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Star Trek Pilots Episode 1: The Next Generation

Star Trekby CBB
The STAR TREK PILOTS project is a 3-DVD collection of the first episodes of THE NEXT GENERATION, DEEP SPACE NINE and VOYAGER – all in trimmed WIDESCREEN versions. This one is for fans, who always wanted to watch these shows without the worst annoyances on the big modern screens.

Episode One: The Next Generation – Encounter At Farpoint

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tagline: To Boldly Start
original film name: STAR TREK – THE NEXT GENERATION – EPISODE 1/2: ENCOUNTER AT FARPOINT
new film name : Star Trek Pilots – Episode 1 – The Next Generation
film studio name : Paramount
edit crew name :CBB
Date Original Film Was Released : 1987
Date Edit Was Released : October 2009
Original Runtime : 91 minutes
New Runtime : 83 minutes
Amount of time Cut/Added : 8 minutes cut

Cuts removed/added/extended :

  • – removed Beverley and Wesley with Will on Farpoint Station
  • – removed Wesley on the holodeck
  • – removed Will and Deanna meeting
  • – removed Wesley and Beverley inspecting the bridge
  • – removed Jean Luc and Beverley talking about Wesley

Trailer:

Star Trek Pilots – Episode 1 – Trailer from boon23 on Vimeo.

Fanedit details:
This is a widescreen version of ENCOUNTER AT FARPOINT, the pilot double episode of Star Trek – The Next Generation. The most striking annoyances (especially Wesley Crusher) have been removed.

DVD details:

  • 1.78:1 aspect ratio, NTSC SL DVD
  • English audio in true 5.1 ac-3
  • English subtitles
  • Switching menus (you’ll see what they are)
  • Teaser/Trailer
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Making Of
  • Info on all 35 CBB fanedits

Intention for this fanedit:
I did this little fanedit most of all just for myself, because I am a Star Trek fan (especially TNG) and it annoyed me to have those huge black sidebars from the original 1.33 format, which made this show look so out of date and old fashioned. And while I was on that, I thought to go a big step further and remove that annoying Wesley Crusher and the stupid past relationship scene of Troi/Riker that always makes me groan in pain, when I have to see it.
This is not a huge or drastic fanedit, but a labor love and I thought a few of you might be interested in watching. The result is not (probably cannot be) perfect (see additional comments below, where I mention the issues), but I think it’s an entertaining fun watch from the good old late 80s, when one of the best shows ever started.
Personally I consider the pilot episode of TNG as a rather weak and strange one. The introduction of the super being Q, the ridiculous look of Farpoint station and the jellyfish aliens, the terrible mask of Worf… etc. Still it does have a nostalgic value to me and was fun to spend time with again.

How the intention was achieved:

  • 1. deinterlacing (to get rid of the stripes) and recoloring (to get rid of the pinkish overall color)
  • 2. reframing EVERY scene of the movie to make it fit to the widescreen format. Only very few times the center could be used. Some parts had to be zoomed and additionally cut to not chop off heads.
  • 3. editing

Hardware and software information:
video: Avisynth (for deinterlacing), Virtualdub (for cropping, deinterlacing of a few scenes, framerate changing (from PAL to NTSC), recoloring, creating lagarith video, black level correction, Jasc Paint Shop Pro for image creation and alteration, Sony Vegas for editing and reframing, CCE for m2v creation
audio: headac3he to create stereo audio, which I used as workfile, cinematize pro for 5.1 ac-3 to wave conversion, adobe audition for PAL to NTSC audio conversion, Sony Vegas for 5.1 creation
ripping and DVD extraction: dvd fab decrypter, pgcdemux
subtitles: subrip, subtitle workshop
DVD authoring: DVD lab pro, Jasc Paint Shop pro for images, Adobe Audition and Sony Vegas for audio

Additional Comment:
This release is not (and maybe cannot be) perfect. Here are the known issues:
To turn 1.33:1 to 1.78:1 meant to sacrifice more than 20% of the visible image from top and bottom. This results in:
big faces, some blurry images, additonal needed cuts, if reframing would chop off heads.
Because of the overall rather bad image quality of the DVD source there is also in some scenes:
blurriness, a bit of stuttering, slightly visible noise pixelation, slight flickering
The original comes with a lot of video imperfections and I was not able to correct them all. The deinterlacing filters did cause some stutter and flicker in a few scenes.

Time needed for the edition: 2 weeks
other persons involved: AvP (cover art), Uncanny Antman (surround enlightment)

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IMAGES:
kickass cover art by AvP (download here):
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Filed under: CBB, Science Fiction, Star Trek, True Fanedits / Reviews (4)

4 Review »

  1. Great edit of a too long of an episode. I agree with the editor, himself, there are some flaws in the change from 4:3 to widescreen. I think that this edit (and the others of the Star Trek pilots) should be kept in its original screen format. I recognize that all the series (except Enterprise) are in 4:3 and accept that. This edit looks too “forced” in widescreen and the loss of image is significant to the viewing.

    Great idea, good quality edit.

    Review by flyboy707 — December 14, 2009 @ 9:18 pm

  2. TNG in widescreen. Thank you. It is not perfect image quality, but I liked it a lot and would love to watch the entire show like that. Also: thank you very much for removing Weesley Crusher.

    Review by 20Emp05 — January 12, 2010 @ 3:53 pm

  3. I didn’t care for the reformatting, I have no problem with 4:3 when it’s the original aspect ratio. But regarding the actual edit factor, this was much, much better than the original. The removal of Wesley and Riker/Troi was very welcome. However, I think the final scene between Picard and Dr. Crusher should have been excised, as the conversation refers to events that are no longer in the story, so it feels weird and puzzling and is the one moment that makes apparent something is missing.

    Overall, another fine outing by Boon! 8/10.

    Review by DwightFry78 — December 20, 2010 @ 6:33 am

  4. Interesting experiment, but this is one for completists only.

    The editing itself was good.

    The menus were difficult to nativate (I couldn’t tell which option was selected).

    Review by Mark Moore — May 26, 2011 @ 5:33 am

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