Tikka To Ride: Re-Mastered, then. Fuck me, that was unexpected. TOS has got a habit of making my jaw drop to the floor on a regular basis, and this was no exception.
Perhaps surprisingly, this news has not been with rabid anger, in the way the original batch of Re-Mastered were. The reason for this is the difference in intent behind them. Fundamentally, they were both done because the original effects were, rightly (VII) or wrongly (I-III) deemed rubbish. But the difference is that Tikka: Re-Mastered isn’t designed to replace the original version; it’s merely an interesting glimpse of what could have been. If the DVD only included the new version, there’d be uproar, but nobody at GNP is that stupid.
As for the new effects, rather boringly, I’m reserving judgement. There’s elements of the stills that I think are good and bad, but I’ll save my opinions for when I’ve seen them properly, on the DVD. Bet you can’t wait.
John Hoare / July 24, 2005 at 3:10 pm / #
It obviously all looks a hell of a lot better than the original VII ep. Which means there’s actually a *reason* for it this time round. With the first three series, you were replacing great effects with stuff that wasn’t as good, so there wasn’t much point.
As for how the effects look… they look better than either the original Re-mastered, or even VIII. I’ll reserve judgement until I see them moving as well, although I doubt I’ll prefer them to physical models. But that’s not really the point when it comes to most of VII. Not to mention a DVD budget…
And good on GNP for paying for this themselves, as the DVD budget wouldn’t stretch to it. Excellent.
performingmonkey / July 24, 2005 at 5:11 pm / #
“If the DVD only included the new version, there’d be uproar”
I, for one, wouldn’t be arsed. I’d be quite happy to never see the VII CG again. But, of course, it would be breaking the ‘as broadcast’ policy.
Rad / July 24, 2005 at 6:17 pm / #
I don’t think I can judge the slighty poor shit until I see it in motion.
Looking great.
Bolton / July 28, 2005 at 11:15 am / #
Can anyone put up captures of the original Tikka effects (for the moments illustrated above) for comparison? I’m without access to my VHS tapes.
Bolton / July 28, 2005 at 11:24 am / #
That’s pretty pretty please. And because I can’t remember which aspects of the stories those moments are illustrating.
John Hoare / July 28, 2005 at 4:23 pm / #
I would if I had a capture card here.
Anyone?
Glendarf / July 29, 2005 at 10:24 am / #
On this subject: it’s interesting that people have attempted listings of the differences between original episodes and their remastereds (did this go any further than The End?) – perhaps a side-by-side image comparison feature would be rather more completable?
Clonk / July 29, 2005 at 10:43 am / #
TOS called that feature “fixed effects” – are these the original effects revisted and rendered better, or are they brand new ones with brand new models? What do people know?