Comments on: Today Is Catspaw Remastered Day

By: THEETrekMaster

THEETrekMaster — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 03:22:02 +0000

The entire universe revolves around me, so therefore everything should be subject to my taste.

Is that what you wanted to hear?

;-D

THEETrekMaster

By: Spockariffic

Spockariffic — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 19:14:48 +0000

OK I’ll give in. Dochterman’s is the way it should look… TO YOU. (That’s the only part you forgot.) Then again, maybe you can tell us all what else we should like based on your tastes. HELLOOOOO IDIC anyone? Anyone? Beuler?

By: Ron Jon

Ron Jon — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 18:58:43 +0000

Maybe not quite the end of subject, at least for me.

I like Dochtermann’s ship, and especially his nacelle caps, but I think his hull plating owes a little too much to the TMP Enterprise. Not that it’s a bad look, but it’s just not how I want to see the TOS ship.

By: THEETrekMaster

THEETrekMaster — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 17:49:18 +0000

You’re getting used to it.

Again, Dochterman’s Enterprise is the way it should look.

Hands down. End of subject.

Finito.

By: Stefanbkk

Stefanbkk — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 13:56:11 +0000

Well maybe I stand alone here, but I thought this was the first episode where the Enterprise looked pretty darn good. Even the nacelle caps didn’t seem to bother me. IS it better or am I simply getting used to it? :-)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 01:37:27 +0000

Matt,
Dave Rossi claims to have no equal when it comes to his love for the original series. The Okudas of course are much respected by Trek fans. However, CBS’s approach to the whole project feels half-hearted. When did CBS Digital come into existence? With this project? I’ve felt CBS believed they could do the effects in-house to save money and build a digital effects division over time. But currently at our expense — not completely, but many of us do have “issues”.
A New Effects Team, Little Money, No Time and perhaps Under-Staffed???? Yet, they (and we) demand results –
Reminds me of another tale of the Miller’s Daughter. Locked in a Room Overnight she must spin Straw into Gold by Morning or Die. Hummm, not much to work with …
The New CGI Enterprise (to be seen this coming weekend????) a gift from Rumpelstiltskin??

By: Matt Wright

Matt Wright — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 01:00:27 +0000

#39,

I agree, the CGI is supposed to be “faithful” so I think the Enterprise should resemble what we know from TV. Clearly the Enterprise isn’t bright white, nor is it blue. There is a sort of light gray/ivory medium there somewhere that I think would strike a balance between what the model itself was and how it often appeared on TV.

To me the point here is almost nostalgia, but made in CG for the high def era. So the Enterprise which is the really hotly debated CGI thus far requires a tender touch of a true fan and a talented CG artist in one. I’m not certain CBS has such people. But we shall see what they do in the coming episodes which have the tweaked model.

By: Spockariffic

Spockariffic — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 23:08:02 +0000

I’m not perpetuating a myth, just saying I prefer those lighter/whiter tones to blue-green. Put a fork in it? No thanks. I’m still hoping for a color that more resembles a ship and not something from a fish tank. I want the Enterprise to look real…to me that is.

I agree with Ron Jon. It’s not about the model. It’s about how it looked on TV and I’ve seen it appear both ways; closer to that blue color and closer to the white-grays I like.

If the Enterprise passed an orange sun would it be orange? Well now it’s philosophy! If everyone’s eyes, from birth, had an abnormality that caused them to see orange, what color would clouds be? As they are or as they would be because of the abnormailty? Talk amongst yourselves.

By: Matt Wright

Matt Wright — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 22:09:05 +0000

According to this:
http://www.startrekhistory.com/restoration/bluescreen.html
The model was a light gray-green, which certainly seems plausible.

By: Lord Edzo

Lord Edzo — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 19:07:30 +0000

Still one of my fave episodes, mostly because of Antoinette Bower and her incredible performance as “Sylvia” – definitely one of my top-3 fave TOS women. She and Shatner have one helluva good chemistry, even after 40 years.

Episode was shockingly sliced up, however. No Sylvia in her various “guises” for Kirk; significantly reduced Bridge scenes with DeSalle, Uhura and Chekov; no gale-force wind blowing K/S/M toward the castle at the beginning. Big disappointment.

But they didn’t touch the witches … thank the gods.

The enhanced castle was awesome in its creepiness! Great CGI work! Also, Pyris VII finally looks as dreary from orbit as it is on the surface.

Gotta say I was really disappointed that the “pipe cleaner” aliens weren’t completely excised and replaced with CGIs. I was looking forward to this the most. I even sat up for a closer look at the TV just beforehand. Yet another missed-opportunity that kinda makes you go “hmmm.”