Yes. First disc on 31st.
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Yes. First disc on 31st.
I love the general design.
But there is one thing I never liked about the ship and that's its navigational deflector. It just never worked for me. Besides that I love the lines of ship.
Really the only thing that I don't like about the old girl is her interior. Hated that. But she shares that with TOS as well.
Now Voyager a design I never cared for (sorry Rick), Love the interior design, and ENT I like the exterior, but it's my absolute favorite interior design for a tv series ship. I thought just great, great work. I like it even better then DS9's cardassian design (and I love that show and its station).
And its points like this, that I always think of when we hear that CGI design is never as good as model work. Both have strengths and weaknesses and both can be rushed and not done to the highest level of craftsmanship.
I mean even the E which was built for a movie screen (as opposed to the D) you can still see physical flaws in the build, in pictures of the actual model.
While FC wasn't a bad movie when compared to the Trek movies in general, it was sorely lacking when compared to a blockbuster film like nuStarTrek.
I blame Paramount for being cheap fucking fucks who wanted to ride the Star Trek name without actually investing in a good TNG movie.
Whoever's idea it was to:
1. Kill the good music in the series and replace with background fluff.
2. Kill Kirk.
3. Murder the Enterprise D.
4. Not invest enough money in FC to have a real movie worthy battle.
That, whoever this person is, or these people are, he/they are the asshole/s
Yes I admit in certain scenes it wasn't flattering to the design. I wonder if the Refit Galaxy in AGT would have photographed better.
Mac!!! And occasionally OpenSUSE!! (but I don't hate Windows. Windows 7 was a winner
)A lot could have been forgiven if it wasn't for the horribly depressing way it ended. Data's death was unnecessary also.
I hope they don't. That whole scene will probably be CGI, but I hope in this case they stay true to the original design. If they want to erase the wings and the little antennae I'd be fine with it.
Always been a huge fan of KDE for the fancy shmancy graphics, but the latest Gnome has impressed me!
Not according to the Ten Forward set, which is based on a two-deck rim. The six-footer has a single-deck rim.
Well, technically the first mesh was superior. They just didn't have the processing power to render it properly! The second mesh cut out a load of "unnecessary" detail to get the rendering time down, so that they could spend more time setting up the shots without upgrading their servers...
Phasers aren't lasers, remember! They don't actually travel at the speed of light, IIRC.
Well, the saucer rim was to match the Ten Forward set, introduced in S2, and the "deep" panelling was to show up better in NTSC broadcasts. Why they changed the deflector dish shape and some of the other changes, who knows...
This is happening and pretty much has happened. The Blu-Ray sampler back arrives on Tuesday.
And if you think these Blu-Ray images look awful I suggest you look at them in comparison to the original DVD footage/the stuff we've had for the last 25 years. And, yes, it's a total remaster even more so since the people on this project have had to go back to the original film and completely re-edit the episodes back together. (TNG was edited to video tape.)
At this point, according to reports, there's no CGI that's been used yet but it may need to be called into play in the future.
Watch this:
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQHpfk4X-wc&feature=related[/yt]
And try to tell me the Blu-Ray "looks awful."
I love seeing this ship up close like this, but yes, I can tell it's a model. I know a lot of people here are in the "All hail the great and powerful model" crowd (and I do enjoy the model, but I acknowledge its limitations), but I've got to say, I would really like to see a CG version of the ship. It would give us the chance to have more details, like being able to see that there are rooms behind those lights, not just a white light. That's the kind of detail work we can get out of a CG model that can't be done on a model, and that, to me, would be amazing detail to see.
I know there's a CG model out there. I did read Mr. Okuda's interview about it, where he said they haven't used it yet. I'm reading the thread just like you, no worries.
I'm just saying that I'm looking forward to the CG model and the chance for more details and new shots of the ship instead of the same thing 500x over. I think I posted a link, but Tobias Richter's TMP Enterprise had an amazing detail level - you could see into the botanical windows on it! That's what a CG model can do. I would love to be able to tell those lights are real rooms, not just lights in a model. I can't wait to see TNG in HD - 5 days to go!
I'm just saying that I'm looking forward to the CG model and the chance for more details and new shots of the ship instead of the same thing 500x over. I think I posted a link, but Tobias Richter's TMP Enterprise had an amazing detail level - you could see into the botanical windows on it! That's what a CG model can do. I would love to be able to tell those lights are real rooms, not just lights in a model. I can't wait to see TNG in HD - 5 days to go!
This is Absolutely Right(TM).
The Ten-Forward window "issue" is a red herring; the four-foot model deviates from the ship as designed in so many of its curves and proportions that it's ridiculous. The show would look better if they replaced every shot of it.
Two new clips of footage have been released over at startrek.com
http://www.startrek.com/article/exclusive-star-trek-tng-blu-ray-clips
Of course, it would appear the brilliant marketing geniuses have released them in SD once more...
http://www.startrek.com/article/exclusive-star-trek-tng-blu-ray-clips
Of course, it would appear the brilliant marketing geniuses have released them in SD once more...
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