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post #31 of 75
12/8/09 at 11:04am
Scott-

The lens flares are what Star Trek 2009 has been somewhat criticized and made fun of for. JJ Abrams wanted to have lights flare on the edge of the screen and you can't miss them! He felt they were a visual reminder of how "bright" the future is.

In the special features section of the movie BD and DVD, they show him and crew in action pointing lights at the camera to achieve the effect. In the past, it's a no-no as it's considered a mistake, like having the mike boom fall into frame.
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post #32 of 75
12/8/09 at 6:22pm
There are intentional lens flares all over TMP as well.  If you look closely during the Enterprise flyby sequence, in a few shots you can see the special reflectors on the Drydock's spotlights --used to create all the star flares seen.

Coincidentally I got my DST TMP Phaser in the mail yesterday. Ordered it months ago.
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post #33 of 75
12/8/09 at 8:21pm
"Seriously, I don't know what a lens flare is, unless it's what happens to Picard when he first says "I am Locutus of Borg" when staring into the lens during The Best of Both Worlds.  Is that a lens flare?"

If you've seen the latest movie then you've seen quite a few lens flares.
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post #34 of 75
12/8/09 at 9:48pm
 Does anyone remember back in 1979 when 20/20 did a story about Star Trek The Motion Picture? 

I remember mostly Hugh Downs saying how the years have been good to the cast of Star Trek. Only 10 years after TOS at the time! I'll see if it's on youtube.
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post #35 of 75
12/9/09 at 1:47pm
It is on youtube! I remember James Doohan's explanation for the Klingon's new look after all these years, but couldn't recall where I had seen it. Thanks, Nelson!
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post #36 of 75
12/9/09 at 1:51pm
 Bill, would you mind either posting a link, or telling me what search words you used? I couldn't find it!

Thanks for confirming it's there. How do people find this stuff to put on youtube?!
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post #37 of 75
12/9/09 at 3:09pm
 I found it.

Part 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKhtuTLDkwk&feature=player_embedded

Part 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsFDWXX0SO0&feature=player_embedded
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post #38 of 75
12/9/09 at 3:10pm
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Originally Posted by Nelson Au View Post

 Bill, would you mind either posting a link, or telling me what search words you used? I couldn't find it!

Thanks for confirming it's there. How do people find this stuff to put on youtube?!

People would record shows on vhs and either save them or just forget about them.  I have a bunch of old videos from the 80's that not only have the show I taped.  But, the original commercials.   So that is how people still post old commercials.  With regards to Trek specials.  I used to tape shows and specials that dealt with Trek.  Sometimes I would keep them..sometimes I would record over them.
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post #39 of 75
12/9/09 at 3:17pm
It's great this stuff has been saved!
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post #40 of 75
12/9/09 at 7:32pm
I wasn't sure if posting the links in here was kosher before going out. Sorry about that!

It irks me that most of the Paramount produced Trek tv specials have only seen release in the Japanese Laserdisc box sets. And none of them have made it to DVD.
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post #41 of 75
12/9/09 at 9:01pm
No problem Bill.

I thought I knew about most of the Star Trek laserdisc releases, but I didn't keep track of overseas stuff. That would be neat to collect!
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post #42 of 75
12/9/09 at 9:24pm
This site is a great source of info on all of them. They even cover the RCA CED videodiscs.

http://www.blam1.com/StarTrek/index.htm
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post #43 of 75
12/9/09 at 9:34pm
 Thanks for the info!
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post #44 of 75
12/10/09 at 3:28am
That was really fun. Thank, Nelson.
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post #45 of 75
12/10/09 at 8:42am
 Yes, it was fun Kevin!

I also came across an NBC news piece for the press conference for Star Trek The Motion Picture. I've seen photos from this event, but never the video. This is pretty cool too!

http://www.youtube.com/user/DarenDoc#p/u/15/a3XEz1uy37I

darendoc's channel has other videos he put up for Star Trek, like the Merv Griffin show on Star Trek 2.
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post #46 of 75
12/10/09 at 5:03pm
I believe I have a segment from Entertainment Tonight about the premier of the new tv show "Star Trek:TNG".  They interview the cast and show some of the sets.  What I remember the most is Jonathan Frakes (Riker) talking about how he wouldn't mind doing the show for a few years.  Even saying that "Where in Hollywood are you pretty much guaranteed a job for a while".
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post #47 of 75
12/13/09 at 11:22am
 Another very cool featurette has surfaced on Star Trek The Motion Picture.

Trekmovie posted it from one of it's readers. This is one I've never seen, or have no recollection of seeing before. What's so cool about it is it was made during production of the film. 



Wow, I never linked a youtube video before, it worked! Hope it won't slow down load times.

Trekmovie.com also has some cool promotional images from the time. 

http://trekmovie.com/2009/12/12/tmp30-rare-video-and-photos-from-star-trek-the-motion-picture/
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post #48 of 75
12/13/09 at 2:14pm
Holy cow! That should have been on the DVD!

And it's interesting to see Persis getting her hair cut. Roddenberry's making of book chronicled the event, and how emotional she was during it.
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post #49 of 75
12/13/09 at 5:01pm
Yeah, Holy Cow is right!  It was tough to watch Persis get her hair cut.

Seeing the Enterprise being built was pretty neat. Hard to believe the TV model was 4 feet longer, yet the movie version was so much more detailed.
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post #50 of 75
12/15/09 at 7:14am
Can you link to that? I can't see embedded videos.
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post #51 of 75
12/15/09 at 7:35am
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Can you link to that? I can't see embedded videos.

HERE you go, Kevin.
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post #52 of 75
12/15/09 at 6:20pm
 On a side subject.  Back in the early 80's I used to live in Marin County, CA.  My fathers office was a few buildings down from ILM's old facility in San Rafael.  One day I snooping and saw the Enterprise model (The real big one).  It was just inside the building.  But, they overhead door was open.  It was very cool.
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post #53 of 75
12/15/09 at 8:50pm
Todd, what a treat! I'd have gone up and asked if I could see! I had some buddies who used to go there and dumpster dive and pull out some cool sketches or other tidbits.
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post #54 of 75
1/15/10 at 12:53pm
someday, i'm hoping a fan/filmmaker/trek person, someone like a Dennis Okuda would just go and collect every single scrap of TV specials, behind teh scenes footages and so on and release it as one big boxset. out of all movie/tv franchises in my collection, star trek has always been the LEAST endowed when it came to behind the scenes stuff (except the latest 2009 reboot). i remember so many specials on TV for trek from stuff that you guys talked about all the way through even after star trek 6 came out =). SO MANY retrospectives, i actually used to record some of them on VHS, but dont have them anymore. i always assumed that they'd show up on any # of the DVDs releases since those days.

it's REALLY ridiculous how badly paramount mistreats the franchise... when it has been so good to Paramount. *sigh*. just venting... just venting =).
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post #55 of 75
1/16/10 at 10:00am
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Originally Posted by JediFonger View Post

someday, i'm hoping a fan/filmmaker/trek person, someone like a Dennis Okuda would just go and collect every single scrap of TV specials, behind teh scenes footages and so on and release it as one big boxset. out of all movie/tv franchises in my collection, star trek has always been the LEAST endowed when it came to behind the scenes stuff (except the latest 2009 reboot). i remember so many specials on TV for trek from stuff that you guys talked about all the way through even after star trek 6 came out =). SO MANY retrospectives, i actually used to record some of them on VHS, but dont have them anymore. i always assumed that they'd show up on any # of the DVDs releases since those days.

it's REALLY ridiculous how badly paramount mistreats the franchise... when it has been so good to Paramount. *sigh*. just venting... just venting =).
 
Huh? Mistreating the franchise??

They just released all the original series on Blu Ray with awesome transfers and great supplements.

They released the original film on Blu Ray with tons of supplements and great transfers (contrary to what I have read) and the Next Generation Films as well.

I think they are treating the franchise just fine.
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post #56 of 75
1/17/10 at 7:16pm
which looks like the same transfer w/minor touchups from DVD, which was the same transfer as the VHS/LD, which was probably the same exact print as they used in the cinema.

have u seen TOS on Blu-Ray? now THAT'S how you treat trek. (CBS did that one, not paramount)./
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post #57 of 75
1/17/10 at 8:20pm
I think you can make a good argument that there is no franchise that gets better treatment than Star Trek. The fans get treated like crap by 'having to' rebuy the same movies and episodes over and over and over and over but that's the fans and not the franchise.
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post #58 of 75
1/18/10 at 12:04pm
lol, that's a good one TravisR! lol.

as for myself, i only bought the 2disc SE/CE of trek 10 movies. i skipped VHS/LD/1st run DVDs. for the Blu-Ray, i'm skipping the 1st run single disc ed. of first 6 movies. i grabbed the last 4 movies only because of its audio demo-quality (boxset was really cheap). otherwise i'd've waited for those too. we all know that eventually there'll be a 10movies original TOS/TNG movie set along w/a reboot star trek trilogy BD set.
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post #59 of 75
1/19/10 at 1:04pm
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Originally Posted by JediFonger View Post

which looks like the same transfer w/minor touchups from DVD, which was the same transfer as the VHS/LD, which was probably the same exact print as they used in the cinema.

have u seen TOS on Blu-Ray? now THAT'S how you treat trek. (CBS did that one, not paramount).
 

Have you done a comparison between the old dvd's and the new Blu's?? Have you even seen the new Blu's? I have and the increase in resolution is significant not "minor". I doubt they are the same prints used over and over again. And the TNG Blu's look terrific too.

Good job Paramount
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post #60 of 75
1/19/10 at 1:58pm
Star Trek 1, 2, 3, & 5 on Blu range from sub-par to acceptable. 4 and 6 are some of the worst transfers the format has to offer, you could watch them on an iPod and still see the problems. If you can't see whats wrong with them you just don't know what you're looking at, which is not uncommon even on the HTF. 

I hear the TNG films aren't bad. I've only seen FC and the noise reduction they use is poor but subtle enough to not ruin the transfer. I'd wager Nemesis is the only transfer worth calling "Good" out of the 10.
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