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Frankly I find this better than any interpretation of Klingons: TOS, TNG, 2009 movie or Disco. Would you agree?
Zor
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According to the artist's note here the 'raptorial forelimbs' have 'dexterous retractable grooming organs' allowing tool use. Personally, I think it's an interesting design, though I would have given the Klingon at least an equipment harness and a disruptor, since the Starfleet officer gets her uniform and phaser rifle. I find it quite amusing to imagine a version of TNG where Worf has exactly the same personality, but looks like that. More broadly, it's quite interesting to imagine Star Trek with completely non-humanoid versions of the species we're familiar with. Obviously, half-human hybrids would be utterly impossible, and interspecies romantic relationships would be ... complicated, if they existed at all. I suppose Spock would either have to be a pure Vulcan, with Amanda Grayson as his 'stepmother' influencing his outlook, or a pure human raised in Vulcan culture.Imperial Overlord wrote: ↑2018-09-14 03:46am I don't see any tool manipulator body parts. Fail.
The Final Reflection Klingons are the best Klingons.
Well, at least you can use the spikes to hang your clothes. I'm always short on closet spaceImperial Overlord wrote: ↑2018-09-14 03:46am I don't see any tool manipulator body parts. Fail.
The Final Reflection Klingons are the best Klingons.
Abiogenisis is hardly a lazy artist who does not think things through.bilateralrope wrote: ↑2018-09-16 12:26am Is it just me, or does the artist saying "retractable" feel like saying "I know manipulators are required, but I'm too lazy to draw them" ?
I never said that the artist didn't think things through. Only that coming up with a cop out to avoid figuring out how to draw a necessary detail is lazy.Zor wrote: ↑2018-09-16 12:41amAbiogenisis is hardly a lazy artist who does not think things through.bilateralrope wrote: ↑2018-09-16 12:26am Is it just me, or does the artist saying "retractable" feel like saying "I know manipulators are required, but I'm too lazy to draw them" ?
Zor
I'm guessing the cost of special effects.Elheru Aran wrote: ↑2018-09-18 12:29am There's a reason even Farscape kept its big creatures fairly stationary.
Sure, it would work as an alien. But its behaviour would be nothing like a Klingon because it can't move.A beast-Klingon could have worked if it was set up like Pilot, plonked down in front of a big-ass station. Even resembles Pilot a little bit... just a bit less anthromorphic.
That's kind of the point I'm trying to make, yeah. That such a setup probably wouldn't work with practical effects, not without something hinky like a panto-horse setup. It's possible now that digital effects have both improved and become cheaper, but still a lot more work than a rubber forehead.bilateralrope wrote: ↑2018-09-18 12:43amI'm guessing the cost of special effects.Elheru Aran wrote: ↑2018-09-18 12:29am There's a reason even Farscape kept its big creatures fairly stationary.Sure, it would work as an alien. But its behaviour would be nothing like a Klingon because it can't move.A beast-Klingon could have worked if it was set up like Pilot, plonked down in front of a big-ass station. Even resembles Pilot a little bit... just a bit less anthromorphic.
It could be the klingon version of a cat...