Star Trek is better than everything

[Mr. Hooper 1,783]

Sorry, I can't resist...

 

 

 

[Andy 4,128]

Maybe. 
 

But this (absolutely awesome) photo from Joe Sikoryak via Lukas Kendall’s blog tells a different story from the same time. 
 

 

This is an early Trek convention photo from 1974.  The thing that struck me, beyond how amazing these costumes are, before anyone called it “cosplay” (God, I despise that term), is that most of them are female.  And fairly attractive by conventional standards by the looks of it too. I guess they’re still what people would call Nerds, but if I were the right age in ‘74, this is exactly where you’d find me trying to meet the Rand to my Kirk. 

[Sweeping Strings 2,360]

The girl directly behind what I'm going to go ahead and call the Walrus Dog looks like she's just remembered that she left the stove on or something.

[Jurassic Shark 12,076]

Isn't that the expression of most Star Trek characters?

[Andy 4,128]

Pretty much, yes. 

[Mr. Hooper 1,783]

Who else heard the classic two-note "surprise" music when looking at these? lol

 

[Tallguy 3,389]

On a heavier note:

https://www.startrek.com/news/remembering-john-trimble

[Mr. Hooper 1,783]

22 minutes ago, Tallguy said:

On a heavier note:

https://www.startrek.com/news/remembering-john-trimble

Wasn't aware of this part of Star Trek history... Back when letter-writing campaigns could actually make a difference.

 

But for a second there, I thought David Letterman had passed away!

[Nick1Ø66 4,714]

On 21/4/2024 at 7:21 PM, Andy said:

Maybe. 
 

But this (absolutely awesome) photo from Joe Sikoryak via Lukas Kendall’s blog tells a different story from the same time. 
 

 

This is an early Trek convention photo from 1974.  The thing that struck me, beyond how amazing these costumes are, before anyone called it “cosplay” (God, I despise that term), is that most of them are female.  And fairly attractive by conventional standards by the looks of it too. I guess they’re still what people would call Nerds, but if I were the right age in ‘74, this is exactly where you’d find me trying to meet the Rand to my Kirk. 

This is f*cking awesome.

[Faleel 5,348]

On 21/04/2024 at 8:21 PM, Andy said:

before anyone called it “cosplay” (God, I despise that term),

We have Japan's to thank for that one apparently:

 

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The Japanese term, Kosupure, anglicized as Cosplay, is a portmanteau of the English words costume play.  The creation of the term is often attributed to Nobuyuki Takahashi of Studio Hard, who may have coined the word after attending the 1984 World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon) in Los Angeles, California.

https://libguides.lib.umt.edu/cosplay