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Why is he not "Costumed"? He is disguised as an Andorian.......
"The truth is like a lion; you don't have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself."

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  • GhostStalkerGhostStalker ✭✭✭✭✭
    No, its just some sort of weird space suit.
  • Matt_DeckerMatt_Decker ✭✭✭✭✭
    GhostStalker wrote: »
    No, its just some sort of weird space suit.

    An Andorian space suit.
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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] ✭
    When does uniform or PPE become a costume?
  • LaastQnicornLaastQnicorn ✭✭
    Well, prior to that, he was disguised as a gormagander...
  • DScottHewittDScottHewitt ✭✭✭✭✭
    [ING:ENL] OsirisSonOfGeb wrote: »
    When does uniform or PPE become a costume?

    I imagine no thought or yelled "We are being attacked by a Hooman dressed as an Andorian!!!!"......
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  • Bluebeard1Bluebeard1 ✭✭✭✭✭
    [ING:ENL] OsirisSonOfGeb wrote: »
    When does uniform or PPE become a costume?

    My own definition would be: When it is used to disguise the wearers identity or intention. i.e. a holodeck user trying to disguise the fact that they are flying around on a spaceship and to fit into a given scenario (Prospero Data), or hiding within the local population of a planet (Mintakan Troi).

    By my personal definition, Mudd is using the suit as PPE, not as a way to hide or change his identity (well, there's a 10 second portion in the episode where he plays on it).

    As for DB's definition? Who knows? lol
  • MirrorVerse JcMirrorVerse Jc ✭✭✭
    Most costumed, are during fun like holodeck program versions. Others who want to be hidden or are undercover missions are disguised.
  • GhostStalkerGhostStalker ✭✭✭✭✭
    Much like most of Star Trek Discovery, the space suit was designed in a way to be spectacle at the expense of substance. The extent of their thought was "hey, what kind of space suit would look cool onscreen?"
  • PompeyMagnusPompeyMagnus ✭✭✭✭
    GhostStalker wrote: »
    Much like most of Star Trek Discovery, the space suit was designed in a way to be spectacle at the expense of substance. The extent of their thought was "hey, what kind of space suit would look cool onscreen?"

    Or perhaps it was more "what would a space suit look like for a species other than human? What do Andorians do with their antennae when they wear helmets?"
  • Sisko's Self-Sealing Stembolaya [FF]Sisko's Self-Sealing Stembolaya [FF] ✭✭✭✭✭
    Why does he not have the criminal trait?
  • [DCC] bebe has Badgey[DCC] bebe has Badgey ✭✭✭
    Sisko's Self-Sealing Stembolaya [FF] wrote: »
    Why does he not have the criminal trait?

    Because being stranded on a planet full of Stellas makes a better ending to an episode :D
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    GhostStalker wrote: »
    Much like most of Star Trek Discovery, the space suit was designed in a way to be spectacle at the expense of substance. The extent of their thought was "hey, what kind of space suit would look cool onscreen?"
    The point of the suit was to hide his appearance. Mudd had been on the run so it might have been difficult for him to get a human spacesuit. Further, Mudd is an ostentatious man of flash and flair. The helmet and suit fit well with his circumstances and nature. In what way did you feel that his cool spacesuit hurt the show? Should they make things look not cool?
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  • GhostStalkerGhostStalker ✭✭✭✭✭
    (HGH)Apollo wrote: »
    GhostStalker wrote: »
    Much like most of Star Trek Discovery, the space suit was designed in a way to be spectacle at the expense of substance. The extent of their thought was "hey, what kind of space suit would look cool onscreen?"
    The point of the suit was to hide his appearance. Mudd had been on the run so it might have been difficult for him to get a human spacesuit. Further, Mudd is an ostentatious man of flash and flair. The helmet and suit fit well with his circumstances and nature. In what way did you feel that his cool spacesuit hurt the show? Should they make things look not cool?

    You see a spacesuit, I see a caricature. Do you really think Andorian space suits look like something DJ Deadmaus would wear onstage? The conversation in the writer's room went like this:

    Writer 1: Hey, Mudd should be wearing a space suit, right? How can we make him look as ostentatious as possible? OOOOH, I know, let's give him an ANDORIAN space suit!!
    Writer 2: Why?
    Writer 1: Dude, they're blue and they have antennae!
    Writer 2: Wait, what? Do you think a race's space suits have to be the same color as their skin?
    Writer 1: Shut up, it will look cool as hell, especially since we've already written a dance party into the episode.
  • Matt_DeckerMatt_Decker ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 2019
    GhostStalker wrote: »
    (HGH)Apollo wrote: »
    GhostStalker wrote: »
    Much like most of Star Trek Discovery, the space suit was designed in a way to be spectacle at the expense of substance. The extent of their thought was "hey, what kind of space suit would look cool onscreen?"
    The point of the suit was to hide his appearance. Mudd had been on the run so it might have been difficult for him to get a human spacesuit. Further, Mudd is an ostentatious man of flash and flair. The helmet and suit fit well with his circumstances and nature. In what way did you feel that his cool spacesuit hurt the show? Should they make things look not cool?

    You see a spacesuit, I see a caricature. Do you really think Andorian space suits look like something DJ Deadmaus would wear onstage? The conversation in the writer's room went like this:

    Writer 1: Hey, Mudd should be wearing a space suit, right? How can we make him look as ostentatious as possible? OOOOH, I know, let's give him an ANDORIAN space suit!!
    Writer 2: Why?
    Writer 1: Dude, they're blue and they have antennae!
    Writer 2: Wait, what? Do you think a race's space suits have to be the same color as their skin?
    Writer 1: Shut up, it will look cool as hell, especially since we've already written a dance party into the episode.

    I bet you're right, but let's be fair to those writers. It did look cool, and it kind of fits who Mudd is -- someone who grabs his tech where he can and does the unexpected.

    And here's a photo of one of the writers with Rainn Wilson in Andorian space suit:
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