The New Klingons

[Burning Hearts of Qo'nos]

I like the apex-predator and sensory thing tied to the ridges, but using that as the reason why they are hairless doesn't feel reasonable.

Maybe all the other Klingons choose to grow hair because its something like, 'Hey look at me, I'm still this badass even though I'm handicapping myself.' But then they'd probably bag on Klingons that don't do that. It's funny, each time they offer an explanation I feel like they're going, 'This is the one they won't be able to pick apart!' and then five seconds later this thread is 50 pages long.

 

[Fateor]

Klingons are directly refereed to as having hair in a rather important plot point in the 6th season TNG episode Rightful Heir.

So the Discovery people screwed up.

 

[Longinus]

"The Chase" was silly. It was yet another attempt to give an explanation to something that didn't need one because arguments like this. Plus, as explanations go, it doesn't hold up under any critical scrutiny.

Abso-fucking-lutely. It is stupid ancient-aliens & intelligent design bullshit that does not make any sense and I hope people would just forget the episode.

 

[UssGlenn]

They probably work fine with hair but shaving gives you just a bit of an edge, like swimmers shaving their bodies. It's only done if you are pushing the edge of performance.

 

[Mage]

Klingons are directly refereed to as having hair in a rather important plot point in the 6th season TNG episode Rightful Heir.

So the Discovery people screwed up.

This is sarcasm, right? Sarcasm always translates so badly on forums.

 

[BillJ]

Sorry if this was posted already

http://io9.gizmodo.com/klingon-ridges-will-finally-be-explained-on-star-trek-1797538814

So the Klingon ridges are 'sensory organs'

Did they learn nothing from the stupidity that was Vulcan nasal numbing?

 

[Fateor]

This is sarcasm, right? Sarcasm always translates so badly on forums.

Nope, they screwed up and should just own up to it instead of doubling down ala Ghostbusters.

 

[Kor]

The ridges are sensory receptors?

This adds an extra dimension of complexity to their cultural practice of head-butting. That must really freakin' hurt.

Truly, they are a formidable warrior species with high tolerance for pain.

Kor

 

[Captain of the USS Averof]

"The empire is very big. They don’t all grow up on Kronos. They don’t all live on the same planets and certainly those different planets would have different environments. So how would the cultures have evolved differently?"

So they're the equivalent of Remans compared to the Romulans (i.e. TNG's Klingons). That's all the explanation that was needed instead of all this ridiculous crap about "sensors and pheromones".

 

[Mr. Adventure]

Are there people who are actually interested in their ridges? Is this a burning interest? I don't understand the fascination.

 

[Kor]

I don't know, but it's being discussed in this new thread: https://www.trekbbs.com/threads/star-trek-discovery-why-are-klingons-bald.289205/#post-12110797

Edit: Oops, looks like it's been merged with this one already!

Kor

 

[cultcross]

The only thing worse than fans demanding explanations for everything is indulging that impulse.

 

[Captain of the USS Averof]

Sorry if this was posted already

http://io9.gizmodo.com/klingon-ridges-will-finally-be-explained-on-star-trek-1797538814

So the Klingon ridges are 'sensory organs'

That's got to be one of the stupidest ideas I've ever heard. (That's not a headbanging. That's a sensory reading.)

 

[Psion]

I don't know, but it's being discussed in this new thread: https://www.trekbbs.com/threads/star-trek-discovery-why-are-klingons-bald.289205/#post-12110797

Edit: Oops, looks like it's been merged with this one already!

Kor

"There *is* no other thread!"
"Don't you think I know that? There was! But not anymore!"

 

[Burning Hearts of Qo'nos]

"The empire is very big. They don’t all grow up on Kronos. They don’t all live on the same planets and certainly those different planets would have different environments. So how would the cultures have evolved differently?"

So they're the equivalent of Remans compared to the Romulans (i.e. TNG's Klingons). That's all the explanation that was needed instead of all this ridiculous crap about "sensors and pheromones".

Agreed. But in the spirit of nitpickery, I think they're saying the difference is more like the Romulans and Vulcans, rather than the Romulans and the Remans.

 

[Mage]

Nope, they screwed up and should just own up to it instead of doubling down ala Ghostbusters.

No. I could go really debate this with you, but really, not in the mood. Simply, no.

 

[cultcross]

"There *is* no other thread!"
"Don't you think I know that? There was! But not anymore!"

You're supposed to pretend there's always been one thread

 

[Mirror Mirror]

The ridges are sensory receptors?

This adds an extra dimension of complexity to their cultural practice of head-butting. That must really freakin' hurt.

Truly, they are a formidable warrior species with high tolerance for pain.

Kor

Not really, if you look at the skull you can see gaps or holes in the ridge. The pits are still buried derp withinbthe ridge, but they are all over the skull. You could headbut without harming the sensors.

 

[Captain of the USS Averof]

Agreed. But in the spirit of nitpickery, I think they're saying the difference is more like the Romulans and Vulcans, rather than the Romulans and the Remans.

In other words, they're not really Klingons at all? Can't argue with that!

 

[Psion]

You're supposed to pretend there's always been one thread

SPOCK: However, Mister Sulu has computed the path of the machine, using the destroyed threads as a base course. Projecting back on our star charts, we find that it came from outside, from another message board.
KIRK [OC]: What is the projected course of this thing?
SPOCK: If it follows its present path, it will go through the most densely populated section of TrekBBS.