Spoilers There will never be Ferengi in DISCO

[Sci]

We know the Ferengi sharpen their teeth, but humans who file their teeth don't end up with teeth that look like Ferengi:

How some Human cultures sharpen their teeth tells us nothing about Ferengi dental practices.

Ferengi teeth look sharp, but they are most notable for being crooked and seemingly random, with no clear division between incisors, canines, and molars.

1) I seem to remember TNG and DS9 being inconsistent about Ferengi teeth, particularly if the actors had trouble articulating around them.

2) The seeming lack of differentiation between incisors, canines, and molars could be a cultural practice imposed upon their biology rather than their teeth's natural state.

The difference is this:

I would personally rather they cancel the show so that we can get another series to take its place. One that I might personally enjoy better.

"If I don't enjoy it, it shouldn't exist" is a shitty attitude to have no matter how you try to spin it.

Why oh why do they have to screw with things just to screw with them?

Why are you so bothered by change?

Not the color, just that the heads are all scraggly instead of round.

 

[NCC-73515]

Find the outlier...

 

[fireproof78]

How some Human cultures sharpen their teeth tells us nothing about Ferengi dental practices.



1) I seem to remember TNG and DS9 being inconsistent about Ferengi teeth, particularly if the actors had trouble articulating around them.

2) The seeming lack of differentiation between incisors, canines, and molars could be a cultural practice imposed upon their biology rather than their teeth's natural state.



"If I don't enjoy it, it shouldn't exist" is a shitty attitude to have no matter how you try to spin it.



Why are you so bothered by change?

Star Trek is to remain locked in the past forever. No variation is allowed, despite multiple real world examples of such variation.

 

[eschaton]

I'm honestly fine with this, so long as if Picard shows Quark or something, he looks pretty much the same as on DS9.

Basically, establish that this is a stylistic choice that the show is making, and - for once and for all - that Trek isn't a documentary.

 

[fireproof78]

Basically, establish that this is a stylistic choice that the show is making, and - for once and for all - that Trek isn't a documentary.

Better put it in your signature because it will never be the final word on anything Star Trek. Star Trek is treated so much like a sacred rite that any change is viewed with suspicion, hostility and outrage.

 

[Yistaan]

Find the outlier...

Ferengi getting together with Vulcans, poor Quark's probably rolling over in his grave, horrified that his brother and nephew's cozy relationship with the Federation ultimately led to the Ferengi race itself getting affected so drastically.

 

[Kor]

To me, those ears make the new design look like something from Lord of the Rings.

Kor

 

[eschaton]

Ferengi getting together with Vulcans, poor Quark's probably rolling over in his grave, horrified that his brother and nephew's cozy relationship with the Federation ultimately led to the Ferengi race itself getting affected so drastically.

I mean, Quark was married briefly to a Klingon himself...

 

[Sci]

Ferengi getting together with Vulcans, poor Quark's probably rolling over in his grave, horrified that his brother and nephew's cozy relationship with the Federation ultimately led to the Ferengi race itself getting affected so drastically.

I mean, you do remember that Quark hit on a Vulcan, right?

Hell, given the popularity of his holo-program Vulcan Love Slave, I would infer that many cishet Ferengi men have a thing for Vulcan women.

 

[fireproof78]

I mean, you do remember that Quark hit on a Vulcan, right?

Hell, given the popularity of his holo-program Vulcan Love Slave, I would infer that many cishet Ferengi men have a thing for Vulcan women.

Yeah, Quark doesn't strike me has having too many reservations of that type.

 

[Kor]

I mean, you do remember that Quark hit on a Vulcan, right?

Hell, given the popularity of his holo-program Vulcan Love Slave, I would infer that many cishet Ferengi men have a thing for Vulcan women.

It's possible that any children born of "love slaves" were barred from inheritance rights, etc. and ended up having to leave Ferengi society to make their way in the universe.

Kor

 

[Nerys Myk]

To me, those ears make the new design look like something from Lord of the Rings.

Kor

Harry Potter.

 

[valkyrie013]

Because change doesn't necessarily mean a "good thing" actually most of Discos alien make up changes to me haven't been for the good.
Feringi? Made them look like orcs or goblins. Meh
Andorian? Nope hate the full mask and eyebrow antennas.
Tellerite? Nope hate the big mollars and bald look.
Orion? Nope hate the full mask. Looks fake as hell. Freaking gumbys.
Vulcan? .. No change.. So.. Yay?
Benzite? No change.. Yay?
Klingon? Once they put the hair back on made them okay. But still full mask..

So my opinions..

 

[Nerys Myk]

Find the outlier...

I'll say one thing and that's the new design looks more real. The old designs look more sculpted than natural. Might be the materials being used.

 

[fireproof78]

In this instance, to me, change is neither good nor bad. It just is. If I can spot the alien as what it is then the make up did it's job, rather than thinking "Oh, what beautiful prosthetics."

 

[NCC-73515]

Benzite? No change.. Yay?

Where?!

 

[valkyrie013]

Barzan.. woops..

 

[Nerys Myk]

They modified the design a little.
Trek has been tweeking it's aliens from day one. Each movie tweeked the Klingons. TNG did it's own tweeks. Spock was tweeked. with his eyebrows and ears often changing. For better or worse Treks alien make ups change.

 

[Agony_Boothb]

All these people bitching about slight changes to Ferengi ears while TNG gave the romulans bumpy foreheads, DS9 changed the trill from bumpy foreheads to spots and Voyager changed the Ktarians from bumpy foreheads to horned foreheads.

 

[Tim Thomason]

All these people bitching about slight changes to Ferengi ears while TNG gave the romulans bumpy foreheads, DS9 changed the trill from bumpy foreheads to spots and Voyager changed the Ktarians from bumpy foreheads to horned foreheads.

And Andorians changing designs in every single series they appeared in (TOS, TMP, TNG, Enterprise, STPicard).

And I don't even think I can recognize a Tellarite anymore.

*narrows eyes* Doesn't your avatar count as a major spoiler? Is that allowed?