• The Picard ManeuverOPM
      19•4 months ago

      I can’t imagine what audiences in the 60s thought when this episode aired. It’s still really cool to watch today (I prefer seeing the original effects to the remastered version too).

        • @[email protected]
          9•4 months ago

          In HD you can very clearly see where the hairpiece ends and Shatner’s hair begins every time you see the back of his head.

        • @HeyThisIsntTheYMCAEnglish
          2•4 months ago

          you know I just realized I still have an old 7" b/w CRT laying around somewhere in the garage

      • Rhaedas
        8•4 months ago

        Years ago someone had a Youtube channel where they were remastering this episode with their own CGI work. I’ve looked for it since then and can only assume they took it down for whatever reason. It was far superior to the CBS version, not only in the parts that CBS did but in some added parts. A key moment that I can’t get out of my head was when the Enterprise turns around to head back to attack - it was a beautiful shot of the ship doing a long 180 through the asteroid debris.

        But I’ll take the original any day, still one my top favorites, and that one scene…“don’t you think I know that?”

      • Possibly linuxEnglish
        4•4 months ago

        I think the special effects are mostly part of the remastered version. I don’t think there is a non remastered version available.

        Could be wrong though. Star trek the original series looks so good on a old black and white CRT

        • The Picard ManeuverOPM
          5•4 months ago

          When I last watched it on Paramount +, there were two versions available, with the “remastered” version being from some time in the 00s. I think.

          • Possibly linuxEnglish
            3•4 months ago

            I wasn’t alive in the 60s so I don’t actually know what the original looked like. I do know that a lot of the original series has been lost to time due to the tapes getting lost.

      • @T156English
        4•4 months ago

        The original effects for the Doomsday Machine are nicer and hold up better than their rematered counterparts. It looks more metallic and less plasticky.

  • Flying SquidM
    14•4 months ago

    Do I get to be buddies with Clint Howard?

      • Flying SquidM
        10•4 months ago

        See? If we were friends, I’d take him to a dentist and get him the help he needs.

  • DominusOfMegadeus
    8•4 months ago

    Uggghhhh, surely not ANOTHER horrendously destructive alien entity on an unstoppable course to earth? Why do they keep coming?