Posted by Marc Martin on
URL: https://www.shado-forum.com/Fw-SHADO-Re-Gerry-Anderson-to-make-new-TV-series-of-Thunderbirds-tp2250949p2252125.html

> And how is it that the original series of Star Trek looks technically
> superior to ST:TNG, which always looked as if it was done on video
> with a purple filter on the camera!!!

That's because the original Star Trek was shot on 35mm film, while
ST:TNG was shot on film and then transferred to video for editing &
special effects. So it's easy to make HDTV versions of the original
series, but not so easy to make HDTV versions of ST:TNG, as they'd have
to redo everything from the original film elements (including redoing
all of the editing and special effects).

Seinfeld was done the same way as ST:TNG, but they've made HDTV versions
of this by going back to the original 35mm elements and reconstructing
the episodes from scratch.  At least Seinfeld had no special effects
to redo... :-)

Since UFO was shot on 35mm film, it's also an easy upgrade to HDTV.
(and has already been done once, although the one they've done so
far was cropped to widescreen).

Marc