Journey To Babel Aliens
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They did seem to be greedy little urchins didn't they!
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This might've been the most aliens in one TOS show, it still surprises me that they sprung for them all. Sarek is my favourite Vulcan. But he really shouldn't have let Amanda come onboard wearing that hideous outfit, like she was Count Dracula, or some shit. In fact, it looks made-up, like it was home-made, as a hobby.
Mark Lenard's take on Vulcans seemed to be the same as Nimoy's. He's very dignified. I'm very glad that Mark Lenard got to become more involved with STAR TREK. He was a memorable actor and is described as having been a gentleman's gentleman. Just a Class Act, all the way.
Mark Lenard's take on Vulcans seemed to be the same as Nimoy's. He's very dignified. I'm very glad that Mark Lenard got to become more involved with STAR TREK. He was a memorable actor and is described as having been a gentleman's gentleman. Just a Class Act, all the way.
Who are the midget shriners with gold skin?:
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mmmmmm.....play dough.....
mmmmmm.....play dough.....
re "Midget shriners".
The "M" word is frequently considered offensive in that community.
This is from the Little People of America website:
"Such terms as dwarf, little person, LP, and person of short stature are all acceptable, but most people would rather be referred to by their name than by a label."
"Such terms as dwarf, little person, LP, and person of short stature are all acceptable, but most people would rather be referred to by their name than by a label."
The "M" word is frequently considered offensive in that community.
At SD. Here it's clearly food color dyed fruit.mmmmmm.....play dough.....
FWIW, the organization founded by Billy Barty in 1957 was originally called the Midgets of America, and kept that name until 1960.
And then of course there's the NAACP . . .
Anyway, back to our topic already in progress.
The two robed delegates, shoved into a one point by the gold-skinned Ithenites, always occur to me as being the race seen in Enterprise "Desert Crossing".
In that episode set a century before, they are banned from wearing their robes in the street. Their name and what their robes were called, escapes me at the moment. Clancy Brown from Highlander played their leader. They tend to have facial tattoos in place of beards.
In that episode set a century before, they are banned from wearing their robes in the street. Their name and what their robes were called, escapes me at the moment. Clancy Brown from Highlander played their leader. They tend to have facial tattoos in place of beards.
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And times change.
Yes, the little copper guys was my first thought. Tellarites is my second pick. I'd like to see them way more fleshed out.
In fact and in hindsight, I think I would have preferred fewer aliens of the week and more of the "more established" aliens. There were some episodes in the entire franchise where it didn't matter that the alien of the week was new to the viewers.
In fact and in hindsight, I think I would have preferred fewer aliens of the week and more of the "more established" aliens. There were some episodes in the entire franchise where it didn't matter that the alien of the week was new to the viewers.
I'm reminded of this old article:
http://www.theonion.com/article/star-trek-introduces-alien-character-with-totally--4265
In my personal canon those little guys are Ferengi, makeup differences discounted like the Klingons`.
The purple people:
IIRC, they coloured one of the background aliens in one of the movies purple in homage to this background alien. (TUC, at Camp Khitomer, maybe?)
Why would the Ferengi be Federation members a century before TNG?
IIRC, they coloured one of the background aliens in one of the movies purple in homage to this background alien. (TUC, at Camp Khitomer, maybe?)
Why would the Ferengi be Federation members a century before TNG?
The Ferengi had never been seen by humans according to Picard in season one of TNG before that episode!
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The purple people:
played by none other than our favorite background Enterprise crewmember, Jeannie Malone
Oddly enough, it was scenes like this that gave me problems with the first couple seasons of Enterprise. I don't know why the pilot needed to include the Klingons when Earth should have been anywhere from 50-80 years away from first contact with them- well after the Romulan War if I remember the old canon correctly. Broken Bow would have been an excellent way to introduce the Tellarites or Andorians right out of the gate.
The episode where they shoehorned in the Ferengi? These little gold dwarves would have been a better choice and the writers wouldn't have had to jump through hoops about it to preserve continuity. I agree it would have been cool to see some of the other aliens from Journey to Babel show up in other episodes, or see the main ones fleshed out.
The episode where they shoehorned in the Ferengi? These little gold dwarves would have been a better choice and the writers wouldn't have had to jump through hoops about it to preserve continuity. I agree it would have been cool to see some of the other aliens from Journey to Babel show up in other episodes, or see the main ones fleshed out.
The handful of times we did see them, ENT got the number of fingers wrong. It was established in TOS that they had two fingers opposing their thumbs, yet ENT always depicted them with four. I know, I'm being nitpicky, but it's easy to do to make up a hand with two fingers instead of four.
In fairness, ENT wasn't the first to get it "wrong"; the ones seen briefly in "The Lights Of Zetar" (TOS), "The Time Trap" (TAS), The Voyage Home, and The Undiscovered Country had five fingers as well!
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