Originally Posted by CocheseUGA I hear that. Our 27" SDTV works just fine, except our other TV may be going out. So, I thought I'd take the plunge and buy a HDTV as a present to myself. $800 is a lot of bones when you don't have a job, though.

My 27" SDTV is more than fine. 360 looks great, DVDs look good; I don't see the necessity in having an HDTV right now. $800 is a lot of scratch (to me) even with a job and a nice savings account.

Today is Tim Russ' birthday!



http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Tim_Russ

IMO, the Tuvok character is one of the two best in Voyager, with the EMH being the other. Tim Russ has played characters in TNG, DS9, Generations and Voyager. The Tuvok character has a prominent role in my favorite Star Trek game, Star Trek: Elite Force. All in all, his character has grown on me and is now one of my favorites in all of Trekdom.

Originally Posted by GuilewasNK Today is Tim Russ' birthday! http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Tim_Russ IMO, the Tuvok character is one of the two best in Voyager, with the EMH being the other. Tim Russ has played characters in TNG, DS9, Generations and Voyager. The Tuvok character has a prominent role in my favorite Star Trek game, Star Trek: Elite Force. All in all, his character has grown on me and is now one of my favorites in all of Trekdom.

not to sound racist, but I never got use to the idea of a BLACK vulcan.

Originally Posted by ITDEFX not to sound racist, but I never got use to the idea of a BLACK vulcan.

Kind of like a black Klingon?

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Originally Posted by CocheseUGA Kind of like a black Klingon?

that's a different matter, Klingons are suppose to have dark skin.

Originally Posted by CocheseUGA Kind of like a black Klingon?

OMG RANDOM DISEASE!!!

Originally Posted by ITDEFX not to sound racist, but I never got use to the idea of a BLACK vulcan.

Well, there are black Bajorans too. I can't recall if there are many more though. I think the fact that they are humanoids means that certain characteristics like hair, skin tone, number of fingers, or whatever may exist in other humanoids species. Remember the episode of TNG where a changeling looking creature told Picard, the Cadassian, Romulan, and Klingon that they all originate from the same thing.

Most races in Trek seem to have few if any variations (Ferengi for example), but there is some "human-like" diversity in others. I think it is more a limiation of trying to create diverse groups for so many aliens more than anything. The fact that all Ferengi are businessmen, all Klingons are warriors, and all Vulcan are pacifists is great for TV, but not realistic most of the time.

Originally Posted by ITDEFX that's a different matter, Klingons are suppose to have dark skin.

My point is, I think that's a white guy.

you know, to this day, I still can't believe Leeta picked Rom over Dr. Zimmerman and Bashir!! good lord what the hell are there children going to look like?!?!?!

Originally Posted by ITDEFX you know, to this day, I still can't believe Leeta picked Rom over Dr. Zimmerman and Bashir!! good lord what the hell are there children going to look like?!?!?!

Must have been the lobes.

Chase Masterson was certainly easy on the eyes.

Originally Posted by GuilewasNK Must have been the lobes. Chase Masterson was certainly easy on the eyes.

lol.......

Bashir or Zimmerman were perfect for Leeta.. but no, she had to go with a nasty looking ferengi. yuck. but then again...... she becomes the wife of the new grand nagus! that's like marrying someone who just inherited a empire... so i guess it works out.

Later on when we see Zimmerman at Jupiter Station, he seems more grumpy then ever.... good job Leeta!! its all your fault!!

Originally Posted by ITDEFX lol....... Bashir or Zimmerman were perfect for Leeta.. but no, she had to go with a nasty looking ferengi. yuck. but then again...... she becomes the wife of the new grand nagus! that's like marrying someone who just inherited a empire... so i guess it works out. Later on when we see Zimmerman at Jupiter Station, he seems more grumpy then ever.... good job Leeta!! its all your fault!!

Besides, Rom probably has a giant....brain. Working with Chief O'Brien and all.

any of you seen this?

its a side by side comparison between the old footage and the new remastered footage from the original series
http://trekmovie.com/category/tos-in...e-screenshots/

Originally Posted by ITDEFX any of you seen this? its a side by side comparison between the old footage and the new remastered footage from the original series http://trekmovie.com/category/tos-in...e-screenshots/

First time I had seen that site. Thanks!

I've seen a few remastered episodes since my local Fox shows them at Midnight or 1 Am on the weekends, and they really look great, even in SD. The new special effects are just perfect for the show.

Originally Posted by Kaijufan I've seen a few remastered episodes since my local Fox shows them at Midnight or 1 Am on the weekends, and they really look great, even in SD. The new special effects are just perfect for the show.

Yeah, they are modern without being overstated.

Originally Posted by GuilewasNK Yeah, they are modern without being overstated.

because My20 (use to be UPN) likes to move it around on the weekends, I never get to see it. When I think it will be on Sunday at 2pm, bam..its not there.. but it ended up being shown on the Saturday before. Sometimes it won't show up at all over the weekend. :(

Might as well wait for the remastered dvds to come out then buy them.

maybe TNG will get the remastered treatment? but does it really need it? ...hmmm maybe.

Originally Posted by ITDEFX Might as well wait for the remastered dvds to come out then buy them. maybe TNG will get the remastered treatment? but does it really need it? ...hmmm maybe.

Since the whole point of the updated special effects was so the effects look good in HD, I'm guessing that the remastered version of TOS will come out on HD DVD and/or Blu Ray, no SD DVD.
As for TNG, they have 4 more seasons, which would be way more work. I doubt that updating the special effects would be worth it, it would just cost way too much money.
Personally I would love to see some of the DS9 space battles redone with modern CGI (and if they remade the effects they could give the ships shields ).

Watched Live Free or Die Hard last night and was very surprised to see Tim Russ have a minor role! Interestingly enough, he was pretty much just Tuvok without the ears and even spouted out some technobabble!

I've been thinking about seeing the new Die Hard but I read that they will release an R rated DVD, so I'll just wait for that.