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Post by Toph on Jun 17, 2012 18:59:15 GMT
They ruined Trek? I hadn't realised they were so involved in Enterprise. So involved? They *created* Enterprise. Enterprise was Bragga's baby. @the Doctor, Yeah, some good stuff came out while Burman was involved, but it went downhill after Roddenberry died, and bottomed off once the two of them chased off Jeri Taylor. TNG Season 7, DS9 after Taylor left, Voyager, Enterprise, the TNG era movies. |
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Jun 18, 2012 16:04:29 GMT
I think we will disagree on both DS9 (the best seasons were its last few) and First Contact. All excellent.
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 18, 2012 18:32:42 GMT
Workmate got a delivery at work today: all of DS9 for £55 from Amazon, unussed. Remember when these sets were sold for RRP £Stupid?
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 13, 2012 19:42:56 GMT
It is entirely possible a couple of the episodes on the TNG Blu-Ray sampler disc found their way to a certain popular video sharing and viewing website. Jings, it's a shock to actually see the show properly remastered at last. Like restored vintage Who, however, this does mean you are seeing it a higher resolution than ever intended so you can see the scuffs on sets and the joins in the make-up but you get used to it. The space FX really pops now.
Hmmmm, if there is some way to get a Blu-Ray drive plug-in thing for the desktop* then these releases become a must-have (I avoided the DVDs as they were just the same masters used for VHS dumped to disc).
-Ralph
*Still no desire to own a telly so I watch DVD's via the desktop.
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Post by legios on Jul 13, 2012 20:26:54 GMT
Hmmmm, if there is some way to get a Blu-Ray drive plug-in thing for the desktop*then these releases become a must-have (I avoided the DVDs as they were just the same masters used for VHS dumped to disc). -Ralph *Still no desire to own a telly so I watch DVD's via the desktop. I would have thought that Blu-Ray compatible external drives should be around by now. Probably still on the relatively expensive side though given the way the tech curve works on these things. Karl |
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jul 13, 2012 22:31:33 GMT
About seventy quid upwards for USB external drive.
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 13, 2012 22:33:27 GMT
I shall invest in one when the season boxsets come out then. Put my money where my mouth is: I long maintained I would not buy TNG until properly remastered versions were produced (which considering the amount of money TNG has generated for Paramount really isn't asking for much).
-Ralph
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Jul 13, 2012 23:34:39 GMT
The external shots of the Enterprise-D are amazing now.
I look forward to watching HD Masks with you.
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 14, 2012 8:15:59 GMT
HD Sub Rosa!
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 14, 2012 8:19:30 GMT
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Jul 14, 2012 8:59:51 GMT
Beverly...! Please!! *looks pained* (edit: I mean highly defined pain) |
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 14, 2012 9:03:45 GMT
I cannot wait to see the shit Borg of 'Descent' in HD!
-Ralph
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Jul 14, 2012 9:13:13 GMT
Darmok and Jalad... in HD.
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Post by Toph on Jul 14, 2012 21:50:08 GMT
Suckling Baby Space Whale... in HD
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Jul 14, 2012 22:05:03 GMT
I cannot wait to see Picard draw a face in an HD warp core breach.
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Post by legios on Jul 15, 2012 19:53:54 GMT
I have been watching a large chunk of Deep Space Nine, in an ongoing attempt to fill in the gaps in what I saw at the back quarter of the BBC 2 run. I have come to the conclusion that Gul Dukat is perhaps my favourite recurring villian in any of the Star Trek spin-offs. They started him off as a stock Evil Space Facist, then gave him emotions, a daughter, respect for some of his enemies.... and then we get the episode where he and Sisko are stuck in a cave together, along with Gul Dukat's hallucinations - and we get to see that not only is Dukat as thoroughly mental as they come but that he is also frankly Evil Space Facist to the core like a stick of Evil Alien Space Rock.
But what makes it work is the conviction that Marc Alaimo projects through thick layers of latex. He makes the audience see that Gul Dukat absolutely believes his every action has been reasonable and totally justified. I've seen a fair chunk of season six now and, whilst big space battles and Magnificent Seven pastiches are entertaining, the highlight has definitely been an episode which boils down to Marc Alaimo and Avery Brooks locked into a single set together.
Karl
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 20, 2012 20:28:54 GMT
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Jul 20, 2012 22:31:59 GMT
They did??
What's the stuff about some guy going off the reservation (?) about?
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jul 20, 2012 23:15:53 GMT
Twat.
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 22, 2012 9:24:00 GMT
They did?? What's the stuff about some guy going off the reservation (?) about? The actor playing Bones has been blabbing about who Cumberbatch plays in the film. -Ralph |
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Jul 22, 2012 17:15:47 GMT
Cumberbatch?
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jul 22, 2012 17:23:23 GMT
Benedict Cumberbatch of Sherlock fame is the villain in the second Abrams Star Trek film.
Andy
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Jul 22, 2012 22:48:27 GMT
I can't see him playing Lore too well.
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 28, 2012 21:41:57 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 21, 2012 10:16:55 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 24, 2012 19:45:40 GMT
Twitter reminded me today that DS9 is coming up for its 20th anniversary. Impossible! It was the hot new TV show just last week, damn it!
-Ralph
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Post by blueshift on Aug 24, 2012 20:02:00 GMT
Twitter reminded me today that DS9 is coming up for its 20th anniversary. Impossible! It was the hot new TV show just last week, damn it! -Ralph Don't lie Ralph, stop lying. Why are you lying. |
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 24, 2012 20:06:38 GMT
Alas, I speak truth. The first episode aired on US TV in January 1993.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 24, 2012 20:22:39 GMT
Alas, I speak truth. The first episode aired on US TV in January 1993. -Ralph I can remember renting (and copying) the first episode on video cJune 1993 |
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 8, 2012 9:17:48 GMT
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