The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name@lemmy.world · 2 days agoWell this explains why I like both.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square68fedilinkarrow-up1602arrow-down112cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1590arrow-down1imageWell this explains why I like both.lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square68fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-22 days agoTo be fair, Klingons were “just” Space Russians in the TOS era. It wasn’t until after after Praxis/Chernobyl when the Soviet allegory ceased being topical, that they had to find other themes for them to embody.
minus-squareViatorOmnium@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-22 days agoEven in TOS the Klingons weren’t as flat as orcs are in LOTR. Roddenberry always tried to make sure their motivations made them “heroes in their own story”, while Tolkien wrote orcs as evil by nature.
minus-squaresupersquirrel@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-22 days agoYeah but they didn’t stay that way, DS9 had a Klingon restaurant on it!
To be fair, Klingons were “just” Space Russians in the TOS era. It wasn’t until after after Praxis/Chernobyl when the Soviet allegory ceased being topical, that they had to find other themes for them to embody.
Even in TOS the Klingons weren’t as flat as orcs are in LOTR.
Roddenberry always tried to make sure their motivations made them “heroes in their own story”, while Tolkien wrote orcs as evil by nature.
Yeah but they didn’t stay that way, DS9 had a Klingon restaurant on it!