For the best, I'd say.
Is it worth watching Disc?
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Why is that? I love the Klingons. Quapla!
Because every Trek does them. They were done too much. So, it's ok to not have them.Why is that? I love the Klingons. Quapla!
I'm not saying they should be featured regularly, but they're effectively the "alien next door" so to speak. I get moving on to other aliens, but as I said, kind'a weird not to see a single Klingon anywhere. Like humans, the Klingons tend to get around.
They were stuck in a bit of a no win scenario with the Klingons. Part of the reason the show was changed so much in season 3 was to avoid any more continuity controversy, and the Klingons were a part of that. If they brought the Klingons back they had three options: keep the Orc Klingons and conflict with the 24th century shows, change the Klingons and potentially annoy a chunk of their own fans, or give future Klingons a brand new look and potentially annoy everyone.
The easiest solution was to make them some other sequel show's problem.
The easiest solution was to make them some other sequel show's problem.
Maybe they left the galaxy. Got tired of rubbing elbows with humans and that constant competition. It might be weird but I find it to be a good thing.
I think the easiest solution would be... just continue with the S2 Klingons. People can figure out the Klingons look different on Disco, because reasons. I don't follow "fandom" enough to care about the "continuity controversies."
Star Trek without Klingons is like vanilla ice cream. Where's the flavor, ya know?
We ain't ever going to figure out why the Klingons look different on Disco.
Usually from other aliens.
They were not the first antagonistic alien. They were not the greatest threat. Trek relies too much on its past and not enough on moving forward in any meaningful way. Check boxes without inspiration.
I don't need to know, I'm content with "because the producers wanted them that way."
I am glad this was reversed for the subsequent shows though.
Perhaps, but I just think it's weird for the Klingons to be central to S1-2 and then completely ignored.
There have been something like 900 episodes of Star Trek and over 500 of them have featured a Klingon, so they're about as much a part of Trek's past as phasers and transporters.
No less than they deserved.Perhaps, but I just think it's weird for the Klingons to be central to S1-2 and then completely ignored.
Hopefully we get another Kelvin film and get to see them there.
Perhaps, but I'm just talking about Discovery.
I'm pretty sure the ship has sailed on that.
You hope for Klingons; I hope for Kelvin.I'm pretty sure the ship has sailed on that.
Fair enough.
I'll agree the makeup was bad, but I thought the ships looked really cool. Not as Klingon ships, no, but the idea that they're flying around in giant ornately carved monuments was a good one for a new species. Especially the Bird-Of-Prey, which was an actual statue of a bird.
I love the ships because they felt like different houses bringing their own design ethos and language to it. This isn't a united Klingon empire but various houses vying for influence.
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