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Group: alt.startrek · Group Profile
Author: GeneK
Date: Aug 5, 2008 18:09

"Steven L." earthlink.net> wrote in message
> Even without flicker, it's still obvious to the movie audience that they
> are looking at a CRT, with its curved screen and 4x3 aspect ratio. That
> always has the feeling of quaint falseness when it's depicting the
> supposedly futuristic panel of some future spaceship.
>
> That was the problem with a couple of the Star Trek movies, like ST VI.
> They used CRTs to implement the bridge displays. No flicker, but they
> still *looked* like CRTs. Even though nobody expects actual CRTs to be
> around in the 23rd century--except in museums.

Yeah, going from the clearer, more "advanced-looking" view
we saw on matte screens in TOS to the TOS movies was a
visual step backward for sure. OTOH, given a choice
between that and the cleaner screen FX but yawn-inducing
scripts of TNG...

GeneK
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