Comments on: Exclusive: Academy Award-Nominee Barney Burman Talks Star Trek Makeup, Oscars & Sequel Klingons

By: Marcolla

Marcolla — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:46:39 +0000

My Favorite Alien was The Long Face Bar Alien played by Actor Douglas Tait. There was just something unique and sad about that face that I loved. It was very well played by Tait. I hope Long Face will make an appearance in the sequel.

By: Let Gene Live On

Let Gene Live On — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 09:18:58 +0000

Congrats to those who won the Oscar… You have earned a place in history among not only the Academy Awards but also the most loyal fan base in the history of media!!! This is my own personal wish and so I will not speak for others, but I wish that Gene Roddenberry was included in the acceptance speech as it was his vision that brought this award to life….

By: EFFeX

EFFeX — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:22:18 +0000

Bring on the Klingons and PLEASE aim a little closer to the TNG-style.

PLEASE! lol

By: Gorn!

Gorn! — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:30:50 +0000

@27 – VERY agreed, re. humanizing the Gorn. Alien species should be, well… a l i e n. That includes this very reptilian race.

I know the new movies are endeavoring to make ST accessible to new audiences. That’s one element which I don’t think audiences will fail to grasp.

By: GL2814

GL2814 — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:01:59 +0000

I realize they want to be all new and innovative, but if they are going to use “Enterprise” as the only existing cannon for this series, the Klingons will have to look human like they did in TOS unless they want to build into the story the return to the bumpy headed Kligons or at least comment on the fact that they looked like humans for a while.

By: VZX

VZX — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:38:18 +0000

He never saw DS9? That’s it. Fire him! Oscar or no, DS9 is required viewing for all Trek crew personnel!

(j/k)

By: skyjedi

skyjedi — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:38:52 +0000

If Klingons are in the sequel can they please not look like Uruk’s from lord of the rings.

I mean using helmets to cover up a lack of budget is pretty lame, its like using a brewery as engineering. Yet they had plenty of money for phoney cgi.

By: Chadwick

Chadwick — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:18:44 +0000

The people in charge of editing the Star Trek movie did a terrible job. How in the hell can you cut the scenes with the most important aliens in the Star Trek universe, the Klingons! I am hoping for the next movie they hire someone else to do the editing, and put in some epic battle scenes like a dozen Klingon D7 battle cruiser against a dozen Federation ships. After watching the cut scenes some of them would have been so epic. I think it is BULLSHIT fallacy that movies “have” to be cut, edited, and reduced in length. Did Titanic or Avatar cut the length of their movies to conform!? NO! So why do the people behind Star Trek feel it needs to be cut? I want a 2 to 2.5 hours Star Trek movie! The new movie was great….now its time for something epic!

By: Alientraveller

Alientraveller — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 12:27:26 +0000

I took some of Neville Page’s rejected designs for the Romulans from JJ’s first film and reapplied them to the Klingons: the designs would work quite well for Klingons halfway between the spiny heads of TMP and the smooth heads of TOS:

http://alientraveller.deviantart.com/art/Romulans-to-Klingons-152785455

By: fansince66

fansince66 — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 11:41:35 +0000

To JJ and O and K:
On the other hand, perhaps main viewing audience has an ahistorical/acultural view of life, and it’s all just “punch and Judy” to them. So bring on capt roadrunner/Kirk vs Wiley Kahn/coyote, and keep that popcorn popping. I never remember how khan’s name is spelled, but I think that hardly matters anymore. I’ll just refer to him as Wiley C.