I've only watched the movies, but the aliens are mostly just humans with minor differences.
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Taeivon — 9 years ago(December 29, 2016 04:30 AM)
I've only watched the movies, but the aliens are mostly just humans with minor differences.
Vulcans = humans with pointy ears
Klingons = humans with weird foreheads
Romulans = pretty much Vulcans with a V on their forehead
This is more of an observation than a complaint, but it's kind of a letdown compared to Star Wars with their hundreds of creative creatures. Was it like this in the shows too? -
kayrayzeekat — 9 years ago(December 29, 2016 12:48 PM)
The old album liner for the soundtrack to 'Star Trek: The Motion Picture' had a plethora of actors posing in alien costumes which, at the time, I assumed were in the movie. If you want to see some of the most lame, lazy-assed alien designs/costumes, check it out if you ever have the chance. Lol!
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kayrayzeekat — 9 years ago(December 29, 2016 12:54 PM)
You will find that album liner on this eBay page: http://www.ebay.com/itm/STAR-TREK-THE-MOTION-PICTURE-Original-Soundtrack-LP-W-INSERT-OF-ENTERPRISE-/322373128454?hash=item4b0eef9106:g:tt8AAOSwcUBYO41K
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pmtieken — 9 years ago(January 03, 2017 12:16 AM)
I could be completely wrong so don't murder me, but I vaguely remember a friend of mine, who is a major Star Trek fan, (I am only starting to get into it) tell me that the explanation for all the doffered species looking humanoid is because all the life throughout the star trek universe derives from a single species that had left their dying home world to find a new planet to colonize.but I could be wrong.
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Lucky_Man — 9 years ago(January 03, 2017 04:49 AM)
There is a TNG episode where Picard & Crew are in a Mexican standoff with Romulans, Klingons and Cardassians. They learn via holographic projection that they are all spawned from a progenitor race.
Episode is called "The Chase" - Season 6 -
This is what you're referring to, pmtieken. It's another great scene in a series rich with them. -
jmarkoff2 — 9 years ago(January 05, 2017 12:40 AM)
In The Original Series, most aliens were just humans in wacky Buck Rogers uniforms, or medieval dress, or German uniforms, or whatever. (Especially during the second season, there were several episodes where "Gee, this planet looks exactly like America during the Wild West, or the Roman Empire in the reign of Caligula, or Chicago during the Al Capone gang wars," etc.) They didn't even have funny ears unless the make up people had a budget surplus. The original Klingons were just white men in blackface; a paradox parodied on Deep Space Nine when the crew see footage of Kirk against Klingons, and say "Those Klingons don't look anything like you, Worf! What could have caused that?" and Worf says "We do not discuss it with outsiders."
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syafiqjabar — 9 years ago(January 06, 2017 06:28 AM)
Star Trek started out as a TV show with limited budget, so most of their aliens are actors in minimal makeup especially the regular ones like Vulcans. The original look for Klingons more or less looked like dark-skinned humans with no hear ridge.