Does that jibe with what you saw?

ita, I saw more at Starfleet Academy - if the woman was senior enough to be wearing a black dress uniform, she was in pants.

Olivia is better now than she was earlier in the season.

if the woman was senior enough to be wearing a black dress uniform, she was in pants

So it pretty much looks like Uhura wore a short skirt because the original Uhura wore a short skirt.

I think all the female cadets were in short skirts. Now, as to what she was wearing at the end of the film, I couldn't say.

Just back from Japantown where the bookstore there has a HUGE Yaoi section (sic?) that would appeal to lots of Buffistae.

I saw the picture book for Miyazaki's upcoming Ponyo and it looks appealing. From what I can tell (spoilers) the lead girl character is a fish who wants to be a human. She looks like a cross between Mei (Totoro), Lilo and Matilda.

There's also a grumpy wizard character (I think) with long hair and a long nose who wears Jilli approved stripey suits.

Object purchased: soft plush Catbus pencil holder (the tail is the zipper).

I think all the female cadets were in short skirts.

Correct. And Uhura was still in a short skirt at the end of the movie. I'm not saying the treatment of the women's uniforms was stellar, but I do realize that Abrams was having to work within the sensibilities of the original series (see also: makeup, earrings, hair (on both sexes, actually - the human men's haircuts were all remarkably similar)). (Relatedly, I'd love to get my hands on a couple pairs of Uhura's earrings.)

I think that Abrams kept the uniforms that would have been in Trek Prime looking as close as possible with small modifications. Obviously pants are more sensible in a number of ways, but less iconic. The fact that women are sometimes in pants makes me think that was the line of their thinking.

Holmes!

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Once you have grown men borrowing each others clothing, it is as if you are issuing an open invitation to the slash based community. Livejournal, don't fail me on this.

Pretty much any movie you watch that's set somewhere you're familiar with the geography you're going to find something that doesn't make any sense.

Coppola's Dracula.

Although it's not like Stoker's book was stunningly accurate.

There is so much I want to get behind in that Holmes movie, but I don't know. Maybe if I can pretend they are saying different names, and not Holmes/Watson.