Re: Klingon Question.
On Fri, 27 Mar 1998, Chris Selby wrote: > Um, yes it does. > > > Koriel wrote in message <351b2e73.9145077@news.ont.com>... > >On Thu, 26 Mar 1998 21:40:45 -0600, "McReynolds" > ><rmcrey@nospam.flash.net> wrote: > > > > > >>The only problem with this is why Kor, Koloth, Kang, and Kahless have all > >>appeared as "smooth" and "bumpy" Klingons. There is a simple and > reasonable > >>explanation. All Klingons develop the ridged forehead. However, the > >>"smooth" Klingons develop it sometime during middle age. > > > >That doesn't explain why Alexander had forehead ridges when he was a > >kid. My personal hypothesis is that there was a temporal incursion - > >Klingons originally had smooth forheads, but sometime between 2268 and > >2271, someone went way back in time, did something that messed up the > >time-continuum and changed the Klingons evolutionary path, resulting > >in ridged foreheads. That could explain why all Klingons after that > >have ridged foreheads even when they didn't have them before. > > You must also note that from the series TOS to the movies, the Klingons grew to be more and more like the NextGen Klingons. And even Worf looks alot more "Klingon" by the final episodes of NextGen and by DS9 than Encounter at Farpoint. We all know it is advanced character development and better makeup techniques, but one could argue for a genetic mutation that began shortly after the TOS season ended, and reached full fruition by NextGen. (Worf later grew his hair out.) -- Jason C. > >Koriel > > > >> > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Why should you want to know? Don't you mind about the future. Don't you try to think ahead. Save tomorrow for tomorrow. Think about today instead." -- Ted Neely, Jesus Christ Superstar ---------------------- Jason M. Collins Computer Lab Operator (Lab-op) Computing Services University of Arkansas jmc01@comp.uark.edu This email in no way represents the views or policies of Computing Services or the University of Arkansas.