Sorry, but I very strongly believe you're looking for things that aren't there, or seeing what you want to see.
Ummmm... you do realize that you're making claims, not about what we're seeing, but about what I'm thinking. Which, for the record, I know a hell of a lot more about than you do!
Please discuss the images and the character, not me. You have no idea what I am, or am not, "looking for," much less what I "want to see," except insofar as I SAY what I'm looking for or what I want to see.
What I want to see is Romulans who look like Vulcans. So, how, exactly, does that coincide with what you just concluded? It doesn't, does it?
What you highlighted was an area from a crease on his forehead down to where his nose starts bend out.
You're welcome to think that, and there ARE people out there who have big, bulgy sloping brows just like that... but it's 100% clear, in the image I posted of the non-made-up Bana that his forehead has no such "heavy-brow-ridge" features. He could frown as hard as he wants, but that won't add the additional "bulge" in the way it's shown there.
Also the little area that goes across his eyebrow toward his nose IS a facial feature of his anyway
Bana's nose bridge is quite narrow, though it does protrude by a fair amount (what's sometimes referred to as a "romanesque" nose).
But if you actually can't see that, where Bana's nose bridge is narrow, the "Nero" nose bridge flares widely... well, it's so obvious that I'm almost inclined to conclude that your own "looking for what you've already decided that you want to see" is in play there.
which you can see in good up close pics of him, like (to a lesser extent) this pic:
The pic you mention is giving me a "404" error... so I have no idea what you're trying to present here.
Don't you think it would be a little more obvious than that if they were going to bother doing it at all?
No.
First off, it's VERY obvious to me (and, it seems, to other people as well). So the entire premise of your comment is invalid. However, I guess it all depends on what you mean by "obvious." Sometimes, "obvious" means "big rubber monster mask," I 'spose. If that's what you're looking for, well... I'm glad we're not going to see that, at least. But his makeup is clearly, to me and to some others, quite extensive.
It's just DIFFERENT than what you're expecting, it seems. No "TNG-ridges." But a lot more than you'd seen on a Vulcan.
Also, I will refer you to this:
http://trekmovie.com/2008/05/16/star-trek-villain-spoilers/
It has also been confirmed that the Romulans in the new Star Trek do NOT have the extra forehead ridges
seen in the TNG era (both on film and TV).
Which says absolutely NOTHING about what we're discussing here, does it?
Let me be very clear... since you seem to be trying to connect dots which have no connection. THE MAKEUP SEEN IN THIS IMAGE IS NOT THE TNG-ERA MAKEUP. BUT THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT MAKEUP APPLICATION THERE, NEVERTHELESS. IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT MAKEUP.
Clear now, I hope?
None of those Romulans have ridges.
