My apologies if this belongs in IMHO. How many of you out there attend sci-fi conventions, renaissance faires, etc. in full costumes? (Yes, I HAVE seen Imperial Stormtoopers at Renaissance Faires.) I’m debating whether or not I should attend the premiere of Episode II in my full Darth Maul costume. On the one hand, dressing up is fun, trendy in a sub-cultural sort of way, and gets attention at these things.
On the other hand, I live in a college town and don’t need to get assaulted verbally or physically.:rolleyes:
What’s the Doper cultural consensus? Is dressing up worth it?
I’m taking my lightsaber, but I always take my lightsaber to Star Wars movies… I took my Darth Vader lightsaber to the Special Editions, my Darth Maul lightsaber to TPM, and I hope to have a Darth Tyranus saber for this one.
Conventions? Movie openings? Bah. A postdoc here was known to wear his Starfleet Admiral’s uniform to school, and I fully intend to wear my sword and chainmail to class as soon as I finish it (the chainmail, that is… I didn’t make the sword myself).
I love costumes, absolutely love 'em. I actually instituted a policy that we get to wear costumes at work on Halloween. I worked at a Ren Faire for several years and always thought it was cool when patrons came dressed up. So I say “go for it!” Embrace your geek-dom.
Doesn’t your school have a no-tolerance weapons policy? At ours, unless you have a spotless record, you’re probably going to get suspened for a loong time, or at worst, expelled if you so much as bring a Swiss Army knife to school.
Naw, I go to school in Montana. Here, the student handbook says to make sure that your guns are kept well-cleaned and ammo properly stowed. Note that it doesn’t specify “if you have a gun”.
