Garrett Wang's amazing 'acting'... in HD? I don't think the world is quite ready for that yet.
Will Voyager ever make it to Blu-Ray or HD?
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Have any of you thought about TOSsing the Next Generations?
Rather than giving Picard and his friends superior modern SFX tht's going to be outdated and look shit in 5 years... Why nt instant classic the buggers into a nostalgic niche with puppets, paper mache and completely visible stings... Oh! And phaser blasts demonstrated by drawing straight onto the film with ink colouring pens.
Make a joyous noise!
Rather than giving Picard and his friends superior modern SFX tht's going to be outdated and look shit in 5 years... Why nt instant classic the buggers into a nostalgic niche with puppets, paper mache and completely visible stings... Oh! And phaser blasts demonstrated by drawing straight onto the film with ink colouring pens.
Make a joyous noise!
It doesn't appear dark at all, true the colour palette used during filming is more muted than the colours used during TNG.
ReadyAndWilling
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why would they need to redo the CGI? did they need to do that for TNG as well?
They should have.
If I'm paying for a a completely new product, damn it I want a completely new product.
They don't tell you that dvds rot.
Not as quickly as vhs cassette tapes but still, your collection will only last 15 years even if you don't create the tiniest little scratch on the disks surface.
This shit is not for your grandchildren.
it won't even last out your lifetime.
They're conning you, they're conning you!
If I'm paying for a a completely new product, damn it I want a completely new product.
They don't tell you that dvds rot.
Not as quickly as vhs cassette tapes but still, your collection will only last 15 years even if you don't create the tiniest little scratch on the disks surface.
This shit is not for your grandchildren.
it won't even last out your lifetime.
They're conning you, they're conning you!
They'd need to redo the CGI because it was rendered for SD resolutions, which are much lower than HD resolutions. The TNG-R team has to redo some CG elements, but most of the show was done with practical effects and models, whereas Voyager was done primarily with CG effects. This means they'd have to redo a vast majority of VOY's visual effects for any remastering project, which means it would take longer and cost a lot more than TNG-R.
It will probably depend on sales of the TNG blu rays - it is such an enormous amount of work you can't realistically expect it in the next three years.
They MIGHT skip DS9 and go straight to VGR as it was more popular, which would wind me up but there you go.
The CGI would have been rendered at SD resolutions so would have to be completely re-done. Any model work would need to be recomposited like the TNG stuff.
It is a big job, and I'd say it would never happen, but I'd have bet against TNG a year or so back - so wait and see!
By the time Voyager is ready, they'll probably have thunk up a new format far superior to Blu Ray, and they'll have start very all over again with TNG.
I remember how grateful I was when in 2003 a friend gave me the last of their blank VHS tapes because I was the only person they knew who still used that antiquated tech.
I remember how grateful I was when in 2003 a friend gave me the last of their blank VHS tapes because I was the only person they knew who still used that antiquated tech.
Well in order to return the same kind of improvement, we would all essentially need 100" TVs. The "next big thing" is 4k, currently the resolution of the best quality digital cinema projections.
When you consider the quality of your digital cinema is sufficient at 4k, would you ever need it on the average 50" screen?
Of course that doesn't mean a new format will not be launched in order to sell everyone a new TV, but even assuming Blu-Ray does not itself get modified to support it, a new format will have a very hard sell on it's hands.
As it is Blu Ray remains quite small as formats go. Given the sheer cost to Sony of winning their format war they are probably pretty disappointed.
I sort of miss VHS sometimes - I remember having a huge draw full of Trek on VHS tapes!
I gave all my VHS tapes away to a 13 year old who was borrowing them from the library where most of them didn't work. I had all of VOY and season 1 and 7 of DS9 on VHS. They went to a good home 
I don't care about blu ray, I'm just too low tech. My tv is one I got off the hard rubbish collection years ago.
I don't care about blu ray, I'm just too low tech. My tv is one I got off the hard rubbish collection years ago.
I am confident that every few years we will be getting a new release of our favorite Trek series. It seems inevitable. And expensive. I am quite happy with my DVDs.
It took me a long time to buy all of Trek on dvd so I'm in no hurry to upgrade. I think DS9 could do with a remaster treatment first as far as looks go.
I tend to think the same about not wanting to upgrade after spending all the money to get the DVDs. Blu ray is just not for me.
I wonder if at Rekall there were different 'settings' for the Star Trek Experience?
Watching the bugger in the 60s as it came out on TV including the original ads.
Vhs format and a long week end where you just keep phone ordering pizza and beer.
DVD format where you're playing a drinking game with your friends.
In a movie theatre with a never ending bong.
On Bluray with your kids as they ask stupid questions and you get to be a good parent explaining everything in detail.
OR... As Kirk at the centre of all these adventures as if it were all quite real.
Watching the bugger in the 60s as it came out on TV including the original ads.
Vhs format and a long week end where you just keep phone ordering pizza and beer.
DVD format where you're playing a drinking game with your friends.
In a movie theatre with a never ending bong.
On Bluray with your kids as they ask stupid questions and you get to be a good parent explaining everything in detail.
OR... As Kirk at the centre of all these adventures as if it were all quite real.
Ha, that's a great timeline!
I would add watching d/l'ed Trek while checking facebook every time there's a lull in the action.
Also sadly I missed the bong years. Where is my reset button??
I would add watching d/l'ed Trek while checking facebook every time there's a lull in the action.
Also sadly I missed the bong years. Where is my reset button??
My feelings exactly. I think the closest we'll get is "enhanced upscaled" best-of collection.
Huh?
I'm not so sure VOY was "more popular" than DS9. Ratings say otherwise. DS9 was first-run syndication - like TNG but less audience - but VOY and ENT were UPN shows, a fledgling TV network that struggled for viewer acceptance. UPN wasn't even received in some parts of USA. UPN's viewer numbers rarely reached the needed heights.
Last prediction I heard is that eventually no one will be buying physical media to take home and store on shelves. It'll all be "in the cloud", downloadable as pay-per-view, floating in the ether, waiting for you to tap into with your reception device.
nah it wasn't.
Unless you mean that it was critically acclaimed by fanboys and fangirls?
Real critics, whatever that means, mainstream critics... Meh?
Unless you mean that it was critically acclaimed by fanboys and fangirls?
Real critics, whatever that means, mainstream critics... Meh?
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