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Lee Butterley @leebutterley.bsky.social · 1m

I bet if you get to the gym the day will roll on for you from there, and will be more productive than you feel like now.

Lee Butterley @leebutterley.bsky.social · 3m

It’s a bit of a dismal monochrome Monday.

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Lee Butterley @leebutterley.bsky.social · 9h

I don't get it at all, winds me up so bad sometimes.

Lee Butterley @leebutterley.bsky.social · 9h

The autocorrect system is infuriating.

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Lee Butterley @leebutterley.bsky.social · 9h

I'm firmly hoping there's a place for her in a future "Legacy" or other Trek series.

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Lee Butterley @leebutterley.bsky.social · 9h

We might not think that had the 1970 caves been shot in HD.

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Lee Butterley @leebutterley.bsky.social · 10h

I admire you for attempting to go on dates (or whatever this is 👀), I've now been single for well over a year and still absolutely cannot be bothered.

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Lee Butterley @leebutterley.bsky.social · 10h

😘

Lee Butterley @leebutterley.bsky.social · 10h

I wasn't talking to you. 🤣

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Lee Butterley @leebutterley.bsky.social · 10h

Not sure if you read this novel, it came out before First Contact and I think it has much interesting telling of mid-21st century history and Zefram Cochrane lore.

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Lee Butterley @leebutterley.bsky.social · 12h

Exactly, and I'm sure it being captured on 35mm film, which is such a beautiful medium, really helps sell it as well.

Lee Butterley @leebutterley.bsky.social · 12h

I’ve seen a lot of of his videos actually, they’re great.

I think what I love about the 90s model shots especially is that they are real filmed elements, but the compositing is digital, so it’s really sharp and you don’t get the rough edges. Makes it look so realistic when done by pros like ILM.

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Lee Butterley @leebutterley.bsky.social · 13h

Wahay! Enjoy! 👏

Lee Butterley @leebutterley.bsky.social · 13h

Yeah I have a soft spot for Insurrection but it does not look spenny. Some of the CGI spacecraft shots look really rough.

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Lee Butterley @leebutterley.bsky.social · 13h

I never really loved Voyager so it took the Picard series to make me fall for Seven.

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Lee Butterley @leebutterley.bsky.social · 13h

Yep, Generations feels twice as expensive as any of the three that followed.

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Lee Butterley @leebutterley.bsky.social · 14h

In First Contact it’s basically just the Enterprise E and the Montana forest village. Feels quite small.

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Lee Butterley @leebutterley.bsky.social · 14h

I am obsessed.

Lee Butterley @leebutterley.bsky.social · 14h

I think it also feels epic and big budget because of the number of locations, we get the dry dock, the Enterprise B, the sailing ship Enteprise, a significantly upgraded Ent-D, the solar observatory, the Bird of Prey, Veridian 7, Picard’s Christmas fantasy, Kirk’s country fantasy, it’s just huge.

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Lee Butterley @leebutterley.bsky.social · 14h

The lighting and camerawork is really fantastic. I was blown away in the cinema in 1995 by just how much better than the series it looked, it’s really was a massive step up to the cinema screen.

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Lee Butterley @leebutterley.bsky.social · 14h

The saucer slide out is INTENSE.

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Lee Butterley @leebutterley.bsky.social · 15h

Yes I reckon an AI enhancement is probably our best hope now, it’s got to be cheaper than completely post producing the entire series again, especially as all the CGI shots from the later seasons don’t have any “original elements” to rescan.

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Lee Butterley @leebutterley.bsky.social · 15h

TNG looks so fantastic in HD. I’m rewatching DS9 again. Oh and it’s such a shame they couldn’t redo it as it looks so murky and rough.

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Lee Butterley @leebutterley.bsky.social · 15h

Definitely give it another go. It still looks stunning 30 years later.

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Lee Butterley @leebutterley.bsky.social · 15h

Best scene of the film.

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