{"id":1551,"date":"2006-08-31T23:08:15","date_gmt":"2006-09-01T04:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/?p=1551"},"modified":"2006-09-01T09:21:23","modified_gmt":"2006-09-01T14:21:23","slug":"trekkies-intriguing-news-for-ya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/?p=1551","title":{"rendered":"Trekkies, Intriguing News for Ya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Original Series is coming back &#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tvguide.com\/News\/Insider\/default.htm?cmsRedir=true&#038;rmDate=08312006&#038;cmsGuid={FFD672A7-68D2-4EE3-A18C-781FC2972A5B}\">sort of<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Star Trek purists, take a deep breath! On Sept. 16, the iconic \u00e2\u20ac\u02dc60s series will return to syndication for the first time since 1990, but with a startling difference: All 79 episodes are being digitally remastered with computer-generated effects not possible when Gene Roddenberry created the show 40 years ago. The news could cause Roddenberry loyalists to have a collective cow, but the longtime Trek staffers in charge of the makeover say they&#8217;re honoring the late maestro&#8217;s vision, not changing it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re taking great pains to respect the integrity and style of the original,&#8221; says Michael Okuda, who spent 18 years as a scenic-art supervisor on Star Trek films and spin-offs. &#8220;Our goal is to always ask ourselves: What would Roddenberry have done with today&#8217;s technology?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>The upgraded episodes \u00e2\u20ac\u201d to be shown out of order and one per week \u00e2\u20ac\u201d will kick off with &#8220;Balance of Terror,&#8221; a big fan favorite &#8220;that gives us a chance to really show off the \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcnew&#8217; Enterprise,&#8221; says Okuda. &#8220;The exterior of the ship now has depth and detail, and it will fly more dynamically.&#8221;  Painted backdrops will also be brought to life: Once-empty star bases will have CGI people milling about, while static alien landscapes have been given slow-moving clouds and shimmering water.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Okay, I&#8217;m in, as long as it doesn&#8217;t conflict with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifi.com\/battlestar\/\">BSG<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p>Hat tip to Cranky over at the <a href=\"http:\/\/sixmeatbuffet.com\/index.php\">Buffet<\/a>, who adds <a href=\"http:\/\/sixmeatbuffet.com\/archives\/2006\/08\/31\/set-your-phasers-on-bitchin\/\">the following<\/a> after noting that the intro theme will also be redone:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>No word yet whether the da-ta-da-da-da-da-DA-dot-tot-DA-da hand to hand combat music will be affected.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I believe that he is referring to this:<br \/>\n<object width=\"425\" height=\"350\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/UbpX0r1995U\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/UbpX0r1995U\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Original Series is coming back &#8230; sort of. Star Trek purists, take a deep breath! On Sept. 16, the iconic \u00e2\u20ac\u02dc60s series will return to syndication for the first time since 1990, but with a startling difference: All 79 episodes are being digitally remastered with computer-generated effects not possible when Gene Roddenberry created the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1551\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}