Comments on: Review of Arena Remastered

By: Sean

Sean — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 03:07:08 +0000

However, the U.S.S. Defiant in Enterprise’s “In a Mirror, Darkly” has blue photon torpedos.

Chronologically, the next time we see blue torpedoes emminating from the underside of a saucer section is in 2375 when the Enterprise -E launches quantum torpedoes in Star Trek: First Contact.

By: Rus

Rus — Sun, 29 Oct 2006 16:03:06 +0000

I read somewhere that the blue Torpedoes in TMP were an experimental upgrade to the originals, hence their color, and later finalized as the ones seen in STII and beyond. Remember in TMP that the Enterprise was in a state of refit. I’m sure this was just a way to explain away the differences, but it made sense.

Having a different look in TOS doesn’t bother me a bit. As long as they shoot out like torpedoes, I could care less if they’re white or red. Just don’t overdo it with the sunbeam/spike effects like the movies show. Looks great in the movies…just wouldn’t fit for the show.

By: KurdtLives

KurdtLives — Sun, 29 Oct 2006 02:51:22 +0000

The Torps we think of as the TOS torps were originally used for the Proximity phasers in “Blance of Terror” then as Torps in “Elaan of Toyus” and maybe like 2 others in season 2. [maybe in the opening of "Errand of Mercy" too, I forget] And in the TOS movies the Torps are blue then orange/red then blue then back again. So you could argue to unify all the TOS torps in the movies and shows’ 4 versions or just the shows’ 2 versions.

By: An olde timey fan

An olde timey fan — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 02:07:18 +0000

A great site and an illustration of lens flares aside the Metron may be found at:

http://www.startrekhistory.com/restoration/makeup.html

Olde Timey has a few clips at this site, too :-) One is of the Big E herself!

By: acb

acb — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 00:12:24 +0000

I actually wish they made the photons a little more similar to the ones seen in the films of the TOS crew myself……….that and i wish they actually showed the classic enterprise shoot into warp like the later incarnations too.

By: Robert Bernardo

Robert Bernardo — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 23:11:31 +0000

Jason Lee wrote:

> The new photon torpedoes look much like the old ones did except they > have also changed color from white to red.

If you look at the original effects from Arena, the photon torpedoes were colored red.

Truly,
Robert Bernardo

By: Tanya

Tanya — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 05:36:43 +0000

Arena was my very first episode too! I watched it when I was around 7 or 8 and immediately fell in love with Captain Kirk :-P

By: An olde timey fan

An olde timey fan — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 01:47:57 +0000

Dip Thong:

You bring the perspective of an over-fed, over-sexed, wholly dominant civilization to the rather pasty and managerial perspective you want from “leaders”.

Have you ever been in a fight? Ever get a broken nose and bloody knuckles? Ever give someone else abloody nose and bloody knuckles?

Thought so.

Resource competition, something the USofA has not had in almost 100 years, has a way of clarifying one’s priorities. Your attitude os more akin to that shown in HG Well’s “The Time Machine” and it will have the same outcome: someone will have you over for dinner. Yum.

By: TomBot2006

TomBot2006 — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 23:33:10 +0000

Personally, I think nature would abhor a pure utopian “state”, for there is always contradictory forces and change… or there is stagnation. I think it’s nice we can analyze the subtle themes of TOS but also recognize that at one level it was an Action/Adventure Show.
Pretty good reveiw, but too lenient..
The Gorn did NOT blink enough~
The Gorn ship was more faithful, I guess, but a cop out nonetheless~
It’s odd that one of the major stars of Star Trek Remastered, the Enterprise, is still in dress rehearsal phase~
;-D

By: Scott Gammans

Scott Gammans — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 23:04:25 +0000

Good review, Jason! I didn’t know that you were doing these reviews.