What If TNG Was Based During the Lost Era?

[Nerys Myk]

Dear God that's awful. I heard Rick Berman didn't like antennae and thus we got Bolians instead

The "Whoville" design popped up at least once more

 

[MikHutch]

That's just awful. I guess the technology wasn't ready for convincing Andorians until Enterprise

Still, it's a more unique design than the Betazoids

 

[Richard S. Ta]

TNG went a little wild though

I actually quite like this design, though maybe I'm in the minority. I like that they thought about making the head 'alien' in a way other than putting bumpy bits on their foreheads. Extended craniums!

Maybe to some it looks silly, but I'm fond of it. Same in the second picture.

 

[Nerys Myk]

I actually quite like this design, though maybe I'm in the minority. I like that they thought about making the head 'alien' in a way other than putting bumpy bits on their foreheads. Extended craniums!

Maybe to some it looks silly, but I'm fond of it. Same in the second picture.

I keep expecting to hear Harvey Korman call someone "Dum Dum"

 

[MikHutch]

While the forehead ridges are repetitive, this looks hard to take seriously

 

[Richard S. Ta]

While the forehead ridges are repetitive, this looks hard to take seriously

You take Star Trek seriously?

 

[MikHutch]

You take Star Trek seriously?

Enough to generally know what a good alien design looks like

 

[JesterFace]

Wasn't that Andorian just a holographic creation that Lal might want to use as her new appearance?

 

[MikHutch]

Wasn't that Andorian just a holographic creation that Lal might want to use as her new appearance?

Yea. Lal apparently had a weird imagination

 

[Orphalesion]

Wasn't that Andorian just a holographic creation that Lal might want to use as her new appearance?

Yes, but it was still the actual design for Andorians in the TNG era, as awful as it was.

 

[MikHutch]

Yes, but it was still the actual design for Andorians in the TNG era, as awful as it was.

Sadly yes. They couldn't even get the color right

 

[Takeru]

Sadly yes. They couldn't even get the color right

I don't mind the green skin color, it makes sense if aliens have variations in skin color like humans. That the hair and clothing down to the shoes is green too bothers me much more.

 

[Nerys Myk]

I don't mind the green skin color, it makes sense if aliens have variations in skin color like humans. That the hair and clothing down to the shoes is green too bothers me much more.

They have the skin color right in "Captain's Holiday". I assume the greeness was some sort of holodeck thing. Or maybe there is a greenskinned Andorian variant. From a jungle moon or something.

 

[MikHutch]

Variation is fine but I think it has to be consistent. It's like having a purple human vs the various shades of brown we actually are

 

[publiusr]

If I could retcon TNG…I’d have Reliant and Enterprise both perish at Genesis (seemingly) with Saavik and David escaping in a shuttle as two of the few survivors.

Into Darkness as Styles causing the Praxis explosion with Excelsior.

The Cartwright conspiracy exposed…and it turns out the pacifist block has its own ship…that’s how we introduce Picard and the Galaxy class. David and Saavik take the place of Riker and Troi perhaps.

 

[MikHutch]

Might've been better than Riker & Troi.

 

[WarpTenLizard]

I think a Captain Sulu show could've worked. It's not like the TNG cast had a lot of star power when it began

Imagine "Star Trek: Excelsior" being the show that introduced Trekkies to Tuvok, as the young Vulcan dweeb of the cast.

 

[MikHutch]

Imagine "Star Trek: Excelsior" being the show that introduced Trekkies to Tuvok, as the young Vulcan dweeb of the cast.

Lol exactly. Also hilarious in hindsight is Tim Russ appearing in Spaceballs the same year TNG was launched