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The visual effects of TNG were top-notch in the 1980s but usually rather blurry. All visual effects had to be reconstructed in HD for TNG-R. The sequence of cutting the skull monster in half was considerably improved for TNG-R: "The Emissary".

The original version of TNG: "The Royale" showed a curious US flag with 52 stars and the field of stars resting on a red stripe. The mission patch below the flag is a re-use of the Apollo 17 patch, with only the word "Apollo" removed. The patch still bears the number "XVII" and the name of the actual astronauts, Cernan, Evans and Schmitt. The flag is still the same. The patch, however, was corrected for TNG-R: "The Royale". The number "XVII" was replaced with "Charybdis - NASA", and the names of the Apollo 17 astronauts with "First Beyond the Solar System".

The list of comedians in TNG: "The Outrageous Okona" and the list of Earth deep space launches from 2123 to 2190 in TNG: "Up the Long Ladder" contain several in-jokes, such as names of people involved in the production of Star Trek . Some names were changed for TNG-R: "The Outrageous Okona", replacing them with names of people that were involved in the remastering of TNG.

In TNG-R: "Up the Long Ladder" the VK Velikan is no longer commanded by Gene Roddenberry but by Mike Volland. It is also no longer on a mission "to explore strange new worlds" but is engaging in "stellar chart mapping". The HMS New Zealand is now on a diplomatic mission to Aldebaran instead of Alderaan. The SS Seattle is on a diplomatic mission to SR-47 now and no longer does "ADR looping".

In TNG: "The Schizoid Man" data seen on the viewscreen contains references to different fields of science. nDNA is short for nuclear DNA. HCOOH is formic acid. A stands for adenine, T for thymine, C for cytosine, G for guanine and U for uracil, all five are nucleobases. Uracil and thymine normally never appear together, as thymine (only in DNA) is replaced by uracil in RNA. The text on the display was newly created for TNG-R: "The Schizoid Man". There are several differences between the TNG-R text displays and the original, such as "O" (instead of C) in a DNA sequence and nonsensical words like "angie" (instead of "angle").

In TNG: "The Measure of a Man" P icard views the Starfleet transfer orders on the desktop monitor in his ready room. The graphic was added in post production. The graphic was created from scratch for TNG-R: "The Measure of a Man". The font of "40271" is a different one. The text still isn't legible.

In the original version of TNG: "Time Squared" the beginning of the shuttlepod video was re-used from the USS Yamato logs seen in "Contagion". If one watches closely, the words "Access File = Captain's Log * USS Yamato * NCC 71807" can be made out. The logs are correctly labeled with "USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D" in TNG-R: "Time Squared".

Riker views photos from his family album in TNG: "The Icarus Factor". The skyline on the first photo was updated with buildings such as the Burj al Arab in TNG-R: "The Icarus Factor".

In TNG: "Q Who" we can see stock footage of Shuttle 01 - Sakharov from "Unnatural Selection", while the dialogue mentions "Shuttle 6".

Variations of the Type-7 Shuttle The registry of the shuttle was accordingly fixed for TNG-R: "Q Who".

Although Wesley identifies the shuttle as "Shuttle 2" in TNG: "Samaritan Snare", it can be clearly seen in this reused shot from "Unnatural Selection" that he and the captain are departing in Shuttle 01, the Sakharov. The shuttle mock-up was relabeled for TNG-R: "Samaritan Snare". It is now the Einstein - Shuttle 02 (taken from a chart visible in the shuttlebay since "Evolution"). In other shots in the episode the shuttle is still mislabeled though.

If one compares this shot of the Borg cube in pursuit of the USS Enterprise-D with an earlier shot of the ship in TNG: "Q Who", one can see that the footage is upside down here. The Borg cube is no longer upside down in TNG-R: "Q Who".

All scenes with starships were originally created with motion control photography. Generally season 2 uses recomposited original shots of the studio miniatures. One exception is the Erstwhile, which was replaced with a CG model for one shot in TNG-R: "The Outrageous Okona".

A new CG model of the Klingon BoP appears in two shots of TNG-R: "A Matter of Honor".

This shot from TNG-R: "Peak Performance", unlike the previous ones from the same episode, shows a CG model of the Hathaway. There are several slight differences to the physical model.

Filming equipment is visible in a couple of season 2 episodes, as well as some other things that should normally not come into sight. In TNG-R: "The Child", the sandbag behind Wesley is no longer visible thanks to the reframing.

The equipment is not visible any longer in TNG-R: "The Schizoid Man" because the shot was slightly reframed.

A carpet patch was digitally retouched at the beginning of this scene in TNG: "Time Squared" ( but reappears in a later shot).

Several matte paintings can be seen in the original episodes of the second season, sometimes to supplement real shots with actors. A new digital matte was created for TNG-R: "Loud as a Whisper".

The two beautiful sceneries on the holodeck were digitally recreated from scratch for TNG-R: "The Dauphin".

The surface of Iconia in TNG-R: "Contagion" is an entirely new CG creation that closely follows the lines of the original.

The original matte painting was replaced with digital set extensions for TNG-R: "Q Who".

For TNG-R: "Samaritan Snare" the matte painting of Starbase 515 was modified to look less like Angel One. Three rounded roof tops were added, and most notably a helix-shaped tower. The tree in the foreground was changed as well. In addition, a flock of birds was added, the tiny human figures which were part of the original matte painting are moving now and the shuttle can be seen landing on a platform.

Like already in season 1, many planets were rather blurry in the original episodes of season 2. A much more detailed planet Solais V was created for TNG-R: "Loud as a Whisper".

The planet Theta 116 VIII was recreated for TNG-R: "The Royale", including some turbulent storms.

The Starbase Montgomery planet was newly created for TNG-R: "The Icarus Factor". Yet, it looks rather blurry in some of the shots.