What are your controversial Star Trek opinions?

[Shawnster]

Controversial opinion: Discovery's Klingon aesthetic was what I was interested in for some a way to liven up Klingon culture.

How does a makeup change liven up a culture?

 

[fireproof78]

How does a makeup change liven up a culture?

I was talking about the armor, ships and weapons.

 

[korblborp]

"Oh, they tried to fix the first problem....which resulted in a second problem."

see: picard "northerners"

 

[korblborp]

In fact the Augment Virus solves all Klingon makeup changes if there have been unsuccessful attempts to fix it via genetic engineering or surgery. It's the explanation that keeps explaining.

and then discovery introduced a group of highly advanced "fleshcrafter" klingons and you would think they would have it figured out idk

The augment virus created an unnecessary complication to the overall narrative. Acknowledging the difference in designs should have been more than enough. Moreover, creating the explanation shifts the focus of stories to tedious details, taking away from the humanism-driven stories.

again, TUC just showing the gamut

 

[1001001]

Controversial opinion: Discovery's Klingon aesthetic was what I was interested in for some a way to liven up Klingon culture.

I thought the DSC Klingons were great. A lot like Kelvin Klingons.

They truly felt alien and scary.

 

[fireproof78]

I thought the DSC Klingons were great. A lot like Kelvin Klingons.

They truly felt alien and scary.

Kelvin Klingons are probably my favorite, maybe right after TUC because the design is so alien.

 

[Jayson1]

Honestly I didn't hate those Klingons - physiologically. And the hair they added, that fixed it even more, from what I've seen of stills.

The problem was : the costumes, the ships. They didn't look Klingon. There's this modern scifi trend of weird blockness and weird angularness, carved and curved metal, it doesn't work much. Then wham the D7 comes along and looks as alien to the Klingons as it does to us. The oufits were too out there, especially for a pre-TOS era show. Keep things simple, fabricy, maybe a few updates but don't overdo it.

And why is Trek so allergic to showing the smooth head Klingons? Not the spy ones. The TOS Tribble bar brawl ones. Just add them back like FASA had Imperial ones, Human-Klingon ones, Romulan-Klingon ones. They like to play with genetics, ah well.

They are afraid of showing TOS Klingons because it involved white people with darkened faces.

 

[korblborp]

They are afraid of showing TOS Klingons because it involved white people with darkened faces.

you mean just like many of the rest of them?