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[–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 33 points 11 months ago (4 children)

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

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 42 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, but they worked a little harder.

[–] cantstopthesignal@sh.itjust.works 33 points 11 months ago (1 children)

"I want the male Klingons in black face"

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You couldn't make Star Trek today!

[–] photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 11 months ago

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

[–] guyrocket@kbin.social 21 points 11 months 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 11 months ago

Or humans look a lot like sci fi aliens.

[–] whoisearth@lemmy.ca 0 points 11 months ago

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

[–] JWBananas@startrek.website 7 points 11 months 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 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

They insist that anything else would be uncanny valley