Subj : Re: TNG vs TOS - anybody still think Next Generation sucks?
To   : rec.arts.sf.tv,rec.arts.startrek.current,alt.tv.star-trek.tos
From : Atlas Bugged
Date : Fri Sep 30 2005 00:45:19

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos

"Mike" <miker@rochester.rr.com> wrote in message 
news:433CAF85.918BBAEB@rochester.rr.com...
> It was shot on film but the film was transfered to videotape and the
> final "master", that is, what the final show is stored on is videotape.
> For special effects, the models were shot on film and compositied in
> video. So, while film was used (so it wouldn't have a shot on video
> look) to film the scenes, the show was finished and only exists in it's
> complete form on videotape.

Ahhh, OK, I get it now.  This still means that some large percentage of the 
programs could be produced for hi-def, now and in the future, it's just that 
the parts mastered to videotape would have to be spliced in, giving a 
jarring and discontinuous effect.  Hope somebody kept the actual film used 
to shoot most of the show.

Also, I've noticed the discontinuity in the shows themselves, as they exist 
presently, but never realized precisely what was going on.

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