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My favorite version of the Klingons, thus far.
First look at Klingons in 'Star Trek: Discovery'?
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My favorite version of the Klingons, thus far.
I was going to make the same point. And even now, even after Enterprise, I still like that idea. Although I imagine, if these are Klingons, It'll just be presented as a straight forward retcon, but there are some in-universe explanations for the new look. Either way, I kind of dig the design.
I'm a hardcore fan and I'm not annoyed one bit. Just because you do not like them, doesn't mean you can claim that other "hardcore fans" won't like them either.I'm pretty forgiving about stuff like this. I could even handle a klingon redesign, if they didn't look like reptile mutants from a horror movie. At this point its just changing things to be different. I doubt anyone was clamoring for a klingon redesign, and now they're not even recognizable as the iconic Star Trek aliens they were. So it will annoy a lot of hardcore fans, and a general audience, who have probably at least seen a klingon before because they've fairly well known, won't know what the hell those are. Its just a poor decision from every angle.
Are we sure that they are supposed to be klingons and that the guy just didn't make a mistake in identifying them?
if they are klingons though...yeah not a fan of the look. I do remember something from that ds9/star trek crossover where Work mentioned something or other about the difference in klingons from Kirk's era to ds9 era, it could be related to that, been awhile since i watched that episode so i could be wrong.
if they are klingons though...yeah not a fan of the look. I do remember something from that ds9/star trek crossover where Work mentioned something or other about the difference in klingons from Kirk's era to ds9 era, it could be related to that, been awhile since i watched that episode so i could be wrong.
Didn't the two different species idea kinda fly out the window when Kor, Kang and Koloth showed up on DS9?
Honestly, just the fact that Fuller made a comment that DSC was in the prime timeline and took place ten years before TOS was really rather stupid. All that did was make a small percentage of trufans happy and gave them unrealistic expectations that the show was going to look exactly like "The Cage," with silly '60's felt uniforms, beehive hairdos and Klingons that look like humans with oily skin and go-go boots.
In regards to Smoothies vs Knuckleheads, I always had the idea that maybe the smoothies were either cast out by Klingon society because they were considered to be impure or weak. On the other hand, I think they could also work to infiltrate Starfleet, or go undercover - like Darvin did in Trouble with Tribbles.
Either way, Klingons are Klingons to me. I like both versions of them and am totally fine with whichever depiction Discovery uses. As I've always said, I'm tuning in for good stories. That's my number one priority.
Either way, Klingons are Klingons to me. I like both versions of them and am totally fine with whichever depiction Discovery uses. As I've always said, I'm tuning in for good stories. That's my number one priority.
I know and they are VERY vocal about it........I mean maybe some "tip of the hat" type inspirations from that era but I don't know why anyone would actually think that they would make the sets and uniforms look like 1965 is just beyond me.
We really don't know WTF it is.........guys sitting around craft service table? Are they waiting on some hair? Who knows, but I'm worried about Andrew Mackay's job security after posting this!
You know what actually worries me?
Not the appearance, although it is an extreme change - but the armor.
I mean, after all that has been said here on TrekBBS about how Klingons became a bad stereotype after "Heart of Glory" - do we want to entrench the space samurai thing further - do we really want them running around in some kind of artisan antique-shop armor? I was hoping for a move away from all that and toward Kor in "Errant of Mercy".
Yes, I'm hoping there is another explanation for this, either not being Klingons or being some kind of proto-Klingon from before the Hur'q invasion, to do with the rumored sarcophagus ship. Maybe Klingons indeed have inter-bred with other species over the following centuries. Maybe that will even be a plot point - a race that thinks of itself as pure, is, like all others, mulatto.
I still think this was a move in the right direction for Klingons:
Cannot believe they cut that scene, Nero was a great character but he needed more to to his story.
We will get the remastered director cut in Ultra HD 4K HDR in 2021 with the missing scenes cut in
You've kind of missed the point really. Oh well. I guess deflection means you really had nothing of value to say.
Oh, so you're not trying to discuss Klingons, you have a personal grudge. Well, I won't be getting into an argument with you. I you can't handle someone having a different opinion, I don't know what to say
ST:TMP was a boring pile of junk and probably the worst of the TOS movies, so anything it had the idea for would be suspect even if it wasn't stupid.
Robert fletcher's original Klingon uniform design for sttmp. Their look was meant to seem reptilian. Amazing how similar they are to the new ones. Also no hair.
https://archive.org/details/starlog_magazine-033
https://archive.org/details/starlog_magazine-033
I said my piece, and made my opinion clear. That;'s all I ever intended to do, and it had just as much "value" as anything anyone else has said.
Tomato. Tomato.
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