Whedon does Wonder Woman

[DungeonmasterCal]

I thought the title of the film is Wonder Woman, not Wonder if It is a Woman.

AAAGghgghggh... man... Mt. Dew out through the nose BURNS, I tell you. It BURNS!

 

[Pielorinho]

I think Joss is God. I'm a Josstafarian. His shows can kinda suck sometimes, but only on episodes that he farms out to other people; when he's writing or directing an episode, you can *tell*.

I would love for Gina Torres to be Wonder Woman, but I've got only a slight familiarity with the character, so that's got more to do with my adoration of Ms. Torres than with any real affection for the character; I understand that it's unlikely to happen.

From the little I know about Wonder Woman, Morena Baccarin would fill the outfit nicely; in Firefly, she shows great poise and grace, and has an otherworldly beauty about her. She doesn't come across as physically tough (that's where Torres excels), but that could have a lot to do with the character she played.

I am about 100% certain that Sarah Michelle Gellar is not going to be in ANY future Whedon works, much less Wonder Woman: from all accounts, she left Buffy on less than friendly terms, pretty much phoned in her performance the last season, and went on to her own miserable career post-Buffy.

Daniel

 

[Henry]

Yep. Some people have suggested ex-WWE wrestler Chyna or other female bodybuilding types for the role...

Seen Chyna lately?

Having Wonder Woman sound like Superman when she tells someone she's rescuing them kinda spoils my suspension of disbelief...

 

[Jamdin]

Morena Baccarin would be a good choice for Wonder Woman. Chyna would be more apt for Big Barda.

 

[Ranger REG]

I'd rather go with Charisma Carpenter. Since she had her first child, she's filling up ... nicely.

All she has to do is enroll into the Linda Hamilton Weight Training Program (when Linda Hamilton had muscle tone and "cuts" on Terminator 2).

 

[Klaus]

Charisma Carpenter would do a nice Huntress (Helena Bertinelli, the post-Crisis comics version), specially since Huntress joined the Birds of Prey. She has a sharp sense of humor that Ms. Carpenter could convey very well.

 

[Flexor the Mighty!]

Well this one is a wait for rental now. Joss' dialog is grating and I haven't been blown away by his storytelling. His work is just not my bag. No big loss since I've never been much of WW fan to begin with. Oh well.

 

[takyris]

I'd prefer someone with an actually athletic build. Not someone who looks masculine -- I'm cool with curves, and certainly not against easy-on-the-eyes -- but someone who looks like she'd be able to throw down if necessary. The woman whose name I'd misspell who played Inara on Firefly doesn't look athletic enough to me.

Heck, take an Olympic decathalon competitor or swimmer (I noticed that both of those events tended to produce women who were definitely athletic but not necessarily massively overbulked or anorexic) and make her take three months of intensive acting courses, instead of taking the Noxema Girl and making her take three months of intensive martial arts, which will only make her look like an advanced white belt with good editing and really stupid attackers. Give me a Wonder Woman who moves as though she actually has done athletic stuff with her body all her life.

 

[RangerWickett]

I am about 100% certain that Sarah Michelle Gellar is not going to be in ANY future Whedon works, much less Wonder Woman: from all accounts, she left Buffy on less than friendly terms, pretty much phoned in her performance the last season, and went on to her own miserable career post-Buffy.

Narrator: "With their new souls, the Lettuce Patch kids went on a rampage, terrorizing families across the world. That's where I come in. I'm Buffy. I fight evil.

Narrator, revealed to be Sarah Michelle Gellar: "And that's how season eight would have started."

Friend: "Geez, no wonder you quit."

 

[Ranger REG]

Heck, take an Olympic decathalon competitor or swimmer (I noticed that both of those events tended to produce women who were definitely athletic but not necessarily massively overbulked or anorexic) and make her take three months of intensive acting courses, instead of taking the Noxema Girl and making her take three months of intensive martial arts, which will only make her look like an advanced white belt with good editing and really stupid attackers. Give me a Wonder Woman who moves as though she actually has done athletic stuff with her body all her life.

So, basically you want an athlete with the same acting performance quality as Pamela Anderson.



Nah, I'd rather stick to a legitimate actress and put her (and the "Amazonian" extras) on an accelerated weight training program to give her body some tone. If Linda Hamilton can do it for Terminator 2, anyone else can do it.