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Star Trek V & VI DVD extras

De'vID jonwI' ([email protected]) 

Yesterday I had the occasion to view the extras on the Star Trek
V and VI special edition DVDs (on the second disks).  I don't
know if they've already been discussed here, but there are some
things that are of interest to Klingonists.

There's a short segment on the Star Trek VI disc on the Klingon
language in which Dr. Lawrence Schoen makes an appearance.
majQa', 'angghal, juquvmoHqu'.

There are interviews with the actors who played Klingons on both
discs.  The one on Star Trek V is called "That Klingon Couple"
with the subtitle <tlhIngan chang'engvetlh>.  While their lines
in Star Trek V had a few problems that may annoy some Klingonists,
the actors themselves had an excellent attitude towards learning
the Klingon and took it very quite seriously.  I was very
impressed with that aspect of things.

The most interesting thing for Klingonists is probably the
deleted scene from Star Trek V in which some Klingon was spoken
by General Koord to Caithlin Dar at Paradise City when they
first meet.  If I recall correctly the scene has already been
described in a past issue of HolQeD, but this is the first time
that I've seen the deleted scene for myself.

Koord (the Klingon consul) says two things to Dar (the newly
arrived Romulan), in Klingon.  When she enters the room, he
says to St. John Talbot (the human) "Romulan women belong on
their backs".  This is subtitled.  The actor's pronunciation
isn't very good...  I can only make out the words <romuluSngan
be'pu'> at the end.  The human does not translate for her, and
after they talk for a bit, she says something about "opening
negotiations", at which point the Klingon apparently says
"The only thing she should open is her blouse.  I hear
Romulan women are different."  This is not subtitled, but a
translation is provided by St. John Talbot (and Koord is
making rude gestures as he's saying this, so it's clear what
the gist of his statement is even if it hadn't been translated).
Of course, she gets mad and walks up to Koord, and says that
while she doesn't know Klingon, she knows this much, and spits
<Qu'vatlh> at him.  He responds with what are presumably
Klingon swear words, followed by (in English) "and screw you
too!"

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De'vID

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