10 Laziest Star Trek Alien Designs

Star Trek: Insurrection receives a lot of, in our opinion, unfair criticism. The most common theme is that it's a long-episode of The Next Generation, just released in theatres as opposed to television. That's both a fair description, and a little bit confusing as a critique - surely we wanted more TNG in the late 90s, right?

However, when it came to the design of the B'aku, the film does feel a little bland. If the theme that audiences were supposed to enjoy was 'fountain of youth' in space, then surely there could have been another way to do it than 'pretty, young humans look better than those mean old S'ona?'

That's where the true crime lies here. It is less the fact that the B'aku are just straight up humans with some foundation and good lighting, and more that their counterparts are all stretched-skin, toxins, and completely obvious commentaries on the culture of beauty and youth.

With plenty of alien designs to choose from, having the B'aku all appear as attractive humans simply feels a little...off.