Re: "Star Trek - Season 2" on HD DVD has been canceled

"Steven L." <sdlitvin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> FDR wrote:
>> Kweeg wrote:
>>> "Anim8rFSK" <ANIM8Rfsk@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>> Whooo-hoooo!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://www.TVShowsOnDVD.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=9018
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>>>
>>> ...you must have bought a BluRay player...
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>>>
>> 
>> There's a certain absurdity that you would get much of a quality 
>> improvement versus regular DVD with source material that is 40 years 
>> old.  
> 
> The SFX for these "remastered" episodes are brand new CGI, spliced 
into 
> the old episodes, replacing the original FX.  They were even shot for 
> 16:9 ratio screen, which of course the original material was not.  The 
> musical score was also entirely redone, performed in surround sound by 
a 
> modern orchestra.  Essentially they kept most of the live action 
scenes 
> with the actors, and replaced everything else.
> 
> Here is one of the new matte paintings, for the planet Eminiar VII:
> 
> http://i25.tinypic.com/w2bmhh.jpg
> 
> So as you can see, Paramount has interpreted the concept of 
> "remastering" pretty broadly; they chose to *replace* old material 
where 
> new technology could do better:
> 
> http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/TOS/article/28095.html
> 
> The "remastered" version of a classic episode, "The Doomsday 
Machine," 
> had such different FX and music that I found myself wondering "What 
> episode is this?  I don't think I've seen this one before."  :-)
> 
> 

Only the opening theme was re-recorded.

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