- Joined
- Feb 3, 2004
- Messages
- 12,923
- Real Name
- Sam Favate
It will be tremendously disappointing if they release these with the same transfers. If new transfers aren't done this year, they likely will not. Shit. Star Trek deserves better.
Yeah, this is the big 50th anniversary, so if they're going to do remasters, now would be the time. But knowing Paramount, we might just be screwed.Sam Favate said:It will be tremendously disappointing if they release these with the same transfers. If new transfers aren't done this year, they likely will not. Shit. Star Trek deserves better.
Josh Steinberg said:I really, truly hope so. What concerns me is that there's no evidence to suggest that they don't believe they've already done this. I think that they genuinely believe that what they have is good enough. And for better or worse, theatrical re-releases are essentially over. More likely are one day Fathom events, or marathons at targeted events. Lucasfilm felt good enough about the 1080p masters used for the Blu-rays of the Star Wars films to use those for their marathon showings before the new movie opened, and those are some of the most successful movies of all time. If the 1080p masters were "good enough" for some of the biggest movies of all time, even if it's apples to oranges, it shows that Paramount can get away with recycling what they have indefinitely.
Tino said:I remember the Playboy issue with V'ger on the cover. And the reporter saying the effects were better than Star Wars![emoji13]
trevanian said:They often are, and certainly they are a ton more ambitious. The cloud stuff is still incredibly beautiful today, as are most of the non-fucked-up shots.
Osato said:Ho hum..
I guess there are some that get excited about new packaging? Not me.
New transfers please.
http://trekcore.com/blog/2016/01/50th-anniversary-star-trek-film-collections-coming-february-9/
+1Jonathan Perregaux said:I believe my response would be "Go to hell."
Agreed. 1-6!Nelson Au said:These aren't the titles we're looking for.
Not that they'd lose much sleep over it, of course, but do you suppose Paramnt's Theatrical division people are even aware how much the Television division's catalog output has quite often put theirs to complete shame, quality-wise?