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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Dec 17, 2016 15:18:48 GMT -5
I'm making my way back through original Star Trek on Netflix, and on several of the episodes, Kirk is not in his traditional gold shirt but rather this jaunty little number:  I knew he'd worn it a couple of times, but this is like the third consecutive episode he's got it on; meanwhile everyone else is still in full dress uniforms. Was there any "kayfabe"/storyline reason at all for this shirt, even one fans made up later? |
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Post by Hit Girl on Dec 17, 2016 16:01:56 GMT -5
No reason I'm aware of. Just a variant on "command gold".
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Post by SkullTrauma on Dec 17, 2016 16:36:53 GMT -5
IIRC, it was originally to help tell Good Kirk and Evil Kirk apart.
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Post by Feyrhausen on Dec 17, 2016 16:46:57 GMT -5
IIRC, it was originally to help tell Good Kirk and Evil Kirk apart. Kind of. The casual variant was first worn by Charlie X in that episode. They later used it as a variant uniform for Kirk to tell the good and evil apart. And it was green because all the command uniforms were green. But the material used by the common uniforms filmed as a gold color. Kirks casual shirt, as well as the command dress uniforms, filmed the true green color. Picard later had his own Captain variant. |
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Post by SmashTV on Dec 17, 2016 17:38:40 GMT -5
Even a Starship Captain needs a leisure suit.
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Post by Rumble McSkirmish on Dec 17, 2016 17:47:55 GMT -5
It's a reminder of all the green women hes bedded.
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Post by Push R Truth on Dec 17, 2016 18:09:39 GMT -5
I thought that was his "I just got an alien handjob" shirt
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Dec 17, 2016 18:23:18 GMT -5
The insignia just being sort of cock-eyed and on the bottom right of the shirt is kinda weird too. It's like they forgot it was standard Starfleet issue till the last minute.
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Post by hossfan on Dec 17, 2016 18:32:28 GMT -5
It brings out the green in his eyes.
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Post by Limity (BLM) on Dec 17, 2016 20:18:10 GMT -5
I liked it, if for no other reason than it was the precedent for TNG's, which I liked the best.
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