And, yet, same timeline.
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That is the problem when doing a continuing story. People expect things to visually remain relatively static unless there's a story reason for the change.
I think it was two-thousand years.
That's the way I recall it, too. Or ... at least that's how long since Surak's teachings took hold on Vulcan. I've always interpreted this as the event that caused non-Surak Vulcanians to flee the planet and seed other worlds, but is there wiggle room in canon for the Romulans and Mentokans to have split off much earlier? Say tens of thousands of years earlier?
Enterprise has it as those "who flew under the raptor's wings" (or something similar) left after Vulcan has its nuclear war two thousand years prior.
Well...then what about T'Pau, T'Pring, and Stonn? Hmmm?? And Sarek.
In-universe explanations weave such a tangled web.
The most likely explanation is that most of the dissenters that eventually became Romulans were of a ethnic group on Vulcan that had ridges. There were a few smooth foreheads in the mix as well, and we just happened to encounter those in TOS, and Romulans with the ridges hidden under helmets. There were so few ridged heads left on Vulcan that we have never encountered one.
They would have gotten ridges on their possible future appearances, just like the TOS Klingons on DS9 (no explanation needed.)Well...then what about T'Pau, T'Pring, and Stonn? Hmmm?? And Sarek.
In-universe explanations weave such a tangled web.
Well, it looks a lot like a laser...
It's OK. It's OK. Just stop, breathe, and back away from the wall. Let's get you some aspirin and a cold compress for the lump on your head.
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We have plenty of that on standby. It seems to be going around.
[pauses a beat ... another beat ... then he gets it]
I assumed the real life, production reason for the Romulan forehead appliances was to avoid having to shave a guest actor's eyebrows to make way for the upswept follicles. The rubber, instead, merely covered the real eyebrows so the performer would not look "odd" for several weeks or months afterwards waiting for his or her real brows to regrow.
Reflecting upon forehead appliances, I find it a bit ironic that Michael Westmore appears on SyFy's "Face/Off" as a guest advisor, critiquing the contestants' efforts. Arguably unjust, some fans tend to mock him for simply slapping a piece of foam on an actor's brow to make the "alien of the week". I'm sure some of that was mandated by higher-ups for expediency, but most people are only aware of the final results on camera. And that does tend to shape one's perceptions. So I can imagine some of the artists thinking, "Uh, do I really want to heed the advice of this guy?!"
Reflecting upon forehead appliances, I find it a bit ironic that Michael Westmore appears on SyFy's "Face/Off" as a guest advisor, critiquing the contestants' efforts. Arguably unjust, some fans tend to mock him for simply slapping a piece of foam on an actor's brow to make the "alien of the week". I'm sure some of that was mandated by higher-ups for expediency, but most people are only aware of the final results on camera. And that does tend to shape one's perceptions. So I can imagine some of the artists thinking, "Uh, do I really want to heed the advice of this guy?!"
You really imagine they're that thoroughly ignorant of the industry they're trying to break into?
A bit of makeup can obscure the real eyebrows so that only the prosthetic eyebrows are visible. No need to shave at all.
Close ups of Nimoy in costume bear this out.
When you have a limited costume budget for guest actors, sometimes all you have available is a piece of foam and two bits of rubber. TNG did a fairly decent job of "aliens of the week makeup" all things considered,
B5 planned out the number of alien guest appearances for each season in advance, so that they'd be able to budget say 20 Minbari extras and 15 Centauri's and amortize the cost over the whole season.
Close ups of Nimoy in costume bear this out.
When you have a limited costume budget for guest actors, sometimes all you have available is a piece of foam and two bits of rubber. TNG did a fairly decent job of "aliens of the week makeup" all things considered,
B5 planned out the number of alien guest appearances for each season in advance, so that they'd be able to budget say 20 Minbari extras and 15 Centauri's and amortize the cost over the whole season.
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