Comments on: Preview Image From “Court Martial” Remastered

By: warptrek

warptrek — Mon, 12 May 2008 17:11:23 +0000

#62
If you view the actual footage, the shuttle is passing from right to left of the screen. There are no scale/perspective issues when you see it in motion. Looking at the still image I can see where people might have a scale discrepancy issue. This is one of the disadvantages of CGI as opposed to photographing ‘real’ models. You wouldn’t have any perspective issues if this was ST:TMP for example… where the photography was top notch.

I would also have to agree with the McGuffin idea. There does not seem to be any justifiable reason for having to jettison the pod, let alone even it’s existence. Earth experiences ion storms all the time when our sun acts up. Our sattelites are not in any real danger or our space shuttle when it is orbiting.

The ion storm the Enterprise experienced must have been one hell of a storm! Someone else mentioned James Blish novelization of the episode where he offers the reason for the ion pod. I will have to look into that. I have those books somewhere.

By: Smitch

Smitch — Sun, 11 May 2008 22:06:21 +0000

HAhaha, 1 to the 4th power.

By: sean

sean — Sun, 11 May 2008 18:25:25 +0000

The shuttle does look too large. I can buy that it’s supposedly closer to the camera, but the perspective is really poor. They should have mapped out that shot better.

And I’m pretty sure the Ion Pod is just a macguffin. There’s no real need for it, other than it served the plot. It’s a good enough episode that it’s easy to overlook.

By: OR Coast Trekkie

OR Coast Trekkie — Sat, 10 May 2008 06:21:30 +0000

I too, always thought it was weird that there was a conveniently placed jettison pod button on the captains chair. As I became older, I found it to be rather cheesy and funny. This is an opportunity CBS-D could have taken to create a CGI digital readout. After all, they did it with the chronometer, so there is precedence.

By: trekfan

trekfan — Fri, 09 May 2008 23:47:39 +0000

#55
I thought the same thing , Hilarious !!

By: Rainbucket

Rainbucket — Fri, 09 May 2008 19:41:52 +0000

Interesting — Galileo Seven, where #43 couldn’t see the ion pod, was the episode immediately before Court Martial.

If it’s genuinely not there, maybe (retconning) it was installed between the episodes’ time frames, when they discovered that scanners weren’t sufficient in an ion storm.

Or maybe when not deployed or destroyed there’s a clean white hatch covering up that’s not visible from a distance.

By: Izbot

Izbot — Fri, 09 May 2008 18:59:44 +0000

Screen caps are available at TrekCore. In the opening scene with the pod replacement Denise Okuda (in Starfleet uniform) can be seen peering out a window.

By: Enc

Enc — Fri, 09 May 2008 18:51:46 +0000

#55
i dont know wats scarier.
the bridge crew using it for kareoke night
or
that you remember that.

By: bdrcarter

bdrcarter — Fri, 09 May 2008 17:36:43 +0000

I have TOS-R season 1 on DVD. Make sure you watch the first minute of the episode. There are more CGI goodies at the beginning than in many full episodes combined. Ion-damaged Enterprise. Shuttles galore. The pod reveal. New “live action” elements to the Starbase 11matte painting. I re-watched the opening something like 10 times. Lots to absorb and enjoy!

By: Dave in RI

Dave in RI — Fri, 09 May 2008 17:32:18 +0000

#32: “If I were doing the remastered version, I’d worry, not about the ion-pod, but about giving McCoy something to hold other than a Mr. Microphone! :-)”

Funny!
“Hey good-lookin’, I’ll be back to examin you later!” (refrencing the old Mr. Michrophone commercial) 8^D