Originally posted by: Spock

Originally posted by: Klingon_Jedi
Yeah, the 40th sucks. We lose Scotty and recently Jane Wyatt (Spock's mother Amanda), and all we get in return is a poorly done "enhanced version" that's becoming more and more like Georgies by the episode.

What do you mean? They're not adding in scenes that never should have been in there or making the Gorn shoot first. They're just converting it to HD and sprucing up the special effects to make it easier for repeated viewings. Besides, the originals are still out there so I don't see the problem.

Check the official site. While they're not adding new scenes, they're doing far more than the originally stated cleaning up. Adding ships that weren't there, modding the looks of others, changing the entire composition of some shots. They're doing far more than sprucing up. It's not George's yet, but they look like they're getting there. I hope I'm wrong.

http://www.startrek.com/custom/include/feature/bst/tos-enhanced/tos-007/pop.html

Pretty big changes there.

As for the problem, firstly, they claimed they were just redoing the shots digitally, when they're doing more than that. Second, while it's true they aren't officially suplanting the originals, which version do you think's getting the HD release first?

EDIT: Though this is heartening.
http://trekmovie.com/2006/10/25/cbs-is-future-proofing-original-star-trek/#more-269

You can see more comparison shots there. Good to know that they are doing HD versions sans CG. Though it begs the question of why are they doing it then? I thought that was the stated reason. It seems it's simply a marketing gimmick.

I'd still take cheesey models over cheessy CGI (a lot of the new shots look about par for a video game, though others blend well).At least then we know we're looking at dated effects, and not average to subpar "we luvs CG!!" ones.

I can understand doing it to keep the whole thing in HD, but this is getting a tad too revisionist. At least they changed the model, so it looks a bit more like the real Enterprise.

Granted, I did like the redone TMP, but that was overseen by the director, and 99 percent of the new effects were based off of the original effects storyboards. In the case of TOS, they've flat out said in inteviews that they'll change anything that "looks bad" time permitting. Looks of little unneeded "fixes". The Gorn blinking, agonizer lightning, a new chronologer. I'm all for adding a beam where they accidently wasn't one, but this stuff...

Interesting enough, I watched a TV Land marathon last night, and thought the video looked as good as the supposed restored version. I'm sure the difference is more obvious in HD, but SD, I couldn't see much of anything. I'm not even sure what channel it airs on here. I've had to download them (watched Balance of Terror side by side for a few minutes).

I got a few amusing bits from the marathon for the project. They're in EP though (I had limited tape).

Those bloopers look like the ones I have. I know I have the TNG one.