The Most Controversial Costumes In Sci-Fi History

The worst superhero costume in history, space bikinis, and a leather trenchcoat that sparked a media frenzy — sci-fi costumes don't get much more controversial than this.

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Leia's bikini | 0:00
The warriors of Themyscira | 0:55
Karen Gillan's jungle-wear | 1:59
Leeloo's bandages | 3:15
Jurassic heels | 4:17
Ripley's underwear | 5:27
Matrix coats | 6:27
The '90s Batsuits | 7:40
Mystique's makeup | 8:47
The Valerian bust | 10:02

[SlashFilm]

What do you think are some of the best and worst costume designs in Sci-Fi today?

[fenumtaurus]

Jessica Chastain
"Hey men, what would you wear in to fight"
Arnold Schwarzenegger
"Do you see Conan the Barbarian"

[nahkohese]

Everytime someone brings up Ripley stripping down to her underware at the end of Alien, I have to point out that she did so as she was about to enter the cryosleep pod (think the ailen had been trapped onboard the now destroyed mothership). Obviously the people complaining about it had not been paying attention to the first 5 minutes of the movie when the crew crawled OUT of the cryosleep pods and they were ALL dressed in underwear. As for the cut of her panties, sorry guys, when the movie was made hip-hugger bikinis were the most commonly worn panties by young woman. If it was made today, she'd probaby be wearing a thong.

[paulperkins]

Shaming an actor for wearing a sexy costume in a film makes even less sense than arresting an actor for playing a criminal in a film.

[philtucker]

None of these costumes came anywhere near Jane Fonda’s “ Barbarella” - now THAT’S a costume! 😁

[shallendor]

I'm surprised that Connery's Zardoz outfit didn't get mentioned!

[Yverian]

There wasn't anything inherently wrong with any of those costumes. It's just that people want to find fault, it's something they simply can't resist doing. Like they said in the old west, they'd complain if they were hung with a new rope.

[mattpyfe]

People need to stop being 'offended'

[davidanderson_surrey_bc]

Top Three Bikini Actresses in the Movies:

3. Carrie Fisher, Return of the Jedi, 1983
2. Phoebe Cates, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, 1982
1. Raquel Welch, One Million Years B.C., 1966

With a very strong honourable mention going to Ursula Andress, Doctor No, 1962.

Believe me, folks, none of these fine ladies' careers suffered as a result of their appearances. Or their reputations.

[Gamble]

I've always taken Ripley's underwear scene to demonstrate how vulnerable her human body is to the armor covered Alien...that's all. There are always going to be people who read too much into things.
The nipples on the bat suit were the worst thing in that movie, after the entire rest of the movie. It didn't kill the Batman franchise, but it put it into a coma for a decade.

[bulkvanderhuge]

The Most Controversial Costume in Sci-Fi? Sean Connery's Outfit in the movie "Zardoz"
Take the world's hairiest man, and put him in something very near to Borat's Swimsuit.

[kirkdarling]

No Sean Connery in Zardoz, no Jane Fonda in Barbarella. Not enough research on the topic. The biggest problem with Laureline's space suit was that Valerian's suit was capable of breaking through walls while hers couldn't break out of wicker basket.

[sardomarcrowe]

The fact that In Jumanji she was a geeky nerdy girl playing a sexist designed sexy female videogame character is apparently lost on some people

[leeedsonetwo]

There are worse things in the world than actors costumes.

[williamwoods]

Among the most memorable costumes worn in a sci-fi movie was Mathilda May's costume worn in Tobe Hooper's 1985 film Lifeforce. It required no time to make, and cost nothing as well. Impossible to forget.

[tyro]

You can complain all you want about the fourth Batman movie, but it gave us Alicia Silverstone as Batgirl who was smarter than both boys. Robin complained that the computer screen was upside down and her Research Librarian skills fixed it with a single keystroke. My wife was a Research Librarian in RL and computers and The Internet were no match for her. Batgirl was the only comic she read as a girl because Barbara Gordon was a Research Librarian in her non-costumed life. When she learned about her new persona Oracle, she got very excited.

[martinb.]

Not a single line about the minimal costumes in "Logan's Run"?!!?

[dkbsoulman]

I'm picturing a grizzled, muscled old blacksmith somewhere, toiling over an armor breast plate and muttering, "Gotta get these boobs just the right size - that 'one size fits all' is a crock of sh** man."

[thomasmonroe]

As for running in heels, there’s a hilarious X-Files episode in which Tea Leone asks the Scully character to demonstrate how she manages to run in heels. While Mulder is questioning Gary Shandling, in the background Scully is running back and forth while Leone is on her phone and doing anything but paying attention.

[scottdoesntmatter]

the slave costume for leia made sense given the monster who forced it on her. She got even in a big way.