'Star Trek' Goes Digital; coming soon to TV Land

[CatWoman]

The original "Star Trek" series is going back into syndication next month, but the show may not look quite the same as fans remember it.

CBS Paramount Domestic Television, which syndicates the series, is remastering the old episodes to include computer-generated effects and re-recorded music, in hopes of offering a vision of the future that doesn't look quite so dated. All 79 episodes of the show will eventually get the digital treatment, with several fan favorites undergoing the retouches first.

http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-startrekremastered,0,6617104.story

TV Land is going where, well, quite a few networks have gone before, acquiring rights to the original "Star Trek" series.

The iconic sci-fi show will join TV Land's regular rotation in November, but the classic-television network will get an early start on the voyages of the starship Enterprise on Friday, Sept. 8 -- the 40th anniversary of the show's premiere on NBC.

That night, TV Land will show four episodes from the series, including "The Man Trap," the episode that began the series on Sept. 8, 1966.

http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-startrekontvland,0,7441486.story?coll=zap-tv-headlines

[Armstead]

1. But that's part of its' charm.

It's cheesy outdated version of the future is a big part of what makes it fun to watch.

I hope they don't totally replace the originals.

[buddhamama]

2. bummer

the original was fine the way it was. :thumbsdown:

[leeroysphitz]

3. Hmm... Does anyone else smell New Coke?

What a novel concept. What could go wrong?

[Gold Metal Flake]

4. Assholes.

A high-def transfer on a decent telecine from the original cut negatives and remastered sound from the original elements (or as close as they can get) is all that is needed.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

5. Can't be worse than Star Trek 2.0

[Vidar]

8. Amen

[CatWoman]

10. what's wrong with Star Trek 2.0?

:shrug:

[Benfea]

25. More importantly, what is Star Trek 2.0?

If it involves the original series, it can't be any good whatever it is.

[Arkham House]

6. This is very weird...

...almost like a holodeck version of the original series...

[ContraBass Black]

7. And then, they can make a killing selling the originals unedited

Like LucasArts just did with Star Wars.

[Rabrrrrrr]

9. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

Tell me, please, that the only reason this is happening is because of that asshole piece of shit criminal Rick Berman.

[CatWoman]

11. KHANNNNN!!!!!!!!!!

:hi:

[Benfea]

12. Well, they can't possibly make that series any WORSE.

I'm a big fan of TNG and an even bigger fan of DS9, but I really could care less about the original series. The acting, directing, and script writing were abominable.

[CatWoman]

14. boo!!!

hiss!!!

I'm an original series purist.

Kirk fucking rocks!

[Benfea]

15. Sisko would kick Kirk's ass.

You can sum up the different captains by their approach to problem solving.

Piccard would hold endless meetings until the problem was bored to death. Kirk would sleep with alien women, have a spaz attack and let his underlings save the day (usually Spock or Scotty). In the time it takes Piccard to hold his meetings and Kirk to get busy with the local fauna, Sisko will have already waded in, kicked ass, gone home, cooked a dinner for his regular girlfriend (note that neither Piccard nor Kirk had one of those), and felt guilty about however many people and regulations he had to run over to get the job done.

[CatWoman]

16. BULLSHIT!!!!!

Kirk is, and always be, DA MAN!!!!! :)

[Benfea]

18. Kirk = spaz

Sisko = badass

Case closed.

[Lethe]

17. i obscenity in the milk of thy Sisko

kirk was supposed to have a regular love interest, Yeoman Rand i believe. They kicked her off the show because they realized it would be much more interesting to have the leading man free to pursue a female whenever the script dictated. (which was often, and occasionally robots too!)

kirk > all

i like piccard too though. he was cool.

[Benfea]

19. You are of course welcome to your opinion

It's wrong, but you're welcome to it.

[CatWoman]

20. na, na, na boo boo

:P

you're the one whose wrong!!

Kirk fucking rules!!

Picard is a pussy!!

[Benfea]

21. The only thing Kirk rules...

...is talking with funny pauses and getting exotic forms of alien VD.

[CatWoman]

23. !!!!

:rofl:

Lucy............in.............the...sky............with........................................diamonds :)

will...........................the.........................real....................slim..............shady..............

just stand up

just stand up

just stand up :)

[InvisibleTouch]

13. Could be cool...

...as long as the original versions remain available also. Would be fun to compare them back-to-back.

[Placebo]

22. AHH! They're going all STAR WARS on us!

I better not see like inserted characters from that crap show ST: ENTERPRISE and Bruce Springsteen music and new CGI tribbles that can walk and talk.

[Lethe]

24. CGI tribbles? this is blasphemy

blasphemy i say