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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."
This is an interesting idea. My favorite bits from the later Star Trek series were the times they showed the original enterprise in re-done FX -- the DS9 "tribbles" episode, the "mirror universe" episodes of ENTERPRISE.
I love the original series as is, but this would be a neat reason to re-watch them.
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Morons. Guess they didn't learn from the Star Wars debacle.
I'm guessing they learned that fans will line up to be fleeced even while they complain about the originals being spoilt.
*sighs* if people put their money where their mouth was, we wouldn't have to put up with this shit.
There are shills on slashdot. Apparently, I'm one of them.
"Guess they didn't learn from the Star Wars debacle."
Do you mean the Star Wars debacle that generated hundreds of millions of dollars in ticket sales and sold tens of millions of videocassettes and DVDs? If they're going to learn anything from that, it's that pissing off whiny SciFi geeks is an easy way to get free publicity.
Do NOT fuck with the Gorn.
If I see anything other than that rubber suit with irridescent eyes that terrified me when I was eight, I swear I will burn my Starfleet Academy underpants.
I don't want to see any crap like that goofy thing wrestling with mirror-Archer.
And nobody crack wise about me burning the underpants with me in them.
"Can you fashion a rudimentary lathe?"
That's funny I was under the impression that all the blood and violence would be edited out and the shark would be replaced with a Radio taped to a flashlight.
This new 8 disk box set will include the new 20 minute feature and 5 days of Spielberg rabling about various topics.
Crushed childhoods not included for those under the age of 25.
I don't give a damn for a man that can only spell a word one way.
Mark Twain
Because the evidence suggests that they are incapable of a good new series.