In accordance to the original series and the reboot films, the rank stripe on the sleeve of Adam's Uniform is the Lieutenant rank. Ensigns didn't have a stripe on the sleeve, which cause them to often be called crewman in TOS and in the reboot films, since crewmen also didn't rank insignia. The discernible Ensign rank insignia didn't come about until TMP and TWOK (The Motion Picture and The Wrath of Khan) and didn't reach a system of commonality and uniformity until TNG (The Next Generation) with the use of Pips on the collar.
This ultimately made Starfleet more Naval (Navy-like) and semi-militaristic as they operated Starships. This intent was the basis of the Uniforms used in TWOK through The Undiscovered Country, as said by Director Nicholas Meyer in movie commentary.
Given that the Abramsverse is more military-focused due to the destruction of Vulcan, I wouldn't be surprised if their version of TOS uniform had an earlier military influence.
This was always Roddenberry's intention, whether or not he recanted his "wagon train to the stars vision" later. Remember, Kirk is based on Horatio Hornblower. "Star Trek" is certainly either the British Royal Navy or United States Navy in space.
To all the haters: this is why I love Norm. He's one of us. He really, really knows his stuff. I love his insights in this video, from the choice of fabric, to the cut, to the placement of the insignia. You rock Norm!
Enlisted ranks were never used until TNG, and Chief O'Brien remains the only enlisted character in the show. On occasion Kirk would refer to someone as "crewman" but that doesn't seem to have any rank significance.
+ThesafilmsLP When she threw the lightsaber into mount doom!?! That scene was epic, but it was nothing compared to that climactic ending when she blew up with the Death Star with the plot convenience eagles!!!! That scene was just so intense!
Love the cut of it. Reminds be of traditional British suit tailoring. Strong military silhouette. Wonderful to watch Norm drop some knowledge on Adam XD
Old comment but that is the biggest issue with anyone wanting to cosplay TOS. You are just gonna get what I call "peekaboo nipples". I usually wear a shirt underneath my uniform when i go to Star Trek con because I always get peekaboo nips. The worst was when I decided to wear Shatner's famously hated outfit which is the green tunic wrap.
knew i should have read the comments before going looking for them, also found this page lol 300 euro is a bit steep though, must be able to find them cheaper somewhere
After decades of watching Starfleet ships with sets that looked like hotel lobbies bathed in fluorescent light? Lens flares and ANY realistic lighting were a welcome change of pace.
TNG and Voyager were "hotel lobbies at night" throughout. DS9 was very dark, but still... no natural light effects. TOS was a victim of the era: insanely bright studio lights made it look like you were watching a play. The least realistic of the bunch.
+Steven Cramsie, uh, maybe. I don't know. We have no idea what design trends will look like in 2250. All we can do is speculate and I think Matt Jeffries and the rest of the art department did a fine job in designing a very realistic and practical command center for a future exploration cruiser.
I have a red shirt costume from the first of the Star Trek reboots. I modified the emblem to stick to the shirt with magnets rather than adhesive or the terrible clips that it came with.
Unless they changes, that is not an ensign. ST TOS and the JJVerse movies both use no stripe for ensign, broken (TOS) or thin (JJVerse) for Lieutenant JG, and one thick stripe for Lieutenant. (Lt Cdr is 1 thick 1 broken/thin; Cdr is 2 thick, captain is 2 thick one broken/thin)
I believe the one heavy stripe would be for a Lieutenant. No stripes/nothing would be an ensign. As heavy +thin = lieutenant commander, two heavy = Commander, and heavy, thin, heavy = captain.
Take it easy. It can be used as such, they explicitly mentioned tips for cosplayer multiple times, let +TrueGreenmansLPs call it that, what do you care.
nurbs It's called a collaboration. Tested gets exclusive content by showing the costumes a lot of their viewers are interested in and Star Trek gets more exposure at the same time. Cosplayers get great reverence material. Nobody loses.
That is awesome, looks like Sulu's costume in the trailer. if you made a Sulu head you could use it for incognito..... lol good stuff! Oh a Sulu Bobblehead just for kicks!
Absolutely awesome I know this was posted quite a while ago hope they make another movie eventually Adam Savage thank you for help staying keep Star trek alive for so many of us out here!!!! We love you brother.
It was so cool cause I saw Adam at the Star Trek beyond premier and red carpet yesterday at comic con but I didn't get a chance to say hi or get a picture. I met some of the cast though because my friends and I came early to get in the front but we didn't get tickets into the premier
The two-tone is reminiscent of Star Trek: The Movie uniforms and I suspect some of the other lines are drawn from that pattern as well, while the collar is possibly a nod to the TOS uniforms from the first pilot.
Ada, the uniform you have is a Lieutenant. O-1 Ensign: Nothing O-2 Lieutenant Junior Grade: Dotted Line O-3 Lieutenant: Solid Line O-4 Lieutenant Commander: Dotted Line on top of a Solid Line O-5 Commander: Two Solid Lines O-6 Captain: Solid Line, then Dotted Line, then Solid Line Flag Officers O-7 Rear Admiral, Lower Half (Commodore): Broad Line O-8 Rear Admiral, Upper Half: Solid Line, Broad Line O-9 Vice Admiral: Solid Line, Broad Line, Solid Line O-10 Admiral: Solid Line, Solid Line, Broad Line, Solid Line O-11 Fleet Admiral (Wartime Only): Solid Line, Solid Line, Broad Line, Solid Line, Solid Line
Im about to take delivery of my Star Trek Into Darkness Commanders uniform from Anovos [matches my Into Darkness phaser], can't wait to get my hands on one of these new uniforms next- they looked OUTSTANDING in the film!
It's nice to see Norm actually excited about something he talks about... There's no awkwardness that he has in some videos, might be because he is getting used to the camera though
Hi Adam my son josh is star wars and a star trek fan also he has james t long sleeve shirt same one William s. In original star trek series in 1966 and he has show on dvd thanks for sharing
Where is that martian suit replica!? :U I just realized. It's not been shown! [EDIT] LOL THOSE NIPS! Hahahahaaaaaa.. I had that problem earlier today. lol, that made my day. Love you guys.
Can't wait to see this later today...gonna end up watching it at least twice or three times in the theater. ANY idea if they're planning to release the Starfleet jackets that Kirk's wearing? It's very Macross DYRL-ish.
Well, as I see it most of their collection is in that 300€+ price range... Which is not unheard of for vegetable tanned leather shoes produced in Germany and Italy, with a more unique design approach...
Dear Adam, concernig the boots. Trippen (a firm from Berlin) told me that Paramount bought 1000 Pairs of shoes an user the model Racer m as well as Helix.
How come Adam hasn't been cast in Star Trek yet? C'Mon, Paramount, get him in there! Make him the new Transporter Chief or the guy that fixes Kirk's new chair... Doesn't have to be much, but I think Adam deserves it.
Am I the only one, whenever I hear the title of this movie, I start hearing in my head the song "One Step Beyond" by Madness? I hope they used it in the movie!
You are probably already aware of this but Trippen is a German shoe manufacture . Which manufactures some very unusual shoe designs while having a very ecologically sound business model . Go visit them on facebook ..
