# TOS A Piece of the Action Remastered **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 29, 2007, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tos-a-piece-of-the-action-remastered/402019 "2007-04-29T04:28:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2007, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tos-a-piece-of-the-action-remastered/402019/1 "2007-04-29T04:28:19Z")
Again, they edited out one of the best lines. Playing Fizz bin, Kirk says, “You got another Jack! You’ve got a half fizz bin already!” “So I need another Jack!” Edited out: “Oh no, if you got another Jack, you’d be disqualified.” Dang. “Oh look, you got another Jack! (something about a Royal Fizz bin) Spock, what are the odds on getting a Royal Fizz bin?” “I have never computed them, Captain.” This episode takes place on the planet and doesn’t benefit much from being remastered, especially if they take out one of the funniest lines. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2007, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tos-a-piece-of-the-action-remastered/402019/2 "2007-04-29T18:53:26Z")
Eh, well, they edit them to fit in a one hour slot. There are more commercials during an hour program than there were 40 years ago, so something’s gotta give. I understand that when the episodes are released on high def DVD, the complete episodes will be on disc with nothing cut out. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2007, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tos-a-piece-of-the-action-remastered/402019/3 "2007-04-29T22:10:47Z")
[QUOTE=cochrane] Eh, well, they edit them to fit in a one hour slot. [/QUOTE] Sure, but they’re changing the way we’ve seen them for what, thirty years? 🙂 It is nice to see some scenes we haven’t, but that one line saves very little time, and I enjoyed seeing how dumb the gangster was. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tos-a-piece-of-the-action-remastered/402019/4 "2007-04-30T02:24:26Z")
That’s my favorite ST episode. Right, Spocko? ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tos-a-piece-of-the-action-remastered/402019/5 "2007-04-30T02:26:40Z")
Check. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tos-a-piece-of-the-action-remastered/402019/6 "2007-04-30T02:30:14Z")
I would advise yas ta keep dialing, Oxmyx. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tos-a-piece-of-the-action-remastered/402019/7 "2007-04-30T02:42:33Z")
BTW, possibly because of the “remastered digital” I noticed for the first time that the .45 Spock carries is at full cock with the hammer back, and his finger is inside the trigger guard. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tos-a-piece-of-the-action-remastered/402019/8 "2007-04-30T13:53:08Z")
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant] BTW, possibly because of the “remastered digital” I noticed for the first time that the .45 Spock carries is at full cock with the hammer back, and his finger is inside the trigger guard. :eek: [/QUOTE] Vulcans never bluff…? ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tos-a-piece-of-the-action-remastered/402019/9 "2007-04-30T13:55:30Z")
“Why would he want to put a bag on the Captain?” ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tos-a-piece-of-the-action-remastered/402019/10 "2007-04-30T14:53:28Z")
[QUOTE=Count Blucher] Vulcans never bluff…? [/QUOTE] No, but they may shoot their feet off occasionally. ^ :dubious: ^ ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tos-a-piece-of-the-action-remastered/402019/11 "2007-04-30T15:18:05Z")
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant] BTW, possibly because of the “remastered digital” I noticed for the first time that the .45 Spock carries is at full cock with the hammer back, and his finger is inside the trigger guard. :eek: [/QUOTE] If it’s a Colt M1911 , then you can carry it “cocked and locked”, the hammer is back, a shell in the chamber, and the thumb safety engaged. It used to be the preferred method of carrying a 1911 for a lot of people, but since it looks scary it’s not as popular any more. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tos-a-piece-of-the-action-remastered/402019/12 "2007-04-30T15:22:42Z")
[QUOTE=Duke of Rat] If it’s a Colt M1911 , then you can carry it “cocked and locked”, the hammer is back, a shell in the chamber, and the thumb safety engaged. It used to be the preferred method of carrying a 1911 for a lot of people, but since it looks scary it’s not as popular any more. [/QUOTE] With your finger on the trigger? If so, I stand corrected. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5ac83/32.png) [@The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mad_Hermit)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tos-a-piece-of-the-action-remastered/402019/13 "2007-04-30T15:23:16Z")
I also noticed they cut out the part where Spock screws up the first time attempting to contact the Enterprise from a radio station, allowing McCoy to give him a little grief. They cut the whole “Vulcans never bluff” standoff out of “The Doomsday Machine” also. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tos-a-piece-of-the-action-remastered/402019/14 "2007-04-30T15:42:12Z")
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant] With your finger on the trigger? If so, I stand corrected. [/QUOTE] Yeah, it won’t fire until the thumb safety is slid down. Go [Here](http://www.sightm1911.com/) \> “Care and Use” \> “The Conditions” \> “Condition 1”. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tos-a-piece-of-the-action-remastered/402019/15 "2007-04-30T16:08:15Z")
I was folding clothes in the other room, when **Mrs. Magill** (the true trekkie in the family), grabbed me to see Kirk’s Fuzzy Pimp hat. It’s amazing what the remastering can clear up. If only our local channel would broadcast them in HD. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tos-a-piece-of-the-action-remastered/402019/16 "2007-04-30T16:23:55Z")
[QUOTE=Duke of Rat] Yeah, it won’t fire until the thumb safety is slid down. Go [Here](http://www.sightm1911.com/) \> “Care and Use” \> “The Conditions” \> “Condition 1”. [/QUOTE] And, as Nimoy was a Sergeant in the US Army, it can be assumed (hoped?) he knew what he was doing and did it on purpose. ---
**Author:** ![Stringer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Stringer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringer)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tos-a-piece-of-the-action-remastered/402019/17 "2007-04-30T16:28:50Z")
[QUOTE=Maus Magill] I was folding clothes in the other room, when **Mrs. Magill** (the true trekkie in the family), grabbed me to see Kirk’s Fuzzy Pimp hat. [/QUOTE] That was hilarious, I certainly never noticed it being that fuzzy in previous viewings. ---
**Author:** ![kingpengvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tos-a-piece-of-the-action-remastered/402019/18 "2007-04-30T16:34:18Z")
I missed this one. To be honest aside from planet establishing shots what would they need to add to this. I mean I loved the Doomsday Machine and the extra SFX. So being spotty on my viewing how doe these episodes fare so far? Which has benifited the most from the upgrades? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tos-a-piece-of-the-action-remastered/402019/19 "2007-04-30T18:26:12Z")
I’m recording them and haven’t seen many of them yet. The _Enterprise_ and _Botany Bay_ from _Space Seed_ look fantastic now. I believe _Botany Bay_ was a kit bashed Nautilus submarine. The Gorn in _Arena_ blinks, although he is still a guy in a suit. Looks as well or better than the guy in a suit in the more recent Enterprise series. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2007, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tos-a-piece-of-the-action-remastered/402019/20 "2007-05-01T04:12:49Z")
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant] Again, they edited out one of the best lines. Playing Fizz bin, Kirk says, “You got another Jack! You’ve got a half fizz bin already!” “So I need another Jack!” Edited out: “Oh no, if you got another Jack, you’d be disqualified.” Dang. “Oh look, you got another Jack! (something about a Royal Fizz bin) Spock, what are the odds on getting a Royal Fizz bin?” “I have never computed them, Captain”… [/QUOTE] This last line _was_ in the version which aired here in the Cleveland-Akron media market on Channel 55. But they edited out the “Spocko” line and Scotty’s comment about “concrete galoshes.” Pity. Another thread on the remastered episodes: [Original Star Trek question: Have they messed with it? - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=416872)