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minus-squaresudoMakeUser@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 days agoWell, yes, but actually, no. The original Klingons in TOS were just people. Beyond that, they’re different.
minus-squareViatorOmnium@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 days agoKlingons have two of every organ.
minus-squareBillyClark@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 days agoAt 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.
minus-squarehomes@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 days agomaybe they just have extra layers, making their skin very thick?
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 days agoMan, old age hits Klingons like a truck.
minus-squarehomes@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 days agohe’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)
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 days ago(It was meant to be a joke about the makeup changes between TOS and DS9, pretending the forehead ridges were extreme wrinkles.)
Well, yes, but actually, no.
The original Klingons in TOS were just people. Beyond that, they’re different.
Klingons have two of every organ.
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.
maybe they just have extra layers, making their skin very thick?
Kor! The Dahar Master!
Man, old age hits Klingons like a truck.
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)
(It was meant to be a joke about the makeup changes between TOS and DS9, pretending the forehead ridges were extreme wrinkles.)