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By: msspurlock (Odo's file, contact) @ 17:34:04 on May 18, 2008

In essence, Abrams and gang took a look at Star Trek and said, "I like everything, especially the potential money, except the things I didn't come up with." Basically it'll be Star Trek without all that annoying Star Trek "getting in the way." I see.
"We're trying to capture a new audience. Namely Star Wars fans who've run out of crap to spend money on and bored gamers who will take one look and say, "not enough war in it."
Typical Hollywood.
"Who says Superman has to wear a cape?"
"Does Christ have to die at the end?"
"I'm a little disturbed by this gay cowboy idea. Couldn't we just make one of them a chick?
"Well, sure, somebody else created the series and concepts, but he's dead. So I'll (insert Bermanize, Abramsize) put my own stamp on it and take the credit. If it fails, I'll blame the dead guy for not being trendy enough.

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So is it genetic or a fashion trend on Romulus? | Report this post to moderator
By: cnathanw (Odo's file, contact, web site) @ 11:39:35 on May 17, 2008 | (1)

I can certainly entertain that it's a trend in the time period of this movie...kind of a "We're Romulan warriors damn it, not Vulcans" kind of thing. But it's a bit severe to differentiate them don't you think? All it takes is a "emotional, war-like cousins of Vulcans" line to establish WHO the Romulans are. I think the ridgelines of TNG were meant as a way to differentiate them visually. I don't think that's completely necessary. You can usually tell by demeanor and costuming. And if you DON'T know, then it can hieghten suspense if you want to use it that way.

If you have to rationalize the TNG bumps more than that, just assume they either incorporated Klingon DNA or it's a by product of their own superclone/human experiments.

I'd rather they weren't bald. Uggg. But oh well.

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By: dinzy (Odo's file, contact) @ 06:00:34 on May 17, 2008

Does this mean we get an explanation episode in a future trek, or will people take it for what it is, namely a reimagining of the species.

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