Thoughtful Analysis. Black-hearted Cynicism. Unaplogetic Fangirling.

Thoughtful Analysis. Black-hearted Cynicism. Unaplogetic Fangirling.

Sunday, May 15, 2011

Wonder Woman Reboot Canceled? Quick! Get Your Jokes In!


So you may have heard that the upcoming Wonder Woman television reboot, which from the pilot scripts seemed a lot less DC Comics and a lot more Ally McBeal, was killed before it ever aired. Let’s discuss why that was hilariously predictable. Wonder Woman’s inevitable cancelation was readily apparent from the moment the following image hit the internet:




Now, it should hopefully be pretty clear what’s wrong here, but in case it’s not, let’s break it down.


The major clue that the people working on this series don’t really get the character is that she looks kind of like a three dollar whore. You couldn't even spring for leather? Not even pleather? I’m pretty sure Frank Miller had more respect for the character, and he pretty much outright made her a stripper.

Let’s have a look at Bruce Timm’s version:


She’s still wearing her classic outfit (or as I like to refer to it, the Bathing Suit of Justice), but notice that she actually looks like she could kick your ass and you don’t immediately zero in on her chest, unlike poor Adrienne Palicki up there, who looks more like she’s trying to be the Katy Perry of the super heroine community. By the way costume department, that thing looks like it fricking hurts. 

It’s pretty obvious the classic outfit needs to be updated, because it just looks silly if we’re being perfectly honest. But why not use the version that the comic is currently using? With the combat boots and stuff? I know it doesn’t scream Wonder Woman, but it works in the context of the whole “gritty reboot” we do now.

But no, we need to use this as an opportunity to ogle. Clearly.

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