Comments on: Remastered ‘The Tholian Web’ Airs Today

By: Stanklin T. McFibberich

Stanklin T. McFibberich — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 01:56:13 +0000

28:

“Right Stinkishness, if they are going to….”

Stinkishness?? Stinkishness?????

Stinkshness???????????????

By: Josh T. ( The Phantom Shatner ) Kirk Esquire'

Josh T. ( The Phantom Shatner ) Kirk Esquire' — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 23:50:58 +0000

You got it, it was just on Enterprise, not TOS. Rightfully so.

By: Spock's Brain

Spock's Brain — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 17:18:56 +0000

I watched The Doomsday Machine a while ago and as I thrilled to all the wonderful new imagery I was reminded yet again what a gift it is to have that classic episode rendered new and exciting once more. I thought of all the great episodes yet to be remastered and began dreaming of all the fabulous possibilities. And then came last night.

I can’t believe what some of you guys will not just settle for but actually praise.

The Tholian Web was a bitterly disappointing throw back to CBS-D doing and giving the very least they can possibly do and give and still maintain any credibility. How can such minimal and miserly efforts be so enthusiastically received? If changing nothing makes the folks at CBS-D your heroes, then why not raise me upon your shoulders? I have had the “restraint” and “good taste” to change not a single frame of TOS. Aren’t I great?

I recall from interviews of the period the original creators expressing their sincere laments they could not quite budget a far shot of the Enterprise completely surrounded by web. They really wanted that shot. Forty years later they still don’t get it; and neither do we.

By: Jack Plotner

Jack Plotner — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 05:54:28 +0000

Lets hear it again for Manny Coto. The Mirror Darkly episode wouldn’t have happened if it wasn’t for him almost taking over Enterprise. It was great except that terrible CGI Gorn.

By: Josh T. ( The Phantom Shatner ) Kirk Esquire'

Josh T. ( The Phantom Shatner ) Kirk Esquire' — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 05:35:52 +0000

At least we get a new design for the S.S. Aurora right.

By: Josh T. ( The Phantom Shatner ) Kirk Esquire'

Josh T. ( The Phantom Shatner ) Kirk Esquire' — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 05:33:28 +0000

I’m not sure what you are referring to Xai?

The new remastered Tholian ships do not look like the “Enterprise” Tholian ships to me, at all. They maintain the precise dimensions of the original versions they are simply embellished with greater details.
I’m frankly uncertain how some have been saying they look like the Mirror Darkly versions, they do not to me.
I was addressing those who are saying they wish they had changed the ships to infact look like the versions on Enterprise.

By: jonboc

jonboc — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 03:40:41 +0000

Didn’t care for the new Tholian ships, but the Enterprise never looked better.

By: Steve Austin

Steve Austin — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 03:05:16 +0000

i have been a fan of tosr, but this time i think they blew it on the tholians.

i think they were too tied to Enterprise…but maybe now they are locked into doing that. I didnt like it then and still dont like it. Otherwise the ep was good (as was in a mirror darkly)

By: Xai

Xai — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 02:42:11 +0000

#36 Josh

So if the Tholian ship had been changed and didn’t resemble the ENT version, you might have been ok?

By: Penhall

Penhall — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 02:27:47 +0000

Watched it a little while ago. The restoration of the print and new effects are great, but once again, the syndication cuts hurt the show. It just feels choppy and incomplete. Even if I didnt have the episode memorized, I’d still feel that there was stuff missing. Cant wait to get the episodes uncut on DVD….