Wonder Woman!

[louisak]

I wonder how long before the Catholic Puritans show up here to moan about how immodest her costume is…

Can we try to keep the conversation polite and friendly please? Nasty comments about other members don’t add anything to the discussion.

 

[Midwest88]

I haven’t seen it yet but I will in the upcoming days.

I wonder how long before the Catholic Puritans show up here to moan about how immodest her costume is…

Oh do tell more. It seems you have much experience with these Catholic Puritans.

 

[John_Lazarus]

We saw it this afternoon and it’s well worth it. I too thought about the invisible jet (now THAT is stealthy) but It’s an origins story so I suspect we’ll see the jet in future movies even though it never showed up in Batman vs Superman which was current.

This was actually very enjoyable and Gal Gadot is beautiful as well as believable in the part. I liked Chris Pine’s character as well.

I’ll be interested to see where Wonder Woman goes in the future.

Well, it takes place in the First World War; so if the sequel is set in the Second, then you would actually have *WW1 *in WW1 and *WW2 *in WW2.

 

[tomarin]

It’s interesting that Wonder Woman is as an icon so familiar and yet to me at least rather unknown as a character. Like Superman, she is an orphan of sorts or an outsider who is nevertheless super-patriotic (this part was downplayed or eliminated entirely from the movie version, according to reviews I read - ostensibly to not alienate overseas audiences and therefore make a more solid hit).

I’m looking forward to seeing the movie but - who’s the bad guy? Wonder Woman seems to lack a charismatic archenemy, which to one way of thinking would take her out of the running for ‘greatness’ status among superheroes. Of course (and I hate sounding like a Marvel snob here but it’s my honest opinon) the DC comics universe is not known for memorable supervillains on the whole.

 

[stjoanofarc]

i seen the film which i found entertaining. i was disappointed to find out days later while looking up on the internet about wonder woman that the creator of wonder woman ( William Moulton Marston) was a close friend of Margaret Sanger the founder of planned parenthood (he also had an affair with the niece of Margaret Sanger, Olive Byrne, who is also the co founder of planned parenthood) he his wife Elizabeth Holloway live together in some type of threesome. Olive Byrne is the mother of two of Marston’s four children the other being Elizabeth Holloway herself. This bizarre background of the creator of WW I’m surprise no one in catholic circles are aware of it. I would like to start a thread on this topic but don’t know how to do that on this site, so this reply will do. If yo want to know more read these two articles chicagoreader.com/chicago/wonder-woman-dc-comics-patty-jenkins-gal-gadot/Content?oid=26903719 and also newyorker.com/magazine/2014/09/22/last-amazon their is a book about this called The Secret History of Wonder Woman by Jill Lepore.

 

[louisak]

William Moulton Marston died in 1947, evidently not too long after the creation of the Wonder Woman comic. He is not in a position to personally benefit from the success of the film based on his character, so I don’t see why it should be a moral concern for us.

In any case, Batman and Superman have developed quite a bit from what they were in the 1930s and 40’s. I imagine the same is true of Wonder Woman although I am not familiar with the history of that comic.

 

[louisak]

Of course (and I hate sounding like a Marvel snob here but it’s my honest opinon) the DC comics universe is not known for memorable supervillains on the whole.

What about Lex Luthor? Not to mention memorable Batman villains such as the Joker and Two-Face. I will grant you that’s not very many, but surely they are among the best comic-book villains. I understand that Darkseid is also a popular character although he is from a more recent era than I am familiar with.

 

[Tuxedo_Mark]

I saw it with my mom. It was awesome. I made sure to read up on the character and Greek mythology prior to seeing it, so I’d have a bit of a clue as to what’s going on (I’m not too familiar with the character, and I know more about the goddesses than the gods).

 

[tomarin]

Yes, I thought she was an Amazon princess not a goddess (although the Amazons were a part of Greek mythology if I’m not mistaken).

Haven’t seen the movie yet (though the missus did) but perhaps somewhat in honor of Wonder Woman I finally finished Alan Moore’s ‘Promethea’ series which is his take on a Wonder Woman-type hero.

 

[tomarin]

Yes, he’s pushing the boundaries (as always). I wasn’t as keen on the whole ‘voyage through the Immateria’ which takes up most of the middle part of the series as I was on the beginning and ending. But the ending was a welcome change of pace after slogging through the slack and self-indulgent ‘Immateria’ section.

 

[tomarin]

I agree, he’s a bona fide genius (a word I use sparingly). Promethea is great, I just found the middle section sagged a bit.

I just learned that the whole ‘Armageddon’ at the end of the story was seemingly a response to DC buying Wildstorm, of which America’s Best Comics was an imprint.