TOS Remastered?!

[Amujan]

Trek Opening Will Be Fixed

Producers of the upcoming remastered editions of the original Star Trek series told SCI FI Wire that an upgraded and enhanced opening montage will correct problems in the original version, which was limited by the technology of the 1960s. "We didn't change anything, although we did update everything," David Rossi, a visual-effects producer, said in a conference call on Sept. 6. "All the star patterns that were in the original opening are exactly duplicated in the new opening. We smoothed out the motion of the Enterprise. It flies more dynamically now. It occupies real space. It doesn't look like a model anymore. So that's kind of the angle we took on it."

The fixes are being accomplished by rendering the opening sequence, which was originally shot on film using matte paintings and miniature models, completely with digital effects. "The process that Dave just described is one particular shot where the Enterprise's flight path takes a couple of strange bumps to the left and to the right," added longtime Trek crew member Michael Okuda, who is also a visual-effects producer of the remastered episodes. "And there were artifacts of the visual-effects processes back then. And now CBS Digital is able to go in and essentially have an infinitely long track, so the perspective of the ship now is proper. It, as Dave says, occupies real space. It's a subtle change, but it just gives the ship more presence as it flies by you."

Okuda added: "Back in '64, when they shot the original opening elements, [or] '66, there was a physical limit to how far ... back you can get the camera [from the model]. So the perspective changes were limited by the physical length of the dolly track in the studio. What CBS Digital can do is, ... with the digital rendering, you can have your virtual camera infinitely far away and have the ship travel to inches from your nose. And by doing that, the perspective is ... proper. It's just as if the ship is really flying by you." CBS Paramount Domestic Television will release the digitally remastered episodes of Star Trek for air in syndication on more than 200 broadcast stations, starting Sept. 16.

[Dr.BrainFister]

hui, das macht wirklich richtig lust auf mehr...

http://trekweb.com/articles/2006/09/...red-Star.shtml

für mich ein grund, mir die serie nun endlich vollständig anzuschauen.
zudem glaube ich, dass das ganze ein sehr erfolgreicher schritt sein wird, star trek zu neuem leben zu erwecken... dass man dafür bis ganz tief an die wurzeln zurück gehen musste, ist umso bezeichnender.

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