Spoilers VOY DOC: To The Journey | Rating and Review

[thribs]

Wasn't aware it was out. I'll give it a watch when I can find it

 

[Tosk]

So what exactly is this thing that pops up briefly in the doc?

It's obviously not the actual Voyager. And it's too modern an image to be a design shot from back in the day.

 

[tomalak301]

What you saw wasn't from the show. That was (re)created by someone.

Ok, but in the documentary it still looked weird and kind of blurry.

 

[Amasov]

Thanks, I'll check it out.

Edit: Okay, he's talking about the telecine machines themselves. Apparently CBS closed the entire department. ...Which presumably means that if CBS ever want to transfer old footage from film again they'd have to pay someone else to do it/use their equipment?

I wonder when it happened. Should the fundraiser have ever "promised" this in the first place or was it never an option?

I guess we should all abandon any lingering filaments of hope that we'll ever get DS9 or VOY eps in HD at this point.

Yeah. If CBS wanted to realistically look at remastering them, assuming what David said is accurate, they'd have to look for a place to do it, which I assume would be much more expensive than doing it in-house themselves.

 

[thribs]

Never understood why they don’t remaster them. Surely it would be cheaper than making a new show.

 

[Picard452]

According to a recent interview David did on a podcast, it turns out that CBS got rid of their telecines; which is what they use to convert film to digital. So they weren't able to convert the shots they wanted to use to high definition. Once again, another example of their failure to be transparent with backers ESPECIALLY since this was a stretch goal of theirs'. Even though David thinks AI did a pretty good job, I think it looks even worse than the DVDs do.

Thanks, I'll check it out.

Edit: Okay, he's talking about the telecine machines themselves. Apparently CBS closed the entire department. ...Which presumably means that if CBS ever want to transfer old footage from film again they'd have to pay someone else to do it/use their equipment?

I wonder when it happened. Should the fundraiser have ever "promised" this in the first place or was it never an option?

I guess we should all abandon any lingering filaments of hope that we'll ever get DS9 or VOY eps in HD at this point.

I joined to relay this news. Truly disheartening that not only would they close that department but scrap the film scanners as well. One does have to question if CBS will even bother to continue with the film storage vault or are the reels destined for the dumpster?