Star Trek trivia question I would not have known!

[soundmotor]

Originally Posted by Sandy G

Teri always reminded me of your best friend's WAY TOO HOT sister...The one you wanted SO badly, but she was kinda off limits 'cause she was yr best bud's sister 'n' all...

I must have read a different rule book than you.

The only thing mine said was "Not in her house!"

[Stuart Pedaso]

Teri was always adorable in the many roles she played. But all you lust monkeys should find her particularly delectable in "One From The Heart." A little seen movie (and financial disaster for directer Coppola) with a great cast and excellent soundtrack.

[70salesguy]

Speaking of the original Star Trek episodes, as mentioned before, my local CW station shows one every Saturday at 8:00 pm.

I was watching this week and even my wife (as she walked by) agreed that the quality of the picture was fantastic!

I recently went to HD service from TimeWarner and the feed from the HD DVR to the Phillips Plasma is HDMI. I am amazed at how good this picture looks for a show that was filmed in 1969 or earlier.

This week's episode was Requiem for Methuselah, which I had seen before, but I was mesmerized by the quality of the picture!

[ablethevoice]

Originally Posted by 70salesguy

Speaking of the original Star Trek episodes, as mentioned before, my local CW station shows one every Saturday at 8:00 pm.

I was watching this week and even my wife (as she walked by) agreed that the quality of the picture was fantastic!

I recently went to HD service from TimeWarner and the feed from the HD DVR to the Phillips Plasma is HDMI. I am amazed at how good this picture looks for a show that was filmed in 1969 or earlier.

This week's episode was Requiem for Methuselah, which I had seen before, but I was mesmerized by the quality of the picture!

That's because those are the original ST episodes digitally remastered with new, digitally generated Enterprise shots and matte paintings replacing the original "moving model" shots. If you really want to be blown away, keep an eye out for the episode THE DOOMSDAY MACHINE. They really went all-out in that one.
Oh, and all the remasters also got the original mono soundtrack pumped to Dolby 5.1 stereo. Paramount decided to do this (remaster) in 2006 as a 40th anniversary celebration of the first run.

[pioneervato]

Originally Posted by ablethevoice

That's because those are the original ST episodes digitally remastered with new, digitally generated Enterprise shots and matte paintings replacing the original "moving model" shots. If you really want to be blown away, keep an eye out for the episode THE DOOMSDAY MACHINE. They really went all-out in that one.
Oh, and all the remasters also got the original mono soundtrack pumped to Dolby 5.1 stereo. Paramount decided to do this (remaster) in 2006 as a 40th anniversary celebration of the first run.

Cool!
I've always been a Star Trek fan. That show was way ahead of its time. "City On The Edge Of Forever" by Harlan Ellison is probably my favorite of them all. Joan Collins was hot in that episode. Great story, too!

[Jack Lord]

Originally Posted by ablethevoice

That's because those are the original ST episodes digitally remastered with new, digitally generated Enterprise shots and matte paintings replacing the original "moving model" shots. If you really want to be blown away, keep an eye out for the episode THE DOOMSDAY MACHINE. They really went all-out in that one.
Oh, and all the remasters also got the original mono soundtrack pumped to Dolby 5.1 stereo. Paramount decided to do this (remaster) in 2006 as a 40th anniversary celebration of the first run.

I am usually not one for messing with a legacy and I love the old Trek, warts and all. But I must admit these remasterings look pretty good for the most part.

[ablethevoice]

Originally Posted by Jack Lord

I am usually not one for messing with a legacy and I love the old Trek, warts and all. But I must admit these remasterings look pretty good for the most part.

I agree, but there is an issue about them that irks the everloving piss out of me: They aren't the "as originally aired, uncut" versions. They clip some pieces of dialog out - usually (but not exclusively) part of the little "funnies" at the end. Instead of the original 44 minute running time, these STR episodes are more like 41 to 42 minutes so the local carriers can cram extra commercials in.

BTW, speaking of uncut, did anyone catch the ST Special edition run that SciFi Channel did a few yrs back? I still have all of them on VHS.

[Kaffeen]

Originally Posted by Jack Lord

I am usually not one for messing with a legacy and I love the old Trek, warts and all. But I must admit these remasterings look pretty good for the most part.

I'm so glad that George Lucas didn't get his hands in the remastering... Oh the humanity!

Been catching those remastered reruns on the weekends as well. The updates are tastefully understated and stay true to the spirit of the originals.

During all of the reruns of the 1970s, I managed to miss "Mirror Mirror", which I finally saw around 1989. Just a kick-ass story.

Hard to believe a thread on Trek (okay, and Teri Garr) could generate so much interest!

[whell]

Originally Posted by ablethevoice

That's because those are the original ST episodes digitally remastered with new, digitally generated Enterprise shots and matte paintings replacing the original "moving model" shots. If you really want to be blown away, keep an eye out for the episode THE DOOMSDAY MACHINE. They really went all-out in that one.
Oh, and all the remasters also got the original mono soundtrack pumped to Dolby 5.1 stereo. Paramount decided to do this (remaster) in 2006 as a 40th anniversary celebration of the first run.

I think a number of these episodes are available for download now from Apple's ITunes site, including Doomsday Machine.

[70salesguy]

Remembering that these episodes were shot in 68 or 69, it was probably pretty hard to look so far into "the future".

The computers certainly look cheesy now, almost 40 years later.

But some things they had right. In the episode I saw Saturday Night, Requiem for Methuselah, there was a large flat viewing screen, not very unlike the Plasma TV that I was watching it on!

[onepixel]

I saw a couple of days ago that Mr. Zulu married a younger guy....

[Holst]

Originally Posted by onepixel

I saw a couple of days ago that Mr. Zulu married a younger guy....

....and Shatner was the only living Trek cast member not invited to the wedding.

[Sandy G]

I LOVE all the Treks, but I must admit that looking at the props in the original series, & comparison to one of the later series, some of the original show's props look SO cheesy & $1.98-ish...But we sure thought they were Hot Stuff way back when...

[whell]

Originally Posted by Sandy G

I LOVE all the Treks, but I must admit that looking at the props in the original series, & comparison to one of the later series, some of the original show's props look SO cheesy & $1.98-ish...But we sure thought they were Hot Stuff way back when...

True enough. Read somewhere a while back about how NBC and Paramount kept slashing the budget for the show. This includes sets, props, special effects and writers for scripts - which were certainly best in the earlier episodes of the show (though even the final season had a gem or two). Ever notice how most of the final season's episodes were on board the ship? That's because those sets were already bought and paid for.

They moved it finally at some point to 10:00 PM Saturday night. Kind of a death blow to what was intended to be a family show.

A great case of the network having no idea what they really had.

[jimfet]

She really doesn't look that good with no clothes on.