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Originally Posted by WorkShed
The goal of the Director's Edition, as it was back on DVD, was to do high quality scans of the original models and replicate shots from storyboards and concept art to enhance the previously existing optical shots. This isn't like TOS-R where everything is tossed and replaced or like the Star Wars SE where it's the only version that exists. It's different.
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There are a lot of storyboards for TMP, and your statement only really addresses things through a narrow focus. Conceptual art and completed but not used shots for San Francisco reflect a totally different concept and execution from what is seen in the director's version, which looks more like a CDROM Trek game in scope and style.
I don't recall seeing fireballs in any concept art for the wormhole, but that was another embellishment with this 'director's' version. In both theatrical and director's versions, a choice was made to not use Apogee's asteroid explosion, part of which can be seen in the extended promotional short made about the film, and which looks tons better than anything in either version.
Also, considering how pleased Wise seemed to be with the efforts of the sound personnel on the film at the time of release, it seems strange that such a drastic remix of sound was done for this 2001 version, one that actually takes the fairly exciting wormhole sequence and makes it seem almost boring.