Updated TOS

On Tue, 17 Oct 2006 21:27:53 -0500, Brian Thorn
wrote:

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.

....One of the things that's been leaked through the grapevines is that
the CGI is being done in-house at See-BS. They've got the tools to do
it right, but a) they had really no lead time, which is why they're
releasing the revamped eps one new one a week, b) they've been told do
it as best as possible, but try not to make it too much better than
the original effects, and tweak only where applicable, and c) their
budget is limited, so just do something quick and dirty as much as you
can get away with it, and leave it at that. Also being leaked is word
that the mesh for the Enterprise was lifted off the internet from one
of the mesh sites, but nobody's really sure whose it was just yet.

OM
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"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.

I see the lizard blinks. I'm glad they didn't update the Gorn- they could
have easily done so with the model from "Enterprise". Other than the
soon-to-be-stock phaser and photon torpedo shots, what improvements were
made?

Even with my crappy broadcast signal, the colors are crisper than I've ever
seen, even on video.

On Sun, 22 Oct 2006 07:12:07 -0400, "Scott Hedrick"
wrote:

I see the lizard blinks. I'm glad they didn't update the Gorn- they could
have easily done so with the model from "Enterprise". Other than the
soon-to-be-stock phaser and photon torpedo shots, what improvements were
made?

....Reportedly, this episode had some internal controversy. Half the
CGI team were calling for replacing the Gorn suit with the CGI Gorn
from the "Mirror Universe" episodes of "Enterprise", while the others
were siding with See-BS that it wasn't worth the cost of erasing the
Gorn, filling in the holes in the background, and then rendering a new
Gorn to match the action.

....Of course, the episode everyone is waiting for is "The Doomsday
Machine", just to compare it with that "remastered" version that was
being proposed to Paranoidmount ten years ago, when the CGI tech
wasn't anywhere near what it is today.

Even with my crappy broadcast signal, the colors are crisper than I've ever
seen, even on video.

....The capped eps that are showing up on the binary groups aren't
looking crisper where colors are concerned, alas. They're looking much
darker than the current DVD releases, and until these new remasterings
get released on DVD so a comparison can be made, the current DVD
versions are still superior WRT color depth and clarity.

OM
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"OM" wrote in message
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...Reportedly, this episode had some internal controversy. Half the
CGI team were calling for replacing the Gorn suit with the CGI Gorn
from the "Mirror Universe" episodes of "Enterprise", while the others
were siding with See-BS that it wasn't worth the cost of erasing the
Gorn, filling in the holes in the background, and then rendering a new
Gorn to match the action.

Continuity is nice, but this is Star Trek

Plus, it's the future as it was, so let it be.

The planets from space are vast improvements.