If i were in charge of the makeup people, for the TOS variants I would instruct them to 3D print replicas of the TOS antennae and realistically texture them. That way they can look realistic and still have the exact same shape. And I'd have them do the same for TOS Tellarites
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Oof...no to the Tellarites. That make up design was absolutely awful. And I doubt they have the molds for the TOS antennae to replicate.
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They replicated TOS sets for ds9 through careful observation, I'm sure with their massive budget they could do the same.
What a thoroughly productive use of creative people's time.
And only because they were in the background was such undetailed makeup used.
There were a couple in the foreground in Picard.
Very much this. Star Trek is and always has been annoyingly inconsistent. There is no reason why the TOS/ENT/PIC/DIS Andorians, or the TOS/TNG/DIS Klingons cannot exist in the same time period. If we have different racial and physical characteristics for humans, and still consider them one species, then that is the simple logical answer for the same with various alien species.
Besides, they have acknowledged it with Romulans in Picard not all looking the same, and of course the Vulcans of many skin colours..
Personally, I love how the Discovery Andorians look... it brings to mind some of the guide books/comics/fanon/etc depictions of Andorians with partial exoskeleton.
There's one possible exception to my preference of Disco Andorians, and that's Rhyn, because the makeup actually looks like a rubber mask and like he's been dipped in blue paint. Shukar looks much better.
There's one possible exception to my preference of Disco Andorians, and that's Rhyn, because the makeup actually looks like a rubber mask and like he's been dipped in blue paint. Shukar looks much better.
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I agree. Discovery Andorians are by far my favourite version of them-the Discovery reimagining of them was everything the Discovery reimagining of the Klingons should have been but wasnt. Distinct, obviously different but with clear and strong similarities with previous versions so as not to be too jarring.
Although personally i think the Discovery Klingons would have gotten a lot less flak if they just had hair from the start.
The Klingons with hair would have been fine. But, I'd take those Klingons over Berman era any day of the week.
Why cant they just do what they did with Romulans in picard for all the other species
Because aliens must look the same.
For reasons.
For reasons.
Or they could just introduce new species and give them whatever look they want.
Just like all humans look the same?The reason was given in the TNG episode "The Chase."
The Klingons in TMP are the most ridiculous looking of them all, including Disco's.
I love it. Season Four, Captain Burnham, looking to make contact with distant worlds that never left the Federation but got cut off from HQ, makes contact with Karx, the Chairferengi of the Nagidium of the Supreme Board of Directors of the Union of Ferengi Socialist Republics.
