Original Star Trek Getting CGI Makeover

Tony Pascale writes "Star Trek is the latest sci-fi classic to get the CGI 'special edition' treatment. According to rumors picked up by TrekMovie.com, CBS and Paramount have been secretly working on a new version of Star Trek: The Original Series for HDTV. The shows will feature the original episodes with brand new state-of-the-art CGI visual effects, including a a redone title sequence (with re-recorded music). The effects are likely to be limited to the space scenes and not effect the live action scenes, so Edith Keeler will not shoot first. The HDTV Star Trek series will begin broadcasting this fall just in time for the 40th Anniversary of Star Trek."

City on the Edge of Woodspock

[eldavojohn]

The effects are likely to be limited to the space scenes and not effect the live action scenes, so Edith Keeler will not shoot first.

It's true that Edith Keeler will not shoot first [wikipedia.org], however, let's just say that when Dr. McCoy "accidentally" injects himself with an overdose of cordrazine his trip down to the planet is a little bit more like the 60s. If-ya-know-what-I-mean.

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[BVis]

NNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooo!

It's Dead Jim

[tuzzyfoad]

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Going Boldly

[EnsilZah]

Star Trek, going boldly where they've gone before because they can't come up with anything new.

And in another 10 years

[Frumious Wombat]

They'll redo them again, except this time in 3d. Finally, you, the audience member, will personally feel and understand what the Crewman in the Red Shirt went through every week.

Although I do look forward to the re-mastered space hippies. :~

And in other news...

[Recovering Hater]

...It has been reported that famous Hollywood producer and director Steven Spielberg has begun work on updating the groundbreaking summer blockbuster "Jaws". Inside sources confirm that Spielberg will be replacing the old scenes of the shark and also any scenes of yellow floating barrels with new and improved CGI versions of the shark. According to insiders "This will blow away the old version". It has already been acknowledged that the original version was not his original "vision" of the film. Spielberg has stated that the only reason the shark was not in most every scene was because of all the mechanical failures. But now with the miracle of CGI we will finally be able to see his original "vision". Spielberg also confirmed that all the original negatives of the 1975 classic will be destroyed after the new original is released.

Re:Hey

[GundamFan]

Can they edit out Wil Wheaton?

Interesting... put Wesley Crusher into TOS digitaly and then digitaly remove him... You may be on to something there!

:-)

Re:And in other news...

[MikkoApo]

... Late breaking news about the updated "Jaws":

Famous Hollywood producer and director Steven Spielberg will include a new crew member to the enhanced version of the "Jaws". "Jar Jar" will be a computer generated addition to the fishing boat Orca. Spielberg said 'Jar Jar will give a much needed contrast between the updated action scenes in the film' and promised that the film would be suitable for wider audiences.

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[PinkyDead]

I never trusted CGI... and I never will. I can never forgive for what they did to Star Wars!

The Changeling Special Edition

[digitaldc]

"Star Trek is the latest sci-fi classic to get the CGI 'special edition' treatment."
Rumours have it that the producers were a little upset about Kirk shooting his mouth off at Nomad and killing it with its own logic. After the Special Edition edit, Nomad is shown to self-destruct due to a hardware error and not by Kirk's cruel mind games.
Capt. Kirk: I am the Kirk, the creator?
Nomad: You are the creator.
Capt. Kirk: You could be wrong....
Nomad: Oh no, not again...my capacitors are leaking, and I feel a sudden power surge. Please hold on Kirk, I must reboot...
Cut to Nomad being beamed into deep space and exploding with a ring of fire.

Oh, wow

[Minwee]

This could be even better than the Japanese version of Red Dwarf.

Too much volence...

[a_nonamiss]

Hopefully, they will digitally edit out all of the phasers and replace them with communicators. That could show our youngsters today once and for all that violence isn't a solution to our problems. Maybe while they're at it, they could change Kahn into a gelatinous alien blob instead of a human actor. That would be much better, too.

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[VitrosChemistryAnaly]

KHHHHHHAAAAAAANNNNNNnnnnn!

Additional Star Trek CGI ideas...

[LibertineR]

These are for TNG, IMHO the best series of all the Treks:

How about some CGI boobs for Tasha Yar to go with that smokin ass?

Can they CGI Troy looking like she can actually walk in heels without tripping?

CGI Force Fields that if touched more than once, start burning off fingers.

Can we get a CGI of Wesley Crusher's head flying off, thanks to Worf's Batlef after fucking up the Enterprise computer once again?

CGI Borg sex! "Can you assimilate THIS, baby?"

CGI Data killing everyone in a cyber-dream: "Why the fuck do I keep saving these people, when they never let me drive the ship?"

CGI some sweaters for the crew that dont require constant readjustment.

Please, PLEASE CGI Picard kneeing Dr. Crusher in the groin for disobeying orders. I would PAY to see that.

Re:Whoops.

[AdamThor]

> That scene wasn't in TOS. I think what you mean is: "That scene didn't use to be in TOS."

Next thing you know...

[Richard Steiner]

Next thing you know they'll be colorizing old black-and-white movies!

Oh, wait...

Re:And in other news...

[Digital Vomit]

In addition to this, the new CGI shark will have a frickin laser beam attached to its head.

Insider sources claim that a Special Edition of this re-release is also planned in which the laser beam will be replaced by a walkie-talkie.

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[hoggoth]

> the same hackneyed ideas and insultingly shallow plots

Hey, I for one enjoyed "Spock's Brain"!

"'Brain' and 'brain'... what is 'brain'?!"

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[wolfemi1]

I think you mean: KHAAAN [khaaan.com]!!!!!

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[operagost]

Hopefully they at least upgrade the analog, mechanical chronometer on Spock's console.

Other popular enhancements:

Replace communicators with Mototola Razr v3 Verizon Media Edition

News ticker on bottom of view screen

Red and yellow alerts replaced by green, blue, yellow, orange and red (don't worry, we'll never see green or blue)

Tribbles replaced by next-generation Furbys

Enterprise limited to Warp 2 due to concerns about "galactic climate change"

The Klingons shoot first

Re:Confused.

[Anonymous Coward]

Context, its all about the context. Stupid TLA's (Terribly Lame Abbreviations)

Re:Obligatory

[hoggoth]

Some of my favorite quotes come from the worst episodes of Star Trek.

"'Brain' and 'brain'... what is 'brain'?!"
"Ooooh the eggs... the children... the eggs... the children..."
"200 Quatloos on the newcomer!"

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[Scrameustache]

Maybe the current generation of TV viewers deserves something original

They deserve a swift kick in the groin, is what they deserve.

Gorram sports and "reality"-TV watching maroons... Why in my day [we apologise for the curmodgeon, your regularly scheduled thread will now resume]

Want it to go opposite direction.

[sgant]

I'd like to see them digitally put cigarettes INTO all the scenes. Of people holding a ciggy now and then. Put nipples poking through the fabric on all the females. Digitally place the twin towers in the city-scape scenes when they go back to old New York...even though they weren't even built. Why not? They're removed from everything else, let's add them in now.

Things like that. Let's do something COOL with the technology.