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I think Canon is important, its what keeps the Trek universe alive and keeps the story going. I would hate to see Kirk go all metrosexual and watch Spock transform into an emotional pill user
Bana's Make-up in Star Trek XI
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No, it's not.
And from where do you get the impression that they are doing that?
Decius always seemed too Roman to me. It's a little creepy.
Nope. It's inconsistent with canon.
Bana's makeup in the photo includes an obvious forehead ridge.
Romulans with ridges are inconsistent with canon.
See Balance of Terror and The Enterprise Incident.
Actually the Romulans always had ridges. They just lost them when the Romulans started to mess with genetic engineering...
So, Trekmovie.com has confirmed that Bana is a Romulan!
Nope. It's inconsistent with canon.
Bana's makeup in the photo includes an obvious forehead ridge.
Romulans with ridges are inconsistent with canon.
Ridges are canon.
Non-ridged Romulans are also canon.
Why is it so difficult for some fans to recognize that Trek canon is internally inconsistent?
The concept of "canonicity" may somehow imply consistency to some people, but that is not what it means - not at all. "Star Trek's" canon is shot through with contradictions and inconsistencies - always has been, always will be - and it's not the first example of such.
What's always irked me about Star Trek is so many of the alien races all have one look. (To that end, thank God for Tuvok.) I suppose it's done to create consistency, so a viewer knows when he's seeing a Klingon or an Andorian, but it's so false. The human race is incredibly varied. Why can't the aliens be such?
There are probably billions of Romulans in the Trek universe. They can't all look like Moe Howard, can they?
Show me one example of a Romulan in Star Trek that had ridges.
Doesn't matter. Once ridged Romulans showed up in The Neutral Zone episode of TNG ridges became canon. Canon doesn't = consistent.
No question about that... the "ridged Romulans" thing in TNG was something which we older guys, I'm sure, remember causing a HUGE firestorm when we first saw 'em.Nope. It's inconsistent with canon.
Bana's makeup in the photo includes an obvious forehead ridge.
Romulans with ridges are inconsistent with canon.
Ridges are canon.
Non-ridged Romulans are also canon.
Why is it so difficult for some fans to recognize that Trek canon is internally inconsistent?
The concept of "canonicity" may somehow imply consistency to some people, but that is not what it means - not at all. "Star Trek's" canon is shot through with contradictions and inconsistencies - always has been, always will be - and it's not the first example of such.
There are a million possible ways to address this inconsistency... from saying that the old ones were "wrong" to saying that the new ones are "wrong" to saying that it's a matter of mutation or genetic manipulation or (my preferred solution) an indication of interbreeding between the native Reman population and the immigrant Vulcan population.
The thing is... adding additional inconsistencies doesn't make the situation any better, does it? It makes things MORE confusing, not less.
As a general rule... adding confusion to the "franchise" can't possible HELP it, can it? All that can do is further fracture the "fan base." Which may not be enough to have a dramatic effect on the chances of this one film, but it certainly can't help it, either, can it?
You don't get to vote on what's "canon" - there's a proper definition of it, and your proposal doesn't fall within the bounds of that definition.
Ridged Romulans and ridgeless Romulans are both canon. Period, end of debate.
Exactly. The screen writers have always been allowed to overwrite the ST canon if it means their script will tell a better story.
The concept of ST canon is for the writers of licensed ST tie-ins: novels, comics, short stories and RPG scenarios.
The only reason Richard Arnold started to remind fans about ST canon at ST conventions and in "ST Communicator" was because people were challenging Gene Roddenberry as to why episodes and movies of ST seemingly often ignored new tech, events and characters from the licensed tie-ins.
The fanbase is about to grow expotentially, as it did during ST IV's first few months, and Seasons 3-7 of TNG.
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