Original Star Trek Getting CGI Makeover

Tony Pascale writes "Star Trek is the latest sci-fi classic to get the CGI 'special edition' treatment. According to rumors picked up by TrekMovie.com, CBS and Paramount have been secretly working on a new version of Star Trek: The Original Series for HDTV. The shows will feature the original episodes with brand new state-of-the-art CGI visual effects, including a a redone title sequence (with re-recorded music). The effects are likely to be limited to the space scenes and not effect the live action scenes, so Edith Keeler will not shoot first. The HDTV Star Trek series will begin broadcasting this fall just in time for the 40th Anniversary of Star Trek."

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City on the Edge of Woodspock

[eldavojohn]

The effects are likely to be limited to the space scenes and not effect the live action scenes, so Edith Keeler will not shoot first.

It's true that Edith Keeler will not shoot first, however, let's just say that when Dr. McCoy "accidentally" injects himself with an overdose of cordrazine his trip down to the planet is a little bit more like the 60s. If-ya-know-what-I-mean.

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[BVis]

NNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooo!

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[PinkyDead]

I never trusted CGI... and I never will. I can never forgive for what they did to Star Wars!

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[VitrosChemistryAnaly]

KHHHHHHAAAAAAANNNNNNnnnnn!

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[hoggoth]

> the same hackneyed ideas and insultingly shallow plots

Hey, I for one enjoyed "Spock's Brain"!

"'Brain' and 'brain'... what is 'brain'?!"

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[Scrameustache]

Maybe the current generation of TV viewers deserves something original

They deserve a swift kick in the groin, is what they deserve.

Gorram sports and "reality"-TV watching maroons... Why in my day [we apologise for the curmodgeon, your regularly scheduled thread will now resume]

It's Dead Jim

[tuzzyfoad]

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Going Boldly

[EnsilZah]

Star Trek, going boldly where they've gone before because they can't come up with anything new.

And in other news...

[Recovering Hater]

...It has been reported that famous Hollywood producer and director Steven Spielberg has begun work on updating the groundbreaking summer blockbuster "Jaws". Inside sources confirm that Spielberg will be replacing the old scenes of the shark and also any scenes of yellow floating barrels with new and improved CGI versions of the shark. According to insiders "This will blow away the old version". It has already been acknowledged that the original version was not his original "vision" of the film. Spielberg has stated that the only reason the shark was not in most every scene was because of all the mechanical failures. But now with the miracle of CGI we will finally be able to see his original "vision". Spielberg also confirmed that all the original negatives of the 1975 classic will be destroyed after the new original is released.

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[Digital Vomit]

In addition to this, the new CGI shark will have a frickin laser beam attached to its head.

Insider sources claim that a Special Edition of this re-release is also planned in which the laser beam will be replaced by a walkie-talkie.

The Changeling Special Edition

[digitaldc]

"Star Trek is the latest sci-fi classic to get the CGI 'special edition' treatment."
Rumours have it that the producers were a little upset about Kirk shooting his mouth off at Nomad and killing it with its own logic. After the Special Edition edit, Nomad is shown to self-destruct due to a hardware error and not by Kirk's cruel mind games.
Capt. Kirk: I am the Kirk, the creator?
Nomad: You are the creator.
Capt. Kirk: You could be wrong....
Nomad: Oh no, not again...my capacitors are leaking, and I feel a sudden power surge. Please hold on Kirk, I must reboot...
Cut to Nomad being beamed into deep space and exploding with a ring of fire.