J Lo = Wonder Woman?!

[Klaus]

Ms. Gugino is not tall at all, and imho, doesn't have that "greek amazon" vibe. She might work as Huntress (being of italian descent and all).

Lynda Carter said in an interview that the fact that she had long legs made people think she was taller than she actually was (she is somewhere around 5'8", but people thought she was 6'0").

Were she younger, I'd consider Kristin Scott Thomas (The English Patient), for her regal bearing. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000218/

But my fave is still Jennifer Connelly (she can be the pillar of support, like in Beautiful Mind, and can do intense, like in Requiem for a Dream). And get Kristin Scott Thomas to be Hippolyta (or at least Diana Trevor). Oh, and John Schneider (Smallville) would be quite cool as Steve Trevor!

 

[Aries_Omega]

Alterations

One thing you also have to take into account with a live WW movie is the costumes. I don't think that they can make the outfit and make it an action movie. She's gonna have to be able to move a bit and one wrong camera angle and she showing the goody basket off if you catch my drift.

An altered costume I think would be fine as long as the spirit of the character is still there such as weith Electra in Daredevil. You all scoff at the movie but I actually kinda liked it. They changed the costume drasticly but the feel of Electra was there. Another example that was a much lesser alteration was Spiderman...with the of no web slingers....which I kinda liked the idea of web spinning being an inborn power. Who goes out there and builds a wrist bracer that shoots out goo anyhow?

As in the Electra example at times it is needed other times it should be as in the upcoming Iron Fist movie (Iron Fist on IMDB ). The costume from what I read and seen does not have the HUGE collar that doubles as a fin.

Has a very Chineese/Tibetan flavor. Also Power Man is more modern looking instead of a 70' Black Power reject.

In some movies an alteration would NEVER work as in The Hulk. In that movie they made him literally an ogre in size. That is one reason why I think that it put people off to the movie. Most of us remember a guy who is really muscular, green and human sized.

 

[Umbran]

In some movies an alteration would NEVER work as in The Hulk. In that movie they made him literally an ogre in size. That is one reason why I think that it put people off to the movie. Most of us remember a guy who is really muscular, green and human sized.

Except, the human-sized Hulk is an alteration for the TV series. In the comics, he's frequently depicted as ogre-sized. The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe puts him at about 7 feet tall, weighing in at over half a ton. That sure ain't human-sized.

 

[Hand of Evil]

Angie Everhart

 

[Ranger REG]

Everhart...
Zeta-Jones...

Uh-uh. Still like Zeta.

 

[Nuclear Platypus]

There was another Wonder Woman, pre Linda Carter in fact. Hardly worth mentioning as Kathy Lee Crosby didn't look much like the character and the outfit was way different. At least Ricardo Montalban was her villain. But few people would remember John Rhys-Davies as the original Kingpin and yes, he faced off against Daredevil too.

Back to the topic, what about Angelina Jolie? But it might be best if they went with an unknown instead.

 

[Hypersmurf]

Oh, and John Schneider (Smallville)...

Hey! Stick with the thread's theme of 70s TV shows, please.

You mean John Schneider (The Dukes of Hazzard), yes?



-Hyp.

 

[Bill Scott]

Angelina Jolie as Wonder Woman? That could work with the right director

One thing you also have to take into account with a live WW movie is the costumes. I don't think that they can make the outfit and make it an action movie. She's gonna have to be able to move a bit and one wrong camera angle and she showing the goody basket off if you catch my drift.

An altered costume I think would be fine as long as the spirit of the character is still there such as weith Electra in Daredevil.

I agree with Aries, as much as the fanboy in me likes the WW 'costume', I don't think that the traditional WW 'costume' would translate well unto the big screen.

I would like the film version of WW to use something like the costume Dianna used when she lost her WW role to Artemis. If anyone does'nt know what I'm talking about, this costume consisted of what appeared to be black bycycle shorts, a halter top looking thing, and a leather jacket. If I recall correctly, the outfit had stars going up the sides of the legs as well as a couple on the jacket. Rather then being black like in the comics, this outfit could have WW's colors

 

[Richards]

Here's one possible way that they could overcome the "popping out of the costume" problem noted in earlier posts and still keep the "traditional" Wonder Woman costume as seen in the comics: in the last couple of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue TV specials, they've shown otherwise naked models "wearing" swimsuits that were just body paint. Some of the painting jobs were really fantastic - if you didn't know better, you'd never be able to tell the difference.

Now, I'm not saying this is likely to happen, but it is possible. The painted-on costumes take several hours to apply, but look at what the actress who played Mystique in the X-Men movies went through each day. The Wonder Woman actress would have it easy in comparison.

Another advantage: comic book costumes are always skin-tight. A painted-on costume would be about as "skin-tight" as you could get! (I imagine the actress would have to wear some actual bikini bottoms as part of the costume, though.)

Just a thought.

Johnathan

 

[Ranger REG]

I would like the film version of WW to use something like the costume Dianna used when she lost her WW role to Artemis. If anyone does'nt know what I'm talking about, this costume consisted of what appeared to be black bycycle shorts, a halter top looking thing, and a leather jacket. If I recall correctly, the outfit had stars going up the sides of the legs as well as a couple on the jacket. Rather then being black like in the comics, this outfit could have WW's colors

Black bicycle shorts? That's still in fashion?

Meh. So's skort.

Depending on the story. I think I'd like to see her in her native Greek garb searching for her father, an American pilot of Air America (yes, a CIA covert). Only at the end of the movie, she finally ditched her garb for a more American look.

It would be interesting what her tiara would look like.