jack@hp-dcde.UUCP (02/07/84)
If we get some long-established Klingons (Kor, etc.) in STIII, will they have old (tv) or new (movie) makeup? This will force the director to decide whether there are two types of Klingons or not! By the way, as TREK pointed out, there are many types of humans (black, white, etc.) so why shouldn't there be many types of Klingons? Klingons seem just the types to segregate their ships by race... -Jack Applin (hplabs!hp-dcd!jack)
okie@ihuxs.UUCP (B.K. Cobb) (03/05/84)
I couldn't come up with any "multiple Klingons," but I remembered two of the more notable ones, if you 're (oops...heh heh) interested. They are Kang, featured in the episode with the being that isolates his command crew and Kirk's crew on the Enterprise for an "eternal war," and Koloth, from "The Trouble with Tribbles." In fact, William Campbell, who played Koloth, said that at one point they considered having him reappear in other episodes -- acting as Kirk's "opposite number" in the Klingon Empire. It would have been logical, as they probably patrolled the adjoining space sectors. Hmmm...that makes Koloth an "almost-multiple" Klingon...oh, wait a minute! He is multiple! He also appeared on the animated series, in "More Tribbles, More Troubles." (Am I right, Roger?) B.K. Cobb ihnp4!ihuxs!okie
eric@whuxle.UUCP (Eric Holtman) (06/10/84)
[Target engine only. Understood?] If I read one more article about the "klingons are different this time" syndrome, I'm going scream (really loud). As has been pointed out before, the Klingons have every right to look different in the movies. As a counter example, shall we look at the crew of the Enterprise in this most recent movie? We have: 1) Captian Kirk + Dr. McCoy. Both "normal" humans. 2) A man with slightly slanted eyes, slightly darker skin, and a funny accent (SULU!!). 3) We have two men who look almost exactly like Cpt. Kirk but both speak with "funny" accents (Scott + Checkov). At the transporter, we see Uhura, and lo and behold, she's BLACK. If we can have so MANY different types of HUMANS, all from ONE PLANET, why can't Paramount have MANY different types of Klingons in their movies???? Note: none of the preceding paragraph should in any way shape or form be construed as a racial slur on anyone, it was only an example. I could just as easily have chosen any crewman as the norm.....