Comments on: Nimoy Up for Spock Again, Down on Trek Remastered, Barrett OK With Both

By: Orb of the Emissary

Orb of the Emissary — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 21:39:10 +0000

I meant, not being more open minded to the idea… oops!

By: Orb of the Emissary

Orb of the Emissary — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 21:36:41 +0000

Shame on Leonard Nimoy for being more open to the idea before seeing the clip! IDIC anyone?

By: TrekLog » Blog Archive » ShatnerVision: Bill über Trek XI… [5]

TrekLog » Blog Archive » ShatnerVision: Bill über Trek XI… [5] — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 22:37:39 +0000

[...] Welche Rolle steht Nimoy zu? Falls Nimoy dabei sein sollte, scheint es nur zwei Möglichkeiten zu geben. Eine Möglichkeit wäre ein älterer Spock (wahrscheinlich nach Star Trek VII: Generations angesiedelt) in Form von Vorausblenden (Abrams mag solche einfach). Die andere Möglichkeit wäre eine anderer Charakter, vielleicht Spock’s Vater Sarek. Nimoy selbst hat mal gesagt, offen dafür zu sein, Spock nochmal zu spielen, falls die Rolle Substanz hätte, und er schien auch dazu offen zu sein, Sarek zu spielen. [...]

By: Andy

Andy — Sun, 17 Sep 2006 06:50:07 +0000

I was at the Chicago Con this past Sep 8. There they showed clips and talked about the Star Trek “remastered”. (Why does everything have to have a name? remastered. Give me a break. remeddled, more like it) At any rate, they didn’t show much, and what they showed looked good.

I just don’t think it needs to be done.

Gene Rodenberry’s assistant spoke on the matter and summed up my thoughts for the most part. He spoke of the the black square around the shuttle craft and how all though not perfect, is part of the original effect and therefore part of his early affinity for the show; good, bad or ugly. I have to admit I would miss those little touches that I have grown up with also. I don’t understand just because it can be done that it has to be done. I don’t want to watch Lost in Space and have them fix all the effects from back then just because they can. I don’t want to watch the original Terminator and see a more realistic robot effect at the end because it can be done better today.

Hey, I really do concede that new interest in Star Trek by younger generations is a good thing but I still stand by the fact that they should watch the original and take it for what it is and what it was at the time. I argued with Dave Rossi, who is one of the people in charge of remastering Star Trek, that the old Buck Rogers serials of the 30’s don’t need to be fixed with new effects just because we can do it better today. (He missed my point) I didn’t live in that era but I can appreciate them for what they were at the time. Fun.

I will reserve judgement until I’ve seen a full episode but right now (and I believe I’ll still feel this way after I’ve seen it), my opinion is leave it alone. I’ve always felt it was fine as it was.

I never knew or thought the effects were bad until Star Trek history revisionist were writing about it around the 20th and 30th anniversary dates. It also seems that a new one of these critics, usually in their 20’s, pops up in media circles who has a new idea of what is a bad episode. I liked “Assignment: Earth”! I didn’t ask you.

I’ve said for 25 years that “City on the Edge of Forever” was a great episode. My favorite in fact. I didn’t need some, five cokes a day, ‘dude’ at TV Guide to tell me that.

But I digress. Back to the point. Clean ‘em up, but leave the effects alone!

By: Captain Matt

Captain Matt — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 23:48:41 +0000

I am far more interested in what Abrams and company plan to do with the new film than what is done to the old series at this point in time. But both projects should be true to the vision of what Gene tried to do. Star Trek lives, but not everything produced under it’s banner has been noteworthy. We all know that.
Without the idea of Kirk and Spock, just what does JJ have up his sleeve? Strange we have not heard rumors involving the return of subsequent Trek series stars. If he plans to use both iconic characters-and the original actors-he better make sure the project has merit. It would be his doom if Nimoy blasted the film once details are made known and formally announced.

By: Magic_Al

Magic_Al — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 23:21:09 +0000

Sounds like Nimoy changed his tune when he saw the clips. Like most people when he hears “new effects” he probably thinks of Star Wars and adding animated stuff that wasn’t there originally. Of course he’d be negative about that. I bet Nimoy was pleasantly surprised.

Re-doing the animated series is an interesting idea but I’d definitely want the original version in the same box with it. Keep the soundtrack, re-do the animation. Draw the characters the same way but make them far more animated. Use CG the way Futurama does, rendered to look like it’s drawn but with smooth 3D motion.

By: dot e. kins

dot e. kins — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 23:17:00 +0000

good to hear majel barrett’s input. i love her. long live lwaxana/computer voice.

By: jkerouac59

jkerouac59 — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 22:48:16 +0000

As one who grew up with TOS and wrote letters to the network and Paramount in an effort to revive ST, I’m absolutely thrilled with what I’ve seen in terms of the remastering. But, I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – if Trek XI is intended to be a prequel of TOS, then it better have a “look and feel” that points to “TOS”. This is what really ruined “Enterprise” for me – there was no visually evolutionary path to TOS from “Enterprise”. Say what you will about Star Wars I-III, Lucas and company did a great job creating a “look and feel” that visually delivered the viewer right into Episode IV. That’s the kind of results I’m hoping for in Trek XI.

By: JON C old school trek fan

JON C old school trek fan — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 22:34:59 +0000

The old Star Trek was just so cool .And ,I loved the movies.But ,you know,they were so different than the T.V. series in most every aspect(look,feel,etc.).As an original series fan who always looked at the original series ( before the first movie) as a reference point for my imagination I regard the remastered version as more an expansion of the original vision.

By: samwiseb

samwiseb — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 20:28:09 +0000

The artists that work on the Batman and Justice League cartoons, they’re the ones I’d want to design a new animated Star Trek series. That style of animation would be perfect for the world and characters of TOS.