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Not even a ridge on their head or anything? (lemmy.world)

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[–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 34 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Tbf TOS era male Klingons didn't look too different from humans either

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 41 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, but they worked a little harder.

[–] cantstopthesignal@sh.itjust.works 32 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"I want the male Klingons in black face"

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You couldn't make Star Trek today!

[–] photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 year ago

They say, standing among at least three currently airing modern Star Trek shows

[–] guyrocket@kbin.social 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The dirty truth is that almost all sci-fi "aliens" look a hell of a lot like humans.

[–] Zellith@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago

Or humans look a lot like sci fi aliens.

[–] whoisearth@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago

Clint Howard is still the scariest looking alien ever depicted on TV.

[–] JWBananas@startrek.website 6 points 1 year ago

They really didn't give much direction at all on how Klingons should look back then. The actor and makeup artist basically came up with it on the spot.

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Depicting_Klingons

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Pretty much all Star Trek aliens are just human from the mouth downwards.

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

They insist that anything else would be uncanny valley