The OFFICIAL STNG-R general discussion thread!

[LitmusDragon]

ONE WEEK FOLKS

/spaz

 

[22 Stars]

yay

 

[davejames]

I agree - the matte paintings and planets were amazing in TOS-R, all other things aside. The Menagerie had people in the background, little shuttles flying by when Kirk was in the office, etc. Everything just looked more realistic. The planets were just amazing! I loved it! I sincerely hope that's the kind of treatment TNG will be getting - realistic mattes, more realistic planets (weather patterns, blooms from their suns, reflections onto the ship, etc), and hopefully the monochromatic skies of the 'planets' will get some clouds and digital extensions (The Cage, in the Mojave with Pike and Vina on picnic).

Yeah it's kinda sad that the CG planets on any random Discovery Channel documentary now are a thousand times more realistic than the planets on TNG.

Hopefully the new versions will at least make them respectable.

 

[22 Stars]

I agree - the matte paintings and planets were amazing in TOS-R, all other things aside. The Menagerie had people in the background, little shuttles flying by when Kirk was in the office, etc. Everything just looked more realistic. The planets were just amazing! I loved it! I sincerely hope that's the kind of treatment TNG will be getting - realistic mattes, more realistic planets (weather patterns, blooms from their suns, reflections onto the ship, etc), and hopefully the monochromatic skies of the 'planets' will get some clouds and digital extensions (The Cage, in the Mojave with Pike and Vina on picnic).

Yeah it's kinda sad that the CG planets on any random Discovery Channel documentary now are a thousand times more realistic than the planets on TNG.

Hopefully the new versions will at least make them respectable.

Lol I agree. How come no one has posted caps of the new title sequence planets!?? Frontier, where are you!?

 

[JJohnson]

I agree - the matte paintings and planets were amazing in TOS-R, all other things aside. The Menagerie had people in the background, little shuttles flying by when Kirk was in the office, etc. Everything just looked more realistic. The planets were just amazing! I loved it! I sincerely hope that's the kind of treatment TNG will be getting - realistic mattes, more realistic planets (weather patterns, blooms from their suns, reflections onto the ship, etc), and hopefully the monochromatic skies of the 'planets' will get some clouds and digital extensions (The Cage, in the Mojave with Pike and Vina on picnic).

Yeah it's kinda sad that the CG planets on any random Discovery Channel documentary now are a thousand times more realistic than the planets on TNG.

Hopefully the new versions will at least make them respectable.

Agreed x 1,000

 

[Squiggy]

I agree - the matte paintings and planets were amazing in TOS-R, all other things aside. The Menagerie had people in the background, little shuttles flying by when Kirk was in the office, etc. Everything just looked more realistic. The planets were just amazing! I loved it! I sincerely hope that's the kind of treatment TNG will be getting - realistic mattes, more realistic planets (weather patterns, blooms from their suns, reflections onto the ship, etc), and hopefully the monochromatic skies of the 'planets' will get some clouds and digital extensions (The Cage, in the Mojave with Pike and Vina on picnic).

Yeah it's kinda sad that the CG planets on any random Discovery Channel documentary now are a thousand times more realistic than the planets on TNG.

Hopefully the new versions will at least make them respectable.

Quo'nos

 

[FrontierTrek]

Some new Trekcore exclusive stills added to the Farpoint gallery (mostly stuff from the saucer separation scene): http://tng.trekcore.com/bluray/index.html#farp_ex

And here were a couple of other random ones which people requested:

Picard and the consuming blackness: http://tng.trekcore.com/bluray/exclusive_images/Farpoint/randomfp1.jpg

Zorn in the energy field: http://tng.trekcore.com/bluray/exclusive_images/Farpoint/randomfp2.jpg

Stone hitting the holodeck wall: http://tng.trekcore.com/bluray/exclusive_images/Farpoint/randomfp3.jpg

Sorry folks I don't have the time to update with other requests this week - I'm super busy, but we shall be releasing full blu-ray screencap coverage of all the sampler episodes pretty soon after the official release date, so you can comb through them all scene by scene for hours at your leisure!

 

[Sho]

Thanks!

 

[Sho]

More CGI: http://tng.trekcore.com/bluray/exclusive_images/Farpoint/Farpoint10c.jpg

The rest of the sep (as far as visible in the pics) is the physical model.

 

[JarodRussell]

Holy crap, no, why, just why? That exact shot was used in Generations and looked a thousand times better.

 

[Sho]

Original shot:

Different windows on the neck (edge, above the inset strip - not just the light pattern, also presence / lack thereof), etc.

 

[JarodRussell]

Here's the original shot used for Generations:

http://movies.trekcore.com/gallery/albums/generationshd/generationshd1421.jpg

So they can't argue they lost it or that it wasn't good enough.

 

[RAMA]

Holy crap, no, why, just why? That exact shot was used in Generations and looked a thousand times better.

There must have been some reason that wasn't usable, unless it was just a test for future season releases. I think it looks great.

RAMA

 

[beamMe]

More CGI: http://tng.trekcore.com/bluray/exclusive_images/Farpoint/Farpoint10c.jpg

The rest of the sep (as far as visible in the pics) is the physical model.

You are right. I didn't notice it, thought this was the original shot.

 

[beamMe]

Here's the original shot used for Generations:

http://movies.trekcore.com/gallery/albums/generationshd/generationshd1421.jpg

So they can't argue they lost it or that it wasn't good enough.

Well, the new shot looks really good too.

 

[Sho]

I'm sure they had a reason, just very curious what it is in this case. One idea: They lost the neg after they pulled it from storage for Generations.

 

[RAMA]

ONE WEEK FOLKS

/spaz

unbelievable!

 

[ATimson]

I'm sure they had a reason, just very curious what it is in this case. One idea: They lost the neg after they pulled it from storage for Generations.

Or it was damaged during the use for Generations (they manipulated the original shot instead of a copy).

 

[RAMA]

Question for all: I plan on doing a series rewatch for season 1 on bluray, do other people want to as well? Should we all just do it on the same thread?

Also planning a sampler disc rewatch type thread.

RAMA

 

[Sho]

Or it was damaged during the use for Generations (they manipulated the original shot instead of a copy).

Yep, loss can take many forms. Rush of production ...