I wouldn’tind an adult HBO based trek. Give me trek: Orion Or trek Klingon Or what ever… something from a different pov and with a tvma rating. Could be decent
I always wanted a Trek series that followed humans that were not part of the Federation. Maybe Maquis. Maybe characters more like Firefly’s. Just in that universe and not bound to the rules and regulations we already know about through the other series.
Prodigy almost fits, except that the kids are aspiring to be like Starfleet so they are still following their rules and regulations… Mostly. Plus they’re being guided by a holographic version of Janeway.
See, if they wanted to make a drama-fest Trek, THAT would be a perfect way. Discovery’s style of bastardizing everything about Starfleet is exactly the wrong way. It shouldn’t matter if they’ve made the same mistake in some of the Trek movies. It’s ALWAYS a mistake to bastardize things instead of creating new angles.
It is? I watched the first season, and the ending was so bad it just completely lost me. I’m not expecting much from most star trek story lines, but if your entire season is 1 big story and it’s that bad…
I just started rewatching it still early in season one. But I do remember it gets better enough I felt it deserves a re-watch. Even season one is actually kinda good if you think of it as being it’s own thing and not start trek.
I am actually gonna watch it again, i have watched Discovery before older star trek, ToS I still only watch highly rated episodes, TNG i watched fully, then DS9 now on second season of Voyager, Enterprise next.
After that I will watch discovery Picard and SNW and see how they compare to the others.
In finding out what her meatloaf is made of (sexism), looks like Set Phasers To LOL became a Cheezburger Channel no longer worthy of being featured in their sidebar.
A not insignificant number of guests are usually dressed like regular modern day people. Ren faires are for everyone, and most people don’t own period costumes. It’s usually encouraged for guests to dress up, but it absolutely is not required.
It sounds like it’s basically the same. My understanding is this type of thing actually started in the US and was exported to Europe, ironically enough. But yeah, many (most) guests are not in costume. I don’t see how some guests in Trek costumes would harm anything.
“Ren Fairs” in the US are more likely to be put on for fun. Go hear a guy in tights play a lute, eat a roast turkey leg, etc. I think convention cosplay culture is starting to leak in.
If you want to see Americans take period costume seriously, go to a “reenactment.” You’ll find folks who are very serious about history, many of them are professional historians, archaeologists or museum employees performing for the education of the public. Probably the biggest community is the one around the American Civil War. Go watch the movie Gettysburg. Sure there’s the main cast of Hollywood actors, but then there’s hundreds and hundreds of extras. They’re war reenactors, who showed up with their own personal uniforms and equipment.
going by your username Im gonna assume youre german. you see all kinds of costumes and clothings at the MPS for example and imho noone is bothered by it
Same. It used to be a lot more of historical reenactment, and a lot of the performances and stuff still reflect that.
But the last few times I’ve gone it’s mainly been a themed craft show with corsets and tunics, and yeah, people with wings, steampunk hats, and Cloud’s buster sword, or tails hanging out of their pants. :|
There’s a great book on the LARP scene called “Leaving Mundania” by Lizzie Stark that’s a really easy, entertaining read. It helped me really empathize with the hobby and the people behind it.
She kinda had the same perspective but approached it with curiosity to figure out what the fuss was about.
(Up until that last chapter on “Nordic LARP”… it’s been ages since I read it but that stuff got weeeird.)
It’s one of those things that would sound like a ton of fun to me, going all in on pretending to be some fantasy character and everybody else is in on the bit, but there’s some combat rules to prevent “invincible OC syndrome” so you’re actually moving playing pretend instead of plopped in a chair for 6 hours for a tabletop game.
In any case, it looks like a good way to escape playing “Bills & Bosses”, a game that is near-universally reviled. hahaha
Unfortunately it’s just very geo-dependent and cost intensive I’d think haha.
IDK man, the more historical Renaissance fairs still exist, with people a bit more strict about dressing period-appropriately. The ones you’re talking about are basically a whole separate thing, it’s basically a fantasy-inspired comic-con, and attracts a whole different audience.
I don’t think there’s anything wrong with either. I think it’s awesome that there’s places for people to sell their niche handmade goods while sporting the fashions of 17th-century France or whatever, as well as places where people can dress up like fantasy creatures, tails and all.
Oh sure I agree! The slightly confusing bit is the one here is called “Age of Chivalry - Renaissance Festival”, but could just as easily be “Medieval-themed fantasy con and craft show” …maybe wouldn’t be as catchy.
…but hey I got some sweet custom dice there ¯_(ツ)_/¯
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