Star Trek is better than everything

[Mr. Hooper 1,847]

Sorry, I can't resist...

 

 

 

[Andy 4,165]

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 2,385]

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 12,145]

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

[Andy 4,165]

Pretty much, yes. 

[Mr. Hooper 1,847]

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

 

[Tallguy 3,411]

On a heavier note:

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

[Mr. Hooper 1,847]

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 4,738]

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 5,384]

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

[Tallguy 3,411]

Gotta say "cosplay" beats the hell out of "garb".

 

8 hours ago, Mr. Hooper said:

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

 

I'm not sure if I ever met John, but I met Bjo just before TNG went on the air. (I might have met both of them at the same time. But she was the one who had written a book.)

[Faleel 5,384]

4 hours ago, Tallguy said:

Gotta say "cosplay" beats the hell out of "garb".

Garb is elegance.

[Tallguy 3,411]

1 hour ago, Faleel said:

Garb is elegance.

 

Clearly you've never smelled an SCA camp.

[Andy 4,165]

Cosplay just sounds like bedroom roleplay.  I hate it. Now if I was a Furry, then it might be appropriate. 
 

As a former 501st member, I liked the use of the word “Trooping”, as in “you Trooping that event on Friday?”

 

or

 

Indiana Jones costumers have it right. It’s Gear. “I threw on my Gear for the Con.”

[Mr. Hooper 1,847]

2 hours ago, Andy said:

Cosplay just sounds like bedroom roleplay.

Bring on the "cosplay" then, I say!

 

By the way, as the big signs at Fan Expo say: "COSPLAY IS NOT CONSENT!"

[Sweeping Strings 2,385]

A chap can end up not knowing where to look at a convention (and then gives up and looks anyway) ... some of those female cosplayers, HOT DAMN. 

It can be a strange experience finding yourself in a vast conference space on a Saturday morning realising that if you don't stop staring at Poison Ivy's ass soon, somebody's gonna notice. 

Allegedly  . 

[Edmilson 7,510]

Uh oh.

 

[Mr. Hooper 1,847]

On 27/4/2024 at 6:30 AM, Sweeping Strings said:

A chap can end up not knowing where to look at a convention (and then gives up and looks anyway) ... some of those female cosplayers, HOT DAMN. 

It can be a strange experience finding yourself in a vast conference space on a Saturday morning realising that if you don't stop staring at Poison Ivy's ass soon, somebody's gonna notice. 

Allegedly  . 

That brings back a memory of being forced to follow in a line behind a girl in a revealing outfit that, shall we say, revealed more than you wanted to see...

 

I'll just say "cottage cheese" and leave it to your imagination.

[Sweeping Strings 2,385]

If I remember the appearance of cottage cheese correctly, I think you're saying she had a big ol' cellulitey ass on her.  

[Naïve Old Fart 9,633]

On 30/04/2024 at 4:05 PM, Mr. Hooper said:

I'll just say "cottage cheese" and leave it to your imagination.

 

LMFAO! 

 

Oh, no!

I've just realised that I am laughing at this girl's misfortune. Of course, it's not her fault that her ass was the size of Poland, and that it looked like the surface of The Moon. Her diet of pizza and ice cream is a direct result of the abuse she undoubtedly suffered at the hands of the monster of her father. Nor was it her fault that she was wearing a revealing outfit that emphasised this. Society no doubt forced her into these attitudes. The fact that @Mr. Hooperlooked, is completely unacceptable!

I can only apologize profusely, for any offence caused to the po' girl, her friends, and all of womankind. 

 

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Of course, I don't mean a word of it, but that's the kind of stance that people are expected to adopt, these days. For fuck's sake.

 

[Tom Guernsey 2,301]

42 minutes ago, Naïve Old Fart said:

 

LMFAO! 

 

Oh, no!

I've just realised that I am laughing at this girl's misfortune. Of course, it's not her fault that her ass was the size of Poland, and that it looked like the surface of The Moon. Her diet of pizza and ice cream is a direct result of the abuse she undoubtedly suffered at the hands of the monster of her father. Nor was it her fault that she was wearing a revealing outfit that emphasised this. Society no doubt forced her into these attitudes. The fact that @Mr. Hooperlooked, is completely unacceptable!

I can only apologize profusely, for any offence caused to the po' girl, her friends, and all of womankind. 

 

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Of course, I don't mean a word of it, but that's the kind of stance that people are expected to adopt, these days. For fuck's sake.

 

Eh I think there’s a difference between being respectful and not sexist and judgemental.

[Mr. Hooper 1,847]

10 hours ago, Naïve Old Fart said:

The fact that @Mr. Hooperlooked, is completely unacceptable!

I wasn't given much of a choice. But maybe I wouldn't have noticed, nor made a remark about it here, had I been riding high enough on my horse. 

[Tallguy 3,411]

TIL that the singer of Brazil (from the film Brazil) is Geoff Muldaur, the sibling of Diana Muldaur, of Star Trek and Star Trek: The Next Generation fame!