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Regarding Fed ships appearing in the new Picard series

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Maybe you missed my point. T'Kuvma's flashback showed all of the Klingon children were hairless, and presumably there wasn't a war going on at the time. The context of the scene is clearly meant to reinforce that DSC Klingons were supposed to be naturally hairless.

... or perhaps the children are forceably head shaved during a rite at a certain age, to prepare them for future battles.
The ones shown were all apparently about the same age.
 
... or perhaps the children are forceably head shaved during a rite at a certain age, to prepare them for future battles.
The ones shown were all apparently about the same age.

Maybe. Funny how that was never mentioned though.
 
Maybe you missed my point. T'Kuvma's flashback showed all of the Klingon children were hairless, and presumably there wasn't a war going on at the time. The context of the scene is clearly meant to reinforce that DSC Klingons were supposed to be naturally hairless.
And it got retconned. if I had nickle every time Trek did that...

Also, given that I know what Klingons look like I didn't buy the "naturally hairless" line. Too far even for me.
 
And it got retconned. if I had nickle every time Trek did that...

Also, given that I know what Klingons look like I didn't buy the "naturally hairless" line. Too far even for me.

"What we know about Klingons" is meaningless. They're a fictional alien race, and like their appearance, anything about them can be changed or retconned. That was kind of my whole point about their appearance and their ships. It's not the drastic changes that I have an issue with. It's the half-assed explanations given for them.
 
Maybe. Funny how that was never mentioned though.
A lot of things don't get mentioned in Trek tales.
I prefer to find logical in Universe reasons to explain that kind of stuff.
Instead of dismissing it out right as a reason to diss the show and it's creators.
 
A lot of things don't get mentioned in Trek tales.
I prefer to find logical in Universe reasons to explain that kind of stuff.
Instead of dismissing it out right as a reason to diss the show and it's creators.

Except I'm not dissing the show and its creators. I'm pointing out one specific aspect of the show I don't like.
 
"What we know about Klingons" is meaningless. They're a fictional alien race, and like their appearance, anything about them can be changed or retconned. That was kind of my whole point about their appearance and their ships. It's not the drastic changes that I have an issue with. It's the half-assed explanations given for them.
And I don't have issue with their explanations. They can explain it until they're blue in the face. I expect variety in an alien race. DSC actually made me interested in Klingons again. That's hard to do.
 
And I don't have issue with their explanations. They can explain it until they're blue in the face. I expect variety in an alien race. DSC actually made me interested in Klingons again. That's hard to do.

And I liked the DSC Klingons as well. What I don't like is when the producers feel the need to make up excuses when they fuck up instead of just admitting they were wrong and going from there. It insults my intelligence. YMMV.
 
And I liked the DSC Klingons as well. What I don't like is when the producers feel the need to make up excuses when they fuck up instead of just admitting they were wrong and going from there. It insults my intelligence. YMMV.
All of TV is smoke and mirrors bordering on insulting my intelligence. This is just me, I could not care what excuses the production team makes up. That's not why I watch their product. I'm a reasonably intelligent individual. I think I can figure stuff out on my own and don't need an explanation, half or full assed.
 
The bald Klingons and their ships were Bryan Fuller’s thing. He left too close to the start of Season 1s filming for them to change them for that season, so they did it for Season 2.

I have a feeling the war shaving excuse was head canon from the designer, and not actually from the story team. I don’t think any of the writers or producers have commented on it.
 
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