In celebration of the 25th anniversary of the beginning of the first broadcast, Paramount owner CBS started to restore the episodes for an HD release on Blu-ray but also for future broadcasts and the online distribution. A simple conversion of the final cuts was impossible because they only were available on video in SD. Consequently, the original negatives were scanned in HD. In order to do so, more than 25,000 reels had to be dug up from the Paramount archieves and cleaned. Also because the original visual effects had been made for an aspect ratio of 1.33:1, the aspect ratio of the new HD versions remains unchanged. Some visual effects such as phaser shots and beaming processes have been re-created instead of converted. Furthermore, perspective goofs in space and misguided shadows have been corrected and so have some paintings.


Compared are the Original Version and the Remastered Version.

In order to keep it simple, repeated effects do not have screenshots.

 

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The Enterprise is heading for a planet called Rubicam III for some shore leave. The people living there - the Edo - welcome the crew. The crew then realizes that there is no crime of any kind. Unfortunately, they get to know why that is the case: any criminal activity, from the smallest thing up to murder, is punishable by death. This becomes abundantly clear when Wesley accidentally falls into a flower bed.

 

 

 

00:01
The planet has been digitally altered.

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00:17
Shot of the planet from the bridge.

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01:39
Captain Picard on the bridge in front of the planet.

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01:49
Captain Picard on the bridge in front of the planet.

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02:00
Captain Picard on the bridge in front of the planet.

02:15
Captain Picard on the bridge in front of the planet.

04:02
The Enterprise in front of the planet.

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09:21
Captain Picard on the bridge in front of the planet.

09:30
Captain Picard on the bridge in front of the planet.

09:57
The Enterprise and the hostile spaceship in front of the planet.

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11:11
The Enterprise in front of the planet.

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11:16
The sphere flying across a passageway.

11:36
The sphere appears on the bridge.

11:50
The sphere flies to Captain Picard.

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12:02
The sphere again.

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12:28
And again.

12:44
Data talks to the sphere.

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13:13
Captain Picard and Data talk to the sphere.

13:30
Data talks to the sphere.

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13:41
The sphere takes possession of Data.

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13:41
The sphere on Data's forehead.

22:00
Dr. Crusher examines Data.

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22:16
Dr. Crusher talks to Captain Picard.

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22:21
Dr. Crusher examines Data and the sphere flies off.

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04:02
The Enterprise flies off.

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