What Not To Wear--Cardassian Edition - Page 2

backstept · September 1 2008, 01:31 AM

I had to look the episode up . . . yeah what the heck were they thinking?
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Trekker4747 · September 1 2008, 02:04 AM

Going on a limb here... They're soldiers, garb worn by soldiers (more often than not) is worn for protecton, for armor.

So maybe their "spoon heads" are a especailly vulnerable spot in their foreheads? Maybe there's no skull-bone behind it and it's an easy entry point to their brain. So those "helmets" are designed to protect their spoon-head weakness.

They took them off later on the enterprise because they were at no risk there. They never wore them because...

Ummm...

Errrr....

Oh!

Really cool, innovative, and more fashionable and less visilbe surgery to place a plate behind their spoon.

Red Ranger · September 1 2008, 02:10 AM

The other thing about the costumes was they were an awful shade of brown. Guess they didn't learn from the crappy brown uniforms worn by some crew members in TMP! LOL! -- RR

RaymondJames · September 1 2008, 02:24 AM

S&M, red ranger?

I think you have many stories to tell.

Brutal Strudel · September 1 2008, 02:31 AM

Tuln wrote:

They were stupid.
I also noticed a wardrobe malfunction in the episode "The Maquis" I believe. When Dukat is being escorrted throguh the promenade, you can see how cheap and flimsy the Cardassian uniform is, and the whole side has detatched and is flopping around helplessly

I noticed that, too. Those uniforms looked really good, though, and knowing how expensive costumes can be, I can easily let it slide.

The brown uniforms from "The Wounded," though, were pretty bad--they reminded me of things you'd see on pre-hiatus Dr. Who. Cardassian make-up, however, is perhaps the all-time best make-up design to come out of Modern Trek.

26138 · September 1 2008, 03:03 AM

Those things are one ugly prop that I am glad never showed up in DS9.

Nerys Ghemor · September 1 2008, 05:00 AM

Brutal Strudel wrote:

Tuln wrote:

They were stupid.
I also noticed a wardrobe malfunction in the episode "The Maquis" I believe. When Dukat is being escorrted throguh the promenade, you can see how cheap and flimsy the Cardassian uniform is, and the whole side has detatched and is flopping around helplessly

I noticed that, too. Those uniforms looked really good, though, and knowing how expensive costumes can be, I can easily let it slide...

...Cardassian make-up, however, is perhaps the all-time best make-up design to come out of Modern Trek.

I agree...the design they ended up settling on RULES.

Herkimer Jitty · September 1 2008, 05:16 AM

The head things were cool.

But the mutton chops were cooler.

Red Ranger · September 1 2008, 06:44 AM

RaymondJames wrote:

S&M, red ranger?

I think you have many stories to tell.

You don't know the half of it! Just ask posters exodus and donkey!

-- RR

Super Grover · September 2 2008, 07:50 AM

The went the way of the Ferengi laser whips.

Timo · September 2 2008, 08:34 AM

...Which made a triumphant return in the Marauder Mo toys...

Timo Saloniemi

Super Grover · September 2 2008, 10:24 AM

Were they in the original packaging?

Timo · September 2 2008, 10:59 AM

I'm sure young Quark had opened the packaging primarily for being able to take out the original whips and shields and boots, sell them at a profit, and install cheap replicas in their place.

Timo Saloniemi

WendellM · September 3 2008, 11:40 AM

Super Grover wrote:

The went the way of the Ferengi laser whips.

Exactly - the Ferengi also walked stooped over and jumped around a lot when introduced. I think those traits and the Cardassian "sombreros"

were intended as ways of making those aliens more alien, and they were refined, added, and deleted as time went on.

Timo · September 3 2008, 12:17 PM

Not that I'd miss the original stooped Ferengi walk, but it's really simple to explain it away. We only saw it in "The Last Outpost", and the Ferengi seen there on the planetary surface were all under extreme physical duress. Apparently, their lobes didn't like the ambient noise at all...

It would be nice if we could explain the costuming of "The Wounded" as simply as that. Alas, DS9 gave us plenty of flashbacks to timepoints preceding "The Wounded", and everybody there wore the same stylish DS9 gear instead of this early armor.

Timo Saloniemi

September 1 2008, 01:31 AM	#16
backstept Rear Admiral Location: Syracuse	Re: What Not To Wear--Cardassian Edition I had to look the episode up . . . yeah what the heck were they thinking? http://tng.trekcore.com/gallery/albu...wounded039.jpg http://tng.trekcore.com/gallery/albu...wounded066.jpg __________________ \| Hi I'm Gauis Blatar lol \| backstept.blogspot.com \| about.me

September 1 2008, 02:04 AM	#17
Trekker4747 To boldly go... Location: Kansas City	Re: What Not To Wear--Cardassian Edition Going on a limb here... They're soldiers, garb worn by soldiers (more often than not) is worn for protecton, for armor. So maybe their "spoon heads" are a especailly vulnerable spot in their foreheads? Maybe there's no skull-bone behind it and it's an easy entry point to their brain. So those "helmets" are designed to protect their spoon-head weakness. They took them off later on the enterprise because they were at no risk there. They never wore them because... Ummm... Errrr.... Oh! Really cool, innovative, and more fashionable and less visilbe surgery to place a plate behind their spoon. __________________ Just because it's futuristic doesn't mean it's practical.

September 1 2008, 02:10 AM	#18
Red Ranger Admiral Location: New York City, the greatest city in the world!	Re: What Not To Wear--Cardassian Edition The other thing about the costumes was they were an awful shade of brown. Guess they didn't learn from the crappy brown uniforms worn by some crew members in TMP! LOL! -- RR __________________ "I've got a fever, and the only prescription is more cowbell!" "I would make this war as severe as possible, and show no symptoms of tiring till the South begs for mercy." -- William Tecumseh Sherman

September 1 2008, 02:24 AM	#19
RaymondJames Captain Location: United States of America	Re: What Not To Wear--Cardassian Edition S&M, red ranger? I think you have many stories to tell. __________________ Former Avatar Contests Wins:TNG(7) DS9(1) VOY(1) *Golden Datas*: TNG (1)

September 1 2008, 03:03 AM	#21
26138 Fleet Captain	Re: What Not To Wear--Cardassian Edition Those things are one ugly prop that I am glad never showed up in DS9.

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September 1 2008, 05:16 AM	#23
Herkimer Jitty Rear Admiral Location: Herkimer Jitty	Re: What Not To Wear--Cardassian Edition The head things were cool. But the mutton chops were cooler. __________________ Fans are like space heaters. All we have to offer is hot air.

September 2 2008, 07:50 AM	#25
Super Grover Vice Admiral Location: Currently Inactive	Re: What Not To Wear--Cardassian Edition The went the way of the Ferengi laser whips. __________________ Hank "Well Bobby, it looks like they found a cure for the cooties." Bobby "The What?" Hank "Well, in my day, cooties were the germs you got from girls." Bobby "Oh, you mean like Chlamydia?"

September 2 2008, 08:34 AM	#26
Timo Admiral	Re: What Not To Wear--Cardassian Edition ...Which made a triumphant return in the Marauder Mo toys... Timo Saloniemi

September 2 2008, 10:24 AM	#27
Super Grover Vice Admiral Location: Currently Inactive	Re: What Not To Wear--Cardassian Edition Were they in the original packaging? __________________ Hank "Well Bobby, it looks like they found a cure for the cooties." Bobby "The What?" Hank "Well, in my day, cooties were the germs you got from girls." Bobby "Oh, you mean like Chlamydia?"

September 2 2008, 10:59 AM	#28
Timo Admiral	Re: What Not To Wear--Cardassian Edition I'm sure young Quark had opened the packaging primarily for being able to take out the original whips and shields and boots, sell them at a profit, and install cheap replicas in their place. Timo Saloniemi

September 3 2008, 12:17 PM	#30
Timo Admiral	Re: What Not To Wear--Cardassian Edition Not that I'd miss the original stooped Ferengi walk, but it's really simple to explain it away. We only saw it in "The Last Outpost", and the Ferengi seen there on the planetary surface were all under extreme physical duress. Apparently, their lobes didn't like the ambient noise at all... It would be nice if we could explain the costuming of "The Wounded" as simply as that. Alas, DS9 gave us plenty of flashbacks to timepoints preceding "The Wounded", and everybody there wore the same stylish DS9 gear instead of this early armor. Timo Saloniemi