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Post by RossL on Jun 22, 2014 17:43:39 GMT
Presumably there must still be a market for classic Who abroad - Genesis Of The Daleks was spotted on a South African satellite channel currently available here in Europe a couple of days ago.
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Post by Jaspal Cheema on Jun 22, 2014 18:11:49 GMT
I think there will always be a market and demand for Classic Dr Who as it was a fantastic concept with great design elements and the fact that it was filmed in full colour on videotape gives it a resonance which is missing from from filmed series such as say,the original Star Trek which has aged badly in my opinion.Couple that with great scripts and charismatic leads such as Tom Baker and Peter Davison and you have a programme that will be continued to be discovered by fans of the new series and transmitted all over the world for decades to come!
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Post by simonashby on Jun 22, 2014 18:17:43 GMT
...it was filmed in full colour on videotape gives it a resonance which is missing from from filmed series...! I know these things are subjective, but really?! |
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Post by Jaspal Cheema on Jun 22, 2014 18:36:54 GMT
...it was filmed in full colour on videotape gives it a resonance which is missing from from filmed series...! I know these things are subjective, but really?! I was watching Star Trek yesterday which was heavily repeated during th 1970s,the same period in which Genesis was made and found it had lost it's contemporary feel which I felt it had up to 15 years ago,but Tom Baker's golden period still seems fresh and exciting.Now this is probably not the case with ALL filmed series from that period-viewed as an ongoing anthology series,The Fugitive and The Twilight Zone are very entertaining,but Star Trek has dated.I like TV produced on video-tape-one of the reasons I don't watch modern filmed series on ITV is because I find it unattractive to the eye-everything seems like the colour of mud and just homogenous to the point of boredom. |
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Post by Simon Collis on Jun 22, 2014 18:42:20 GMT
Going forward, the issue will be HD. If Star Trek was originally filmed, rather than recorded on video, this means that the original films can be remastered in HD. But how good an HD picture can you get from a suppressed field recording of a system A TV signal? It's Even a stored-field TR is only 405 lines high and the vertical horizontal resolution won't be so great... add to the the attenuation of quality that telerecording brings...
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Post by Richard Marple on Jun 22, 2014 19:56:59 GMT
I do find that the original series of Star Trek is very much a product of it's time, the writing style & some of the styling is very mid-late 1960s. The last time it was on BBC2 my Dad was amused at the beehive hairdos a few of the women had.
Dr Who can be hit & miss in this way, some stories can be dated very easily, while some have managed to have a timeless feel.
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Post by martinjwills on Jun 22, 2014 20:06:47 GMT
Startrek TOS has been remastered into HD for Blu-Ray, and the effects have been enhanced/changed, not as good as the original, as you notice the difference when the picture changes back to the actors, and the control panels etc in the background. Sometimes its better to leave things as they were, and only improve the format and quality. The new ending on The Time Warrior is another case of updating effects, i prefer the original ending on Episode 4.
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Post by Roland Martin on Jun 22, 2014 23:36:37 GMT
To my surprise I discovered the other week that Cathay Pacific has the entirety of Series 20 to watch on demand!
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Post by garysrothwellx on Jun 23, 2014 1:29:05 GMT
I flew from Houston to Calgary only last month, with Robot as one of the options. I was delighted!!!
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Post by Kelly Davies on Jun 23, 2014 8:19:30 GMT
I dont want to turn this into a Star Trek thread but the remastered Blu-ray includes both the original untouched version and the remastered version, and you can change on the fly. I found the remastered version to be tastefully done and it did a lot of subtle things that really made things a lot better such as just tossing up starfields on the windows in the background here and there that were otherwise just blank. Some of those stories were better to me than they ever were after seeing them remastered. Some real gems in there. Agreed that Tom Baker's golden era is timeless but that was also a fair few years after. Whenever I watch the original Stark Trek I am simply mesmerized by the colour. For me, nothing we do now matches that process they used.
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Post by shellyharman67 on Jun 23, 2014 9:15:59 GMT
I dont want to turn this into a Star Trek thread but the remastered Blu-ray includes both the original untouched version and the remastered version, and you can change on the fly. I found the remastered version to be tastefully done and it did a lot of subtle things that really made things a lot better such as just tossing up starfields on the windows in the background here and there that were otherwise just blank. Some of those stories were better to me than they ever were after seeing them remastered. Some real gems in there. Agreed that Tom Baker's golden era is timeless but that was also a fair few years after. Whenever I watch the original Stark Trek I am simply mesmerized by the colour. For me, nothing we do now matches that process they used. I agree. Will be buying Next Gen Blu Ray. Original star trek had its fill of social warnings, and this makes it all the more wonderful. And yes, the colour was great  And the Tom Baker years were great until his last season. Too much change, too quickly by you know who ! |
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Post by John Wall on Jun 23, 2014 15:08:33 GMT
I last saw the original Star Trek in 2006 when SciFi showed it complete, and in order, as part of the 40th anniversary. There is, to be fair, a certain amount of Brilliant Speculation but there are enough good ones to make it worthwhile. What's important when looking back and seeing things that are now familiar is to remember when they were first done. We see a lot of ethnic minorities on TV nowadays but it's not that long ago that they were almost unknown. Nichelle Nichols was as important as Greg Morris in Mission Impossible in changing attitudes - for the better.
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Post by dennywilson on Jun 23, 2014 16:23:26 GMT
They just sold the classic series (Minus The Dalek/Nation Stories - Still issues with Nation in some countries as well as Enemy of The World) to the RetroTV Network here in The States.
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Post by shellyharman67 on Jun 23, 2014 17:16:33 GMT
I last saw the original Star Trek in 2006 when SciFi showed it complete, and in order, as part of the 40th anniversary. There is, to be fair, a certain amount of Brilliant Speculation but there are enough good ones to make it worthwhile. What's important when looking back and seeing things that are now familiar is to remember when they were first done. We see a lot of ethnic minorities on TV nowadays but it's not that long ago that they were almost unknown. Nichelle Nichols was as important as Greg Morris in Mission Impossible in changing attitudes - for the better. A shame some were banned on tv for years ! |
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Post by Jaspal Cheema on Jun 23, 2014 21:23:45 GMT
Just watching Star Trek now, City on the Edge of Forever and after all my miserly relegation of this wonderful series to the past I now realise that I absolutely love it!
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And the Tom Baker years were great until his last season. Too much change, too quickly by you know who !