Are DVDs Without CGI Sold Anymore?
I see "remastered" which sounds like CGI added. I'm looking for the original TV versions.
shareI don't know whether they're still selling the "plain" version or not. But "remastered" means merely that they went back to the 50-year-old original films and physically cleaned them up a bit to restore the original clarity and brightness. They also added some CGI -- but there's an option to turn that OFF and show just the cleaned-up original. Both versions look very nice!
We watched everything through once with the CGI turned ON, and most of it was just a more realistic-looking version of the original. But then (in my opinion) they got carried away and added some stuff, including at least one brief scene -- there's a long shot of T'Pring's wedding party approaching Kunat Kalifi, crossing a natural bridge over a chasm. From watching the original, I never had the impression that there were any chasms around, and I don't recall any other such depictions of Vulcan (e.g., in the Animated Series or the original-cast movies). Now admittedly there might be just about anything somewhere on Vulcan, but I would have strongly preferred that -- if they were going to show the approach of the wedding party at all -- they would have shown them crossing a relatively flat desert landscape such as I remember from "Yesteryear" and "The Motion Picture" (and please correct me if either of those showed non-flat landscapes). But that's just me -- others may prefer the more-rugged landscape.
"there's a long shot of T'Pring's wedding party approaching Kunat Kalifi, crossing a natural bridge over a chasm"
The other day, I rewatched Search for Spock, and there was a great shot of a tiny bridge over a vast chasm near the end on Vulcan, so it's part of the natural landscape OF Vulcan.
Thanks -- I need to rewatch Search for Spock -- knowing about that scene does make me feel better. But I still think that adding a scene (even a brief one) to TOS falls outside the purview of "remastering" and/or "enhancing."
"option to turn that OFF and show just the cleaned-up original."
Thanks! That's a relief! I don't mind a cleaned-up original, but I don't like the added CGI scenes. Ditto with the Lucas Specialized Star Wars version.
I probably shouldn't be saying this, but looking things NOT from corporate and financial interests of the wealthy and powerful, but from the perspective of 'what's best for the people', I can reveal that it's pretty easy to find those versions.. I don't know, in a non-physical form that might exist in the faraway future of 'after 2000', where things might be.. 'online'.. as in 'files' and such?
I mean, they might be ARCHIVED somewhere, possibly... (nudge)
What? Why would I nudge twice?