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What happened to Q's face?

nametaken9999nametaken9999 Member Posts: 21 Arc User
edited December 2013 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
How come Q doesn't look anything like the cannon Q? Not even the same eye color: http://www.startrek.com/legacy_media/images/200307/delancie02/320x240.jpg

And please, no pathetic "Q can change his appearance any time he wants" cop-outs!
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  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    nametaken9999 wrote: »
    How come Q doesn't look anything like the cannon Q? Not even the same eye color: http://www.startrek.com/legacy_media/images/200307/delancie02/320x240.jpg

    And please, no pathetic "Q can change his appearance any time he wants" cop-outs!
    Wrong Q. :P
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  • centersolacecentersolace Member Posts: 11,178 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    markhawkman wrote: »
    Wrong Q. :P

    This is the Q you are looking for.
  • drogyn1701drogyn1701 Member Posts: 3,606 Media Corps
    edited December 2013
    They don't have the likeness right to use John Delancie's face, so as the two above posters said, we get Q Junior, all growed up.

    And also: Q can change his appearance any time he wants :D
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  • nametaken9999nametaken9999 Member Posts: 21 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    I was afraid you might say that...but then why would it bother to wear the same outfit as another Q? Infinite intellect and zero originality?
  • jexsamxjexsamx Member Posts: 2,803 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    Brand recognition.

    That outfit is one of Q's most iconic, and since STO has many players who are not really Trek fans or may only be casual watchers, they needed something to make Q identifiably Q.
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  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    Well, several Q have been seen wearing that outfit. It wasn't something unique to John de Lancie's char.
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  • neoakiraiineoakiraii Member Posts: 7,468 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    nametaken9999 wrote: »
    I was afraid you might say that...but then why would it bother to wear the same outfit as another Q? Infinite intellect and zero originality?

    Maybe he liked the Outfit when these Q wanted to get rid of him.
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  • oneandonlyrecceoneandonlyrecce Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    drogyn1701 wrote: »
    They don't have the likeness right to use John Delancie's face

    ^^^^ This.
    If you made the character look like John D, you would need his permission and pay him for the privilege.
  • paxfederaticapaxfederatica Member Posts: 1,496 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    They could have made Q Jr. an amalgam of JDL and Suzie Plakson (the actress who played Mama Q). Since the end result would not technically be the likeness of either one, royalties would not be an issue.
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  • legetdumarlegetdumar Member Posts: 263
    edited December 2013
    Would have been awesome if they got John DeLancie to at least to do Q voice overs. :D
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  • a3001a3001 Member Posts: 1,132 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    nametaken9999 wrote: »
    How come Q doesn't look anything like the cannon Q? Not even the same eye color: http://www.startrek.com/legacy_media/images/200307/delancie02/320x240.jpg

    And please, no pathetic "Q can change his appearance any time he wants" cop-outs!

    He is Q, your argument is invalid by default.
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  • kojirohellfirekojirohellfire Member Posts: 1,606 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    drogyn1701 wrote: »
    They don't have the likeness right to use John Delancie's face, so as the two above posters said, we get Q Junior, all growed up.

    And also: Q can change his appearance any time he wants :D

    I always liked to think that Trelane was Q, Jr. all growed up (hey, they're Q, they don't have to follow time linearly).
  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    legetdumar wrote: »
    Would have been awesome if they got John DeLancie to at least to do Q voice overs. :D
    Or Keegan de Lancie. that's who played Q Jr. (yes, that's right, the son of Q was played by the son of John de Lancie)
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  • eagledracoeagledraco Member Posts: 340 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    Q Jr. is bad enough. I'm just glad they didn't add a Jimmy T. Kirk Jr some other crappy offspring to 2409.
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    edited December 2013
    eagledraco wrote: »
    Q Jr. is bad enough. I'm just glad they didn't add a Jimmy T. Kirk Jr some other crappy offspring to 2409.

    Q Jr. is from the shows.
  • centersolacecentersolace Member Posts: 11,178 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    Doesn't he appear in more than one episode too?
  • kojirohellfirekojirohellfire Member Posts: 1,606 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    centersolace wrote: »
    Doesn't he appear in more than one episode too?

    Yes, at the end of "The Q and the Grey" as an infant, and in "Q2" as a teenager.
  • tobar26thtobar26th Member Posts: 799 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    nametaken9999 wrote: »
    How come Q doesn't look anything like the cannon Q? Not even the same eye color: http://www.startrek.com/legacy_media/images/200307/delancie02/320x240.jpg

    And please, no pathetic "Q can change his appearance any time he wants" cop-outs!

    Thinks less 'Q' and more 'q' :)
  • mirrorchaosmirrorchaos Member Posts: 9,844 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    both John and John Keegan have had appearances as Q. all thats missing is Suzie Plakson as the 3rd Q.

    quite a bi is missing on the Q and its been reduced to a bit part in game.
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  • tenkaritenkari Member Posts: 2,906 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    eagledraco wrote: »
    Q Jr. is bad enough. I'm just glad they didn't add a Jimmy T. Kirk Jr some other crappy offspring to 2409.

    at this point i think we'd be at "James T. Kirk the 3rd." or maybe even 4th.
  • aloishammeraloishammer Member Posts: 3,294 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    eagledraco wrote: »
    Q Jr. is bad enough. I'm just glad they didn't add a Jimmy T. Kirk Jr some other crappy offspring to 2409.

    Now wait, you may be onto something here...it's worked for other serials, maybe it can work here.

    Marvel had the X-babies. Henson and some studio execs gave us Muppet Babies.

    Maybe to revitalize the fanbase CBS could be convinced to do...

    Star Trek Babies!

    Baby Kirk and Baby Bones laughing at Baby Spock trying to make the human half cry while Baby Q throws tantrums about anything that doesn't go his way...

    *awaits the nerd rage* :D
  • drogyn1701drogyn1701 Member Posts: 3,606 Media Corps
    edited December 2013
    We do already have a descendent of Hikaru Sulu in game. I forget where is though... :D
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  • saekiithsaekiith Member Posts: 534 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    aloishammer wrote: »
    Snip

    Somebody already had that Idea... sorry!

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  • josephdridgewayjosephdridgeway Member Posts: 517 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    drogyn1701 wrote: »
    We do already have a descendent of Hikaru Sulu in game. I forget where is though... :D

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  • emplehodemplehod Member Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    oneandonlyrecce wrote: »
    ^^^^ This.
    If you made the character look like John D, you would need his permission and pay him for the privilege.
    That just seems really odd, I mean, that you can own "rights" to physical traits. I mean, there's a lot of people who look like celebrities. Why couldn't you just say it was designed around somebody who looked like the actor?

    For that matter, what if a random character they created happened to look a lot like me? Would I have a good case for a suit against Cryptic?

    It's like that Wilford Brimley actor. He sued a guy once because his name happened to be Wilford Brimley also. It's just plain stupid. The band "Eagles" once sued an author for writing a book about birds called "The Eagles". Haha! Like they were around before the birds?

    And a man recently sued the Dominican Republic because it rained while he was there on holiday.

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  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    josephdridgeway wrote: »
    Where's Demora?!?
    I think she's the grandmother of the Sulu in the game. :p
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  • vhiranikosvhiranikos Member Posts: 208 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    So this complaint boils down to " I don't know the shows as well as I think I do"

    its Q junior. Q junior was a character from the show.

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  • sonnikkusonnikku Member Posts: 77 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    eagledraco wrote: »
    Q Jr. is bad enough. I'm just glad they didn't add a Jimmy T. Kirk Jr some other crappy offspring to 2409.

    I see a bunch of Orion characters with info in their bios of being "one of the many TRIBBLE grand children of James T Kirk". It's not that far from being canon as you might think :P
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