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The last time I did a DVD/BR comparison I felt the video on DVDs was softer with somewhat muted color and a bit on the dark side. That's been quite a while ago - shortly after I got the BRs so I might think differently today. Not sure exactly where those DVD sets are stored though or I might...

Hmmm... I've never noticed that open narration missing on that episode before getting the BR set. Makes me want to pull my DVDs and see if it's there just out of curiosity. I'd like to think I'd have noticed, but... I will admit that I'm far more sensitive to the issues on the BR set...

There are many issues but, for me, the most glaring ones, and the ones that I cringe most over, are the missing narration on the open of "Where No Man Has Gone Before" and episodes with the added and totally unnecessary engine noise during Kirk's Captain's Log narration which practically drowns...

I don't like the rerecorded theme at all. Period. They made a good effort but it's off - not by much but enough that I notice and I find it very distracting. The new vocals are the worst part of the rerecorded effort.

I just reread the entire thread and still have the same opinion about the new vfx that I had in 2016 - I'm *not* acclimated to them and rarely watch them, preferring both the original video *and* audio. If they'd fix the audio issues they created with the mono tracks on the BR with a new...

If you still do DVD only you *do* have to do just that. Once they did the remastered vfx that's the only version you can get on DVD. You have to go back to an earlier, not nearly as good quality, release to get the original vfx. That was a driving force for me getting a BR player. I wanted...

I read somewhere that the main showrunner stepped down. Had too many irons in the fire I believe. I also recall reading it was only going to be on the CBS paid streaming service. Is that correct? Has the first episode aired? I'm a *bit* curious about the series but after the movie reboot...

Enterprise was produced several years before the rebooted movies so they couldn't have been chasing those new, younger fans. The first reboot movie came out 4 years after Enterprise left the air. That might be just what they're doing with the new series but I don't know as I've not been...

I think the horrible theme song hurt more than running concurrently with BSG. :) But I'll give it to you that BSG is far more dynamic and a significant upgrade over the original. The Enterprise showrunners pretty much shot themselves in the foot by *not* innovating but just echoing what fans...

Good observations. That jives with my overall feelings about the show. Them using the Borg really upset me because I don't like the character. To me those storylines smack of nothing better to do and are generally weak. As you said, if they'd been seen in "Enterprise" they'd surely have...

I think Josh is on the right path with his "It also didn't feel like it was the "past" to TOS at the time." comment. While I mostly liked the program it *didn't* feel or truly *look* like a Pre-TOS Star Trek universe. It also failed to enhance back history with the Vulcans and Klingons. That...

^Yes. I don't know if that would have been a fine grain master, or its equivalent, or a generation down but would have been, at the very least, a copy identical to what was sent to the network. I'd also expect it to have been screened in a small theater setting rather than through a telecine...

One thing that strikes me every time I watch one of the remastered episodes is just how good they look *without* the updated visual effects. Seeing things we were never meant to see as the creators knew those little defects would be hidden by the broadcast technology of the day. When you...

Music replacements for me tend to run to the "Was the music part of the story or just a "dead air" filler. For shows where the music was a integral part, WKRP, The Wonder Years, My Three Sons, and others it *must* be there to properly appreciate the program. Frankly, most TV shows have musical...

For me it's a no-brainer - Yes! I've never been much of a TNG fan and it's only been within the past 12 months that I broke down and purchased the DVD seasons. That was mainly because I owned sets of *all* the other series and being a completist in many areas felt I "had" to finally own that...

Jr, you have so much to say about B5 that I think a separate thread would be in order. It would also get attention from B5 fans who don't or won't bother with a Star Trek thread.

I did the same, Superman, Action, Superboy, JImmy Olsen, Lois Lane, and Batman. That was the corner drug store with a spin rack of DC and Archie comics. Got lots of those 80 Page Giants too since they were only 25 cents. The store that sold Marvel comics used a grease pencil to put the price...

I *think* I purchased that one - at least it was one of the ERB Barsoom comics, whichever one was the first. I jumped off when I realized they were doing a arc adapting one of the novels and then a arc of new, none ERB, material. I pretty much enjoyed the adaptations but the others were pretty...

I *was* a DC reader. I'd come back with "The Death of Superman" in 1991 (other than Mad Magazine, the first comic I'd purchased since 1965) and, at first, only purchased the 4 monthly Superman books. I then discovered all the tie-ins to that story so had to get them. That all lead to Bane...

^I admire your resolve and truly need to do the same thing. I'm currently ~24 months behind reading my comics yet still go to the LCS every week and get what's in my file. I've added 5 or 6 new titles in the past couple of years, one just last week, after reading the first issue but have yet...

^Until i started doing some reading on the series I had no idea *any* episodes had been banned in some markets. None were ever banned/edited for airing here - in the Mid-South where you'd think *some* of them would have been considered very offensive. I never had a issue with any of them - but...

No, I like "Plato's Stepchildren" although I *do* find it somewhat derivative of "Who Mourns for Adonis" from S2. "Catspaw" is one I'll have on in the background but typically don't give it my full attention. It's much the same with "The Alternative Factor" and "Assignment Earth," the failed...

I only skip *one* episode consistently - "The Empath." I've never liked this one but *have* given it a half dozen or more viewings to make sure.

My rewatchables include: Star Trek: TOS Battlestar Galactica (New) Game of Thrones (but won't know 100% until it's completed) The Andy Griffith Show Batman Leave it to Beaver I Love Lucy The Bob Newhart Show Newhart WKRP Fawlty Towers Monty Python's Flying Circus 'Allo, 'Allo Waiting for God...

I don't own a copy of this on in HD. I also never watched it during first run, seeing the series only after I did a blind buy on the DVD seasons (got 'em new for ~$5 each). It's been a year or so since I finished watching it but I recall my DVDs looking quite good so I've been able to ignore...

That's my general feeling about VHS/video tape. Star Trek is the *only* commercially produced product I own on tape. And that's because it wasn't airing anywhere close to me and is a all-time Top 10 favorite program. Everything else consists of stuff I recorded off broadcast TV so I could...

Here's my take on S1/S5 and S2-S4 of Babylon 5 as I, too, prefer those middle seasons. S1 is a good setup season but has always felt a bit slow. I blame that on the need to give so much information that's needed for the show to progress. We're given *lots* of backstory but it sometimes...

My tape set is the black boxes *except* one episode, "The Empath." I was purchasing them from Columbia House via subscription and "The Empath" tape was defective. I sent it back for replacement but they never sent the replacement copy. At least they refunded the money on the defective. At...

Same here. I never watched SG-1 during the original airings. I only picked it up during a 50% off sale at foxconnect because it was as cheap as the complete series but in better packaging and I'd read good things about the series. I *had* seen, and liked, the movie but just couldn't see it as...

LOL! :) With Hastings bankrupt there's no chance of that. I only picked it up because it was *very* cheap. I'll either flip it on Amazon for a small profit or, more likely, gift it. I'd give it to my son or oldest grandson but both claim to not like the program. :( Wow! That's a lot of...