[KevinDavis]

[big'ol_freeper]

Phasers on stun(ned)!

[trashcanbred]

While I think a digital remaster is a cool idea, I am not sure making CGI starships is something I really care to see.

[Uriah_lost]

Will it be the original "no man has gone before" or the PC'ized "no one has gone before"? That will be the telltale for me.

[Darkwolf377]

I didn't care for anything except the original series, so I will enjoy checking these out. Haven't seen the original shows in over a decade--I hope they don't ruin the cool matte paintings of the planet surfaces. Whenever I'd watch some of the new incarnations, the planets all looked like very professional CGI--and very bland, as if the same person designed every city in the universe. Not an ounce of "sense of wonder" in those. Compare the very few cities we saw in the original show--each one I can still remember. The spaceship shots could use this kind of refurbishing, so I think this is a good thing, though I'm usually an old stick in the mud for this kind of thing.

[bmwcyle]

Kirks girlfriends are not as green any more.

[Question_Assumptions]

More proof that the original Star Trek is still what people think of when they think of Star Trek. The original series managed to maintain a moderate if not conservative tone despite Gene Roddenberry's liberal attitudes because of the limitations placed on his vision by the time it was made. That allowed the original series to address issues like racism, warfare, and so forth without turning into liberal mush and without Captain Kirk surrendering to every enemy they encountered.

There are plenty of solidly conservative messages in the original series including pro-life ("Friday's Child", "Devil in the Dark"), anti-Hippy ("Way to Eden"), wisdom of adulthood over childhood ("Miri", "And the Children Shall Lead", "Charlie X"), good intentions not excusing horrific acts ("The Conscience of the King"), pro-intervention (at the time, in Vietnam) ("A Private Little War"), anti-communist ("Return of the Archons", "The Apple"), as well as the patriotism in "The Omega Glory". Even episodes that dealt with classic liberal issues had a conservative spin such as racism ("Let That Be Your Last Battlefield" -- the racial hatred was mutual and mutually self-destructive) and upper class oppression ("The Cloud Minders" -- highly critical of terrorism) approached the issues in a way a conservative could appreciate.

[hsalaw]

Fun!

[af_vet_rr]

The remastered episodes have been converted from the original film into a high-definition format, which gives viewers a clearer, crisper, more vibrant picture, even when viewed in standard definition.

I'm assuming these are like Hogan's Heroes, Charlies' Angles, etc., that were shot with actual movie film and not the stuff they were using for some TV shows - I've seen both of those shows in HD, and it's pretty amazing how sharp they look.

That said, do you think they will edit out this little..."blooper" (from wikipedia: "Interestingly, the female Romulan Commander wears an extremely short miniskirt uniform. During the scene where she attempts to seduce Spock, the Romulan Commander gets up from her couch to change outfits. As she stands up, the back of her skirt rides up a bit, exposing her panties."):

[MamaTexan]

LOL!

We were watching some original Trek yesterday and remarked how great it would be if the special effects weren't quite so...cheesy.

I then had to explain to the girls that WAS high-tech when it was made, which they thought was hilariously funny.

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The newer shows have definitely spoiled us with all that computer-generated eye candy.

:-)

[12th_Monkey]

Cool, but isn't this like colorizing a classic B&W movie?

[Calvinist_Dark_Lord]

Still have the old Klingons (you know, the ones who look like clones of Slim Whitman) or have they been upgraded as well?

[mhking]

This is a still of the Enterprise from the revamp project that TVGuide posted this week...

Combine that with some of the video I've seen from sites like TrekEnhanced.com (look at the video uploaded at http://www.betafive.com/TREKENHANCED/VFXonly.html -- it's from a project to update the SFX in the 90s that didn't go forward), and it looks like it'll be pretty good....

[hattend]

klingons will have ridges?