Comments on: Remastered Menagerie Part II Airs Today

By: Andy D

Andy D — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 22:21:01 +0000

Hi Guys,was just trying to see if i could find something about the new film when I found this site.The new remastered sttos looks excellent…My only gripe with them is why..I love to watch the originals and marvel at how good they look even now.The ammount of creative work that went into all the fx shots and scenery really shows in every scene.My kids watch the show now and are enthralled by the whole package,so why bother updating.I think all the money involved in remastering these episodes would have been better spent on maybe a new series of hour long cgi star trek originals ..like the animated series but cgi.
I think perhaps this remastering is just uncreative people making more money out of old rope

By: Paul Austin

Paul Austin — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 04:57:26 +0000

wow, well im both touched and shocked that they left the Rigel fortress alone…im not sure which. I’d love to see what they “almost” did to it. Perhaps when they reuse it in “Requiem”

By: MichaelJohn

MichaelJohn — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 01:45:41 +0000

I really liked the laser canon and those “mod” wrap around safety glasses! hahaha I guess some of us old timers like a little “cheese” with our Star Trek TOS!

The thing I never liked about the original pilot were all those “gooseneck viewscreens!” The looked silly to me and reminded me of a metal desk lamp we had in our house growing up. Not very cool or futuristic looking!

I think the way Nimoy portrays Spock in the Cage and the second pilot, is unintentionally hilarious! At this point in trek he hasn’t nailed down his role yet, and the results are quite amusing. I can’t help but laugh when he delivers his lines! Gosh I hope I didn’t just commit “trek blasphemy” by saying that! It’s all in good fun boys and girls! (By the way, is musical plant scene where spock smiles, in the remastered Menagerie?)

There’s alot of charm and a great story in “The Cage”-it’s one of my favorite episodes…

Mike :o

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 00:51:19 +0000

Why don’t some of you want them to change the Giant Laser effect? It looks incredibly cheesy and dated. Whenever I watch The Cage or The Menagerie, that’s one of the few things that really irks me.

By: MichaelJohn

MichaelJohn — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 19:09:34 +0000

I think I need to go to Amazon.com and buy one of those Star Trek compilation CDs that includes music from all five TV series, as well as the ST movies.

I have all the TOS soundtrack CD’s, but I’m curious to see if there’s some good music from the other series as well…

Mike :o

By: Diabolik

Diabolik — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 16:26:38 +0000

Right… sounding too much like real dramatic music and not background elevator Muzak. Too much like the original series. Berman sucked.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 13:24:16 +0000

#25

That’s not true of TNG seasons 1-3; what I call the Ron Jones years. Jones created some distinctive themeatic material but Berman fired him.

Hmmpf…too good I guess.

TTM

By: MichaelJohn

MichaelJohn — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 05:38:24 +0000

I think the opening theme of TNG is also excellent, but if I’m not mistaken, it’s also the theme from the TOS movies too.

Mike :o

By: Cransy

Cransy — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 05:18:42 +0000

dmack, i have to disagree with you… in TNG there is a very memorable theme… The episode is called “The Inner Light”

By: dmack

dmack — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 02:48:18 +0000

yep, try to hum one melody from any of the later Trek series apart from the main themes… impossible. TOS had GREAT music that was very memorable.