Its a meme but I think that was the point. Cold war was winding down and there was a lot of mistrust. I'm pretty sure it was to show there are kind families everywhere.
His parents are portrayed as some of the sweetest people in the series. Adopting a Klingon child, trying to help him with his heritage and also with fitting in on Earth.
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scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech · 30 pts · 88d
Its a meme but I think that was the point. Cold war was winding down and there was a lot of mistrust. I'm pretty sure it was to show there are kind families everywhere.
cybervseas@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 88d
His parents are portrayed as some of the sweetest people in the series. Adopting a Klingon child, trying to help him with his heritage and also with fitting in on Earth.
atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 88d
I am sure that you are right, ST:VI was also about the new world order and was around the same time.
Calfpupa@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 88d
Pretty sure Klingons were the Russian analog in TOS, so I am fairly certain it was an internal joke.
ephrin@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 88d
Chinese analogs I think.
Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 88d
Chinese, yes. Hence the slightly olive skin and stereotypical oriental inspired facial hair
unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz · -12 pts · 88d
Cold war probably a quaint term for those living in the actual fucking war
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech · 7 pts · 88d
I mean that's the name of it. Wikipedia page and all.
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 87d
I love when the dum dums tell you who they are. I don't even have to argue with them to add them to my block list.
unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz · -10 pts · 88d
I'm sure the wiki page on cold war mentions the decades of media drivel claiming to be in a time of peace
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech · 12 pts · 88d
K so we're just picking fights on the internet today then
unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz · -9 pts · 88d
Yes ma'am sir or as you like
Taleya@aussie.zone · 0 pts · 87d
Quick question: where were you when the berlin wall fell?
MisterMoo@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 88d
I have all the specs and diagrams at home!
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 88d
He played Susan Ivonova's rabbi on Bab 5