Comments on: “Is There in Truth No Beauty?” Remastered Review, Screenshots & Video [UPDATED]

By: Stephen

Stephen — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:20:47 +0000

My impression of the way the original happened is that the Enterprise went through the barrier, came out of it, and was directly next it. Giving the illusion that the Enterprise was still inside of it. Obviously it could not have been or else all the bad things would have been taking place that took place while the ship was inside the barrier during “Where No Man Has Gone Before” and when it crossed the barrier under the control of the Kelvins. I think this is proven correct when Spock takes back over the ship under the control of Kollos. It only takes seconds for the ship to re-enter the barrier. I can see looking at the previous comments that they may have been trying to make it look like the ship entered the ’space time continuum’ Spock spoke of by changing it from pink to blue. If so it would have looked better if they had created a totally different effect for the continuum instead of the swirly blue and black haze. Since the barrier itself was a swirly pink haze instead of a totally different continuum it just made it look as if the barrier itself suddennly changed colors. As I said I wish they had just left this one shot alone or just inserted the new CGI Enterprise. I love the very mysterious lava lamp effect myself of the original. If I get the remastered I will still watch the original for this one. Sorry you guys at CBS but you screwed up one of the original series best effects. The remastered version looks WEIRD!

By: Stephen

Stephen — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:50:38 +0000

Don’t think the redo of the barrier scenes in this episode make any sense at all! Why was the barrier the same color as in the original until you almost could not see the Enterprise then all of a sudden change to blue. By the same token why was it blue inside and then all of a sudden pink again as soon as the Enterprise comes out of it. Sorry but like the Romulan ships at the end of the new remastered “Deadly Years” firing torpedoes at the Enterprise going in long swooping arcs it just look Wierd. Like the shot at the end but they screwed up the original barrier shot which was just fine!

By: James

James — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:01:45 +0000

hmm I wonder at the end that Kirk apparently watches the medusan transport out and doesnt go insane??

By: J.H.

J.H. — Thu, 08 May 2008 20:54:42 +0000

The “lava lamp” effects for the void/dimension is better than the blue haze that they have now. Also, when The Enterprise was getting back home, shouldn’t there be pink in between the void and the galaxy (since the barrier is pink)?

By: RD

RD — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 04:53:48 +0000

In response to #34 above:

YES!!! I NOTICED IT!!!

The EFX shots are nice and all, but clearly CGI has a place in correcting production errors, which were just as much a part of updating the show for a new audience as new space shots, which also had flaws in part due to rushed schedules and tight budgets.

Spock is sitting at the helm and they go to a reverse shot and inserted is a stock shot of Sulu. They went to all the trouble of replacing the viewscreen material when sitting right next to it is a glaring production error, clearly discovered on the editing room floor with no time to fix.

By: gottacook

gottacook — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 06:23:03 +0000

In the second last pair of remastered-versus-original screenshots, I was sorry to see the original replaced, even though I like the newly featured smaller spaceship. Although I didn’t see this episode when it aired last week, I know it well and saw it first-run as a kid (and even have a Paramount VHS of it). In the original, the shot of the Enterprise from behind – with the Medusan planet visible in the distance as the ship approaches – immediately follows Kirk (having just learned that Spock will recover) emerging into the fisheye-lensed hallway and saying “Miranda …?” I always loved the transition between that and the exterior planet approach (a music cue with harp and strings). The introduction of the new small ship notwithstanding, I’m glad I still have my VHS.

As for the music: Come on, George Duning was great. Original scores for Metamorphosis, Return to Tomorrow (the other Muldaur episode), Truth/Beauty, and The Empath are all quite striking and display his trademark suppleness of melody and harmonic rhythm (i.e., rate of change of harmony). (Duning also did Patterns of Force and And the Children Shall Lead, but, for me at least, not even he could make those watchable.)

By: rj@yahoo.com

rj@yahoo.com — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:14:11 +0000

Meh, I didn’t like the disruptor fire…looked WAY too cartoony…and the blasts were way too big…

Plus, on my TV the new Klingon shots were really dark…

By: RichR

RichR — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:22:00 +0000

Yup in the Elaan, there was extensive new Klingon ship footage as well as nicely done battle sequences from both the point of view of the Enterprise and reverse angles on the attacking Klingon ship coming up from behind!

This was the calibre of effort that should have gone into the [disappointing] Ultimate Computer FX effort.

By: dil

dil — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:05:58 +0000

waiting— the Klingon ship is right on.

By: richr

richr — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 14:59:14 +0000

Gotta get the page for Elaan up…saw it last night at midnight in NY…some EXCELLENT FX work!!!