quote: Even better is Outtakes, which is actually a montage of camera tests of much vaulted "Memory Wall" sequence. Presented in non-anamorphic widescreen and without sound (but of surprisingly high quality (fans have been wanting this forever, and now here it is.
Wow, pictures of the ships in crisp and clear dvd-quality
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Two questions: 1. Is the USS Entente NCC-2120 mentioned by name in this version of the film? 2. Is there a Galileo-type shuttlecraft in the San Francisco hangar bay scene?
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It wasn't. They intended it to be in the lounge on deck 2 & didn't even bother to match the windows. Instead, the new shot places it on the starboard aft saucer rim in a place where said window doesn't even exist.
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quote:Originally posted by CaptainMike: what ships? The memory wall is the crystal thing that tried to eat Kirk on his way to pick up the spacesuited Spock..
I presume theyre replacing the wooden rafters they forgot to matte out on my version of Kirk leaving the airlock
I understand all of this is the rough footage. It's not been assembled and none of it has been effects work added.
I'm looking forward to it because Andy Propbert told me it was bad, so I'm interested to see just how bad it was .
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quote:Originally posted by Shik: It wasn't. They intended it to be in the lounge on deck 2 & didn't even bother to match the windows. Instead, the new shot places it on the starboard aft saucer rim in a place where said window doesn't even exist.
In the Star Trek: The Magazine article featuring that image, they said that Foundation Imaging took their CGI Enterprise and placed the camera behind the appropriate window to get the angle right... I have no idea how accurate it is, but it seems they did try something to make it fit.
Based on the article (and the DVDFile shots), I'm very impressed with the Director's Edition so far... now I wish November 6 would hurry up and get here.
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I'm really excited about this, too. Of course, I don't have a DVD player so it's not gonna do me a lot of good, is it?
I've always liked The Motion Picture, but I've also felt it needed some work on the special effects and pacing. From what I've read so far, the movie has been nipped and tucked and supposed to pretty awesome in this new edition. I think it's only about two or three minutes shorter than Wise's director's cut edition. It'll be neat to see the extra footage like the memory wall. I like seeing how a particular scene could have gone in one direction but ultimately could not. Should be fun.
There's just two things I hope got fixed. The first is when Kirk leaves the airlock to pursue Spock into V'Ger. As the camera pulls back, you can the sound stage and rigging on the right side. Also, as Ilia, Decker, Kirk, Spock, and McCoy leave through the personnel airlock on top of the saucer to go to V'Ger's core, the matte painting of the upper saucer is truly atrocious.
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