HD versions of the TOS-movies are available since a few days. I wonder, if anybody has taken advantage of the (hopefully) better resolution and discovered new facts on starships and registries?
E.g.: Is the registry of the Oberth-Class starship (at the end of ST IV?) visible or can the Operation Retrievel-Chart now be seen clearly?
Bye, Stefan
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
I have to buy the movies AGAIN?
That's Pan and Scan VHS, Widescreen VHS, DVD and now Bluray? Fark!
Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :
Hey, no one's forcing you to buy the movies again...
Of course, if you have a Blu-ray player and the capability to view full HD then hey, why not.
Posted by o2 (Member # 907) on :
quote:Originally posted by AndrewR: I have to buy the movies AGAIN?
Yeah, in all of the alternative timelines. Posted by Wes (Member # 212) on :
I don't own them and only have them in 720p, but I will be buying them when I get my BD-Rom drive.
They look like they were filmed yesterday, so if anyone wants 720p screens let me know, I'll try to accommodate.
Posted by Wes (Member # 212) on :
Something I totally forgot to look for was the 'other ship' in spacedock in Star Trek III.
Posted by Dukhat (Member # 341) on :
quote:E.g.: Is the registry of the Oberth-Class starship (at the end of ST IV?) visible
That ship still had the same name and registry as the Grissom, since no relabeling was done until TNG.
Posted by The Mighty Monkey of Mim (Member # 646) on :
Mike Okuda told me via e-mail some years ago that there was a production still with the model labelled as the U.S.S. Copernicus NCC-623 from STIV.
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
Have they been cleaned up/remastered AGAIN? for the HD release?
Is TMP the new version or the old one or both?
Posted by o2 (Member # 907) on :
quote:Originally posted by AndrewR: Is TMP the new version or the old one or both?
It's the old cut without enhanced FX. ST II is without the extra scences, according to the reviews on the web.
Posted by Dukhat (Member # 341) on :
quote:Mike Okuda told me via e-mail some years ago that there was a production still with the model labelled as the U.S.S. Copernicus NCC-623 from STIV.
Really? That's the first I've heard about that. So the Tsiolkovsky from "The Naked Now" was labeled Copernicus? I do know that the registry was still a three-digit number, as opposed to the Tsiolkovsky's reg of 5XXXX, so I doubt that it was renamed in that ep.
Posted by Wes (Member # 212) on :
quote:Originally posted by AndrewR: Have they been cleaned up/remastered AGAIN? for the HD release?
Is TMP the new version or the old one or both?
Yes, the remastered and processed the film, cleaning up each channel individually and removing lots of grain, they almost look like they were filmed digitally now. Looks amazing.
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
Why wouldn't they use the new version of TMP!?!
Posted by Johnny (Member # 878) on :
Because the effects weren't rendered in HD. Although I wonder if the scene files still exist, then they could just rerender everything at the higher resolution? They might not have the compositing files, so they'd have to do all that work again, but it'd be worth it. I for one don't really want to buy TMP on Blu-ray unless it's the Director's cut.
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
Gah! I mean it wasn't so long ago - you'd think they'd realise HD was coming out.
Posted by o2 (Member # 907) on :
I can imagine that this was just a question of money. Star Trek TMP Directors Cut was made in 2002, not the high times of HD...
But back to my original question: Does anybody has access to HD-screencaps?
Posted by Sean (Member # 2010) on :
By the replies in the thread, I'd guess not. Only one person seems to have plans to buy the movies in HD, so it might be a while before any caps show up.
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
What's that capping site that has screen caps of everything?
Posted by Andru (Member # 2145) on :
TrekCore. No luck there yet.
Posted by Starship Freak (Member # 293) on :
I recommend this site, first two movies in bluray and a host of other caps as well: Ariane Posted by o2 (Member # 907) on :
quote:Originally posted by Starship Freak: I recommend this site, first two movies in bluray and a host of other caps as well: Ariane
Yes, this is a good place to look. I hope, they will add the missing movies to their side soon.
Posted by Wes (Member # 212) on :
Trashed the files for HD space and dont really have a budget for the BD-Rom drive just yet. I'll probably wait for the 11-movie set
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