Romulans
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There are rumours Romulans are involved, and have travelled back in time - probably from the 24th century. The Romulans in the 24th century have ridges.
But it's all rank speculation at this point. The Romulan ridges were redesigned for Star Trek: Nemesis, and whether or not these Romulans come from a ridged era is similarly debateable.
So far as I know, there is no firm evidence on what kind of Romulan they are, and what kind of ridges (or lack thereof) they posess.
But it's all rank speculation at this point. The Romulan ridges were redesigned for Star Trek: Nemesis, and whether or not these Romulans come from a ridged era is similarly debateable.
So far as I know, there is no firm evidence on what kind of Romulan they are, and what kind of ridges (or lack thereof) they posess.
Honestly, I would prefer they go back to the old-school look. I've always disliked the Romulan ridges. They are supposed to be Vulcans who only split off in Surak's time, after all.
[EDIT] But if they're looking for a broader (i.e., non-Trekkie) audience, it may just confuse matters to have the bad guys look like Spock and his family.
[EDIT] But if they're looking for a broader (i.e., non-Trekkie) audience, it may just confuse matters to have the bad guys look like Spock and his family.
I think the ridges are fucking stupid, they should get rid of them.
I definitely want to get rid of the TNG-era ridges. It was much better when the Romulans were simply a Vulcan splinter group (i.e. non-Reformed Vulcans); making them a distinct ridgy-headed bad-guy subspecies is too easy (especially given Trek's unfortunate penchant for equating species = single monolithic culture = bad/good).
They can offer a sop to canon by depicting some Rommies with ridges (sounds like an ad slogan) and some with less prominent ridges or none. It varies, that's all.
It could be explained away easily - the dissenters came largely from a single ethnic group that happened to be more ridgey than most Vulcans. So more Rommies have ridges than you'd find among Vulcans. No evolution required.
It could be explained away easily - the dissenters came largely from a single ethnic group that happened to be more ridgey than most Vulcans. So more Rommies have ridges than you'd find among Vulcans. No evolution required.
My theory too. Mintakans are called "proto Vulcans" in the episode, too, IIRC.
Me too. I never had a problem with the changed Klingons, because their appearance wasn't all that important. During TOS, nobody ever said, "wow, these guys look just like swarthy humans". They were just Klingons. Having a second type of Klingon in the Empire was not a big stretch. The fact that the Romulan commander in "Balance of Terror" looked like Spock's father was an imporant plot point, stated by Spock and the seed of Stiles' (is that the right name?) hostility toward Spock.
Romulans should never have had ridges, IMO.
I can't picture Eric Bana with ridges.
Maybe Dr. Phloxx 'cured' them, too 
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