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I'm still disappointed that SNW Klingons sound like a boy band.

They're supposed to sound like TNG Klingons. Everybody sang in the squeaky range. A variety of voices would have been nice. Ethan Peck's a baritone. More than one note of Spock's big number could have been there.

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lemmy.world

But it had to be something that the Klingons found very upsetting. If it was opera, they'd just keep rolling with it and having a great time

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startrek.website

Exactly. Would the Klingons have even noticed if they were breaking out into opera or drinking songs?

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lemmy.dbzer0.com

Humor me here, please. Everyone else sang in voices you could expect from their characters. Why was Klingon singing, alone, breaking character?

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I dunno. I see Klingons as extremely old-school, culturally. They treasure old ways of fighting (bat'leth, qutlutch), worship (Kahless, dark, candle-lit spaces), being (honor bordering on chivalry, belonging to the house of one's father), and singing (manly voices--Michael Dorn even lowered his speaking voice for TNG). For me, hearing Klingon high-pitched voices during a crisis was analogous to hearing "Eek! A mouse!" It was funny, but I'm still experiencing cognitive dissonance.

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Because it had to be something they found to be dishonourable enough that their reaction was to want to destroy the subspace fold.

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Apparently there is a deleted/alternate scene with more straight forward Klingon Operatic singing that will be included in bonus features.

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The EPs have mentioned in interviews that the alternate version will be a bonus feature on the DVDs/BlueRay/UHD disc sets.

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startrek.website

Well it definitely was hilarious but I would also have been open for some quality Klingon opera

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