Star Trek: The Motion Picture DVD In Nov

CliffSpradlin writes "The Motion Picture will be released as a two-DVD set. More info can be found here on TrekToday about what is on the DVDs. At the bottom of the page, there is a form to ask the developers of the DVDs questions about the release. This rerelease is totally revamped, with a new sound mix, better effects, and a better feeling of continuity. For more info what has been changed technically, go here for information from the official website, StarTrek.com"

Comments

Planet Vulcan?

[rakerman]

Is it just me, or does the newly rendered Planet Vulcan look like something out of a level from Quake?

Re:Planet Vulcan?

[mav[LAG]]

If you look carefully, the rocket launcher is on top of a pillar in the background to the left.

Woo hoo! Select scene 1, loop, pop open a beer.

[Rogerborg]

Hurrah, now I can watch the best bits without wearing out my tape. Specifically, the first two minutes: that spine shivering D7 battlecruiser flyby intro, and the sterling example of a thorough Klingon scientific investigation: "Visual! Tactical! Stand by torpedoes! Fire! [pause, oops] Evasive!"

After that though, the boring old Federation Dudley Dorights take over, and it all kind of goes downhill from there. ;)

TWO discs?!

[nougatmachine]

Help! Say it isn't true! They've taken the limping snail's pace of the first Star Trek Movie and made it longer?!

This is not a good sign...

Star Trek..

[OpCode42]

This should have been called "Star Trek : The Slow Motion Picture". Terrible.

Models are better than rendering.

[blair1q]

Little models are better than rendering because computer programmers still don't know shit about texture and (un)rigidity and natural motion.

A two-foot piece of plastic with funky lighting looks a hell of a lot more real than a wire-frame sprite with a shaded skin.

--Blair

Re:first star trek movie

[jnik]

I wonder how much the new graphics, and special effect enhancements can make up for the weakness of the original story.

Really, it's far, far more than that. The official line is that the DVD is finishing the film. They're doing post on some footage that never got used, re-editing, and overall trying to do the film the way it was meant, rather than under the Christmas deadline. All-in-all, it should be a better, not just prettier, flick.

mmm....dmca

[Trepidity]

Slashdot user #1: The actions of the MPAA in trying to restrict free speech and stifle scientific research are unconscionable. Let's hit them where it hurts - in the wallet - and refuse to buy their products until they respect their consumers!

Slashdot user #2: ooh look, a new Star Trek DVD!!