The Costumer

What can I say? I was more of a She-Ra: Princess of Power kind of person. I was a girl, and back in the 80s we didn’t have many gender-neutral cartoons like Pokemon…it was a girl cartoon or a boy cartoon, and G.I. Joe was definitely a boy cartoon.

That said, I love a man in uniform. From my dear fiance (who served in the Marines) to Liam Neeson as Michael Collins to Nathan Fillion as Malcolm Reynolds, they’re pretty damn sexy. And we all know that men are just grown up boys, hence their continuing affinity for G.I. Joe. Well, boys, this one’s for you: costumes from the new G.I. Joe movie entitled G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra.

Back in the days of your cartoon-filled childhood, you might recall Joe, his counterparts, and his nemeses looking like good old-fashioned military combatants. Move over, cartoon Joe–the new Joe doesn’t look anything like a regular old soldier at all! In fact, he looks pretty special ops–like a Navy Seal minus the wetsuit. Well, not naked, but you know. Black tight clothing.

The good news is that anyone willing to make this costume can totally double as a purple-bellied Alliance dude from Firefly (which also means you’ll look like you’ve walked out of Starship Troopers).  In my opinion, the costumes are generic and don’t leave much about the wearer’s body to the imagination.

Instead, I recommend the below sweatshirt. While I’m sure some people out there are going to make awesome movie costumes, I think they lack flash, and costume money could be better spent elsewhere during these rough economic times.

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