Comments on: Behind the Scenes at CBS Digital

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 19:10:18 +0000

Just found this article after beginning to re-watch TOS HD after it was added to Netflix. At first I though there was just more to see in HD, but then I realized after seeing The Doomsday Machine last night with all the space scenes, this is not your daddy’s FX! I grew up watching TOS on a B&W TV when it originally aired in the 60’s – so I know what it’s like to be “old school”. Now with a 1080P 46″ flat screen the new HD remastered TOS is looking better than ever. I have read where some “purists” feel like they’re being violated with the new scenes, but I think they blend in very nicely and show the Trek as it would have been given the technology and budget. Great job CBS Digital. The only thing that could improve now is if CBS remastered a 16:9 version from the original 35mm film – I read that all the new scenes were rendered at 16:9 HD.

By: Mythic7

Mythic7 — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 02:58:42 +0000

Yawn…

By: Moreau.

Moreau. — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 08:34:44 +0000

You’re All Wrong. For one thing Star Trek And Star Wars Are Equal. And Another thing. Lou, stop being such an old movie technology avenger and stick to the new technology. those previous ones had thier fun. But now, CGI is here. Really.

By: Lou

Lou — Wed, 16 May 2007 23:26:09 +0000

Here’s a wonderful idea since we’re talking about creative, original thinking artists: I think it would be fun to alter STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION to make it look like it was filmed on a shoe-string budget during the 1960s.

By: jim

jim — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 03:57:32 +0000

are you guys all nerds?

By: MartianBachelor

MartianBachelor — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 01:54:24 +0000

I vaguely knew TOS was being remastered, and the first season episodes I’ve seen being rebroadcast have looked really excellent… But I just saw “The Doomsday Machine”, thought I was seeing some new or ‘lost’ shots — maybe scenes which had been cut out when the show went into syndication and had long been forgotten. I eventually found this article. It explains a lot. What they’re doing is more than just cleaning up and digitizing the originals — what one might call merely technical improvements with the proverbial very light touch.

From the comments in the initial love-fest above, it’s easy to see that there’s a limit beyond which aficionados are going to start bristling. There were so many little things in the original which were tacky, and thus could in principle be redone and made ‘better’. But at some point the show then loses its original touch and feel. All this is obvious, as is the fact that each fan places the threshold in a slightly different position. Net: perhaps the time and money limitations being imposed on the team are a blessing in disguise, as they force the focus onto just the most pressing matters and keep things from going overboard. Perhaps a second version with all the stops pulled out and all the fix-up ideas implemented could also be produced, though this might really confuse the H out of everybody.

With that said, I hope by the time they get to TNG they’ll be able to entrirely get rid of the silly vertical flash of light when the ship goes into warp (a really awful idea to begin with) and write Wesley The Boy Wonder out of most of the episodes where he saves the day. :> JMO.

By: I Am Not Spock

I Am Not Spock — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 08:31:51 +0000

[quote] What’s next? Insert a fan as a character in the episodes? [/quote]

Too late … already been done (in Star Trek The Motion Picture) … and it sux there, too!

By: Flavio Jeff Silveira

Flavio Jeff Silveira — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 05:23:30 +0000

Who the heck these people think they are to blow away such a piece of art? What’s next? Insert a fan as a character in the episodes?
I’m really sorry to hear that you’ve been destroying Gene’s masterpiece.
Call me a purist, call me nuts, call me whatever you please, but I hadda say it at point blank.

A terrified Brazilian fan.

By: CD

CD — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 21:05:00 +0000

I loved the Starbase 11 window shots; especially those behind Captain Pike. The zoom in on the bridge of the Pike Enterprise was one of those “how are they going to that?” moments that come up watching this; usually followed by “how did they do that?”. Very cool.
Looking forward to Corbomite and Doomsday.
And guys, in your spare time, can you make UT2004 map out of Starbase 11? >;>} (You don’t really need sleep, do you?)
Great job!

By: RGS

RGS — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 07:39:48 +0000

I am really enjoying the remastered trek eps and have nothing but praise for the CGI team. Actually, the only thing I was kind of disappointed in was the Catspaw ending with the pipe-cleaner alien puppets on strings (bothered me even as a kid in the late 70’s watching the reruns). I was kind of hoping they would redo them with CGI since it was an effects insert shot and didn’t have interaction with the actors (especially after seeing the updated castle matte …jaw-droppingly awesome). Loved the Gorn blinking and new android innards. They are erring on the side of caution, but I think that since everyone’s hearts are in exactly the right place, they can go further with the FX updates. They’re mission statement of not changing the storylines is what Lucas should have done with the Star Wars updates. I too hope for a remastered DVD collection in the future. Great work guys.