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Old 10-13-2019, 07:32 PM   #37
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Default Re: [Space] How alien are your aliens?

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Originally Posted by awesomenessofme1 View Post
Ah. That's an incredibly uninitutive name then. I don't see any way that an outsider could read it and not interpret it as "Basically human except for some small cosmetic differences".
To be fair, it started as that exactly. Star Trek is the generator of the trope after all. But in many circles it's been stretched to encompass any alien that's humanoid; could be played by a human in a movie with heavy makeup, costuming, and camera trickery; and is human in psychology.

The core concept is still all about relatability and telling the human tale.
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