"Brian Thorn" wrote in message
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Still looks like a painting, and the new CGI background is closely
modelled after the original, but all the structures were given a more
more modern and realistic appearance, especially that silly spherical
tank. And did you notice the guy walking through it in the distance? I
didn't the first time, but he's there the first time you see the
painting.

I'm getting it on a fair broadcast signal, so I missed that one. I'm looking
forward to seeing these on DVD, since so far it seems like a lot of effort
for so little return.


They also redid the visual effect of the Horta tunneling into the
chamber where Kirk and Spock are.

It was a definite improvement. Not exciting, but better.

The space sequences in "I, Mudd" are *vastly* improved. Is Norman's
internal
mechanism improved as well? ISTR some flashing lights instead of moving
parts.

Well, the "Enterprise Changing Course" visual effect was absolutely
horrible, almost as though the staff got half-way through rendering it
and then ran out of time. If there was any surface detail on the hull,
I didn't see it.

Looked like they used an unpainted AMT model to me.