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And let the rumors begin....
For those not familiar with Ms Kelly, she is the heart-stopingly beautiful Lila on Friday Night Lights. IMO, she certainly is pretty enough, though she's hardly 'amazonian' in stature (5'5") or build. Still....doesn't hurt to wonder...
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The key is the age they are looking for. The Whedon script painted a picture of a very young WW, late teens or early twenties I think. Not sure if that abandoned script has influenced the new series.
To be faithful to the comic, though, we need someone in their thirties, very tall and extremely athletic. Hair color of actress is irrelevant due to wigs and dyes.
I'm putting my money on an unknown, ala Tom Welling, in any case.
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Nice thing about a series, rather than a movie, is that they can go with someone older. For a WW movie, they'd prob lock into a '3 picture deal' which you figure -- best case scenario -- would be spread apart by 8-9 years, requiring them to pick someone that will 'stay young'
TV series may last that long (if we are lucky), but it gives them more options. Then again, if this is pitched for CW to fill Smallville's hole after this season, they'll prob choose a younger 20-something actress anyways...
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I saw some speculation on the actress elsewhere as well, with a decidedly non-Amazonian Morena Baccarin apparently a front runner.
The key is the age they are looking for. The Whedon script painted a picture of a very young WW, late teens or early twenties I think. Not sure if that abandoned script has influenced the new series.
To be faithful to the comic, though, we need someone in their thirties, very tall and extremely athletic. Hair color of actress is irrelevant due to wigs and dyes.
I'm putting my money on an unknown, ala Tom Welling, in any case.
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More than that there is also another little problem, which version of the character will be used. WW suffer from a little of yo-yo syndrome, having the authors swinging her between two versions: the full-time amazon and the old Diana Prince secret identity gig.
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Outside of that, if they want to go with a young actress, why not
Alexandra Daddario. She played Annabeth (daughter of Greek goddess Athena) in Percy Jackson & the Olympians: Lightning Thief and was a seriously kick-ass warrior. She moves like an athlete, which is essential if you're going to try to look like you've got the strength of a thousand men.
She's also fairly tall (5'9 or maybe 5'10) and she's got the Greek goddess look down pat. Not to mention amazing eyes.
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We can only hope...
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There are so many great looks and concepts to draw upon, an embarrassment of riches for the writing, casting and directing staff of the TV series. Wonder if they'll look around and use any of it.
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If we're really lucky, we'll see a WW much like this one... a mashup in Photoshop that I made from another mashup. The costume is the new one that was redesigned for the latest comic/tv/movie continuum back in June.
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Outside of that, if they want to go with a young actress, why not
Alexandra Daddario. She played Annabeth (daughter of Greek goddess Athena) in Percy Jackson & the Olympians: Lightning Thief and was a seriously kick-ass warrior. She moves like an athlete, which is essential if you're going to try to look like you've got the strength of a thousand men.
She's also fairly tall (5'9 or maybe 5'10) and she's got the Greek goddess look down pat. Not to mention amazing eyes.
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If Wonder Woman return on TV, I'm so afrais that she would wear this awful neaw costume. This is not the Wonder Woman I'd like to see ! :cry:
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The important part is that this is DC's new look for her. Any RV production team is going to have to comply with Warner Bros trademarks, and this is the new trademark look for WW.
Personally, I like the look MUCH more than the tired old. But then, superheroines in leather and metal tickle my fancy.
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What really troubled me is that WW is supposed to be from a isulated civilization that kept traditions, aestetics and ideas from before the Minoan civilization (27th to 15th century BC). I know that is unreasonable for a TV show, but I whouldn't mind if she looked a little more like this:
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For a true Superman fan, the cape is an essential part of the character, along with tights.
So where does that leave WW?
To be successful, they need to draw an audience that's about 10x the size of the comic-reading audience. Which says that success is defined by appealing to people who don't read comics.
I'm betting that means the new leather pants costume, given it's less comic-bookish, which seems to be a virtue these days on TV.
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To that extend they need a story and a wardrobe that doesn't look silly to the 90% of viewers who have only a vague (or likely NO recollection of or attachment) of the original character.
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One school of thought is that it doesn't matter. That thought prrocess, which has strongly influenced Smallville, is that costumes look silly and any "real-life" super heroine would wear more or less normal clothing. Smallville will violate it's own rule this season, but they are still strongly in the "no capes, no tights" school.
Actually they already violated it with the JSA episode.
For a true Superman fan, the cape is an essential part of the character, along with tights.
So where does that leave WW?
To be successful, they need to draw an audience that's about 10x the size of the comic-reading audience. Which says that success is defined by appealing to people who don't read comics.
I'm betting that means the new leather pants costume, given it's less comic-bookish, which seems to be a virtue these days on TV.
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To that extend they need a story and a wardrobe that doesn't look silly to the 90% of viewers who have only a vague (or likely NO recollection of or attachment) of the original character.
This is a fairly big problem with WW since her arsenal (the bracelets, the lasso and, possibly, the tiara) are an integral part of the character image, not just for their iconic value, but also because they are part of her power/abilities, so as much as I can picture a "plainclothes WW" the addition of the bracelets and the lasso tend the ruin the final effect.
This is a lot more difficult than simply doing some nods to Superman's costume by placing the right colors on Clack's clothes.
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WW hardly wears her costume to conceal herself.
I agree with your point on requiring the bracelets, girdle and golden lasso... Those are part of her weapons. But those can be worked into any costume, although the lasso is problematic.
What I find interesting is that most of us were cool with Kara on Smallville wearing fairly ordinary clothing, albeit with a passion for red and blue. Even tonights "near costume" is going to lack the iconic "S". Most people are more or less OK with that.
But a WW without a Lynda type costume is unacceptable, using basically the kind of treatment as Kara. Tells me that the WW costume is more important than the character.
I kind of get that. WW has never been as appealing to mesa Kara, given her magical origins and invisible plane and Stepford Wife attitude. And edgy and slightly dangerous Kara who is trying to find a way to fit in, and often failing, is way more engaging than WW has been.
So, my wish is for WW to have a darker side, to struggle with living in this "world of men" and be a little dangerous and very unconventional. The new costume concept kind of speaks to that for me.
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Superman [Movie] is a dark stalker figure? Bionic woman is a dark deranged woman? Wonder Woman is a biker girl wannabe? Catwoman… …well she’s sort of a villain – but still… …but where do you start?
Even fringe needs to be careful about not going too dark.
I liked the classic WW. I like Anon's second picture for a more warrior angle to WW. The new outfit - it's fine - it's just not WW to me.
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WonderWoman Minka Kelly is HOT!
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Anyway, you make a good point for WW to be different and upbeat. While I do like stories with edges, it might work as an upbeat and slightly campy series. But I think I'd prefer a deadly serious WW who is fighting super villains along with plenty of action scenes. If they could combine the Hulk movie like effects (trashing a tank or surviving a hail of bullets or whatever), I'd be in heaven.
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I wonder if this “everything is dark and grungy” phase will pass. When it comes to Batman I’m all for it 100%. However for all these other characters – were is the fun escapism? Where is the light heartedness? Where is the feeling of hope in our fantasy? Has the depression generation really taken over?
Superman [Movie] is a dark stalker figure? Bionic woman is a dark deranged woman? Wonder Woman is a biker girl wannabe? Catwoman… …well she’s sort of a villain – but still… …but where do you start?
Even fringe needs to be careful about not going too dark.
I liked the classic WW. I like Anon's second picture for a more warrior angle to WW. The new outfit - it's fine - it's just not WW to me.
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Overall the bracelts doesn't ruin the effect, but the tiara is terrible.
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Wonder Woman should be sexy, we should see her legs, her shoulders with her strapless top. If you continue to defend this new suit, you can expect Wonder Woman to have no powers in the future TV serie as in the 1968s comic book series. We want Wonder Woman super strong and sexy, that's it !
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Times and sensibilities have changed. My reading of the tea leaves says there is zero chance of the iconic WW costume showing up on TV. It simply won't work in this day and age. Whatever she wears on TV, its going to look fairly closer to modern clothing than anything else.
Points to ponder:
Charlize in Hancock -- costume is sexy and modern. Same goes for Hancock.
Most of the stuff in Smallville, albeit we just had one scene with a near SG costume. Green Arrow looked goofy in costume.
Heroes.
Vmpire movies (you don't see Vampirilla costumes).
No Ordinary Family.
These are all windows into how Hollywood looks at the issue of exotic costumes. I suspect they'll even struggle with this if/when there is another Superman remake.
And I don't get the reference to de-powering her. Why would putting on a pair of leather pants rob her of strength?
Agreed, there was an attempt to portray a de-powered WW in the 60's, but that flopped.
I do agree on strong and sexy, but we clearly see the costume differently.
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OK, everybody could express his point of view, but there is only one thing clear: Wonder Woman is the symbol of femininity and must remain so! That's why she does not wear pants, coarse boots without heels and a hideous leather jacket.
Wonder Woman should be sexy, we should see her legs, her shoulders with her strapless top. If you continue to defend this new suit, you can expect Wonder Woman to have no powers in the future TV serie as in the 1968s comic book series. We want Wonder Woman super strong and sexy, that's it !
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Looks like a brunete version from wonder girl...
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