DrCrowTStarwars said:
Yeah i guess I misremembered that detail but the upshot is the same, no one was trying to destroy the old shots, the fact is compared to everything else they look grainy and fuzzy and I say that as someone who supports the preservation of film, has no problem with the special effects of Blake's 7, and always watches my Blurays with the original effects and audio track.
Still the fact is it wasn't done just to change for change sake or to destroy the old shots, it was done to give a constant look to the episodes and so all the content would look like a real HD print to the average viewer. The fact is that a full restoration of the original effects shot just could not be done, it's sad but it's wat happens to a show after 40 years.
The original shots are still out there for anyone who wants them so I really don't see why the people who made the new shots or the shots themselves should be attacked as if they are a thing of pure evil.
My objection to the Star Wars SEs has never been that they were done in the first place(As a matter of fact I enjoyed some of the changes when I first saw them as a kid)it's that the originals were not kept out there as an option. Paramount has kept the original effects and mono audio tracks out there and that is a lot more then other film companies do with their releases of old TV shows and movies(In many cases you can only get a 5.1 remix of an audio track these days)so I have no problem with what they did or the people who did the work.
Exactly my feelings. Paramount at least makes original versions available, and you can actually choose to watch either version you want. I wish they would have followed suit with star wars.