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From: johnw@astroatc.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Re: The next Star Trek Movie???
Message-ID: <213@astroatc.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 28-Oct-85 04:32:08 EST
Article-I.D.: astroatc.213
Posted: Mon Oct 28 04:32:08 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 31-Oct-85 22:42:43 EST
Reply-To: johnw@astroatc.UUCP (John F. Wardale)
Organization: Astronautics ATC, Madison, WI
Lines: 39
Keywords: Star Trek, Movie, IV

In article <187@ur-tut.UUCP> scco@ur-tut.UUCP (Sean Colbath) writes:
>BTW, does anyone know who was 
>responsable for the travesty performed on the Klingons in the movies?
>Those costumes are hidious!!!  The series depiction was much better..

First: I quite agree!!!!!!!!!!!! (They were *Supposed* to be EVIL and
	sinistar!!)  They were *COMICAL*, and that did NOT fit
	well into the movie!!!

The cause is due to some novilization, where the author EXTRAPOLATED
the nature of Klingons.  It was written (I know not where) that
there were 3 breads or races of Klingons.  Type 1 is most human like.
(The ones in "Trouble with Tribles")  Type 2 is a bit more agressive
etc. and has the olive skin color shown in many other shows.  Type
3 is are the travesties first shown in ST3.

Personally, I think the sieries authors didn't know the difference
between Romulans and Klingons.  (Help from someone with a VCR:
Am I experincine ECC errors, or did the romulans (one played by
Mark Lenord) in "Balance of Terror" with Bird of Prey ship have
white skin or olive.  During the quote "We a creatues of duty...
I have but one more duty to perform."  I remember olive! (maybe
it was smoke-grey due to the battle).  In the "Enterprise Incedent"
(where Spock woows the femal commander and Kirk gets pointed ears and
steal the Cloking device from the *ROMULANS*, who just happened to
be using Klingon ships, the Romulans definatly had white skin. (Maybe
well tanned, but NOT olive!)
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			John W

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