http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/26/paramout-releasing-the-ultimate-star-trek-movie-collection-on/ Engadget Comments for Paramount releasing "The Ultimate Star Trek Movie Collection" on HD DVD http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/26/paramout-releasing-the-ultimate-star-trek-movie-collection-on/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/26/paramout-releasing-the-ultimate-star-trek-movie-collection-on/Jul 26th 2006 5:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/26/paramout-releasing-the-ultimate-star-trek-movie-collection-on/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/26/paramout-releasing-the-ultimate-star-trek-movie-collection-on/
This will sell a few more players. ]]>Jul 26th 2006 5:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/26/paramout-releasing-the-ultimate-star-trek-movie-collection-on/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/26/paramout-releasing-the-ultimate-star-trek-movie-collection-on/
In the 60's, tape was marginal and digital was for certain medical exams.....

If they are remastering from original film stock, that would make sense]]>Jul 26th 2006 5:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/26/paramout-releasing-the-ultimate-star-trek-movie-collection-on/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/26/paramout-releasing-the-ultimate-star-trek-movie-collection-on/
Just because they *remaster* the original show, doesn't mean they are going 16:9 per se. Perhaps black bars with crystal clear 4:3 action? They may be cropping the top and bottom to fit 16:9 but adjusting the crop frame-by-frame (cut out just the bottom, just the top, etc) to include the most important details perhaps of each frame.

Whatever they are doing, it's AG. (all good)]]>Jul 26th 2006 5:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/26/paramout-releasing-the-ultimate-star-trek-movie-collection-on/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/26/paramout-releasing-the-ultimate-star-trek-movie-collection-on/Jul 26th 2006 6:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/26/paramout-releasing-the-ultimate-star-trek-movie-collection-on/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/26/paramout-releasing-the-ultimate-star-trek-movie-collection-on/I'm a big Star Trek fan, but that show is just painful. ]]>Jul 26th 2006 6:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/26/paramout-releasing-the-ultimate-star-trek-movie-collection-on/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/26/paramout-releasing-the-ultimate-star-trek-movie-collection-on/
This will for sure bump HD-DVD in the lead... :-)

Make is so...

]]>Jul 26th 2006 6:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/26/paramout-releasing-the-ultimate-star-trek-movie-collection-on/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/26/paramout-releasing-the-ultimate-star-trek-movie-collection-on/Jul 26th 2006 7:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/26/paramout-releasing-the-ultimate-star-trek-movie-collection-on/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/26/paramout-releasing-the-ultimate-star-trek-movie-collection-on/What the hell were they thinking? ]]>Jul 26th 2006 7:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/26/paramout-releasing-the-ultimate-star-trek-movie-collection-on/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/26/paramout-releasing-the-ultimate-star-trek-movie-collection-on/
Let me say that ALL of these -- with the exception of Nemesis, which looks great -- absolutely NEED remastering. The colors are faded and the source film stock is poor. (ST:VI might even survive without a remaster.)

The regular DVDs of these films were also a huge disappointment (save for the latter films). Paramount has done a terrible job taking care of their greatest franchise, and I'm not too optimistic.

They are *saying* they'll remaster, so I will take that as a hopeful sign.

-Pie]]>Jul 26th 2006 10:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/26/paramout-releasing-the-ultimate-star-trek-movie-collection-on/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/26/paramout-releasing-the-ultimate-star-trek-movie-collection-on/Jul 26th 2006 10:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/26/paramout-releasing-the-ultimate-star-trek-movie-collection-on/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/26/paramout-releasing-the-ultimate-star-trek-movie-collection-on/Surely you mean ST II:TWoK :)]]>Jul 27th 2006 6:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/26/paramout-releasing-the-ultimate-star-trek-movie-collection-on/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/26/paramout-releasing-the-ultimate-star-trek-movie-collection-on/Jul 27th 2006 8:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/26/paramout-releasing-the-ultimate-star-trek-movie-collection-on/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/26/paramout-releasing-the-ultimate-star-trek-movie-collection-on/
I don't think I want to watch (yet again) the one where Kirk meets a wannabe god with Spock's huggable half-brother (#5) or Kirk and Picard ride horses on a romantic afternoon then go hiking in Nevada (#7) or Picard has pic-nic on the immortal planet and finds a babe who he neglects bang (unlike Kirk) (#9).

Maybe they'll be *better* in high-def, right? Will they be more entertaining than watching ants mate in high-def on Discovery Channel? Hmmm....]]>Jul 27th 2006 8:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/26/paramout-releasing-the-ultimate-star-trek-movie-collection-on/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/26/paramout-releasing-the-ultimate-star-trek-movie-collection-on/Jul 27th 2006 4:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/26/paramout-releasing-the-ultimate-star-trek-movie-collection-on/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/26/paramout-releasing-the-ultimate-star-trek-movie-collection-on/
And yes, if this goes HD DVD only, its a huge blow to Blu-ray (though I think ultimately it will be on both formats).]]>Aug 4th 2006 12:00PM