Worf: Black Chinese American

[Cyclopean]

It's viral marketing to geeks.

Same way that Colbert (out of character) talks about playing Dungeons & Dragons.

 

[Kegek]

ibb said:
If I recall correctly, the TOS-era Klingons were supposed to represent the Soviets, while the Romulans were inspired by the Chinese. Shinzon's name in Nemesis was a nod to this.

I've heard that before. I probably should clarify as to what I mean by Russian/Chinese.

Russian; in that they're clearly a stand-in for the Soviet Union. Some aspects of their culture dicussed, such as their survelliance systems, methods of torture, et al, seem inspired by the totalitarian Soviet Union as well.
Chinese; the Fu Manchu moustache, darker skin, pretty much.

The Romulans were inspired quite obviously by the Romans in culture; in warfare from WWII submarines, but were also used to serve a Soviet analogy (in their second episode, "The Enterprise Incident"). If memory serves, the reason the Klingons and not the Romulans became the more common bad guy is simply because the makeup was cheaper.

Saying that one group were meant to be the Russians and the others the Chinese always sounded like a pretty good ex post facto rationalisation of that. Aside from 'Shinzon'; there aren't any other Chinese parallels with the Romulans I know of.

 

[Sito_Jaxa]

Funny video!! I sent it to my sister so she could enjoy a good laugh as well!