If you are looking for an excellent costume idea, you would beinterested in considering the 60’s and the 70’s in TV and movieseries.There have been a lot of wonderful and unforgettable televisionshows and films such as Bewitched, Beverly Hillbillies, UFO,Lawrence of Arabia, Grease, and much more, that hailed from thosetimes and it is principally because of the fact that they are somemorable that costumes paying homage to some of these series arecostumes that appear to be very popular. But the 60’s and the 70’shave been particularly productive in a brand new: they gave birthto the science fiction genre and made it accessible to the generalpublic and especially to the entire family. While there were filmsbeforehand in science fiction, the 60’s and the 70’s made sciencefiction into a household genre and there were two series inparticular that made it possible.The first one is Star Trek, the brainchild of Gene Roddenberry.While, Star Trek was famous for things like travelling across thespace looking for other civilizations as well as the fictionalteleportation machine, the series was also very popular for theparticular types of costumes it brought up.Let’s take an example: if you are the captain of the SSEnterprise from this time period, all you would need to find are amustard top, black trousers and black boots in order to have agreat Halloween costume. This is the costume that would berecognized instantly by people whether they were fans of the showor not. Another great example, Star Trek was also renowned for”redshirt syndrome”, in which a non-main character in a red shirtwould beam down to a planet with the team and get killed. All youhave to do is add a touch of humor and you will not only win somelaughs but also wear the most original Halloween costume!Star Trek was not the only science fiction series to get itsstart during these two decades. Indeed, another popular series ofmovies was created during this time frame: Star Wars. Star Wars wascreated by George Lucas and was a wholly different beast from StarTrek as well as the usual science fiction genre, involving manyalien creatures, robotic droids, a form of energy called “TheForce” and as well as high technology special effects. Goodexamples of such characters are Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, HanSolo and Darth Vader, all of which are characters you could modelyour costume after. Moreover, there are Wedge Antilles thestarfighter pilot in orange uniform, storm troopers, imperialsoldiers in grey uniforms and that would all highlyrecognizable.There are a lot more choices in 60’s and 70’s science fictionseries or movies like “Space: 1999”, “Buck Rogers in the 25thCentury” or “Logan’s Run” to get you inspired, which makes them analmost infinite source for Halloween costume ideas.Whether you are looking for a great 60’s or 70’s Halloweencostume, you should consider the science fiction genre of thisperiod of time. Indeed, these two decades have been highlyproductive in intergalactic TV or movie series.Now that you have got some Star Treck and Star WarsHalloween Costume ideas, it’s time for you to go prepare yournext Halloween party, prepare a topic, whether horrific one or not,invite as many people as possible and remember to go get your newHalloween costume or do it yourself. Furthermore wherever yourequire a little help on making this, don’t forget that I’m here tohelp; you are welcome to My Happy Halloween and add acomment, your ideas to the most joyful Halloween we’ve all everdreamed of!
