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Has anyone got a chance to see the Suliban? They look like TOS aliens. I'm not saying they ripped off anything except T'Pol's clothing. I'm saying it doesn't look like a lot of money went into it.
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I only saw the one picture, but I'm amicable to their look. What I don't like is Phlox's appearance. For somebody who's supposed to be a super mysterious alien, he doesn't look nearly alien enough. His would work well for alien-of-the-week. But they should have tried a little harder for a more interesting look. I had always pictured something along the lines of the plant lady from Farscape. Oh well.
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I'm in agreement with Stingray on this. The makeup I've seen for the Suliban is certainly a nice effect. Dashs of gold, orange, and silver with a cool shimmery and glittery effect. Seems like this species has a fairly plain base to start with for it's limited shapeshifting abilities.
As for Dr. Phlox, yeah, the makeup is bit disappointing. I like it and think it's interesting, but it is fairly derivative of other alien makeup effects. It looks like the overall design was a combination of a picture of Gul Dukat with Genghis Khan.
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Ummm... am I being busted on poor grammar or poor spelling? If it's the grammar, then I shall amend it:
...a combination of a picture of Gul Dukat with a picture of Genghis Khan.
If it's the spelling, well, I'm a horrid speller. I make no apologies for that.
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Hmmm, I'm equally stumped. But I bet you spelled Kahn as in superman starship stealer "KAAAAAAAHHHHHNNNNNNN!" and that the Mongol is somehow spelled differently.
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Nope, it's not my spelling. I checked my dictionary. It's spelt "Khan." Just like Khan Nooni*n Singh and Chaka Khan.
Going to my VH-1 Pop-Up Video trivia... "khan" means "head." And, according to the blurb on the Chaka Khan video, about 20% of American men report not getting "khan."
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Uh...I was just thinking that you having snapshots of a 14th century Mongolian conquerer might look a bit suspect to those temporal continuity types. You know?
quote:Has anyone got a chance to see the Suliban? They look like TOS aliens.
Um, no they don't. The makeup & prosthetics for the Suliban, although IMHO not anything special by today's standards, beats anything TOS came up with by leaps & bounds.
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I too was disapointed with Dr Phlox I thought the make up was bit more elaborate. Something along the lines of Rigel and Pilot or any other Muppet creation of Farscape. The M-113 monster was more creative than Phlox and the Suliban.
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Phlox looks just like a friendly Cardassian.
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But I suppose with Dr Phlox being a regular, main cast member they are perhaps limited in how complex and elaborate the makeup is. That's in respects to mainly time if he's going to be in every show, as well as reasonable comfort for the actor.
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