No longer a rumor: Star Trek: The Original Series, FX and Music Enhanced

GIGObuster · September 2, 2006, 2:18am

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news06/060831a.php

Remastering Star Trek: TOS FX, Music Enhanced

Star Trek journeys to the 21st century as the Original Series returns to broadcast syndication for the first time in 16 years with brand-new digitally remastered episodes to celebrate its 40th anniversary.
CBS Paramount Domestic Television has officially announced that they are releasing digitally remastered episodes of Star Trek, with all new special effects and music, to celebrate the groundbreaking series’ 40th anniversary, according to John Nogawski, president of CBS Paramount Domestic Television.

The Star Trek episodes will begin airing on the more than 200 stations that own the rights to the weekend broadcast syndication window starting September 16. (As always, please check your local listings for station and dates.) The plan is for all 79 episodes of the Original Series to be remastered, with the first batch of episodes chosen from a list of Star Trek fans’ favorite shows.

With the complete running order to be determined, the syndication schedule won’t follow the classic air-date order or production order format familiar to fans. The first episode to air will be the Season One classic “Balance of Terror.”

Not sure what to think, I do remember that “Balance of Terror” cried for better special effects.

OTOH, there will be no digital correction for the huge bite marks left by Shatner’s chewing of the scenery.

Kent_Clark · September 2, 2006, 2:23am

The Romulans shot first!

mobo85 · September 2, 2006, 2:41am

Since when did George Lucas work for Viacom?

silenus · September 2, 2006, 2:52am

The thought of Shatner in a brass bikini does not fill me with glee.

GIGObuster · September 2, 2006, 4:05am

Could be worse, they could enhance it with music from Monty Python and the Holy Grail:

ASAKMOTSD · September 2, 2006, 2:02pm

Next week on Boston Legal… :eek:

ouryL · September 2, 2006, 3:19pm

I hope they rework the homoerotic elements between Kirk and Charlie X!

Thudlow_Boink · September 2, 2006, 3:37pm

(Speaking of Monty Python and the Holy Grail) They could just re-film the original series all in Lego.

Cervaise · September 2, 2006, 3:58pm

That was AWESOME.

Zebra · September 2, 2006, 6:44pm

No that was freakin AWESOME.

Monstre · September 2, 2006, 7:24pm

If they replace the phasers with communicators, I’m not watchin’…

Sir_Rhosis · September 2, 2006, 9:39pm

Here’s another release – they’re also putting in new background extras, etc.

http://www.trektoday.com/news/020906_01.shtml

Sir Rhosis

Pushkin · September 11, 2006, 12:48pm

Not wishing to bump an old thread unnecessarily, but I thought it funny that this news was on page 5 of The Times here in the UK today. Complete of course with a few fan rants

I’ll be watching, if the dialogue is untouched and the music merely replayed with a bigger orchestra, the new FX will be icing on a scrumptious cake as far as I’m concerned

divemaster · September 11, 2006, 5:50pm

I think I laughed harder at that than at anything else all year. It made the tears come out. (You really should post a warning for those of us at work. )

Inigo_Montoya · September 11, 2006, 6:17pm

Rats. I always counted in the cheesy effects as part of the charm of the show.