Why are Star Trek worlds so one dimensional?

[ChickenBrother]

you are wrong and its pointless trying to correct you since you are so deeply and absolutely wrong

OK chief. Care to elaborate?

I'm not a Trekkie and I don't have any racial beef with how any alien race is portrayed. I was pointing out what I thought was an inconsistency in how Vulcans are portrayed. If they were indeed portrayed previously as being of all earth "races" then the producers intended for Vulcans look exactly like... the people of earth except with pointy ears? If so then I consider that even more of a production shortcoming than my original criticism. OP may really be on to something here.

 

[JAEGERX]

OK chief. Care to elaborate?

I'm not a Trekkie and I don't have any racial beef with how any alien race is portrayed. I was pointing out what I thought was an inconsistency in how Vulcans are portrayed. If they were indeed portrayed previously as being of all earth "races" then the producers intended for Vulcans look exactly like... the people of earth except with pointy ears? If so then I consider that even more of a production shortcoming than my original criticism. OP may really be on to something here.

i know what you are thinking, and yes you can bang a vulcan chick

 

[ChickenBrother]

i know what you are thinking, and yes you can bang a vulcan chick

Wrong.

1) Elbows too pointy
2) Stomach too sweaty
3) Eyebrows too upswept at edges

Would not hit.

 

[JAEGERX]

OK chief. Care to elaborate?

I'm not a Trekkie and I don't have any racial beef with how any alien race is portrayed. I was pointing out what I thought was an inconsistency in how Vulcans are portrayed. If they were indeed portrayed previously as being of all earth "races" then the producers intended for Vulcans look exactly like... the people of earth except with pointy ears? If so then I consider that even more of a production shortcoming than my original criticism. OP may really be on to something here.

i could be wrong but i think vulcans might have been some sort of space elves with social retardation

 

[Oogie Sharp]

Just watching a Star Trek marathon. The Enemy Within from the orig series. Love when evil Kirk walks into sick bay and snarls SAURIAN BRANDY!!
Then grabs Bones hard by the neck I SAID GIVE ME THE BRANDY!!!! <45>

Evil Kirk is the best ...

 

[WOW]

Star Trek is absolute garbage, it's mind boggling that grown ups actually enjoy it.

 

[ocfightfan]

42 minutes is not a lot time for both story and world building nuance.

 

[Drain Bamage]

Every other planet besides earth is a one note barren wasteland

Star trek is accurate

 

[Clippy]

Of course they never established they were "white" because they were supposed to be an alien race. I believe up to that point, all Vulcans were portrayed by white actors with dark hair and a fairly homogeneous look resembling Nimoy's portrayal. I'm open to being corrected if I'm wrong.

While I applaud the attempt to diversify the cast, this instance came across as forced and more than a little cringeworthy IMO.

Just like alien planets showing one aspect of earth and lacking diversity

Why should all aliens be this way? Having every Vulcan be white with black hair and that's it is as uncreative as limiting each world to one attribute

And anyone triggered by black Vulcans are fucking retarded

 

[OverCoronavirus Pressure]

Wrong.

1) Elbows too pointy
2) Stomach too sweaty
3) Eyebrows too upswept at edges

Also, fake tits. Badly faked. In that first episode, when they have her take off her shirt and you can see side boob, even what you can see looks nasty.

 

[Legumes]

One dimensional planet populated by 2 warring alien races that consisted of... you guessed it. White guys with half their face painted black and the other half in white. Race A had black on the left side and Race B had black on the right.

Didn't this one end with them uniting over the revelation that both races have pink cocks and together they would be now called the Neapolitan race?

 

[Doughbelly]

Fuck Bajorans too with their bullshit nose crinkle

What are talking about? The Bajoran nose krinkle is sexy AF.

 

[Clippy]

What are talking about? The Bajoran nose krinkle is sexy AF.

Have you seen Bajorans Gone Wild?

 

[Madmick]

Star Trek is absolute garbage, it's mind boggling that grown ups actually enjoy it.

What should grown ups enjoy?

 

[WOW]

What should grown ups enjoy?

Stargate

 

[rj144]

Download Space Engine and see how many ice worlds and desert worlds there are:

http://spaceengine.org/

 

[Madmick]

Stargate

 

[ChickenBrother]

Why should all aliens be this way? Having every Vulcan be white with black hair and that's it is as uncreative as limiting each world to one attribute

They shouldn't.

I agree with your OP that one dimensional portrayals of alien worlds and races is lame. But in the Star Trek universe maybe one dimensional worlds lead to one dimensional alien races? Pretty much every other alien race is portrayed with homogeneous attire, facial structure, skin tone, etc. Out of nowhere you have a "black" Vulcan main character who looks different from previous portrayals of his species and it shouldn't matter because... social justice? If they wanted to go with that, it would have felt more organic if they added some backstory, maybe talked about the concept of "race" on Vulcan and how Tuvok's family fit into their society.

And anyone triggered by black Vulcans are fucking retarded

It's tough to address race without being offensive so I'll try again. I'm not "triggered," I thought it was an inconsistency in the species portrayal. I'm not talking about the actor's race but the character he's portraying. For instance Klingons have been portrayed by actors of different races under the prosthetics but the characters appear to be generally the same "race."

A key tenet of the Star Trek universe is a "post-racial" future where racial phenotypes don't matter anymore. I think that's an admirable goal. But if that were reality then over many generations, all members of a population should become racially mixed such that they appear homogeneous to an outsider. I don't know, a lot of shit on Star Trek just doesn't add up.

 

[ChickenBrother]

i could be wrong but i think vulcans might have been some sort of space elves with social retardation

Sounds like a race of Sherdoggers

 

[PEB]