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>every alien race is "human with bumps on their forehead"
anon that's meant to be taken as creative liberty for budgetary reasons
Trek became a staple because it was made with limited resources, fraught with compromises, inconveniences
endless convenience and abundance of resources makes people dull and retarded
please observe modern sci-fi series that can shit xenomorph-tier grotesques over every single scene and ask yourself if that actually makes those series iconic or memorable
it's the same principle with HD2, it had more soul when our weapons were much less capable and enemies were able to give us far more bullshit