Hi Brian Davis, hope you are having a nice day
26-Jan-98 12:33:00, Brian Davis wrote to Ronny Nielsen
Subject: Re: Old & new Klingons
RN>> Hi Paul Andinach, hope you are having a nice day
CM>>> ..... I would have had it been a genetic experiment to improve
CM>>> the whole Klingon race that caused the look.
RN>> Why cant people accept that klingons look different, and stop
RN>> coming with silly explanations. Hmm imagine if a new series
RN>> suddenly made
BD> Because someone on the writing team got cute and drew attention to
BD> said physical difference in an episode of DS9. Once that happened,
BD> the issue leapt out of the realm of mere production issues and
BD> into the realm of Trek universe continuity.
Aaah. Didnīt know that. That was a silly thing to do!
BD> I've abstained from such debates myself; I think it was a mistake
BD> on the part of TPTB to open that particular can of gharghmey. But,
Agreed.
BD> they did it, so you can't just dismiss the change as "Gene wanted
BD> it that way" any longer. From the POV of the *characters* of the
BD> show (at least the non-Klingons), there's some unanswered
BD> questions, and fans of the show, being...well...fans of the show
BD> are also naturally speculating as to the answers. }}:->
Which noone got. I guess they have to hope for TPTB to actually cover this
subject. Personly this forces me to see Trek in the way of a human made
show, rather then the universe. :-/
-=> Yours sincerely, Ronny Nielsen <=-
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