star trek remastered

Flames can be seen on the screen as the Enterprise hurtles through the atmosphere toward the planet.

Another episode ends and CG-Enterprise says goodbye.

Begone mechanical number display!

Hello Stardate chronometer!

The Enterprise travels back in time (again) as PSI 2000 breaks up. As Temporal Investigations would say, James Kirk was a menace.

For 40 years, Scotty’s phaser wasn’t shooting anything. Now it works like it should.

No new effects here. I just love the foil-weilding helmsman. Classic.

The revamped Psi 2000 on the Enterprise’s main viewscreen. The angle of the image looks a bit more natural.

Computer-generated Enterprise and newly-rendered, more realistic planet Psi 2000 during the episode title shot.

New matte painting shows the exterior of the Psi 2000 research station, rather than just a cloud sequence.

Establishing shot that opens the episode. Planet Psi 200 has been added to where there was no planet before.

The camera pans as the Enterprise zooms past by to close the episode.

The Enterprise in orbit of Janus VI in a smooth computer-generated manor.

The new effects of the Horta eating through rock. The hole forms from the center and smoke is generated by the action.

Read my lips: No new phasers.

The point of impact may have been re-animated, but it could just be the difference between the quality of the remastered broadcast and the DVD original.

The good Captain Kirk stands against the new 3D backdrop.

A computer-generated Enterprise orbits the Janus VI mining colony.

Computer-generated Enterprise and newly-rendered planet during the episode title shot.

A new 3D matte painting of the mines of Janus VI adds depth and atmosphere to the underground cavern.

Establishing shot that opens the episode as our favorite starship approches the mining colony of Janus VI.

The newer effect is computer graphics and has different lighting, but it is largely the same as the original.

Another new shot of the Enterprise firing ‘phasers’ to cripple the Romulans. Unlike the original, this shot shows a close-up of the underside of the saucer.

This new establishing shot focuses on the bridge and upper saucer section.

The Enterprise lists after taking damage. The revised version shows the starship rotating as it loses attitude control.

This cgi image completely replaces the original establishing shot.

The Romulan energy weapon threatens the Enterprise.

In the revised version, the weapon is more textured and fiery in nature.

Phaser detonations have been re-animated with a blue hue and the dust/scratches have been eliminated.

he Enterprise fires ‘phasers,’ though they look distinctly like what would later be called “photon torpedos.”

The blue reflection on the underside of the saucer is pretty cool.

The comet has been re-animated and enhanced. It is more colorful and shows particle movement.

Rather than just disappearing, the new effects show the Romulan ship blur and fade away.

A starboard view of the Romulan warship.

Enhanced and revised establshing shot of the Romulan vessel.

The Enterprise pursues the Romulans. The CG ship in this sequence looks like something out of a bad video game.

Surprisingly, no changes to the viewscreen display. At the very least, I would have expected Romii (Rom II?) to be changed to Remus.

Captain Kirk even mentions Remus by name in his log entry at the beginning of the episode.

Geologic features are visible on a new computer-generated planet as the Enterprise flies by during the opening credits

The Enterprise zooms by during the opening titles.

This opening shot of the Enterprise changes the angle of approach and adds a motion blur effect.