Posted by Aaron J. Bossig on 09/23/07 22:29

Derek Janssen <ejanss1@nospam.verizon.net> wrote in news:E7AJi.150
$yh3.10@trndny01:

> Paramount seems to treat all the Treks equally (whereas the fans do
> not), so IF there's any word after this set, we'll probably see a
> complete DS9 first...

Thought so, but it's worth asking. It ain't like I'm waiting with
baited breath.

> Unless you'd rather wait a year or two for the rumored HD-
reconstituted
> Next episodes, after they finish their last third of the Classic run?

.... Not really. I'm pretty skeptical of any efforts to restore TNG that
go beyond basic color-correction. The show was made in a very, very SD
style, and they can't really make use of the original film elements
without throwing away a huge chunk of the SFX. I view it as a
baby/bathwater situation. TOS was pretty fortunate, in that both the
standard shots and FX were both done in the film realm, which made the
tweaks in the remastered edition so much cleaner.

OTOH, I'm not opposed to giving it a try... but when it comes time to
get TNG again, I'll make sure to get the "pure" versions first. Like
with TOS, the HD remasters may be fun, but I don't want to lose the
look captured in the Red/Blue/Yellow boxes either.

Now, the real question is, how long will we have to wait to get
Enterprise in HD? That shouldn't take much effort at all, considering
it was tailor-made for HD.



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Aaron J. Bossig

http://www.GodsLabRat.com

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