In what way is this a production error? The virus may have wreaked most of its havoc in the Klingon Empire, but it was still derived from human augments.
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Just ignore his post, it was a production error.
But they weren't that key of a part during Kirk's series. They were featured in what, three or four episodes.
Oh, man, I'm so tired of Klingons. I don't mind having them around, but I really don't want the main plot to focus on Klingons.
But in those appearances, a much greater relationship with them and the Federation was hinted at/spoken about, and that has only been cemented as being the case in the Kirk movies since, and even with ENT. There's no question that Klingons were a significant race in the time between ENT and TOS, with what we've been shown so far.
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Like the guy who threw a brick at his TV when the Borg showed up on Enterprise?
Klingons appeared in seven episodes of TOS, two episodes of TAS and all except one of the TOS movies, and even then the movie they weren't in still showed Klingon ships. Like it or not, Klingons are the definitive alien of Star Trek, like the Daleks are for Doctor Who, or the Cylons for BSG.
Your logic is faulty. The augments were not a "production error." Two whole episodes of ENT were devoted to explaining why the Klingons look the way they did in TOS. Either you don't know the meaning of "production error," or you're just being deliberately obtuse. Methinks it is the latter.
Remember "Errand of Mercy?" At the beginning of TOS, the Federation was at war with the Klingons. Obviously there was some event that triggered this. Hence, Star Trek Discovery.
I think you meant to say "wasn't."
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It's the pIqaD alphabet, just with a new font. I doubt they'll use this particular font in the show, but I'd be happy to see any Klingon writing at all.Assuming the text in the header image is Klingonese, they've redesigned the 'calligraphy' it seems.
Or it could not be Klingon at all.
The text reads
ghetwI' luwIvlu'ta'
qul yIchu'
The first sentence is straightforward: "The pretenders have been chosen", where "pretender" (ghetwI') is used by some Klingon-speakers to mean "actor" (hich others prefer DawI', "one who behaves as somebody"). This article (http://www.cbs.com/shows/star-trek-...r-trek-discovery-reveals-klingon-characters-/) confirms that the intended meaning is "The actors have been chosen".
The second sentence is more complex. The literal meaning is "Activate the fire". The article above says that the translation is "Light the Fire", but a better translation then would be qul yIchenmoH. Maybe the translator just wasn't aware of that expression, but I suspect this might have been intentional. The article linked above spells "Fire" with a capital letter, and suggests that there is some hidden meaning to the expression "Light the Fire". So, it's possible that "the Fire" isn't a literal fire, but perhaps some device.
You haven't experienced Kenny Loggins until you're heard him in the original Klingon.
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I think that T’Kuvma has ambitions to become a political power himself in the Klingon High Council and perhaps "Light the Fire for War".
It may be neither. I read something some months ago that both the Klingons and Andorians are going to get a visual makeover to appear more alien. Of course, who knows if A. that was true, and B. if plans changed since then.
I'm kind of amazed so many people seem surprised to hear about Klingons being a big part of Discovery. It seemed pretty clear in TOS and even in the later series, that the UFP dealt with Klingons a lot in this era, so anything more than a simple exploration story pretty much has to deal to with them. Things weren't anywhere near as tense between them in ENT as they were in TOS, so pretty much all of the tension we saw between the UFP and the KE in TOS had to have been built up during the period DSC is set.
From a real world point of view it also makes sense for them to focus on the Klingons, at least at first. They are probably the most famous Star Trek alien, and they're really the only significant antagonist race that we know for sure was active at this point. The Romulans were still behind the Neutral Zone, and the Borg and Ferengi don't become significant until the TNG era. I don't think it's ever been established in canon when the UFP first met the Cardassians, but they seem to be wanting to connect this more to TOS than the later series, so I can see not using them.
From a real world point of view it also makes sense for them to focus on the Klingons, at least at first. They are probably the most famous Star Trek alien, and they're really the only significant antagonist race that we know for sure was active at this point. The Romulans were still behind the Neutral Zone, and the Borg and Ferengi don't become significant until the TNG era. I don't think it's ever been established in canon when the UFP first met the Cardassians, but they seem to be wanting to connect this more to TOS than the later series, so I can see not using them.
Enterprise ignored or changed canon often enough. Don't see why the same can't be done to Enterprise. Would be fitting, actually.
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