Standard Orbit 150: Practically CGI

The Special Effects of the Star Trek Movies. Star Trek has always been more about substance than spectacle, but that's not to say the franchise hasn't given us its fair share of impressive visuals over the years, especially in the films. We're taking a look at the evolution of the special effects from The Motion Picture all the way up through the Kelvin Timeline films, discussing highlights, low-lights, and of course old school practical techniques vs. modern computer generated images.

Is there truly no comparison to The Motion Picture? Are The Final Frontier's special effects really that bad? What were they thinking reusing footage from climax of The Undiscovered Country in the following film? All this and a fun story about whales from the Chief in this episode of Standard Orbit! Hosts Ken Tripp and Zach Moore Feature Welcome to Standard Orbit! (00:01:09) Star Trek: The Motion Picture (00:03:19) Star Trek II - Star Trek IV (00:11:07)  Star Trek V (00:31:03) Star Trek VI (00:39:32) Star Trek: Generations (00:44:05) Star Trek: First Contact (00:51:35) Star Trek: Insurrection (00:57:50) Star Trek: Nemesis (01:02:26) The Kelvin Timeline Films (01:08:16) Final Thoughts (01:15:47) Previously on Trek.fm (01:18:59) Thank You for Listening to Standard Orbit (01:20:40)   Production C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer), Ken Tripp (Executive Producer), Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer), Charlene Schmiedt (Executive Producer), Zach Moore (Editor), Renee Roberts (Associate Producer), Richard Rutledge (Associate Producer), Aaron Harvey (Associate Producer), Richard Marquez (Production Manager)   Send us your feedback! Twitter: @trekfm   Facebook: http://facebook.com/trekfm Voicemail: http://www.speakpipe.com/trekfm Contact Form: http://www.trek.fm/contact Visit the Trek.fm website at http://trek.fm/ Subscribe in iTunes: http://itunes.com/trekfm Support the Network! Become a Trek.fm Patron on Patreon and help us keep our shows coming to you every week. We have great perks for you at http://patreon.com/trekfm Sponsor Audible is the premiere source for audiobooks with more than 150,000 titles to choose from, and new titles coming every week. From classics to current bestsellers, and even some of the most famous Star Trek books like Prime Directive, Federation, and Spock’s World, Audible has something for everyone.As a Trek.fm listener you can get a free audiobook of your choice along with a 30-day trial to see just how great Audible is. So give it a try today, catch up on all those classic Star Trek books you’ve yet to read or that latest novel from you favorite author and support the network and our programming at the same time! Release Date Monday, December 5, 2016 Duration 01 hour 24 minutes 39 seconds File Size 81.7 MB 81,680,264 bytes