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Bryan Fuller posted this on Instagram as a birthday greeting to Laurence Fishburne, back on July 30.
So apparently Fuller had intended to carry over the Hannibal cast into Discovery in various parts — and this was how he'd imagined Fishburne in Klingon prosthetics. It also suggests that the much maligned Disco Klingon designs were decided upon after Fuller left as (preliminary) show runner.
ETA: Here is a rundown of the casting plans he had in mind, originally revealed on the D-con chamber podcast. I would have watched Gillian Anderson as a starship captain.
Can you recall any prior series of Star Trek where the Klingons were wiped out in two alternate universes and (mostly) the main one?
No? None in 50 years? Huh. Guess I'm just being petulant by thinking that's a very strong statement choice. It doesn't have to be hate, it could just be lazy I suppose - the latest writers are certainly that.
You guys like Kurtzman Trek - that's fine. Enjoy your shows. I don't.
I'm feeling like it's a waste of time to explain my opinion further when I'll just be infantalised as petulant, so bye.
Obviously not that specific sequence of events, no. However, in addition to seeing Praxis explode in the 23rd century, in the 24th we saw the Klingon civil war, the underhanded instalment of an illegitimate leader, and various ugly internal power struggles, which all culminated in this memorable take-down by Ezri Dax.
If I can watch a likeable character like her calmly declare that "the Klingon Empire is dying and deserves to die" and not think the Berman era writers hated Klingons, I really don't think there's anything you can point at to make me think the Kurtzman era does.
It just seems so over the top to assign these underhanded motives to the writers on so little justification. It's clear to me that they're treating the Klingons as an important part of the mythos. If nothing else, Jay-Den is easily my favourite of the Academy cadets. I'm just not seeing what you see here.