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

In article <fq157q$5cd$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
 al019@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Brad Filippone) wrote:

> Steven L. (sdlitvin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
) wrote:
> : FDR wrote:
> : > Kweeg wrote:
> : >> "Anim8rFSK" <ANIM8Rfsk@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> : >>
news:ANIM8Rfsk-B14034.18074818022008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> : >>> Whooo-hoooo!
> : >>>
> : >>>
> : >>> http://www.TVShowsOnDVD.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=9018
> : >>
> : >>
> : >> ...you must have bought a BluRay player...
> : >> {{;-/>
> : >>
> : > 
> : > 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."  :-)
> 
> Well, I just stick to the DVD's I've got, which is real Star Trek
anyway,
> and consider the "remastered" episodes as the minor curiosity that they
> are.
> 
> Brad

yay  brad!

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