OT: The original Star Trek getting a CG makeover

[Kamog]

Thanks for the explaination.

Another thing about that planet killer episode that was funny is when the planet killer comes in to attack the Enterprise, there's the view on the main screen where it comes closer and closer - but only when you're looking at it. Every time the scene switches to a view of the crew, and then switches back to the main screen again, the planet killer has actually moved further away while you weren't looking at it. Then it continues to approach closer while you're looking at it, and so on. The distance between the planet killer and the Enterprise resets to the beginning every time you look away.

[Black_Knyght]

The on-screen (of the bridge) view may well be due Kirk's "magnify" order, though god only knows why you'd want to look closer at the maw of that behemoth.

On the other hand, maybe Chekov was messing around with the zoom lens, and Chekov'd things again....

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

Stuff like that happens so often, not only in ST. The distance resetting, or just going back a bit; "Impact in two seconds", and judging from the viewscreen (and the screen time) it CLEARLY hits in six; stuff like that.

[gregebowman]

Black_Knyght said:
Remember the scene in the "Wrath of Khan" where Khan, who'd never actually met Chekov, say he remembers him?

Like maybe he remembered hearing, during his short stay on the Enterprise, all about Chekov's rep for screwing things up......?

I was at my one and only Star Trek convention in Phoenix a few years ago when George Takei explained that, in a joking matter, that the reason Khan remembers Chekov is that Khan had to go to the bathroom and Chekov happened to be the one who was making him wait. That's why he remembers him.

[gregebowman]

I can't make a habit of watching this new CGI version of ST, but I did watch the Balance of Terror episode. Since this came on at midnight on Sunday night here in Tampa, I think I dozed off a couple of times during it. But from what I saw of it, it was a little different as far as the ships and some other special effects. The comet tail they were trying to use to see the Romulan ship looked much better, and the ships definitely had been touched up. But it's been awhile since I've seen this episode, so I don't know everything that might have been touched up. Because of the late hour that it's on, and not having Tivo or DVR, I'll probably be missing most of these new & improved episodes.