Comments on: Remastered “The Squire Of Gothos” Airs This Weekend

By: Giuseppe

Giuseppe — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 18:52:32 +0000

what happened to the usual screen-shots?

By: Kyle Nin

Kyle Nin — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 18:33:10 +0000

Will there be screenshots and video for this episode? Or is it just late?

By: dave mack

dave mack — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 03:23:49 +0000

I hear ya cervantes! I know they did a few but unfortunately don’t have the time to do them all. A shame that this is all getting rushed. This is the only time I bet this will EVER be done (well, at least in our lifetimes…) and it’s too bad they have some stupid deadline they’re forcing the FX guys to meet. We would all gladly wait an extra year for the dvds, HDdvds if they could be better I’d wager…

By: THEETrekMaster

THEETrekMaster — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 00:18:45 +0000

I would’ve liked some Q flashes!

By: omf

omf — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 16:08:45 +0000

48: If Trelane was observing Earth using light, then, yes, what he would be seeing would be 900 years old. Although you’re right in saying that 900 light years is a measure of distance, there’s a one-to-one relationship when you’re talking about how long it takes light to travel that distance.

By: Dr. Image

Dr. Image — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 15:50:54 +0000

#47- I basically agree, but in the end I’m kind of happy to see those particular phaser fx untouched. I’m not a fan of what they did in Friday’s Child- the all-red disintegration. The shock of seeing an object glow with green energy and vanish upon being hit by a phaser beam in these eps remains simply “classic,” and shouldn’t be TNG-ified, IMHO.

By: tronnei

tronnei — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 13:53:09 +0000

#40:
Jeager says Gothos is 900 light years (a measure of distance) from Earth. Kirk then says Trelane is looking at Earth 900 years past. Obviously these aren’t the same thing, so I’ve always considered Kirk’s comment just a misstatement of the earlier distance comment.

By: Cervantes

Cervantes — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 13:43:28 +0000

#35 dave mack & #36 Major Joe Ely Carrales, CAP

This has been discussed at length on previous threads here, but the fact is that in CERTAIN episodes where CBS Digital has ADDED ON TOP of an existing burned-in handphaser beam effect, and they HAVE, it has been a HUGE improvement. Unfortunately, they are NOT doing this right across all of the episodes, and therefore I for one would rather that they had just left the original simple phaser effects alone, for consistancy’s sake, if they are not getting the chance to do them all in a regimental way. Adding an inner core and a slight outer hazing would have looked great in many instances, similar to the successful ones that the team have pulled off. They really stand out from all the others now. I don’t like ripping on the team, as they are doing some fine work in other areas generally, but this was an aspect that I was really looking forward to when this project was first announced…

By: Smitty

Smitty — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 03:38:41 +0000

I liked how you some occasional lightning effects over Gothos. I’ve seen video taken by satellites and the space of storms over our planet and it’s a match!

Trelane’s parents no real need to put new FX there. Fine just the way it is/was.

Thankfully no Q flashes when he does his thing and the viewscreen shots whilst Gothos was in pursuit of the big E were fantastic!

-cs™

By: Jim J (TOS addict)

Jim J (TOS addict) — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 23:55:31 +0000

#44-Another strange thing the editing company did. And, it is true, what some people have said about the editing company and that they edited these back before the new effects. I saw the UN-remastered “The Squire of Gothos” a day or two before on TV Land. EXACT same cuts as in the remastered version AND the same edit of the exterior of the castle reappearing while he played the harpsichord. Fascinating!