Favorite costumes?
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Not sure about diplomats, but many were in the ranks of the military. It would make sense for the militaries of the Romulan and Klingon empires to have soldiers of other species. We never see or hear of any, though (other than the retcon that Remans were cannon fodder in the Dominion war).
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Yeef. Fighting a racist lunatic tyrant without eliminating their own racism. Not that the U.S. was a whole lot better, given that Truman had to issue, if memory serves, an executive order to end segregation in the U.S. Armed Forces.
The same author also came up with an "explanation" in her STVI novelization that Valeris was actually a Klingon name instead of a Vulcan one. I guess because the name didn't sound Vulcan enough to her. And she added in a subplot where Carol Marcus was just injured in a Klingon raid, to further "explain" why Kirk hates the Klingons so much in that movie. Because apparently fighting Klingons for 30 years and his son being murdered by Klingons weren't reasons enough.
Like Nerys Myk said, overthinking in action.
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STVI definitely needed a little something extra to explain Kirk's racism - it came right after a movie where he and his crew drank and joked with Klingons at the end!
I think most everyone involved recognized that STV was an artistic and financial failure and were eager to distance themselves from it as much as possible.
As for command wraps, I don't like the S1, b/c the braid starts outof nowhere on each shoulder. The wide ends that just stop look weird.to me.
Tne short sleeve Phase 2 needs some pizzaz. McCoy had a shortsleeve b/c of surgical scrub needs. Kirk's should look more polo imho.
Tne short sleeve Phase 2 needs some pizzaz. McCoy had a shortsleeve b/c of surgical scrub needs. Kirk's should look more polo imho.
I still like the Klingon costumes. Bill Theiss sure knew how to make good use of those budget conscious, black turtle neck shirts.
I didn’t discover until just recently that the Klingon belt buckles were made from bubble wrap/plastic packaging. That was symptomatic of TOS’ low budget.
I always found it strange, especially in Errand of Mercy the lack of beards on the Klingon soldiers marching through the streets of Organia! 
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I always found it strange, especially in Errand of Mercy the lack of beards on the Klingon soldiers marching through the streets of Organia!
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...and no omelletes on their foreheads, either.
Omelletes? I thought it looked more like a crab myself! 
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I always liked the fact that Eleanor Donahue's costume in Metamorphosis actually becomes a story point. It was a brilliant idea to have The Companion in Commisioner Hedford's body looks through her scarf to recreate how she perceived Cochrane while in her natural state. I quite like her green dress especially because it's so vibrant.
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Of course I've been trying to add a photo to my comment but can't seem to make it work. If anyone can upload an image of Donahue with her scarf or in her more casual attire, I'd appreciate it!
Of course I've been trying to add a photo to my comment but can't seem to make it work. If anyone can upload an image of Donahue with her scarf or in her more casual attire, I'd appreciate it!
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I always liked the fact that Eleanor Donahue's costume in Metamorphosis actually becomes a story point. It was a brilliant idea to have The Companion in Commisioner Hedford's body looks through her scarf to recreate how she perceived Cochrane while in her natural state. I quite like her green dress especially because it's so vibrant.
Yeah, Ralph Senensky was very happy with the similarity between his scarf shot and the Companion fx, but he wasn't involved in post production, and didn't know if it was a coincidence, or did the fx guys get inspired by the scarf.
http://senensky.com/metamorphosis/
I appreciate the little detail with the bubbly aesthetic being retained for the bigger-budget Klingon belt buckles in TMP, and then in the other TOS movies and into TNG and beyond.
See here for instance: http://movies.trekcore.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=603&pid=63195#top_display_media
(P.S. I don't think it's okay to hotlink an image hosted on Trekcore)
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In Star Trek Sketchbook, a Bill Theiss collection photo of her costume is shown with the description that it was really just a “series of scraps held together precariously for the duration of shooting.”
I always found it strange, especially in Errand of Mercy the lack of beards on the Klingon soldiers marching through the streets of Organia!
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In the Union army in the US Civil War, the higher the rank the more likely someone would be to have a full beard, at least in camp. On the march everyone might have to do without shaving for days, weeks, or months. But almost every single general was photgraphed with a full beard, even in studio portraits where they had chances to shave if they wanted.
Lower ranking officers and enlisted men were more likely to display only partial facial hair.
In the British army around 1900 there were regulations about facial hair. Enlisted men (except for really young ones) were required to grow mustaches.
I presume officers were free to grow as much or as little facial hair as they wanted, which would mean that some officers had full beards.
So maybe at the time of "Errand of Mercy" facial hair was a sign of rank in the Klingon forces. So maybe the enlisted mean were shaven and only some officers were allowed to grow beards.
Yes very possible! But the Klingons seen in later episodes like Trouble With Tribbles had much thicker beards than their Captain!!!
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