Trials and Tribble-ations
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I doubt the Klingons would have cared all that much. All Worf ever said about the issue was "We do not discuss it with outsiders". It's not like it's a secret or anything like that.
IIRC, the original plan was to have Worf appear as a TOS-style Klingon whenever they were in the past - and have nobody (not even Worf) notice the difference...
I might be wrong, but I don't think that was ever considered seriously beyond an initial "wouldn't it be funny...?"
That would have been amazingly perfect, and would have matched the reality / canon amazingly - the only difference being the budget to show them how they should be. This would have also given an in continuity reason for Enterprise looking more advanced then TOS as well, and would have been a good excuse to counter a lot of the JJTrek nitpicking as well.
It would have been funny... it would also have confused some of the less frequent viewers, wondering where Worf was and who that other Klingon is who seems to know everyone.
I doubt anyone would be confused, since it would be Dorn's voice, and the changes would be obvious if you watched the entire episode; Worf would still be at his post and with his friends. The only people confused would be those channel surfing.
The only people who wouldn't understand that that was supposed to be Worf would be those who didn't watch the whole episode, but pretty much anyone who hasn't seen TOS would still be massively confused and it would probably have dragged the episode down for many people.
How is it any different then seeing Klingons that still look nothing like the ones the viewers are used to seeing? Most people would see the visual gags going on with all the 1960s stuff anyways and understand. The benefits outweigh the tiny percentage that *may* have been confused.
That depends entirely on the presentation. If, as the comment above suggested, they made no comment at all, it would confuse the hell out of anyone who hadn't seen TOS. So Worf's 'we don't discuss it' joke was just as necessary a moment to explain/acknowledge to that part of the audience that yes, those are klingons, and no, they didn't miss something important. Or they could just never mention the name 'klingon' at all, and that part of the audience would simply assume it was some other alien race.
It would have been glorious to see. 
I smile at the thought of Worf and the rest of the crew not even skipping a beat when he transforms into the old-style makeup. Would have been better than the convoluted explanation we ended up with.
I smile at the thought of Worf and the rest of the crew not even skipping a beat when he transforms into the old-style makeup. Would have been better than the convoluted explanation we ended up with.
Why would they do that? They know the Klingons end up more or less allies with the Federation. Worf probably wouldn't do it, although he's a Federation officer it would be a stretch to ask him to do a mission directly opposed to Klingon interests.
Fun, maybe, but everyone knows how history played out - there'd be nothing for Worf to find. Especially if, as I suspect, the Klingon crew doesn't even know about Arne Darvin (there's no overt evidence they did, is there?).
Koloth himself might know, but then again, he might not. And if Koloth doesn't know, the rest of his crew probably wouldn't either. Darvin worked for Imperial Intelligence, after all, and I.I. doesn't exactly have the best relationship with the military...
Koloth himself might know, but then again, he might not. And if Koloth doesn't know, the rest of his crew probably wouldn't either. Darvin worked for Imperial Intelligence, after all, and I.I. doesn't exactly have the best relationship with the military...
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That's priceless. Absolutely undo-able and unforgivable to do for real , but what a great joke.
Did the writers have any farther reaching ideas about this at the time? Kang, Koloth and Kor appearing in S2 with ridges doesn't get as much scrutiny, maybe since there were no TOS Klingons to compare them to.
And then, did they feel compelled to revisit and expand on the matter on Enterprise?
And then, did they feel compelled to revisit and expand on the matter on Enterprise?
This is why just not acknowledging the change in Worf would be so damn hilarious, and why it would actually be getting rid of canon issues, by stating they are exactly the same, and we are just seeing them differently due to budgetary concerns.
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