New Wonder Woman actress finally chosen

[NewJeffCT]

The description I posted would fit really well with Karen Starr, aka Power Girl, who is also a successful executive, CEO of Starrware.

What I didn't post was a review I read of the script, which has Wonder Woman singing "Single Ladies" while driving to work, or eating ice cream while bemoaning her pining for Steve Trevor (who is now a lawyer instead of an USAF pilot) and other assorted mischaracterizations.

I'm not too concerned about Wonder Woman now being a corporate executive, vs Steve Trevor's secretary. It's 2011 and not World War 2 or the 1970s. (Starbuck & Boomer being women in the new BSG worked out okay) I'm more concerned that David E. Kelley is going to turn her into a neurotic mess like Ally McBeal.

 

[NewJeffCT]

Lynda Carter (during Wonder Woman filming): 5' 9" - 37-25-35

Adrianne Palicki: 5' 11" - 34-25-34

Not that much difference, except in height, which is probably why she seems skinnier compared to Lynda Carter. And maybe not quite Lynda's stature, but not insignificant...

I'll have to see on her screen presence and her acting chops. She does have tall and athletic looking down. I'm fine with her physique - I just think some people are going to complain when she doesn't have a chest like Lynda Carter.

 

[Klaus]

I'll have to see on her screen presence and her acting chops. She does have tall and athletic looking down. I'm fine with her physique - I just think some people are going to complain when she doesn't have a chest like Lynda Carter.

Lynda Carter didn't have a chest like Lynda Carter.

In other news, Lucy Lawless wore a stuffed metal bra.

 

[Klaus]

I'm not too concerned about Wonder Woman now being a corporate executive, vs Steve Trevor's secretary. It's 2011 and not World War 2 or the 1970s. (Starbuck & Boomer being women in the new BSG worked out okay) I'm more concerned that David E. Kelley is going to turn her into a neurotic mess like Ally McBeal.

The whole "executive" thing could be easily adjusted. In the early Perez run, Wonder Woman had a publicist (Mindy Mayer) who handled the use of her image and funneled the profits to various charities through the Wonder Woman Foundation. So it's not really unheard of. I think the whole "Diana Themiscyra, CEO" angle is unnecessary. She could just have Mindy (who is already in the series) handle the Foundation, be a public figure as Princess Diana, and live in secret with Julia and Vanessa Kapatelis as Diana Prince, either as an exchange student of Julia's.

 

[Runestar]

Is this wonder woman going to have her powers and full arsenal of equipment? This sounds more batman than amazon princess.

 

[NewJeffCT]

Is this wonder woman going to have her powers and full arsenal of equipment? This sounds more batman than amazon princess.

I haven't really read comics in about 20 years (I quit buying them cold turkey in 1991), so I don't know if WW has changed in the comics at all. However, back then, I think she was regarded as the second strongest "hero" in the DC universe after Superman, no?

I'd rather not have her downgraded to Batman level - they can have Clark Kent as a teenager in Smallville still be super...so, I don't see why not WW.

 

[Goodsport]

I think were finally going to get away from the 70's Wonder Woman, just as Batman Returns finally got us away from the 70's Batman (something that even Keaton's, Kilmner's, and Clooney's Batmans never did).

You probably meant "just as Batman Begins finally got us away from the 60's Batman" (unless you were instead referring to getting away from the Batman of the 70's Super Friends cartoons).

We are finally going to see the real Amazonian Princess. The one that can not only carry her own in a fight next to other super heroes, but can also deal with Superman sized threats on her own.

The only problem being the same one that all previous onscreen incarnations of Wonder Woman (both live-action and animated) have had: she'll have an American accent rather than the Eastern Mediteranean accent of someone from Themyscira who only left there as a young adult.

That isn't a huge deal in the grand scheme of things, of course, and it's understandable considering that WW is a character created by an American for an American readership, but it was just something to consider.


Nonetheless, great overall post.



-G

 

[Umbran]

The only problem being the same one that all previous onscreen incarnations of Wonder Woman (both live-action and animated) have had: she'll have an American accent rather than the Eastern Mediteranean accent of someone from Themyscira who only left there as a young adult.

Shall we be extra geeky? Yes, yes we shall.

Themyscira may originally have been in the Eastern Mediterranean, but in the current DC continuity, it lies in the Bermuda Triangle. It can move to whatever location in history or geography the inhabitants wish. I believe that has been the case for a couple thousand years, as far as the comics continuity is concerned.

What their accents would be like is rather up in the air, I think. They certainly wouldn't have accents like you find in the modern eastern Mediterranean, as they've been gone from there for centuries.

 

[El Mahdi]

You probably meant "just as Batman Begins finally got us away from the 60's Batman" (unless you were instead referring to getting away from the Batman of the 70's Super Friends cartoons). ...

You're right! It was the 60's. It's just all a bit hazy...




(just joking, I was only a kid then)

 

[Klaus]

Shall we be extra geeky? Yes, yes we shall.

Themyscira may originally have been in the Eastern Mediterranean, but in the current DC continuity, it lies in the Bermuda Triangle. It can move to whatever location in history or geography the inhabitants wish. I believe that has been the case for a couple thousand years, as far as the comics continuity is concerned.

What their accents would be like is rather up in the air, I think. They certainly wouldn't have accents like you find in the modern eastern Mediterranean, as they've been gone from there for centuries.

And to double up on the geek scale: the goddesses of Olympus created Amazons from all ethnicities, from the Greek-looking Hyppolita to the African-looking Phillipus. So looks have no standard there. Plus, Diana was made from clay: genetics don't really apply, do they?

Rumor has it that Wonder Woman will be wearing something akin to the "new" Jim Lee-designed costume from the current comics arc.