Romulan Women

[The Old Mixer]

Seems like the inspiration for the Romulans was the Romans.

 

[Kor]

In terms of culture and society, they were supposed to be like ancient Rome in space.
In terms of 20th-century Cold War allegory, if the Klingons were the USSR, then the Romulans were China. Sort of.

Kor

 

[Bry_Sinclair]

Nobody's giving Carolyn Seymour's Romulan commanders any love?

She has such a great voice, makes her seem menacing and cunning.

 

[DonIago]

I kind of wish she'd played the same Romulan in both of her appearances, especially since there isn't really any good reason why she couldn't...royalties, I'm guessing.

 

[The Wormhole]

I kind of wish she'd played the same Romulan in both of her appearances, especially since there isn't really any good reason why she couldn't...royalties, I'm guessing.

Actually, the original plan was to bring back the character from Contagion in Face of the Enemy. Then someone mistakenly claimed the character was killed in Contagion, so the plan was abandoned and a new character created instead.

 

[DonIago]

^That's terrible. :/

 

[Nyotarules]

Was this ever said canonically? I mean, the empire was destroyed, sure, but there had to be Romulan planets outside of the home system with millions of inhabitants by that time.

You would think so, and the same for Vulcan but based on the limited vision (ignorance?) of the writers ALL Vulcans lived on Vulcan and ALL Romulans lived on Romulus, real life Earth has more migration than the Kelvin universe. For a universe where travelling to another planet is like migrating to another country, no one seems to move, except humans who are like the 18th/19th century past European colonists without the killing and exploitation.

 

[Timo]

OTOH, we do learn of Romulan "offshoot" worlds in TNG. It just appears that when Romulans "shoot off", they do so in order to leave behind the rest of the society, or to wage war with it, or to split into even further factions, or other such stuff that comes naturally to Vulcanoids. So having off-Romulus seats of power might not help the Romulan Star Empire much.

(Humanity might be screwed the same way: colonists leave Earth because they want nothing to do with it, and the feeling is mutual, so that the almost million on Deneva may go silent for a year and nobody cares.)

Vulcan in turn had colonies originally, as per obscure offhand mentions in TOS. They just turned inward at some point, at least in the Kelvinverse. So where once we had the glorious systems-spanning Vulcania, there now is just Vulcan...

Timo Saloniemi

 

[Delta Vega]

Romulan women weren't a patch on ENT Andorrian women
No contest

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Seems like the inspiration for the Romulans was the Romans.

ROMULANI ITE DOMUM

 

[Qonundrum]

Joanne Linville from "The Enterprise Incident" comes to mind. But any Romulan wearing go-go boots...

Carolyn Seymore also played two Romulan commanders, albeit with similar names - they missed out on doing "closed universe syndrome" for a sequel to "Contagion" in terms of the same commander.

 

[Qonundrum]

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I like the idea as well. Another missed opportunity. But she wasn't well used in "Unification" either.

It's sad there've been so many commanders, all well-acted, who never appeared again. And it wouldn't be closed-universe as much if the Romulans had a plan to spy, hence being in the same sector as the Enterprise, or any other plausible or not inconceivable reason, etc, etc...

 

[Tenacity]

She has such a great voice, makes her seem menacing and cunning.

Of course the actress can play menacing and cunning.

She's British.

Then someone mistakenly claimed the character was killed in Contagion

Too bad there isn't this pool of thousands and thousands of fans, who know every tiny detail, that the producers and writers could call upon.

Vulcan in turn had colonies originally, as per obscure offhand mentions in TOS.

Tuvok was born off Vulcan.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Actually, the original plan was to bring back the character from Contagion in Face of the Enemy. Then someone mistakenly claimed the character was killed in Contagion, so the plan was abandoned and a new character created instead.

Also the original writers of Contagion would have to be paid if Taris had been brought back, wouldn't they? Similar to why Nick Locarno wasn't used in VOY.

 

[The Wormhole]

Also the original writers of Contagion would have to be paid if Taris had been brought back, wouldn't they? Similar to why Nick Locarno wasn't used in VOY.

True, but they usually don't mind doing if it's only one episode, or a small handful. It's when you're talking about making them a regular that the royalties become an issue. EG, on Enterprise they abandoned their plan to have T'Pau be the Vulcan officer assigned to the ship because of royalties, and created T'Pol instead. But they were okay for bringing T'Pau back fir the Kir'shara arc in season 4.

 

[Bry_Sinclair]

Of course the actress can play menacing and cunning.

She's British.

Damn straight!

Carolyn Seymour is another great recurring actor no matter what Trek role she takes on.

 

[dswynne1]

Sela should have made an appearance in NEM.

Kor

Funny how the TNG porno version (which was edited down to show no porn on YT) of Sela had more depth than when Denise Crosby played her...

 

[Terok Nor]

Funny how the TNG porno version (which was edited down to show no porn on YT) of Sela had more depth than when Denise Crosby played her...

Link?

 

[The Old Mixer]

Link?

Not here.

 

[marlboro]

Funny how the TNG porno version of Sela had more depth than when Denise Crosby played her...

Well, she would have to after that Measure of the Man scene.