Star Trek

[Buster's Uncle]

They're so much fatter!

[Buster's Uncle]

...You gotta remember that I used to do a sort of cosplay for a living - you can't expect me to be impressed with the amateurs...

[Unorthodox]

I never met anyone cosplaying a real Klingon...

You don't see many OS cosplayers at all, frankly. 

I was talking about the professionals, btw.  At the old 'experience' in Vegas.  The Klingon actors were spot on, and very professional no matter what they were actually doing.  A lot of the Federation types were just people in a shirt playing cashier, bored, and it showed. 

[Buster's Uncle]

I'm wouldn't know about them - but it sound like partly a management/direction problem.

[Geo]

They're so much fatter!

Lies! Klingons have lots of ridged belly muscle!

[Buster's Uncle]

Ridged belly FAT!

[Geo]

I suppose its a necessary fad in fat 'merica.

[Buster's Uncle]

I'm not making that up about a lot of them being fatties - the armor and makeup are rather forgiving of that, and Fake ST did cast some rather burly actors as Klingons, so it looks less out of place than with humans and most other aliens.

[Unorthodox]

I'm wouldn't know about them - but it sound like partly a management/direction problem.

In my experience, those that have to work for the costume are more likely to take it serious.  Professional, or otherwise.  And let's face it, there is little effort required to throw on a red or yellow shirt and maybe a pin, where the Klingon at the  very least has to spend some time getting the makeup on.  That effort just to get ready thus lends to the actor in question taking some ownership of the role. 

[Buster's Uncle]

Still - I bet the Klingons did group bat'leth warmups before the show and that was somebody's idea, and someone led the exercises...

[Geo]

I blame WOrcle,.

[Unorthodox]

Still - I bet the Klingons did group bat'leth warmups before the show and that was somebody's idea, and someone led the exercises...

The beer show?  The Klingon Assault Group doesn't do weapons unless the organizers of whatever event they are attending request a demonstration, according to their rules.  My guess is they were just there to serve the beer and brew up publicity.

At the Vegas thing, they were just there to provide flavor to the shopping area.  Might have also doubled as real security, not sure. 

[Geo]

Might have also doubled as real security, not sure.

 

[Unorthodox]

I've put security in costumes in a haunt before, don't see why it couldn't be done in that kind of venue. 

[Buster's Uncle]

It's the kind of thing they'd do in a RenFair, if the renaissance had had Klingons...