Star Wars with occasional sarcasm
First time, now space: Her Universe is adding another classic science fiction TV show with a gigantic fanbase to their repertoire: None other than the grand poobah itself, Star Trek! The line will make its con debut at SDCC, which I believe means it will be first available on July 11th along with Doctor Who and the new Syfy selections.
Star Trek: The Next Generation is coming out on a remastered Blu-ray in July.
To celebrate and show off the quality of the new transfer, Fathom Events is going to be showing “Where No One Has Gone Before” and “Datalore” in theaters on Monday, July 23rd. Tickets go on sale June 8th.
In addition, Amazon has fired the first volley in what will hopefully become a price war by lowering the price to $78.86 from the suggested retail of $129.99. (Seriously, Paramount? Why you so pricey?)
Even though the first season is best described as iffy, this did kick off an amazing series that should look amazing on Blu-ray.
Big thanks to Rach, who grabbed this screencap from the Keepsake catalog. (Hallmark’s horrible web interface for it is currently locked to members.) We’ll have a closer look later when it goes live for all, but this should give you a pretty good idea.
Well, sort of. Watch it for the Stewart facepalm! (via)
Entertainment Weekly got the exclusive side-by-side comparison video on the upcoming transfer of Star Trek: The Next Generation to high definition. Remember how poor the show, especially the first season, appears now in re-runs? Well, the show is being cleaned up for a Blu-ray release later this year, for the 25th anniversary of the show, with the original film being recut and remastered for HD – no more videotape quality.
Before the full show’s Blu-ray release, CBS Home Video will be teasing fans with the early Blu-ray release pack , The Next Generation – The Next Level, which will contain three favorite episodes: the show’s two-hour premiere, ‘Encounter at Farpoint’, season three’s ‘Sins of the Father’ and season five’s ‘The Inner Light’. Get more details and see the trailer for the remastered sampler (yup, they made a trailer!) at startrek.com.
Shatner ripped Star Wars. Carrie Fisher ripped Star Trek and Shatner. Now, Shatner responds. Oh dear. (Velour?)
Captain Picard and company tune into Star Wars: A New Hope. (via)
Remember when William Shatner ripped on Star Wars? Carrie Fisher has taken up the gauntlet.
Apples and oranges? Pot calling the kettle black? Space western vs. space opera? TV budget vs. film budget? There’s no denying that Star Wars is derivative of many things, but Trek doesn’t even makes the top ten.
Still, you can’t really blame the guy for being partisan to his own franchise. (Or wanting Kirk to run off with Leia
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EDIT: And speaking of derivative, Heilemann has something of a point about Trek and Forbidden Planet.