“cheese” and all. Post navigation. Just remember Daren, YOU got to render and play with the refit-Enterprise from The Motion Picture, THAT accomplishment alone would be the high point to a MANY Trekkers dreams and career! I look at it this way. And Dave’s ships have a grace lacking in these upgrades. Do not upload anything which you do not own or are fully licensed to upload. Many qualified people have offered some very good comments. September 17, 2006 September 30, 2011 Chief Oddball TV and Movies. It’s funny to see comments about the CG Enterprise looking “fake” as if an 11-foot wood and plastic MODEL wasn’t also fake. maybe even a few very bright flashes scattered to suggest inner ship explosions. There are simple fixes for these… they just need to concentrate on mimicking the look of opticals made on film. Of course we are all excited and pleased that CBS have taken on this project. By: Daren R. Dochterman If you don’t think the episodes were worth watching, from the beginning, just because the prints were drab or the FX weren’t up to ILM standards, you clearly don’t “get” the appeal of Star Trek anyway. Some of the criticisms of the Enterprise CGI model are based on the lighting that is being used. Skip to main ... Netflix in the UK and is available on DVD and Blu Ray in other countries, including a comprehensive remastered set of all three seasons released by Paramount Home Entertainment. Firstly I would like to thank Daren for his review and being available for an interview last week. Our stations & … Rom. No, we won’t cry and stamp our feet. That the ships looked REALLY fake, and the new so called fx really were lame. For example, Balance of Terror, which some of us view as almost a test reel, was aired as is. You make an excellent point about the stock effect shots in TOS being iconic, and it cannot be easy trying to find the balance between what could add more dynacism and what honors the original vision. Writer Paul Schneider introduced both the Romulans and the concept of a "neutral zone" to Trek lore, wrapped up in this story about the first encounter between a Federation and Romulan ship in 75 years. “Balance of Terror” Written by Paul Schneider Directed by Vincent McEveety Season 1, Episode 8 Production episode 6149-09 Original air date: December 15, … Star Trek Balance of Terror 1/7 - TOS (The Original Series) #ScienceFiction #StarTrek There is a rough schedule and TV stations it airs around the country. I agree that they’re being TOO faithful on a lot of this stuff. Nick Ottens. Just WOW! This is a very fundamental issue and tightrope balancing act to try to emulate. |, See All Trivia, Notes, Quotes and Allusions, Please read the following before uploading, Watch Full Episodes: Star Trek: Remastered. The ships looked REALLY fake!, and the new so called fx really sucked!, However the good/great thing was the hd transfer made …it looked like it was a brand new show …for the first time since it was on almost made it worth watching…almost… “Balance of Terror” Written by Paul Schneider Directed by Vincent McEveety Season 1, Episode 8 Production episode 6149-09 Original air date: December 15, … As to the lack of spicing up the framing of shots, you have to remember alot of the beauty shots of the Enterprise are iconic and burned into our collective memories. CBS shoudl strive for this kind of work in their new endeavor. The effects seem flat. Like one of the “remastering” guys said in one of the downloadable video interviews — it was just going to be a from-the-negatives HD transfer and they thought they could do something about the space effects without spending much more money. Again, it’s the level of texture, the motion, and as Daren pointed out, the lenses used, that gives the original miniature a “weight” that the CG ship hasn’t demonstrated yet. He can’t be. I’m particularly proud of the way I dealt with the engine nacelle question… :) so there. I think people’s perception of the Enterprise D’s glowing red caps is interfering with their perception of how TOS Enterprise caps appeared. And I’m grateful. He is a tremendous talent and TrekMovie.com is honored to have him here. Couldn’t disagree more with the idea that the “enhanced” eps need to have jarringly CG spaceships. They seem to be using plain ole white lights. Chrikey the Third season fx are better than anything shown this past weekend! I just wanted an improvement on the originals, and that’s what I thought we got, but also I am much more interested in the cleaned up transfer which just looks gorgeous even better than the DVDs, I thought. You said a lot of what I was thinking about the Enterprise but didn’t know how to express in more appropriate industry terms. were Kirk’s speeches too corny or was this done to make it fit in with the adverts ? I wrote up some comments on my blog, feel free to read them. It seems there are two camps: don’t change anything & go full force and change it all. But I went back and checked out the ships in Dave’s Concept footage. Romulan. RE: Can Daren be objective Join Gerry & Iain for a discussion of Balance of Terror, the fourteenth episode aired in Star Trek's debut season. Developed by the studio that started it all, Infinity Ward delivers an epic reimagining of the iconic Modern Warfare series from the ground up. The remastered version of “Balance of Terror” includes a new shot showing the aft three quarters of the Bird of Prey. Watch Balance of Terror - Alijanicj on Dailymotion. Based on contemporary video and photographs of say the Space Shuttle in orbit, it seems that’s the look that is being striven for. I don’t want REAL Star Trek to look anything remotely like any of it’s progenitors. Someone earlier said the “style” for Trek is that the spaceships are smooth and clean–but that’s a little mistaken. With William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Mark Lenard, Paul Comi. I’d like to see better engine effects, etc. They just looked cleaner, slightly more detailed and a bit more colorful — just like the restored original footage. If you are only going to give a little (often by going shot for shot per the orginial) then make sure it is the very best you can give. 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