April 16, 2015

Misc. Observations and Errors, part 3

Deep Space Nine "upgraded" to the new duty uniforms almost immediately after First Contact's theatrical release, and although the latter had had rounded front openings and shoulder points, Deep Space Nine mitered both right off the bat:

DS9, 5x10 "Rapture"

Bashir's first uniform was unfortunate, though; if you examine closely, you can see that the corners of his front opening were turned in different ways! His left side was simply tucked and turned, whereas his right side was properly mitered.

DS9, 5x10 "Rapture"

These complex uniforms were new and that Bashir was later revealed to be a Changeling imposter, though, as evidenced by the real Bashir sporting the VOY jumpsuit several episodes later in "In Purgatory's Shadow," so maybe we can chalk it up to that Changeling dropping the ball and give that one a pass.

DS9, 5x17 "A Simple Investigation"
Just kidding! The real Bashir wore this uniform again two episodes after the Changeling imposter was killed and he returned to his duties:

















Most construction oddities and mistakes were made in those early days, though - that is, in First Contact and during their introductory period on Deep Space Nine

For instance, in First Contact, Data and Worf had jumpsuits that sometimes had yoke trim faux-mitered correctly at the bottom of the yoke, but sometimes had jumpsuits with "captain jacket" style trim. 

Data's switched back and forth over the course of the movie, presumably due to the shooting schedule: 



Amusingly, his trim inexplicably changed styles between shots during the same scene (when the Borg Queen kisses him - see last screencap on the top row and first one on the second row). 

Worf's jumpsuit switched back and forth, too, though his had the "jacket style" trim for most of the movie: 





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