ScottyM1967

JadedSkywalker said:

I doubt they ever do a 4K remaster. They are going to continue to repress the same blu-ray. Deep Space Nine and Voyager are never gonna happen. DVD only.

I am totally fine for TOS to not have a 4K remaster. There’s a point where it’s deminishing returns. How many more toupee lines, ear seams, woodgrain paint overs and frayed threads do we need to spot as the original effects composites just break down even more?

What would be great is a blu ray rescan with no DNR and the glitches and sound mix fixed. If if they want to go ahead and redo the CGI so it’s better and looks more matchy matchy to the era, I would be okay with it. It might even drive more sales among newer fans.

DS9 and Voyager may work if they go back to the films for the live action and do decent upscales for the effects shots. Some shows, like SeaQuest, look surprisingly good. And it would look a damned sight better than the DVD prints do now. But holding ones breath is not advised.

Hey all,

I found this thread after trying to find out when the orignal series actually started used the cello theme in the first season. There are no certain answers to be found. Also was amused because a great deal of the original post contained my own research, which flattered me greatly.

The “original mono mix” is absoltuely NOT present on the majority of the blu ray episodes. Many of the first season episodes have it but some, like “The Naked Time” have a mono mix with enhanced sounds; such as a very loud engine rumble when no such rumble was there at all previously. While the exterior rumble was commonplace in the first season, it was phased out before the year ended, yet is present not only in most of the episodes that year but in all but ONE episode in the latter two (“Amok Time”). No episode in the last two seasons had the exterior engine rumble.

As @pittrek mentioned, the first season opening credits were standardized for the blu ray (but weirdly still have the electric violin theme on “The Corbomite Maneuver”). “Balance of Terror” has the wrong opening credits (from the 2006 rerecording). The episodes also are very obviously patched together from interior sources in some cases. Pop on “The Omega Glory” and before the first minute is done, you can see bits were taken from lower res sources.

There was some great work done on the series, but there are a number of glitches in sound and image, not to mention excessive DNR and edge enhancement. The transition at the end of “Where No Man Has Gone Before” for example, when Kirk calls for beam up. It used to be a dissolve to an orbit shot, but now the camera stays on Kirk for a few more seconds before a hard cut to the Enterprise. They even extended the music cue to cover for it. They did this to allow for the CGI effect, I imagine. Also, frustratingly, there’s a cut in the opening theme. The last two notes are clipped. With all of the sources for this music at the time, I really don’t get how that went through.

Sadly, all of the releases of the BD since they original drop date have been straight repressings (right down to the preview for the first Bad Robot movie). This series deserves another go and absoltuely has earned the Twilight Zone treatment. Hell, I’d be happy to get the accurate Paramount logos on all episodes for the first time ever.

Anyway, following this thread eagerly for more updates.