{"id":13163,"date":"2016-04-19T02:34:04","date_gmt":"2016-04-19T06:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=13163"},"modified":"2016-04-19T02:34:44","modified_gmt":"2016-04-19T06:34:44","slug":"equipment-alien-prop-replica-hat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=13163","title":{"rendered":"Equipment: Alien Prop Replica Hat from Diamond Select"},"content":{"rendered":"

People no longer hide their geek side. We live in a world wher\"DSCN3263\"<\/a>e being a geek is becoming almost acceptable. I remember when I was a kid I dressed as a Sandman from Logan\u2019s Run for Halloween and no one knew what I was supposed to be. After telling people that I was a Sandman I was informed repeatedly that the Sandman didn\u2019t carry a gun. I finally gave in and started telling people I was a \u201ccop from the future.\u201d Sure Logan\u2019s Run is a bit obscure even for today\u2019s geek savvy populace but there are other movies from the 1970\u2019s that are more mainstream such as Alien. Ridley Scott\u2019s masterpiece of Sci-Fi\/Horror did for outer space what Jaws did for the beach.\u00a0 Even casual fans of that movie and the subsequent sequels know about Weyland-Yutani or simply, \u201cThe Company\u201d and even if they can\u2019t remember the name of corporation that owned the Nostromo, they know the ship. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The uniforms that the crew members wore in Alien were, for lack of a better word, grounded. The clothes that the crew wore weren\u2019t too science fiction; they looked like something you might see every day. The costume designer John Mollo did an excellent job creating a believable look. I once read a description that stated the crew was dressed like \u201cspace truckers\u201d and that description is apt, especially when we look at the hat Harry Dean Stanton\u2019s character Brett wore. This ball cap was not some silly looking space hat; it was a normal looking baseball cap. What set this blue cap apart was the patch for the USCSS Nostromo on the front. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Briefly in the late 1970s\/1980s there was a company called The Thinking Cap Company that made science fiction hats. They produced hats from Star Wars, Outland, Blade Runner and even Brett\u2019s cap from Alien. Sadly, The Thinking Cap Co. is long gone but thanks to Diamond Select you can still pick up an official replica of Brett\u2019s hat.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n