Details & Artwork for Captains Log & TNG Box Set DVDs

FAV extras snarfed up free here on Trekmovie.com that I would like to see in the Remastered DVD’s:

*That British special “After They Were Famous”
*The Interview with Nick Meyers
*”Who Mourns for Mugatu”
*”Star Track”
*”Rocket Man” (any version including Stewie’s)

The Fan Picks suck…no Inner Light and These are the Voyages…What fans voted on that?

TATV? Seriously?!

I believe it was the “Fan Pick……..for worst episode”. While I don’t have as big a problem with the ep as some (though I do have my problems with it…) I don’t see it as being picked by the fans.

These Are the Voyages!!!

HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!

I for one liked “These are the Voyages.” Sure! It was a poor series finale. But it was a nice sentimental franchise finale. It gave a nod all the way back to TOS and nicely skipped the baggage I might add (DS9 and Voyager). But the fact that the only 15 people that were voting for these episodes were the same 15 that liked the episode is hysterical.

Just a suggestion to those of you who would like to own all the season sets but are put off by the cost, there is absolutely no reason to pay retail for new copies of any of these. I have 100% of all the episodes from all the series and I’ll bet you I paid total what they are asking for the TNG series set. If you go to Amazon and look at any given set you’ll notice that through Amazon Marketplace you can pick up for a fraction of the SRP used and sometimes new but overstocked copies and save a bundle.

This is not like the old days in the used record shop and optical media is not vinyl. Properly cared for discs are indistinguishable from the new ones except the shrink wrap is off. So what.

For example, the Series Set for Voyager is listed at $696.99 but through the market place you can get it NIB for $163. That’s all 7 seasons. If you watch eBay you can get even better deals if you are patient.

I buy and sell on the used market all the time. Unless you are one of those folks that absolutely must have it now, buying media online is the only way to go. Just be a smart shopper. Look at people’s seller rating. Only buy from sources that have sold in volume and have a 5 star rating on Amazon, a 99.7% feedback or better on eBay and by the way, check out Half.com (tied to eBay) they have great deals.

Don’t be a drone and pay full retail and through the nose just because you think NIB with the shrink wrap is the only way to go. For collectors, the used market is fabulous!

So if the Next Generation is suppose to get the remastered treatment then I don’t wonder why they are releasing the series again. $$$

Collins and Shatner, is it just audio or a filmed interview?

#17- Has TNG or the rest being re-mastered been put down for sure? While I don’t consider it needing to be done I’ve read hints that it might and what would have to be done given the editing on tape (going back to the footage and recreating the cg I believe). I think I read that on the tvshowsondvd site in regards to the tos HD-DVDs.

Anyway can’t wait for the TOS-HD sets!

I am one of those guys who has been running around to pawn shops trying to get even just episodes. As you can imagine, the availability and quality is dodgey at best. I am still quite excited to own the remastered version of TOS and don’t mind getting NIB shrink wrapped eps at full price because I do have to have them asap. But thanks for the suggestion, Michael. I’m going to do just that.

Stewart picked one he directed, but Shatner actually went with his “objective” choice. In one of Shatner’s books he says his actual favorite episode is “The Devil in the Dark”, not the finished episode but his memory of making it, because it was during filming he got the news his father had died and he felt how supportive the cast and crew was being to him while he worked to finish his scenes before leaving for the funeral.

The only thing tat would make TNG-HD, VOY-HD, and DS9-HD possible is an amazing, gift from God, genius level, automated scanning system that could cut the production cost down to below reasonable levels.

I hope they’re not too cheap to do at least 4 episodes. Al, that would be great. Maybe doing a best of HD set would be the answer. I’m up for that for sure!

TNG has aged WORSE than TOS. in term of tone, chraracters, that goes for the films too – ‘captain an alien vessel is about to destroy us.’……. ‘Confrence.’ Troi, annoying klingon, wheaton, etc. The days of TNG being considered superior to TOS (yes it really used to be) are LONG gone.

#32 – No, sorry, those days are not long gone, overall, TNG is better than TOS. The best TOS are still not as good as the best TNG, and the worst TNG is still better than the worst TOS.

Anyway, I really wish that the TNG episodes were remastered, not for effects and so on, but for color. #17 what you say is not true; it’s true that the resolution cannot be improved, but color correction is still possible, and in the earlier seasons of TNG the color balance and saturation are off.

No, it won’t.

Say what? I must’ve missed that.

People clamoured, discussed, debated, begged, lobbied, and prayed for a Star Trek film for 10 years after the cancellation of TOS. The first film was the first film in history produced because fans *demanded* it.

I don’t see very many people clamouring for a new TNG film. Granted, they immediately went from the tv series into their group of films without a delay, yet still the 20 million viewers per week neilsen ratings didn’t translate over to box office bankability or buttoxes in the seats. Generations, the introductory adventure for TNG crew, made scarcely more than Trek VI, 3 years earlier, whereas TMP adjusted for inflation is still 20 plus years later the highest grossing Trek film to date, as well as selling the most tickets.

The pendulum may indeed sing back to where people are at least intrigued by TNG again, but personal enjoyment aside, I really don’t see how people can say TNG made the sheer cultural splash and impact TOS did. There isn’t even a 20th anniversary TNG film adventure on the horizon like Trek IV.

The first film was the first film in history produced because fans *demanded* it. 38. Josh T. ( Kirk is to Star Trek as Taco Tico is to texmex) Kirk Esquire’ – July 17, 2007 – josh as I understand a few thing lead to TMP. The idea of TMP was originaly an episode of Phase II and was changed and expanded to be a Feature Film, after paramount decided it wanted to go up against the Popular “The Star Wars” movie. There was plans for two other movies that fell flat before TMP. Indeed there was fan demand, but TMP was not entirely made because the fans wanted it, it was made because the time was finaly right.

41. seangh – July 17, 2007 – Great points. I’m a sound engineer and remixing the sound to 7.1 is achievable and not overly hard, I could do it! As for visual effects I have less knowledge in this area, but this is where the costs would come in. The only thing that worries me is that yet again people are going to be in-undated with Trek. I

AFAIK, with TNG being posted on tape, while they’d have the original timecodes, the new HD transfers would inevitably have variations, unless the tapes carry the original film markers.

Up-rezzing and restoration of the tape stock would really be the only sensible option at the moment. The audio-visual quality of so many shows from the 1980s really is dire, compared with both before and after.

Goes to show that, while the old TOS episodes might’ve been cut on slower, old fashioned film, the old-fashioned production techniques have really paid off in the HD era!!

I’m looking forward to seeing the TOS-R DVD/HD-DVD/hypothetical BluRay release: I bought season one of TOS on DVD a couple of years back and was so appalled at the picture quality, I didn’t buy seasons two or three!

Seeing the “huge” rollout of support from Paramount and fandom celebrating the 20th anniversary of TNG, I don’t think we’ll be seeing any HD attempts at that series anytime soon.

I just hope the HD TOS sets are coming in blue ray as well as HD. IF they are exclusively offered on HD, I guess I’ll have to pass.

#50 Price too high?

I hate companies that release the same movie over and over again. The Next Gen issue doesn’t seem to be the case. This is essentially a physical repackaging and a price cut. Those who both the series in 2002 paid well over $700. Now you can get it in one box for a little less money. And they through in a bonus disc.

And the Captain’s Log set. Let’s face it, not everyone wants to spend thousands of dollars for the complete series. The Klingon Collection etc are nice packages for the more casual fan. They make great Father’s Day gifts.

As for the remastering. I don’t want to get into a long technical discussion, but I’m sorry many folks simply don’t know what they’re talking about. TNG was never ever on any format which would take any advantage whatsoever from HD. There are not, nor should there be any discussions at Paramount about HD masters for this film. It’s analogous to remastering a silent film to be shown in a movie theatre with sound.

Enterprise? Sure, they can make some high def discs, and I hope they do someday. But not TNG.

24p baby, 24p