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But this isn't about not knowing about Remus. It's about not knowing that Remus is inhabitated by Remans. Im sure almost everyone assumed that Remus is inhabitated by Romulans too.
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Yeah, that's true. I always assumed that there was no native species other than the Romulans on the twin worlds. So I guess when thinking directly about "Remans" -- I would've gone "who?"
But at the same time, once Logan mentioned the planets Romulus and Remus, that would've cinched it for me. Obviously, NO ONE had heard of the Remans before Logan.
Now, I don't expect Mr. Berman to be a walking edition of the "Star Trek Encyclopedia." I'm just saying that it's amusing that I know more about the franchise than he does.
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Well, maybe, but his job doesn't actually involve knowing about the minute details of the Star Trek universe. I'd bet that he doesn't know the Defiant's registry, or Sisko's middle name either. On the other hand, I bet no-one here has any idea how to run a muti-million dollar franchise business.
Personally, I've never given the planet Remus much thought. Or indeed, any thought. It's had no impact at all on the Star Trek universe (until now), in any way, shape or form.
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quote:But at the same time, once Logan mentioned the planets Romulus and Remus, that would've cinched it for me.
Exactly. And maybe Berman knew about Logan was talking when he mentioned Romulus and Remus.
Remember that the dialogue was:
Logan: The Remans. Berman: Who? Logan: The Remans. Berman: Who?
And not:
Logan: The Remans? Berman: Who? Logan: Romulus and Remus? Berman: What?
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quote:Originally posted by AndrewR: I was tossing up whether to type Romii or RomII (cause Romii looks sorta weird, and RomII could be taken as Rom "2")
I though that's what it was SUPPOSED to be "taken as."
Romii=Romulus II=Remus. Right?
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Well, it's a bit out there, but I don't think it's totally unreasonable, especially as a retcon. The original display just listed "ROM" and "ROMII" as I recall. At least, I don't think Romulus was spelled out. I do know it was all in capitals.
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i also thought it was ROM"II" as in "ROM 2". and according to my telepathay, so did Mike Okuda. so STFU.
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I suspect I've missed the funny here, but I'll point out that Okuda talks about "Romii" under the encyclopedia entry for Remus.
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you missed the fact that it was a joke. not necessarily funny, but it was lacking seriousness.
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quote:Originally posted by Ryan McReynolds: Please tell me you're joking...
I don't get what you're saying. No, I'm not joking. Remus is the SECOND PLANET IN THE ROMULAN SYSTEM, or Romii for short. What are you talking about?
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your supposition is giving me a headache.
If that's what it was supposed to mean, maybe they'd have put a space?
this is just an example of the TOS graphics guys not meeting up with the script guys on the twin homeworlds of the empire concept.. miscommunication as to what it was named.. we went with the spoken version over the viewed version, and call it Remus. Write off Remus having a dual name like so many other planets do.
Are we coming up with retarded half-assed explanations as to why Vulcan is also Vulcanis sometimes? Andor and Andoria? Earth and Terra? no..
because its not such a fucking big deal.
but coming up with a far-fetched theory and parceling it out as the gospel truth? thats just annoying...
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Well, the way I see it, it's highly unlikely that a group of aliens would name their homeworlds after mythological characters from a planet they've never heard of. So, probably, the Romulan word for "Romulus" or "Romulan" sounds pretty close to the English word. That's why Terrans called it "Romulus". Then, since there was a "brother" planet which also started w/ an 'r' sound, it only made sense to refer to it as "Remus", even if the Romulan name for it was actually "Romii".
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this is just an example of the TOS graphics guys not meeting up with the script guys on the twin homeworlds of the empire concept.. miscommunication as to what it was named.. we went with the spoken version over the viewed version, and call it Remus. Write off Remus having a dual name like so many other planets do. 
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