With a COVID-19 related "Trek drought" coming, is it time for CBS to crank out remasters?

[kkt]

Having seen more of the remastered Original Series, I've changed my view about remastering. The higher resolution is nice, but they couldn't resist re-composing a lot of shots, adding or removing objects in the background, making things look super smooth and clean instead of a little bit used and real, the motion of the Enterprise and other ships no longer suggests that it has mass. I'd just as soon they left the show alone, really. If they remaster DS9, I'm afraid the remastered versions will be the only ones for sale on discs, and when it's time to replace my DS9 discs I'll have no option.

 

[danielshock]

TOS had both versions available on disc. TNG was a re-creation...not a re-imagining. Any changes on TNG were just that - honest mistakes. Ok, except for maybe some very minor continuity fixes like where the phaser came from on the ship.

 

[Dukhat]

YOU GUYS! Why is it assumed that demand for physical media somehow equals demand for hd content? I'm not sure why TNG Blu ray sales were ever held against it.

Because not everyone pays for streaming services.

 

[RAMA]

Discovery is set for filming season 4 in October until March. 10 episodes.

Yup, Oct 26th. Not long after the premiere of season 3!

It is SNW that starts filming in Feb, I miswrote it.

 

[Kor]

Having seen more of the remastered Original Series, I've changed my view about remastering. The higher resolution is nice, but they couldn't resist re-composing a lot of shots, adding or removing objects in the background, making things look super smooth and clean instead of a little bit used and real, the motion of the Enterprise and other ships no longer suggests that it has mass. I'd just as soon they left the show alone, really. If they remaster DS9, I'm afraid the remastered versions will be the only ones for sale on discs, and when it's time to replace my DS9 discs I'll have no option.

The TOS project went far beyond what a "remaster" usually entails. For a better idea, see TNG on blu-ray.

Kor