Comments on: Star Trek TOS Gets an FX Makeover

By: Vinnie Vegas

Vinnie Vegas — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 21:10:00 +0000

I added another clip of FX ‘enhancements’ so take a look at the link again! :-)

By: Vinnie Vegas

Vinnie Vegas — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 19:15:00 +0000

I just got an email from a friend regarding the FX enhancements, “Ranging in number from 15 to 70 per episode, the CGI enhancements at most amount to ‘maybe a minute and a half’ in screen time.”

By: Vinnie Vegas

Vinnie Vegas — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 17:40:00 +0000

You guys are right. To quote another SF hero, “I’ve got a bad feeling about this!” You know, someone is going to get the bright idea to redo Star Trek: The Next Generation one of these days! Maybe when they fix the FX on TNG, they can actually re-edit the episodes down to about 15 minutes each and actually make them interesting!

By: jaytee

jaytee — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 15:11:00 +0000

Please tell me “Star Trek ENHANCED” won’t be the official name of this so-called improvement. Isn’t this precisely the New Coke vs. Classic Coke situation all over again? As with the soft drink, these enhancements only serve to demean both versions. You’re not watching the same show anymore! And won’t the cheesy costumes and aliens still be cheesy? Or are they gonna “fix” that digitally, too? ThelmaSFL is right in that to all the purists this could be a disaster, but only to the completely uninitiated could this be fantastic. Vinnie is right that the broadcast version may suffer even more edits, but the real point of this revision is to sell more box sets again, where you’ll be compelled (they hope) to yet again purchase the version with all the footage edited out for extra commercials. If I haven’t made it already clear, I consider this an act of desecration to our culture, and our history. For shame. I pity all those who follow us, who’ll never have had the chance to see the real show.

By: ThelmaSFL

ThelmaSFL — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 14:30:00 +0000

This is one of those things that could be fantastic or a complete disaster. It’s not a bad thing to expose new audiences to a classic however, part of the charm in the original Star Trek episodes was the cheesy “special effects.” We will have to wait and see.