[NEWSS] - Paramount Releases Highly Anticipated Service Pack for Star Trek
Stan Jensen
Hollywood, CA - Paramount announced that it had released the long
awaited service pack for the original Star Trek series. Entitled Star
Trek: SP1, the patch includes fixes for technical goofs and other
errors, which have nagged fans for decades.
Paramount used the latest in digital editing technology to correct the
errors and scoured newsgroups and interviewed fans to find all the
problems they needed to correct. The service pack is available in DVD,
VHS or in digital format from the Paramount website.
Paramount President Franz Pike said, "We fixed everything, from
obvious errors like the glaring differences between Shatner and his
stunt double to more obscure fixes like removing Spock's 'third ear'
in 'The Immunity Syndrome.' We think fans will be pleased."
Most trekkers are happy with the upgrades. "Star Trek has always been
unwatchable to me before the service pack, but watching it now I can
almost stomach it," said one fan of The Next Generation.
"I was hoping they'd improve Shatner’s acting, but apparently that was
intentional overacting," said Sarah Jennings of the Star Fleet Command
Outpost based in Waukesha, Wisconsin.
However, the release has left some fans unimpressed. "This service
pack fixes several errors, but also creates some. Like in 'The Enemy
Within' they fix the problem with Kirk's phaser switching between a
Type 1 and a Type 2 phaser, but they give Kirk a mustache," said Devin
Halibut of Star Trek fan club #264. "I have to say I like the goofs in
the original series better than the ones introduced by the service
packs."
Other fans are even more upset. "Roddenberry left those mistakes in
there to show the frailty of society. I think it's blasphemous for
Paramount to go in and correct the master's work," said Matt Pyckard
of St. Louis.
A service pack for the films as well as for Star Trek: The Next
Generation will be released in November.
The Merry Piper
wrote:
>Paramount Releases Highly Anticipated Service Pack for Star Trek
[giggle]
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Al Smith
> awaited service pack for the original Star Trek series. Entitled Star
> Trek: SP1, the patch includes fixes for technical goofs and other
> errors, which have nagged fans for decades.
As long as they didn't take out the easter eggs, I can live with it.
Unforgiven
> Paramount Releases Highly Anticipated Service Pack for Star Trek
Pssh! I wasn't on the beta, so it can't be any good.
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Laura Ware
> Paramount Releases Highly Anticipated Service Pack for Star Trek
LOL!
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