Hello!

[E. Hyde]

Hi, new member here ...

I'm fairly new to Star Trek fandom, but hope to get more involved. I came across this site when doing some costume research.

A little bit about myself: I'm a fashion student at Cornell and I'm really interested in costuming and stage makeup, I'm also part of a stage combat group. I have considered trying to learn to speak Klingon (the university library has a copy of the Klingon dictionary, which I found both useful and amusing) but I'm not sure how much I can learn over the summer, and I'll be starting a different language next semester (I know from past experience I can't learn two languages at a time).

Anyway, hello, and I hope you will excuse my ignorance about some things...

[Kesvirit]

Hello, new member! How is it that you came to Trek fandom relatively late in life? Those who weren’t around to catch the initial network run usually discover Trek as children. I don’t know what that says about Trek, or about the kids who get hooked on it. I’m sure there is a post or a paper in there.... But thinking about the implications makes me vaguely uncomfortable, so it is probably not going to be written by me.

What brings you to Klindom specifically? Did your studies in costuming and make-up lead you in unexpected directions?  We have several skilled costumers on the boards, but to my knowledge no make-up artists. I suspect you have many skills to contribute there. Many could use your help in that department, though in Klingon fashion they are too proud to ask for it. I’ve seen too many good costumes overshadowed by bad make-up, hair, and prosthetics. Some who’ve spend hundreds of hours and dollars on costuming and accessories end up ruining the effect by slapping on a coat of Generic Brown that clashes with the hand-made prosthetics they are so proud of but haven’t correctly applied. (“Pssst! Dude! Your head’s coming off again!”)

Your mission, should you choose to accept it }}; ), is to use your knowledge of fashion to subtly guide such people into seeing The Big Picture and pursuing an Overall Look instead of focusing on a costume as a collection of pieces, no matter how nice those individual pieces may be. It will be an arduous journey, fraught with dangers as you risk challenging peoples’ perceptions of costuming, what it means to be a Klingon, and ultimately, of themselves. Do you have the strength of will to undertake such a journey? Does there beat within your chest the heart of a Klingon?*

Survive and succeed,

-=- Kesvirit


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[Kaz Son of Maktan]

As an actor, stage combat practitioner, newby costume maker, Trekker and Klingon, I welcome you to the Forum! What language will you be learning next semester?

[E. Hyde]

Coming to Trek fandom later in life is due almost entirely to my boyfriend, who did in fact discover Trek as a child (he comes from a Trek family, my family is mostly Star Wars fans ... it had the potential to be quite Romeo and Juliet, there).

Next semester I'll be learning to read Egyptian hieroglyphs -- not a spoken language, but still.

[ter'eS]

ii.ty m Htp! ("Greetings")

[Kaz Son of Maktan]

"not a spoken language" - how (accurate) was it in the recent Mummy films?

[ter'eS]

"not a spoken language" - how (accurate) was it in the recent Mummy films?

There's a little information on the person who did the dialog for the Mummy films, as well as Stargate here. Given his credentials, the grammar is probably pretty accurate, but nobody really knows how Ancient Egyptian was pronounced, so that's mostly his best guess.