Enter Wonder Woman

Woodclaw wrote:

Mcvee17 wrote:

Love that scene, but at the end did she need to smash the bracelets together and blow up the bank?

Thank you, that's one of my biggest pet-peeves with the entire scene.
Up to that point Wonder Woman has demonstrated that she's fast enough to intercept bullets and take out several opponents in mere seconds, which makes those last moments completely incomprehensible to me. In spite of her aforementioned speed, she allowed this madman to drop the weapon's magazine, reload and recock the weapon before acting. Even if she didn't want to get closer for some reason (although the closer an obstacle is, the greater the "shadow cone" it creates), the man was well within reach of her lasso.
Instead, she uses one of her most powerful abilites (which I think she never used for the rest of the movie, but don't quote me on that). It was literally like using a bomb to kill a fly. Even if she was sure that the blast wave wasn't going to hit the people behind her... there was the issue of the debris falling down on the street and the pressure wave that would have likely blasted the eardrums of all the hostages.

The rest of the scene is great (once you get past the Snyder-filter), but that final blast was totally unnecessary.

kikass2014 wrote:

The Bracelet-Bomb is pure Snyder.  Snyder loves his destruction porn, so he had to blow up the building just for kicks.  Nothing to do with WW or her character.

The scene does play out better in Snyder's version, to a point.  WW is def more active, throwing ppl around, etc.  However, in showing that, it also, kind of, depicts her as some sort of mass murderer. If she really threw those ppl into the wall like she does, then they would be dead.

You could argue that that applies to ALL superhero films and/or comics.  But in relation to this specific scene, I think the trimming done in the Whedon version is to make less of a killer, and more like a hero.  Which is what she is.

Overall, the Snyder Cut of the whole film does play out a lot better then the mess that was released originally.  But that's not really saying much tbh.

Peace.

/K

murdough wrote:

kikass2014 wrote:

The Bracelet-Bomb is pure Snyder.  Snyder loves his destruction porn, so he had to blow up the building just for kicks.  Nothing to do with WW or her character.

The scene does play out better in Snyder's version, to a point.  WW is def more active, throwing ppl around, etc.  However, in showing that, it also, kind of, depicts her as some sort of mass murderer. If she really threw those ppl into the wall like she does, then they would be dead.

You could argue that that applies to ALL superhero films and/or comics.  But in relation to this specific scene, I think the trimming done in the Whedon version is to make less of a killer, and more like a hero.  Which is what she is.

Overall, the Snyder Cut of the whole film does play out a lot better then the mess that was released originally.  But that's not really saying much tbh.

Peace.

/K

she's a warrior, pure and simple, and sometimes warriors kill. it certainly tracks with how she twisted Max Lord's head a full 180 in the comics back in '05 and started carrying a sword and shield on the regular starting in the '10s.

shadar wrote:

murdough wrote:

kikass2014 wrote:

The Bracelet-Bomb is pure Snyder.  Snyder loves his destruction porn, so he had to blow up the building just for kicks.  Nothing to do with WW or her character.

The scene does play out better in Snyder's version, to a point.  WW is def more active, throwing ppl around, etc.  However, in showing that, it also, kind of, depicts her as some sort of mass murderer. If she really threw those ppl into the wall like she does, then they would be dead.

You could argue that that applies to ALL superhero films and/or comics.  But in relation to this specific scene, I think the trimming done in the Whedon version is to make less of a killer, and more like a hero.  Which is what she is.

Overall, the Snyder Cut of the whole film does play out a lot better then the mess that was released originally.  But that's not really saying much tbh.

Peace.

/K

she's a warrior, pure and simple, and sometimes warriors kill. it certainly tracks with how she twisted Max Lord's head a full 180 in the comics back in '05 and started carrying a sword and shield on the regular starting in the '10s.

The arrival of the sword in the comics made a very clear statement. That kind of long, heavy sword isn't a back scratcher. It's designed to cleave chunks from bodies or run them through. You can't play nicely during a fight with a battle sword. 

Probably the firearm equivalent of the Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) in WWII. Heavy hitting and absolutely lethal. Not sure what a contemporary analogy would be. 

Shadar 
 

she's a warrior, pure and simple, and sometimes warriors kill. it certainly tracks with how she twisted Max Lord's head a full 180 in the comics back in '05 and started carrying a sword and shield on the regular starting in the '10s.