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Originally Posted by getbak
I just saw the Klingon general was played by Bruce Horak, who played Hemmer in the first season.
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Haha, I noticed his name in the credits, and went "Hmm, wait a minute... was he the Klingon captain with the eyepatch?" Very cool that they're still finding ways to include him.
That said it raises a nitpicky thing I've been thinking this season... I like that they went back to a TNG/DS9/VOY look for the Klingons. It was the best interpretation of them, and there's no reason to mess with that success.
However, the quality of the make-up and costumes seems a lot cheaper than it was back in the day. I keep noticing that the make-up is much more uniformly applied across the actors' faces and it makes them look less real.
'New' vs. 'old':
Ultimately we know they're just guys with some rubber #### on their foreheads, but the Gowron makeup has a bit of a sheen on it that makes it look more like real skin, with real skin oils.
The Klingon costumes also looked a lot more like plastic pieces with shiny paint on them. They didn't look substantial:
Maybe just a concession to make them lighter, so that the actors could dance in them...? I'd like to think that.