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  • megoscott
    Founding Partner
    • Nov 17, 2006
    • 8710

    50 Years ago...

    Discover the magic of the internet at Imgur, a community powered entertainment destination. Lift your spirits with funny jokes, trending memes, entertaining gifs, inspiring stories, viral videos, and so much more from users.


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  • boss
    Talkative Member
    • Jun 18, 2003
    • 7217

    #2
    That's cool!
    Fresh, not from concentrate.

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    • Hedji
      Citizen of Gotham
      • Nov 17, 2012
      • 7246

      #3
      Take THAT, CGI!!!! Pew! Pew! Pew!

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      • TomStrong
        Persistent Member
        • Jul 22, 2011
        • 1635

        #4
        Too awesome. As I get older I seem to prefer conventional special effects to the new cgi. I think the old Star Trek and Star Wars scenes were great. The old puppet yoda is certainly preferable to me than the cgi one.

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        • Mikey
          Verbose Member
          • Aug 9, 2001
          • 47258

          #5
          Wow !!!, I never seen that pic before !!!!!!!

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          • ScottA
            Original Member
            • Jun 25, 2001
            • 12264

            #6
            That was pretty neat.
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            • LonnieFisher
              Eloquent Member
              • Jan 19, 2008
              • 11018

              #7
              The coolest thing ever!

              Last edited by LonnieFisher; Jan 4, '15, 1:39 PM.

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              • TrekStar
                Trek or Treat
                • Jan 20, 2011
                • 8710

                #8
                I absolutely love that, that looks great for something that came out 50 years ago.

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                • HardyGirl
                  Mego Museum's Poster Girl
                  • Apr 3, 2007
                  • 13950

                  #9
                  Late to the party, but loving that picture! I prefer conventional special effects to CGI as well. It actually took more effort and imagination to come up w/ that stuff than to punch keys on a computer.
                  "Do you believe, you believe in magic?
                  'Cos I believe, I believe that I do,
                  Yes, I can see I believe that it's magic
                  If your mission is magic your love will shine true."

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                  • palitoy
                    live. laugh. lisa needs braces
                    • Jun 16, 2001
                    • 59794

                    #10
                    While I think CGI is more than just punching keys on a computer, I have been watching the "enhanced" Star Trek TOS lately and I gotta say, give me the old effects back. Some of the scenes look like 90s PC screen savers.
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                    • Earth 2 Chris
                      Verbose Member
                      • Mar 7, 2004
                      • 32977

                      #11
                      ^I've avoided the "enhanced" episodes for this reason. That picture is just astounding. Those guys can't realize how momentous the occasion is.

                      Chris
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                      • HardyGirl
                        Mego Museum's Poster Girl
                        • Apr 3, 2007
                        • 13950

                        #12
                        Originally posted by palitoy
                        While I think CGI is more than just punching keys on a computer, I have been watching the "enhanced" Star Trek TOS lately and I gotta say, give me the old effects back. Some of the scenes look like 90s PC screen savers.
                        OK, maybe that wasn't the right way to phrase that. But actually coming up w/ the concept, building it and making it appear that it's actually flying takes more blood, sweat and tears than CGI. And I agree w/ the re-mastered versions. The exteriors look phony, and even some of the aliens come out wrong. The Children of Vaal in "The Apple" are supposed to be orange, but they look like regular flesh tone in the re-mastered version.
                        "Do you believe, you believe in magic?
                        'Cos I believe, I believe that I do,
                        Yes, I can see I believe that it's magic
                        If your mission is magic your love will shine true."

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                        • Mikey
                          Verbose Member
                          • Aug 9, 2001
                          • 47258

                          #13
                          My older brother-in-law that's still in the stone-age for TV likes said it best.

                          He said the new Star Trek CGI on the Classic Series looks like a "cartoon"

                          Couldn't have said it better myself

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                          • palitoy
                            live. laugh. lisa needs braces
                            • Jun 16, 2001
                            • 59794

                            #14
                            I think I watched Journey to Babel the other night and while the people shots looked nice and crisp, when Sarek's shuttle arrived, I was completely taken out of the moment. It looked weak and then the cg model didn't match the physical prop (!)
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                            • huedell
                              Museum Ball Eater
                              • Dec 31, 2003
                              • 11069

                              #15
                              Practical vs. CGI for ST:TOS?

                              From what I can tell it's more about the ones in charge cheaping out, than any kind of notable CGI tech lacking.

                              These days CGI tech is really coming into it's own. There's really no excuse for CGI "fixes" of an iconic show like TOS being as universally unaccepted as TOS' seem to be.
                              "No. No no no no no no. You done got me talkin' politics. I didn't wanna'. Like I said y'all, I'm just happy to be alive. I think I'll scoot over here right by this winda', let this beautiful carriage rock me to sleep, and dream about how lucky I am." - Chris Mannix

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