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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Swager on February 10, 2007, 05:03:06 PM
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I just watched ST:TOS episode called the "Doomsday Machine"
I have seen this episode about 12 times since 1967 and knew it well.
What have they done as far as CGI? It looked incredible! New battle scenes using up to date technology.
I had no idea they re-vamped the old series. It looked damn good.
I researched my own question. It seems there is a group that is remastering the series.
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Go to trekmovie.com to see more, they put up an fx reel for each episode.
The work being done is amazing, especially the effort they've put into keeping the changes from interfering with the original material.
Good stuff, I'm looking forward to seeing Doomsday Machine, a friend and I have been watching this closely the last week. There's a bit of a showdown between the CBS production and a fan-made production, we'll see how it turns out.
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Doomdsday machine? isnt that the one with the planet eating ship shaped like a crooked empty ice cream cone?
with Commodore Decker?
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Yep...that's the one.
Anybody know if they have remastered the episode "Balance of Terror?"
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They did, and it's fantastic. Go to trekmovie.com to see the fx reel.
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Here's the FX reel for Doomsday, and before and after shots below:
http://trekmovie.com/2007/02/10/the-doomsday-machine-screenshots/#more-494
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I love watching the old star trek shows ~ without the upgraded cgi.
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Caught it today.
Was always one of my favorite episodes.
Not bad. Not bad at all.
I was kinda expecting more done with the interior shots as well though.
Hell with todays technology they could have placed them in an entirely different looking ship if they wanted to
so I was kinda surprised more liberties werent taken with the interiors of the ships as well
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Texasmom, quick question: Have you watched any of these? Or are you shooting from the hip and just assuming you won't like it? They didn't mess with them the way Lucas did with Star Wars. There aren't any thundering herds of Tribbles on the horizon or anything.
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I agree - I saw the new CGI, not knowing it was, and was like, 'Holy ****!' That looks to good for the 60's :)
But it is well done. Isn't some of the audio and foley redone as well?
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Agree its done tastefully. least that episode was.
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Originally posted by Chairboy
Texasmom, quick question: Have you watched any of these? Or are you shooting from the hip and just assuming you won't like it? They didn't mess with them the way Lucas did with Star Wars. There aren't any thundering herds of Tribbles on the horizon or anything.
I haven't seen any of the overhauled shows; but I won't assume that I won't like them before I see them. So I'm not counting them out ~ just saying how enjoyable the old ones are.:)
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Originally posted by Shuckins
Yep...that's the one.
That was the first star trek I saw on TV, at 6 years old, scared the hell outta me, it was on last night, and it still gave me heebe jeebies
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Originally posted by Red Tail 444
That was the first star trek I saw on TV, at 6 years old, scared the hell outta me, it was on last night, and it still gave me heebe jeebies
Which one is that?
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If it was Doomsday Machine, then I'm with you for sure.
I was less terrified by The Trouble with Tribbles.
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I think this was my all-time favorite episode. William Windom was terrific as Matt Decker, the suicidal commander whose only solution to his combat failure was to repeat essentially the same tactics that lost his own ship with somebody else's starship.
I caught part of the episode though, and was disappointed at how much of the confrontation between Spock and Decker was cut out to make room for commercials.
Thanks for posting about it; I would've missed it entirely otherwise.