I'll take a digitally enhanced orion slave girl please!
Posted on 09/01/2006 4:08:31 PM PDT by aomagrat
Behold Star Trek's "new" Enterprise.
Star Trek purists, take a deep breath! On Sept. 16, the iconic ‘60s series will return to syndication for the first time since 1990, but with a startling difference: All 79 episodes are being digitally remastered with computer-generated effects not possible when Gene Roddenberry created the show 40 years ago. The news could cause Roddenberry loyalists to have a collective cow, but the longtime Trek staffers in charge of the makeover say they're honoring the late maestro's vision, not changing it. "We're taking great pains to respect the integrity and style of the original," says Michael Okuda, who spent 18 years as a scenic-art supervisor on Star Trek films and spin-offs. "Our goal is to always ask ourselves: What would Roddenberry have done with today's technology?" Okuda's teammates on the two-year project are his wife, Denise Okuda, with whom he's authored several Trek reference books, and 14-year Trek production vet David Rossi.
The upgraded episodes — to be shown out of order and one per week — will kick off with "Balance of Terror," a big fan favorite "that gives us a chance to really show off the ‘new' Enterprise," says Okuda. "The exterior of the ship now has depth and detail, and it will fly more dynamically." (Click here for a larger version of the image at left.) Painted backdrops will also be brought to life: Once-empty star bases will have CGI people milling about, while static alien landscapes have been given slow-moving clouds and shimmering water. Okuda notes that a view of Earth in the 1966 episode "Miri" has been "replaced with a more accurate image, now that we've gone into deep space and looked back at ourselves."
Trek's opening theme is also getting an overhaul: The music has been re-recorded in stereo, and a new singer has been hired to wail those famous but wordless vocals. And goofs will be corrected: In "The Naked Time," there was no beam coming out of Scotty's phaser when he tried to cut through the bulkhead outside Engineering. Now there is.
The "new" Trek debuts Sept. 16. Check the TVGuide.com listings when the date nears for times and channels.
Star Trek fans, pick up the new TV Guide to see what William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy have to say about the series' 40th anniversary.
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I'll take a digitally enhanced orion slave girl please!
will they still play the "Captain Kirks' gonna get some strange" theme music?
Oh...is that onion or...?
Another Star Trek show coming.
This is really cool. I can't wait to see it.
Star Trek ping.
Use digital technology to clean up the image,but do *not* insert anything.
I must admit that I would have sold my soul to get a shot at Miss Lincoln (played by a young and alluring Terri Garr).
.....I can't wait to see it.....
I didn't read where it will be shown. What network?
ping
Orion Slave Girls have been working out...
they also got new warp nacelles
watch this DS9 preview where they used the old footage. It was one of the nest DS9 episodes.
http://www.startrek.com/startrek/videoview?id=2108103&episodeid=68968&count=-1
Someone posted this pic and I offered this observation:
This Ferengi didn't do too bad for himself.
http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/trek1.htm
I don't quite see how the lyrics fit the music though.
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