So what's the deal with BAD SyFy movies not having anyone wear hats?

OR helmets or any sort of 'cover' that is regulation. I figure they wanted to 'showcase' the non regulation 'L.A. Hairstyles' of their supporting cast, but I get so irritated when all these characters have no hat or helmet on outside, while on duty.

This is indicative of poorly written bad Sci-Fi grade Z movies. They all do that. Maybe they don't want their actors to wear hats or helmets, even though the duty requires it. Maybe they think the audience is so stupid that we can't tell them apart (and that might be true but not because of headgear but because of bad storyline and bad filmmaking).

There are many other BETTER movies that have all the participants wearing helmets or hats. Saving Private Ryan and Blackhawk Down certainly did not suffer by requiring that their actors look like proper military instead of Hollywood actors at a costume party.

Dr. Kila Marr was right. Kill the Crystalline Entity.