[h-cost] Re: Babylon 5
I got to see one of the G'Kar costumes at the Seattle Science Fiction Museum last weekend. The costume is almost all created out of hot glue and bits and pieces. I was so bummed to hear that Andreas Katsulas passed away from inoperable lung cancer on 13 February. loved smoking with a passion that cannot be described, was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer; he passed away a year later, in Los Angeles, California. He was 59. He is survived by his wife and two children. The day after his death, his Babylon 5 co-star Jerry Doyle devoted much of his daily radio talk show to Katsulas, sharing stories of their days working together on Babylon 5. Regina === Reminds me of when a friend got an upclose look at some of the BBC costumes and props for either Six Wives or Elizabeth R. She said there was a lot of gold painted hot glue! I guess the 10-foot rule applys to tv cameras as well as the stage :). Can't push the envelope quite that far at faire darn it. The Narn costumes were an amazing blend of fabrics, loved the Minbari robes too. I saw that we had lost Andreas last week, hits home right now as my father just had surgery for lung cancer (caught unbelievable early, excellent prognosis). There will never be another G'Kar. Catherine ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
RE: [h-cost] Re: Babylon 5
I actually met the man once at a con. Wonderful person. Sad to hear he's gone. De -Original Message- I got to see one of the G'Kar costumes at the Seattle Science Fiction Museum last weekend. The costume is almost all created out of hot glue and bits and pieces. I was so bummed to hear that Andreas Katsulas passed away from inoperable lung cancer on 13 February. loved smoking with a passion that cannot be described, was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer; he passed away a year later, in Los Angeles, California. He was 59. He is survived by his wife and two children. The day after his death, his Babylon 5 co-star Jerry Doyle devoted much of his daily radio talk show to Katsulas, sharing stories of their days working together on Babylon 5. Regina ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
RE: [h-cost] Re: Babylon 5
On Fri, 24 Feb 2006, otsisto wrote: I actually met the man once at a con. Wonderful person. Sad to hear he's gone. I had met him also. He had a tremendous presence, and I was very saddened to hear of his death. He grew up here in St. Louis, and his family was part of the local Greek Orthodox community (of which my husband is a member). The funeral was here, in fact, but very quiet; in the newspaper listing he was named only as Andrew Katsulas, and there was no obituary article. Yet one more reason I am a merciless nag to my friends who smoke. I have seen too many people die of preventable lung cancer. No costume content here, alas, unless I point out that cigarettes do very nasty things to fabric (one more good reason to quit!). --Robin ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Re: Babylon 5
At 06:03 AM 2/24/2006, you wrote: I saw that we had lost Andreas last week, hits home right now as my father just had surgery for lung cancer (caught unbelievable early, excellent prognosis). There will never be another G'Kar. Catherine Oh, thank goodness Catherine for your father. Kimiko ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
RE: [h-cost] Re: Babylon 5
At 02:51 PM 2/24/2006, you wrote: The funeral was here, in fact, but very quiet; in the newspaper listing he was named only as Andrew Katsulas, and there was no obituary article. I met him at a con as well, and was told he was a very private person, which is why he didn't give out autographs like the rest of the cast did. That may also explain why I didn't see much on regular printed newspapers or on TV about his passing. Kimiko ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] RE: Babylon 5
With the Centauri the elements seemed more baroque and rococo that flowed into a Napoleonic style towards the end. I would say that the Centauri cultural look was French based. I like B5 over Star Trek with costume representation of alien race is that though both show a style, B5 had wonderful variations of that style, so that you didn't have clones walking in the background. So that to me it made the story much more believable. De -Original Message- On Thu, 23 Feb 2006, Catherine Kinsey wrote: Costume content: besides the great characters and storyline, I've always thought this show was one of the better examples for using costuming to define characters, especially the different alien races. Someone certainly had a lot of fun developing the style for the Centauri! Lots of Renaissance elements in that. But I frankly think the Narn are the most ambitious. The clothes look like nothing at first glance, but there are many subtle details. I'm not even sure what color they are -- they're all combinations and textures. --Robin ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
