, the "shield status" graphic on the wall next to the weapons console shows the top view of the Reliant, not the Enterprise. It's out of focus, but it's definitely the Reliant, which I thought was an excellent little detail.
5. When Spock says "company dismissed" after the inspection in the torpedo bay, the crew in attendance breaks off in very choreographed fashion. A fair chunk of the crew turn and walk through the airlock door that leads to the travel pod, which seems odd.
6. There are some subtle background noises I never noticed before, or if I did I had forgotten. In the lobby at the simulator facility, you can hear birds chirping. In Kirk's appartment, you can hear what I assume is supposed to be fog horns on ships in San Fransisco Bay (?)
7. There is a break in continuity in the Director's edition. Right in the scene where Kirk and Spock are debating whether or not Khan will follow them and "the concept of the human ego," a female extra walks past the scene, heading left-to-right (if you are looking aft toward the turbolift doors). Then the camera cuts to Kirk, and the woman is no longer there. Then, when the turbolift doors open and deposit David on the bridge, the woman can be seen walking again, right where she should have been if the extra scene had not been re-inserted.
8. When the doors to the bridge whoosh open and the voice says "This is starfleet operations, Enterprise is clear for departure" there is a brief view of the main viewscreen. It is "off" (displaying no picture) and there is pair of fast-flashing red indicator lights on the bottom of the viewer, moving in much the same fashion that the indicators below the screen in TNG flash.
9. Speaking of lights, when the Enterprise phasers the hell out of the Reliant's bridge, we cut inside to the damage, and as the giant piece of stuff falls from the ceiling, you can see there is a large red indicator light flashing on the helm/navigation console that we have never seen before and never see again. It looks like it is right in the middle of the console, and it's long (maybe two feet) and very thin, and it blinks off and on, kind of like the old indicator did in TOS. This one is in the same general location, but is located on the flat surface of the console, and doesn't protrude.
Anyway, let me know if you all have seen or found anything interesting in your re-watches.
