News Star Trek: The Motion Picture Director's Cut is being restored in 4K, launching first on Paramount+
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My philosophy is simple: if I know I'm never gonna watch it, I don't buy it. If it's available to stream and I still barely look at it, then why waste my hard earned quatloos?
Watched the Director's Edition a few weeks back and after paying attention to certain audio changes like the alteration of 82 AUs to 2 AUs, I wondered if there was anywhere else in the film that might benefit from some slight alterations.
One scene that stood out was Uhura contacting Captain Kirk in the Officer's Lounge. In the Director's Edition, they used the take of Kirk answering Uhura's call on his wrist communicator where as in the theatrical version, he simply walks out of the room. What stood out for me in this scene was Uhura specifying that she was contacting the 'Officer's Lounge' through it's PA system. I thought "If they're going to use the take of Kirk using his wrist communicator to respond to Uhura, why have it play out like it's still coming through the room's PA system?"
So that was my goal with this edit. To make Uhura's call to Kirk sound like it was coming from his wrist communicator instead of the room'a PA system. Here are the changes:
What do you think?
One scene that stood out was Uhura contacting Captain Kirk in the Officer's Lounge. In the Director's Edition, they used the take of Kirk answering Uhura's call on his wrist communicator where as in the theatrical version, he simply walks out of the room. What stood out for me in this scene was Uhura specifying that she was contacting the 'Officer's Lounge' through it's PA system. I thought "If they're going to use the take of Kirk using his wrist communicator to respond to Uhura, why have it play out like it's still coming through the room's PA system?"
So that was my goal with this edit. To make Uhura's call to Kirk sound like it was coming from his wrist communicator instead of the room'a PA system. Here are the changes:
- Added an 'incoming call' chirp when we cut to Kirk just before he lifts up his communicator. I know they made a unique chirp for the communicator that can be heard later on in the film, but I couldn't use it since it's underneath Jerry Goldsmith's score.
- Reduced the volume of her call.
- Removed "Officer's Lounge" from her dialogue.
What do you think?
I did a few tweaks for my fan edit. The one that annoyed me most was the gap between why it's Mister.................... Spock!
Hmm.... Interesting changes made to this shot.
Truth be told, I'm going to miss the barely lit Enterprise going through that dark inner chamber though. The one thing I recall from the behind the scenes interviews regarding the Enterprise was that they wanted the Enterprise to illuminate itself instead of having dozens of unseen light sources light up the whole model. I don't see how the new light sources in this newly lit chamber could light the Enterprise this way.
Also, are they going to be changing the overall look of the V'Ger island sequence at the end of the film? If you look closely, the V'Ger island is no longer surrounded by total darkness. There is a visible blue haze surrounding it now. I can't really see how that would fade into pitch black by the time the Enterprise comes to a complete stop. You think they're going to try and show some visual element in the background instead of it being just pitch black with a few lightning bolts?
I think she looks stunning!
Hope they include the tv version stuff if there updating!!!
It looks like it is SD on the first release. Some of it was included in DE so they will upgrade that. I'm not hopeful that all the outtakes will be upgraded.
I have asked before but I don't think it has been addressed... for the stuff that was added into the Special Longer Version, is that footage still readily available on film somewhere? If so, then it shouldn't be too hard to scan it in at higher resolution. Time and expense could be saved by just scanning it and not bothering to do any retouching/restoration/whatever on that footage.
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I'm not going to lie, seeing that footage in 4K (or however much my computer monitor allows me to see of 4K) just made me look really forward to this. That deep, wide, upward-looking angle of the Enterprise entering V'Ger is priceless.
Daren seems to be very proud of that shot. On the La-La Land's record release of TMP that he did the artwork for, that shot is used for the inner artwork when you open the album up.
How familiar are you with the theatrical version or the special longer version?
I saw the theatrical version for the first time for the anniversary. Up until then i had only seen the SLV and DE. Each version has pros and cons I guess
I have heard of the TV 3 hour version but I have never seen it as well
It's only 3 hours with adverts!