Comment on Thoughts on fixing production mistakes in remasters?
JWBananas@startrek.website 1 year ago
To start things off:
I’m sure the first thing that will come to many people’s minds is the infamous badging error in TOS:
www.startrek.com/…/starfleet-insignia-explained
Some may suggest that since it was caught during dailies and intentionally left in, then it should stay as it always was.
Others may suggest that if modern technology were around back then, it would have been fixed in post; so why not let that happen now?
For that specific example, I’d probably argue for leaving it alone.
Prouvaire@kbin.social 1 year ago
That Bob Justman memo reminded me how much fun they had making TOS (as well as working long and hard of course). Perhaps my favourite is the memo chain Justman started about Vulcan proper names.
Re fixing mistakes: I guess I don't have a problem with it as long as the mistakes are trivial, are clearly errors, and the original version remains available. What constitutes a "trivial error" of course can be up for debate. Correcting a background audio cue - sure, why not? Changing early TOS references of "Vulcanians" to "Vulcans" - definitely not.