Werrf wrote:Future techy is fine, but it should be in the materials used and the details of the uniform, not in the design or cut. My guideline is the image of the TEC uniform here - very traditional, old-fashioned cut, but with influences of advanced tech in the paneling of the trousers and boots. One thing that the history of sci-fi has taught us is that trying to predict fashion trends is generally disastrous and pointless - much better to use slightly modified versions of contemporary style, at least that way it looks real.
Oh yeah, I agree with that too. You can say that the material can stop light pulser fire, and the fit can be more form-fitting (like with BuNine's design), but I want the Honorverse uniforms to look like contemporary naval uniforms, epecially with the movie. I hope the designers DON'T go with some goofy future techy look for the uniforms, but I fear that they will. Or worse, try to mimic Star Trek and go with mulitple colors--ugh, no! I say it would be best for the movie to be more grounded in the military world than the SF world.