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[–] sudoMakeUser@sh.itjust.works 83 points 2 months ago (22 children)

Star Trek: how alien can we make this actor look for 5 dollars and 32 cents?

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[–] _NetNomad@fedia.io 39 points 2 months ago (1 child)

"this actor" statistically being Jeffrey Combs

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[–] EnsignWashout@startrek.website 25 points 2 months ago*

But one time it wasn't Jeffery Combs.

Edit: I looked it up - it was Jeffery Combs, that time, too. Nevermind.

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[–] hypeerror@sh.itjust.works 20 points 2 months ago (18 children)

every sentient species is identical from the clavicles on down.

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[–] ViatorOmnium@piefed.social 19 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (16 children)

Except the Klingons.

Edit: canonically Klingons have redundant organs for both survival and reproduction.

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[–] sudoMakeUser@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 months ago* (9 children)

Well, yes, but actually, no.

The original Klingons in TOS were just people. Beyond that, they're different.

Edit: wait, from the clavicle down they're still the same, even in the new series.

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[–] homes@piefed.world 15 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Kor! The Dahar Master!

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[–] grue@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Man, old age hits Klingons like a truck.

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[–] homes@piefed.world 16 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

he's, like, 140 in that picture. the actor John Collins who played him was 71.

Collins is also one of few actors to consistently play the same character in 3 series (TOS, TAS, DS9) and for over 30 years, pretty much right up until he died

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[–] grue@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago* (1 child)

(It was meant to be a joke about the makeup changes between TOS and DS9, pretending the forehead ridges were extreme wrinkles.)

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[–] homes@piefed.world 12 points 2 months ago

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[–] ViatorOmnium@piefed.social 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Klingons have two of every organ.

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[–] BillyClark@piefed.social 13 points 2 months ago (1 child)

At least for humans, skin is an organ. So I am imagining that Klingons have an extra skin somewhere like as a pouch, and when their main skin is too damaged, all of their bones and shit slide into the spare skin.

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[–] homes@piefed.world 14 points 2 months ago*

maybe they just have extra layers, making their skin very thick?

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[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 2 months ago

And for surviving reproduction

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[–] homes@piefed.world 8 points 2 months ago* (4 children)

It is still a matter of debate whether Klingons have two penises or simply have two urethrae in one gigantic penis. We’re just gonna have to see a naked male Klingon to be absolutely sure…

However, since they can easily mate with females of other humanoid species, I think the latter is far more likely. How would two penises even work anyway? Do Klingon women have two vaginas? And how would THAT work?

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[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Not to get too graphic, but human women have two holes very close in proximity to each other.

~~The rest, as they say, is an exercise for the reader.~~

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[–] homes@piefed.world 7 points 2 months ago* (2 children)

No, no… Go ahead and get graphic. Draw me a picture and post it.

See, I wouldn’t know, because I do not have sex with women (human or otherwise). And, being a man, I can’t get my second hole down there, as I’m simply not that flexible.

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[–] marlowe221@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Just ask Riker!

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[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Extras with red skin paint and bad wigs.

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[–] CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 66 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Steven Moffat was so good at that on Doctor Who. Off the top of my head he had monsters that were: statues, an empty library, a crack in the wall, a child wearing a gas mask, pretty much anything that the BBC just had lying around. One episode had a monster that had evolved the perfect ability to hide, so we never even saw it lol.

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[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 30 points 2 months ago (2 children)

That kid wasn't just wearing the gas mask... it was his FACE! lol

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[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 27 points 2 months ago* (1 child)

"Mummy? Are you there, mummy?"

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[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

That one will stay with me forever

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[–] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 25 points 2 months ago

One episode had a monster that had evolved the perfect ability to hide, so we never even saw it lol.

Peak genius.

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[–] AiricaFyresong@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 months ago

Hey! Who turned out the lights!?

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[–] Danarchy@lemmy.nz 31 points 2 months ago (2 children)

OMG Glup Shitto is back 😭😭😭

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[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 16 points 2 months ago (1 child)

My favorite is either Kit Fisto or Elan Sleazebaggano, but I always have a soft spot for Jek Porkins, gone but not forgotten.

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[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I love that there's both Assaj Ventress and Savage Oppress.

If I had a nickel for every time there was a Star Wars character with a name that rhymed with Corsage Prom Dress, I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it's happened twice.

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[–] BillyClark@piefed.social 20 points 2 months ago (8 children)

Babylon 5..... Just copy and paste that Star Trek one.

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[–] ScrooLewse@lemmy.myserv.one 14 points 2 months ago (1 child)

Fun fact: This is because the writer of Babylon 5, J. Michael Straczynski, originally pitched it as a Star Trek series. The studio told him "No, that's stupid. Go away." Then as soon as he was out of the earshot started writing Deep Space 9.

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[–] BillyClark@piefed.social 9 points 2 months ago

I honestly believe them when they say that they turned him away because they were already deep into DS9. But even if that weren't the case and they did steal the idea, all the way down to naming one of the leaders of an alien race "Dukat", at least we still got Babylon 5, and we also got DS9, which is the best of what I think of as the major Star Trek series.

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[–] homes@piefed.world 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

but with crazier hair, weaponized telepathy, and more yelling

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[–] Thorry@feddit.org 6 points 2 months ago (1 child)

Don't forget about the prehensile penis!

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[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

And a fuckload of hair spray

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[–] Thorry@feddit.org 20 points 2 months ago* (1 child)

Red Dwarf: One sexy cat! Mwuaaaaaaaaaw

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[–] Aneorthisio@lemmy.ml 17 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Stargate : "We didn't have the budget so they're just humans."

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[–] AccoSpoot1@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago (1 child)

40k and Doctor Who are pretty muchbthe same.

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[–] faintwhenfree@lemmus.org 11 points 2 months ago

I never thought about it before, but now that you mention it..... I can't believe I never saw it.

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[–] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 14 points 2 months ago (4 children)

That description for Star Trek fits Star Gate as well.

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[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago (3 children)

But aren't all the human aliens just humans, like genetically

And then there's other really NOT human aliens

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[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 months ago (1 child)

Star Wars .... hyper-stereotypes every racial group on the earth to live in slums or ghettos ... makes white people live in marvellous futuristic cities, lush gardens or beautiful architecture and lead entire galaxies

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[–] usernamefactory@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 months ago

“You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy”

“Lots of minorities, huh?”

“Now I didn’t say that…”

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[–] flandish@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago (6 children)

it always zapped me out of the moment when the robots screaming for extermination had british accents. i reckon i could just assume they translated to local language norma but still.

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[–] sirimeow@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago (4 children)

There was an episode where they briefly showed daleks in Germany and they were shouting it in german lol

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[–] sundray@lemmus.org 6 points 2 months ago

That's very on-the-nose, eh?

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[–] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 10 points 2 months ago

I think there was something about the TARDIS doing something to people so everything is translated. There was an episode (The Fires of Pompeii) with 10 and Donna where they're in Pompeii and Donna says something in Latin to some Roman guy and he doesn't understand it.

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