All Things Star Trek — Page 100

Tobar said:

It’s been confirmed by showrunner Brian Fuller to be set in the Prime timeline.

I don’t recall posting in this thread before, but since the recent flurry of announcements, here’s some thoughts -

I was really looking forward to this new ‘multiple crews’ show, but was sorely disappointed that the powers-that-be decided to show some very unfinished ‘test’ footage as the first preview! On top of that, the new ship that was shown just looks like a poorly-redesigned version of the better proportioned McQuarrie artwork, as far as I’m concerned. Sure, McQuarrie’s ‘nacelles’ look more like ‘rockets’ in his renderings, but I equally dislike the look of the red ‘nacelle’ lights on this version - the ‘revolving’ lights on the TOS-era ‘Enterprise’ were far more interesting-looking.

Ho hum. On the other hand, the new title sounds fine and I quite liked the music that was used.

However, if this show turns out to have too many elements in it that I dislike…then I’ll simply ‘imagine’ that it occurs in the same separate ‘alternative universe’ to the TOS show/TOS movies that I choose to stick all the other ‘Trek’ shows, ‘Generations’ movie, and J.J.'s 'Kelvin Timeline movies into… 😉

In the meantime, I see that the fan vids have started already - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzfgu3_3XXk

Maybe CBS has just cheaped out again, and the whole show is gonna look like this?.. 😉

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoZ5OqOyzAA

ImperialFighter said:

Maybe CBS has just cheaped out again, and the whole show is gonna look like this?.. 😉

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoZ5OqOyzAA

It’s just test footage but it would have been a good idea to tart it up a bit for a first reveal… 😉
I’m a Ralph fan so I’m happy. Though the body is less a triangle and more the Star Fleet dart shape.
It’s not a swan like the Enterprise refit but it’s an interesting look. Lots of people couldn’t stand the Enterprise D when it first leaked to magazines and that’s now almost as much of an icon as the original series ship.

Fuck me, what a day to be a Star Trek fan today is 😃))

STAR TREK®: THE ORIGINAL SERIES – THE RODDENBERRY VAULT

Details On New Blu-ray™ Release From CBS Home Entertainment
And Paramount Home Media Distribution Exclusively Revealed At
Comic-Con International: San Diego 2016

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (July 23, 2016) – CBS Home Entertainment, Paramount Home Media Distribution and Roddenberry Entertainment announced today at Comic-Con International: San Diego that STAR TREK: THE ORIGINAL SERIES – THE RODDENBERRY VAULT, a collector’s edition Blu-ray set, will be released later in 2016.

During the production of Star Trek: The Original Series, bits and pieces of episodic footage were left on the cutting room floor, then stored away in film cans for decades by the Gene Roddenberry Estate. Now, in celebration of the show’s 50th Anniversary, The Roddenberry Vault has finally been opened. Along with 12 of their favorite episodes, fans can see and own behind the scenes footage from the making of the series as well as alternate takes, deleted scenes, omitted dialogue, outtakes, and original visual FX elements.

STAR TREK: THE ORIGINAL SERIES – THE RODDENBERRY VAULT Blu-ray set includes newly-produced special feature documentaries that incorporate the “Vault” materials and feature all-new interviews with cast and production personnel, including new insights from William Shatner (Captain James T. Kirk), writers Dorothy “D.C.” Fontana, David Gerrold, & John D.F. Black, director Ralph Senensky, casting director Joseph D’Agosta, visual effects artist Richard Edlund, and more. Also featured is an exploration into the series’ long-lasting appeal through interviews with some of Star Trek’s biggest fans including The Big Bang Theory co-creator Bill Prady, The Simpsons writer/producer David Mirkin, Family Guy writer/producer David A. Goodman, NASA’s Bobak Ferdowsi, Bill Nye (The Science Guy), and many more.

The special feature documentaries are:

· Inside The Roddenberry Vault – A multi-part glimpse at classic episodes from new angles and perspectives.
· Star Trek: Revisiting A Classic – A look at life on the set during production.
· Strange New Worlds: Visualizing The Fantastic – An inside look at the groundbreaking work of the series’ designers and visual effects artists.

STAR TREK: THE RODDENBERRY VAULT includes 12 classic Star Trek episodes in high-definition Blu-ray chosen for their relevance to the Vault’s lost/unseen material:

· The Corbomite Maneuver
· Arena
· Space Seed
· This Side of Paradise
· The Devil in the Dark
· The City on the Edge of Forever
· Operation: Annihilate!
· Metamorphosis
· Who Mourns for Adonais?
· Mirror, Mirror
· The Trouble With Tribbles
· Return to Tomorrow

STAR TREK: THE RODDENBERRY VAULT Blu-ray set is executive produced by Rod Roddenberry and Trevor Roth. Special feature documentaries are produced by Roger Lay, Jr. and Michael and Denise Okuda.

So, a new box set of TOS deleted scenes, new box set of TOS, TAS and TOS movies, new books, and a new TV show. My poor credit card…

I want to wait to see her in action … that is when we’ll know if the U.S.S. Destiny is the shit or not.

😃

Excited to see the Roddenberry Vault. I was hoping, however, when it was first announced that it’d finally have the full original audio for the Cage (with Malachi Throne’s untouched voice for The Keeper.)

To those more knowledgeable here, was the full audio with original voice ever made available? You can hear portions of the original voice in the B&W/Color version of The Cage.

SilverWook said:

My understanding was the original audio was simply lost over time. Of course, all the missing color footage cut when they made The Menagerie version eventually turned up, so anything is possible.

A full audio recording (recording during a public broadcast of the 16mm version) exists, I’m trying to get my hands on it.
And no, not all color footage turned up, or at least was used for any of the restorations. Which was a big surprise to me, they didn’t even use all of the Menagerie footage for the restored versions

Correct

Started TNG last night after years of procrastination. It’s going to be an uphill battle getting used to this crew; right now Trek without Spock feels deeply wrong on an emotional level. I’m interested enough to keep at it, though, and hopefully after a few more episodes I’ll be invested enough that I won’t be so preoccupied with how much I miss my buddies from TOS. I love Picard, Riker, Dr. Crusher, and Geordie, I think Deanna Troi and Wesley totally suck, I’m ambivalent about Data, and I haven’t seen enough of Worf to have much of an opinion yet. I also don’t feel strongly about Tasha Yar, but I’m spoiled enough to know that that’s not going to matter for long.

joefavs said:

Started TNG last night after years of procrastination. It’s going to be an uphill battle getting used to this crew; right now Trek without Spock feels deeply wrong on an emotional level. I’m interested enough to keep at it, though, and hopefully after a few more episodes I’ll be invested enough that I won’t be so preoccupied with how much I miss my buddies from TOS. I love Picard, Riker, Dr. Crusher, and Geordie, I think Deanna Troi and Wesley totally suck, I’m ambivalent about Data, and I haven’t seen enough of Worf to have much of an opinion yet. I also don’t feel strongly about Tasha Yar, but I’m spoiled enough to know that that’s not going to matter for long.

First 2 seasons are pretty week, but it gets drastically better during the third season as soon as Mike Piller took over the writing team. Also Worf got much more developed after he became the chief of security

joefavs said:

Started TNG last night after years of procrastination. It’s going to be an uphill battle getting used to this crew; right now Trek without Spock feels deeply wrong on an emotional level. I’m interested enough to keep at it, though, and hopefully after a few more episodes I’ll be invested enough that I won’t be so preoccupied with how much I miss my buddies from TOS. I love Picard, Riker, Dr. Crusher, and Geordie, I think Deanna Troi and Wesley totally suck, I’m ambivalent about Data, and I haven’t seen enough of Worf to have much of an opinion yet. I also don’t feel strongly about Tasha Yar, but I’m spoiled enough to know that that’s not going to matter for long.

Keep at it and don’t give up. The first season is good to introduce you to the characters, but a lot of the actual episodes are very weak. Season 2 is slightly better. But echoing others it gets really good during season 3.