Comments on: Preview ‘Galileo Seven’ Remastered [UPDATED more images] [UPDATE 2: Video Trailer]

By: Dan Kampling

Dan Kampling — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 03:11:38 +0000

I just had an idea.

As you may have noticed, this episode started off with an overhead shot of the bridge. I was thinking that it would have been cool if they had the Enterprise coming in towards camera and then we traveled overhead to close in on the dome of the bridge and then we would fade into the shot.

Just an idea.

By: Realitycheck

Realitycheck — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 15:04:54 +0000

To #155 – I’m sorry. I will try and keep my amusement under better control in the future.
To all the others I am truly sorry to have upset you all so much. I just figured you could take the criticism well since you have been dishing it out against the show so frequently.
The fact is I agree with some of your views on the efffects, but it is not that big of a deal. No matter what you say, almost all the new effects ARE better. Yes I agree that some of the fan shows have great effects, but don’t kid yourselves – you all know they are produced for the shows for free by people in the industry, and they also take 4-6 months at a minimum – years in some cases to produce a single show. CBS is pumping the remasters out very quickly. Keep in mid that the show is barely in syndication. The fact that it is shown at the most obscure times is proof that it isn’t a top money earner. You should be happy it’s even being done at all.
Again – just enjoy it for what it is – you liked it (or maybe you never did) before it was remastered. You should like it even more now.

By: G'thul

G'thul — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 05:43:41 +0000

So, Kirk’s orders are “to investigate all quasars and quasar-like phenomena.” I guess that would include all quasi-quasi-stellar radio sources.

By: COMPASSIONATE GOD

COMPASSIONATE GOD — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 04:20:43 +0000

Various shots of the Enterprise–once again, the ship was more video game than anything even close to realistic in appearance. The shuttles (and the hangar) were no better. When fan film Trek ships–with LIMITED BUDGETS–approach realism and/or capture the scale & look of the 1960’s miniature far above that of TOS-R, then the CBS Digital team suffers from serious problems….or a fatal case of hubris–so much that CBS feels this is fine “enough” to release on DVD.

By: KS Trekker

KS Trekker — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 01:44:22 +0000

#169 – I sympathize with you; the ABC affiliate KAKE here in Wichita did the same thing due to the High School Sports show rebroadcast (who’s watching this stuff at 2:30 am anyways?????) so it cut in after the Galileo was already lost! Grrrr!!!!! At least they moved it to Saturday morning instead of Sunday morning, so now I can see it a day earlier.

Still, it was a good episode with great remastered effects. Definitely bumped up a notch from their earlier efforts. Makes me excited about what’s still to come…

By: T Negative

T Negative — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 22:08:25 +0000

Wow, did anybody get to see this episode?? NO problems in Denver. I have to say Channel 2 has done a terrific job this year showing Trek remastered on time and consistently at 10:00pm Saturdays.

I thought the episode was great. CBS gave us good dose of new shots with some older ones mixed in. There was a great shot of the E in orbit with the camera going under the dish then along the left side of the ship underneath the engine pylon. I thought the shuttle shots and shuttle bay shots were pretty good. They looked better on TV than the stills provided here. Also, when the Columbus is landing you can see inside the Secondary hull windows, you can even see the red door leading to the shuttle bay!! Very cool!!

Overall a very good job by CBS.

By: Scott Gammans

Scott Gammans — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 19:33:01 +0000

Washington’s craptastic former UPN affiliate WDCA also did a shoddy job broadcasting this episode. The first 2-1/2 minutes were cut off because “professional” wrestling ran long. Unfortunately, that meant that I missed the part I was most looking forward to seeing for myself–the launch of the Galileo! Bast*rds. >:(

By: mctrekkie

mctrekkie — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 19:17:50 +0000

Here in Philadelphia the time was well off as well.

(and that’s on a CBS owned and Operated station!)

What a bummer.

However, I certainly wouldn’t want to be lumped into the “complaining about nothing” crowd. so, I’ll just say thanksto the CBS syndication team for trying it’s best and staying within budget.

Re #154’s logical fallacy:

Shame that they spent so much fixing up the bathroom and kitchen that they had no money left over to simply mow the lawn.

By: Spock's Brain

Spock's Brain — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 18:05:13 +0000

#148 T Negative

I’m in complete agreement with you. For the most part, I think the quality has been OK and tastefully in keeping with the look of a 60s TV show. It’s the quantity that’s generally been lacking for me too.

But, having seen it, I’m happy to say that the Galileo Seven was generously augmented with many new shots, all of them superior to the original effects shots. I just love seeing the production values upgraded and if it were up to me, the live action shots would be lavishly upgraded as well. But it’s not up to me, and to give credit where credit is due, I think CBS-D gave a lot to this episode.

By: Enterprisingguy

Enterprisingguy — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 17:50:49 +0000

Overall I thought the episode was good. I was hoping that they might show us a shot of the Galileo ascending from the planets surface. But the shot of it achieving orbit was nice!

One thing I never noticed before was Uhura confirming that the shuttle “Columbus” had returned! I had to back up and listen to it twice to be sure I heard right. I have never noticed this error in all these years!