Comments on: The wait is over! Teaser video now online

By: Scott Gammans

Scott Gammans — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:43:42 +0000

Thanks Don.

FWIW, I think that oftentimes the team behind the official “Remastered” effort gets a lot of the knocks* without a commensurate amount of the credit for the project’s triumphs. I would LOVE to have digital matte wizard Max Gabl’s artistic talent… “superb” isn’t a strong enough adjective for the backgrounds we saw in episodes such as “Requiem for Methuselah” and “A Taste of Armageddon”.

Yeah, some of the episodes look rushed, and no, I wasn’t ever quite happy with the way the Enterprise looked (but it definitely got a lot better as the project progressed). But all in all, I’m glad that Paramount and CBS Digital saw fit to spend any money on this project in the first place. This is a show that’s over four decades old! Be sure to get back to me when you see another show from the 60′s that has so much love and attention spent on it!

* – And no, I’m not saying you’re one of the knockers… this is just an observation in general. Thanks

By: Don

Don — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:32:56 +0000

Beautiful work, this is what the remastered version should have been.

By: Scott Gammans

Scott Gammans — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:47:05 +0000

Thank you Steve. At one point during this project I foolishly experimented with also replacing the bridge overhead displays with animated imagery… I thought it would have been especially cool at the end of the teaser for the monitors to suddenly “spring to life” with critical systems displays as soon as Kirk punches the Red Alert button. But after the pain of rotoscoping Shatner (literally, the PAIN… my right hand was cramped into a ball), I wisely decided against it.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:58:56 +0000

Awesome work. Really nice. I especially liked the bit when Kirk passed the main viewscreen. Thanks for this.

By: Scott Gammans

Scott Gammans — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:51:51 +0000

Oooooh, tempting! Let me try and see if I can stick to the schedule I’ve set for myself on my own project first before committing to helping you guys, but I’ll surely drop you a line later this year when things quieten down around here.

By: RobertMfromLI

RobertMfromLI — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:00:10 +0000

Scott: (re: BaF2) So do we! LoL! Don’t worry, we are really close now to Part 2 release.

Thanks so much for the compliments for our team!

So… the big question is, when are you going to come and visit? Or join the team? If you are interested, email me!

Best,
Rob

By: Scott Gammans

Scott Gammans — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:34:41 +0000

Thanks Robert! Let me just say in return that I have thoroughly enjoyed the work that the New Voyages/Phase II team has been doing. You guys are truly living the dream for millions of us Trekkies (yeah that's right, TREKKIES, dammit!) and I eagerly look forward to the conclusion of "Blood and Fire"!

By: RobertMfromLI

RobertMfromLI — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:38:41 +0000

Scott,

Phenomenal work! Truly amazing! Can’t wait to see the finished product!!!

Rob
Star Trek Phase 2 Team

By: Scott Gammans

Scott Gammans — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:27:22 +0000

Thanks! Probably the last Friday in July.

By: telestrike

telestrike — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:36:12 +0000

This is great, Scott. Nice to see you are back and you put this out. What a spectacular take on this episode. I remember you working on this back at yur other website. i am very happy you are doing this again! I guess the next question is, when is the rest coming out?
All the best, great to see this again!
Bill